Do Christians believe in life after death???, Paradise and Hell?? (church, dogma)

[MOON99]

[SIZE=5]Question? Does Christianity believes in life after death??[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5] What is eternal life, and how to be??[/SIZE]

[svenM]

there are basically three opinions among Christians:

everlasting life for believers - everlasting torment for unbelievers (Dogma since about 550 AD, taught by most denominations)

everlasting life for believers - everlasting death (i.e. annihilation) for unbelievers (taught by some early churchfathers, nowadays e.g. by Jehova Witnessess, condemned as heresy about 550 AD)

everlasting life for all men (Christian universalism, taught by some early churchfathers, nowadays taught by no major denomination as far as I can judge, condemned as heresy about 550 AD)

I personally believe in the last option, there have been recently many discussions about this subject here.

[BudinAk]

Originally Posted by MOON99

Question? Does Christianity believes in life after death??
What is eternal life, and how to be??

Hello Moon

Yes, Christians do believe in life after death. Death, as we know it, is only the death of the human body. But...we all are more than just a body. We are spirit, soul, and body. When the body gets old and dies, the spirit (God-given life...the inner you) departs out of it, taking your soul (your mind (intellect), memories of life experiences, etc) with it. Where the spirit and soul spend the rest of eternity, after the death of the body, depends entirely on what you do while you are alive right now. Death is a door. We will all eventually step through that door. When you step through to the other side, you'll see that you are still quite alive, but without your old body of flesh and bone.

How to get this eternal life? Please go to this link, and read all of it:

God's Plan of Salvation | Bible.org; NET Bible, Bible Study

Eternal life, in the Christian context, is life forever-more spent with the one true Living God, God the Father, who created the heavens, the earth, and everything else that exists. This wonderful life can only be obtained by receiving Jesus Christ, God's Son, as your personal Savior. Jesus paid a horribly high price for you to have this eternal life: He gave his life, on the cross, for you, for me, and for all who will accept Him. You simply, through prayer, tell God that you believe in, and recieve, His Son Jesus. Then ask God to show you a good Bible-believing church to attend. It is wonderful!

Bud

[hljc]

Yes all anointed by the baptism of Holy Spirit children of God KNOW that they will be collected at their death in the earth, by Holy Spirit and brought to Jesus to be with him forever more and a day..... Their worldly bodies will be buried in a grave and their spirit and soul will not be left on the earth.......All rightous will stand before Jesus Christ and be Judged and then they will be purified for Heaven....... People anointed of Holy Spirit who may be weak in the spirit or the fruit of the spirit may take years being purified for heaven, and thoughs people who have no fruit of the spirit could be lost to the Lord and removed from heaven ........ Hell is on the earth and spirits of people who reject heaven will be sent here...... Lord God has a plan for all the spirits of animals and man.....