The two ways God sorts us: Judgment & Forgiveness.
		JESUS PREACHED BOTH JUDGMENT & FORGIVENESS
		JUDGMENT TO COME				BELIEF GOD FORGAVE US ALL
		Without mentioning Forgiveness, Jesus said the following:				Without mentioning Judgment, Jesus said the following:
		God will accept or reject any of us according to what we have done. He’ll let no-one off of anything. We earn our way into Heaven. Heaven is a reward.				God will accept or reject any of us according to our belief in Jesus. He’ll let believers off of everything. We are freely let into Heaven. Heaven is not a reward.
		God will, in the end, choose only those who, in this life, humbly did good & not bad. This is regardless of their religion or lack of it.				God will, in the end, choose only those who, in this life, believed God Forgave us all. This is regardless of the good or bad they’ve done.
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			SCRIPTURES THAT SUPPORT THE ABOVE STATEMENTS
			SCRIPTURES FOR JUDGMENT: WE NEED ONLY DO GOOD TO GET INTO HEAVEN				SCRIPTURES FOR FORGIVENESS: WE NEED ONLY BELIEVE TO GET INTO HEAVEN
			Matt c13 v24-30 & v36-50: Everyone who does good goes to Heaven. Everyone who does bad goes to Hell. my abbreviation				John c3 v14-18 & v36: Everyone who believes in Jesus goes to Heaven. Everyone who doesn’t goes to Hell. my abbreviation
			Matt c7 v15-23: Beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing: whose fruit is bad; who, actually, are bad fruit trees. They are full of themselves & boast even of miracles. They are trees that will be cut down & burned in the fire. my abbreviation				John c5 v24: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. KJV (Also read v22-23.)
			Matt c25 v31-46: Helping the needy leads to eternal life. Ignoring the needy leads to eternal punishment. my abbreviation				John c6 v40: And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. KJV
			John c5 v28-29: Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. KJV				John c11 v25-26: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? KJV
			Rev c20: We will be Judged according to what we have done. my abbn				John c6 v47: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. KJV
			FORGIVE US AS WE … Matt c18 v23-35: my abbn Jesus said “A king cancelled a servant’s giant, unpayable, debt. But that servant then showed no mercy to a fellow servant who owed him a small, yet unpayable, debt. So the king imprisoned the first servant until he paid his giant debt. That’s how God will treat you unless you forgive others from your heart.” my abbn Matt c6 v12 (Luke c11 v4): And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. KJV Luke c6 v37: Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: KJV WHY IS THE ABOVE IN THIS JUDGMENT COLUMN? Answer: because the concept: ‘God Forgives us as we forgive others’ is conditional Forgiveness which is nonsense. Forgiveness means letting someone off, for free; without them having to do anything. So the concept: ‘God Forgives us as we forgive others’ is, actually, Judgment.				John c20 v31: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. KJV
							Luke c7 v36-50: A sinful woman had her many sins Forgiven by faith alone. my abbn
							Luke c15 v1-10: We are: God’s lost sheep, God’s lost coins. my abbn
							Luke c23 v40-43: Jesus promised paradise to only the repentant criminal. my abbn
							Luke c15 v11-32: my abbreviation God is like a father who loved his two sons. One son asked for his inheritance in advance but then wasted it all on wild, immoral, living. Hungry, he returned home to apologise deeply. But his father’s very warm welcome drowned out his apologising. The other son, although his inheritance was still intact, was angry at his father’s welcome for his brother. His father tried to reassure him: told him that he loved them both, equally, unconditionally. But the son wouldn’t have it, didn’t understand such love, saw only that he should be loved, not his brother. His isolation from his father & brother had become vivid. my abbn
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		SOME CHRISTIANS MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ABOVE LEFT COLUMN
		Some Christians may complain: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 “Surely, all scriptures in the above left column should be in the above right column. Surely, Jesus never said: “Do good in order to get yourself into Heaven”.”
		But I say: “The scriptures in the above left column tell of our actions without any mention of: belief in Jesus, the crucifixion, God’s Forgiveness, etc. So the scriptures in the above left column: cannot define a Christian, cannot be about Forgiveness, must be about Judgment.
		Nor is there the possibility of hidden messages: Jesus was not speaking to believers or the learned. He was speaking to mixed crowds that included farmers, fishermen, etc. Farmers and fishermen are as important as anyone. So Jesus had to speak plainly: to the heart, but plainly.
		To conclude: as well as preaching: getting to Heaven by believing in him, Jesus also preached: getting to Heaven by doing good. Mind you, it’s humbly doing good, not proudly doing good.” ,, ,, More about motives in the next section.
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		Some Christians may say: “Surely, John c14 v6: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. KJV also means: you cannot get yourself to Heaven (by doing good, or being pure, or both).” But I say: “The scriptures at the top of this webpage show that there are two ways: that God sorts us: for Heaven or Hell. 1) Judgment 2) Forgiveness. But it is true that there’s only one way: to the Father himself, to be adopted by him, for him to become your Father, for you to become his child, & for you to receive his Holy Spirit. And that one way is: 2) Forgiveness.
		All who get to Heaven by Judgment will then soon want Forgiveness as well (even though they didn’t need it to get there & don’t need it to stay there). They’ll want Forgiveness as well because: o the Fatherhood of God o and the Holy Spirit come only with Forgiveness, not with Judgment. ,, ,, ,, ,, It’s true that you won’t need the Holy Spirit to help you not sin ,, ,, ,, ,, (for there’ll be no pressure to commit natual sins ,, ,, ,, ,, and God will only have chosen those ,, ,, ,, ,, who won’t commit spiritual sins). ,, ,, ,, ,, But you’ll need the Holy Spirit ,, ,, ,, ,, as an add-on memory capacity. ,, ,, ,, ,, See last row cells ,, ,, ,, ,, of earlier section: SOME TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS. ,,,,,
		To conclude: a) Going to the Father is not the same as b) going to Heaven a) includes b), b) does not include a). By ‘Heaven’, I mean ‘Heaven or New Earth’. Perhaps see earlier section: Sometimes the Bible says. ,,,,,
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		I repeat the concept of this section in the form of the last section of this webpage.
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		REGARDING JUDGMENT: GOD ALSO CONSIDERS MOTIVES
		Regarding Forgiveness: God does not need to consider motives. It shows you are already humble, to the extreme, to forever put your own righteousness to one side and forever boast of only Jesus’ work, for you, on the Cross.
		But regarding Judgment: God considers motives. Admittedly, sometimes Jesus says that God will Judge us according to only our actions: John c5 v28-29: Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. KJV , There are more such references in the left column , of earlier section: SCRIPTURES THAT SUPPORT THE ABOVE STATEMENTS. But, at other times, Jesus adds that God will take great notice of our motives, of why we did those actions: Matt c6 – c7: Don’t be like those who are unlike God: ‘religious’, all for show, hypocrites, slow to forgive; interested, actually, in only the things of this life; keen to Judge people’s errors; picturing God according to their own standards (mean & limited); producing nothing good. my abbreviation Matt c23 v1-34: [Jesus said] Don’t be like those who are unlike God: burdening others with laws but offering no help to keep them; ‘religious’, all for show, hypocrites; conceited, self-serving; not going into the kingdom of Heaven themselves and stopping others from going in; materially possessive; praying only for show; worthy of Hell; oblivious to God & his heart & his will; white on the outside but like a rotting corpse on the inside; posing as Godly but, actually, are enemies of the Godly. my abbn , See: , C.S. Lewis on What It’s Like to Meet a Truly Humble Person , and: , Screwtape on Humility., , , ,
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		Motives are in the mind. And not, as you might suppose, in the emotions. (Emotions are mere tools of the mind. Perhaps see later webpage: The emotions.),,,,, In unbelievers: good and bad genes culture education upbringing environment circumstances influences from people temptations from demons encouragements from God mould the mind which contains motives. Whereas, in believers: the good heart/spirit & the indwelling good Holy Spirit mould the mind which contains motives.
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		In the world: Some discouraging non-biblical sayings such as: “He meant well. (Shame it all went wrong.)” “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” “Etc.” all seem right to us. But that’s only because we notice outcomes more than we notice motives. God notices motives more than he notices outcomes. God’s vision is on full zoom as far as motives are concerned. See: 1 Cor c13 NIV. ,,,,,
		If God wanted outcomes he can do his own outcomes. Matt c3 v9 (Luke c3 v8): and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. KJV ,, ,, ,, See context. Matt c3 & Luke c3 v1-22 , , .
		This place is not about outcomes. , See third cell (starting This place is merely temporary) , of earlier section: WHY IS THE UNIVERSE SECOND CLASS?.
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		THERE IS NO THIRD WAY THAT GOD SORTS US
		It may seem that there’s a third way that God sorts us for Heaven or Hell. It may seem that there’s not only: 1) Judgment. and: 2) Forgiveness. but also: 3) Those who feel at home here stay here. Hence, for them, this place, one day, becomes Hell. &: Those who don’t feel at home here don’t stay here. And the only place they can go is Heaven.
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	But the truth is that: not feeling at home here is just another way of viewing: Judgment and Forgiveness.
Judgment: If an unbeliever’s life is a life of humbly earning your way to Heaven, then giving away time/money/effort will make you feel, materially, not at home here. While you are humbly doing good you probably don’t think about the reward of going to Heaven. You probably just do it out of self-expression. Hence, when you go to Heaven, it will be a surprise reward.
	Forgiveness: When believers give away resources . . Luke c14 v33: Indeed, perhaps see all of Luke c14. So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. KJV . . God replenishes them. Matt c6 v33 (Luke c12 v31): But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. KJV , , Perhaps see all of: Matt c6 v24-34. However (unlike unbelievers) believers suffer persecution. And that would make you feel not at home here materially. Mark c10 v29-30 (Luke c18 v29-30): And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. KJV , God will reward all believers who were persecuted; , though later, in Heaven, not here. Matt c5 v10-12 Luke c6 v22-23, , , ,
	Also, becoming a Christian: Not only brings you persecution so that you don’t feel at home here materially. It also means you change so that you don’t feel at home here materially. Your heart/spirit changes your soul: so that you find doing good, especially doing miraculous good, something you want to do, prefer to do, even more than earthly pleasures, even right earthly pleasures. John c12 v25: He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. KJV 1 John c2 v15-17: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,* and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: ** but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. KJV , *Lust is sex with everything else, notably love, missing. , , (High sexual appetite is not the same as lust.) , , **Notice it’s not: , ,, , , , You passeth away, the world continues. , , It’s: , ,, , , , The world passeth away, you continue.
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	EVENTUALLY, FORGIVENESS WILL BE NEEDED BY ALL.
	If someone is destined for Heaven because of Forgiveness, then they have God’s Spirit. Rom c8 v9 Hence, if they’ve also renewed their mind, they can command miracles. Perhaps see earlier section: WHY GOD’S WORDS HAVE POWER,,,,, But, if someone is instead destined for Heaven because of Judgment, then they do not have God’s Spirit and can do no miracles. Perhaps see earlier webpage: The two ways God sorts us: Judgment & Forgiveness. ,,,,, This shows that: while Judgment can get you into Heaven, that, once there, in order to also function, you’ll still need Forgiveness: you’ll still need to repent of all your sins/wrongs, you’ll still need to believe that the Cross is God’s Forgiveness. John c14 v6: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. KJV
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