6plus1 wrote:My father is always teaching us about Yahweh, but I only ever really took it seriously since about a year ago. Right now, I'm confused, concerned, and determined.
Love requires choice absolutely, you have to choose to love Yahweh, you have to choose to lead others away.
I've recently learned that there are three different ways to go out.
Way one: Soul extinguish
Way two: Stay with Yahweh
Way three: Forever with the devil
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Im shooting for way two, but I know a lot of people will be way one and three. Of course, if you pay attention to this site, you know what I'm talking about.
Anyways, lets get back to my point. We all can learn, to love. But, again, we have to choose. (I feel as if I am writing too long, but I have a lot to say)
Now, first of all, I'm confused. I'm confused about how it all works, what heaven may be like, how to have a real relationship with Yahweh. I want to, but
I dont really know the way.
As I understand it, could be wrong, choosing to lead people away from Yahuweh is way three. Only those who are guilty of causing souls to be extinguished are deserving of punishment. Those who are deceived are not punished, but because they don't know Yahuweh or have a relationship with Him, they will not spend eternity with Him.
For me the key to understanding this lies in the fact that by design the soul is not immortal, it is mortal. So unless your soul is made immortal, it will do what everything mortal does, die. Then the question becomes what makes a soul become immortal. The answer is that soul must be linked to an immortal spirit, of which we have two choices, Yahuweh or not Yahuweh. If your soul is linked to Yahuweh's spirit, you will spend eternity with Him, if it is not, then you will spend eternity with out Him.
Yahuweh never really gets into details of what heaven will be like, other than to say it is with Him, which is enough for me we can fill in the details later.
As for how do you have a relationship with Yahuweh, I would say the best place to start is to study His Torah. I know i feel the closest to Him when I am studying His Word.
6plus1 wrote:Second, I'm concerned. I don't want to have my friends, even my family(like my cousins and grandparents), to be extinguished or worse. I want to help them, but
people who are clinging to there ridiculous religion are almost impossible to turn.
One of the hardest things to do is accept that people you care about may not be with you in eternity. We discussed that in another thread if you are interested it is
here. But really all we can do is try to teach them and guide them.
Welcome to the forum 6plus1 great post.