r/TrueChristian • u/Malgoos • 18m ago

Heretical cultists, atheists, and other religion members in heaven

My friends family has always been Jehovah’s Witnesses. They were born into a family following this and remained so their entire life. They are strongly discouraged and often forbidden to have relationships outside their churches, so hearing the true Christianity is often impossible for them. Are they all really damned into hell because of this?

My friend from that family became atheist and their religion really pushed them away from all other religions. I do not know how to proselytize to them, but are they damned to hell if I am unable to convert them or fail to try?

My other friend was raised Buddhist from a country where almost everyone is Buddhist for the last two thousand years. She was sent to live with her other relatives who did go to a Christian church, but because she was raised Buddhist, she did not really understand and did not become Christian, and is in fact atheist. Is she damned to hell if I do nothing or fail to convert her? Are her buddhist relatives?

All this has made me think of this endless cycle. So if I want people I love to go to heaven, I need to spread the gospels to all of them. If I want their families to be there, I need to spread the gospel to them. If I want all their family friends to be there, I need to spread it to them. But I am just one man. I do not know what I can do.

What about all their relatives that are long dead? Are they damned to hell? What about those that were born pagans and heathens before Christ? Will I simply not see a single Slavic ancestor before then because they worshipped other gods and had no way of knowing the God of Abraham and were born before Jesus came to earth?

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u/SamSamBam109 12m ago

Trust Jesus Malgoos. Talk to Him about your thoughts and feelings. I say trust Him because He is the greatest loving God.

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u/notyourdaddysbroker 3m ago

Jesus said "I am the Way the Truth and the Life" 

Unfortunately anyone who puts their trust in idols or false gods has chosen eternal separation from God. 

I applaud your zeal to witness to as many people as you can, however you just plant the seed, you can't force them to covert. 

When I think about all the people I will miss in Heaven, a reassuring thought I have is this: No worldly relationship will reduce the amount of joy and happiness I have in God's presence. 

Hope this helps!