Salvation
Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Our Lord and the Faith
14 questions
- Are only Coptic Orthodox Christians going to Heaven?
- Are there different levels for non-Christians in heaven? What about those who may have thought of Christianity and lived a good righteous life, but for some reason(s)…
- Is it correct to assume that God, knowing the heart and mind of each of his creation, gives everyone a fair chance to know Him? I am thinking of the jail guards who were…
- Can salvation be lost? Is it not the case of either having it or not having it? Our Lord Jesus Christ says that “I will give them eternal life and no one will snatch them…
- How does one achieve salvation? Is it by faith alone or by works alone or by both? The Holy Book of Ephesians 2:8-9 supports the first “For by grace you have been saved…
- Does the Orthodox Church have a stand on the salvation of Protestants? Can we say that people who believe that Jesus Christ came for our salvation will not be saved…
- From the book "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" by John Cassian, I read that part about repentance and how those monks were so afraid of death lest they wouldn't be saved.…
- I don't know why you insist upon the idea of me being lost without eternal salvation unless I join a club or follow the rules of the club. Do you think God wants to join…
- I got baptized again to become Orthodox, although many people do not agree with this, as the Holy Bible teaches one baptism, my conscience was ok with it. However, I tend…
- Does Salvation belong to all the people who died before Our Lord's crucifixion on the cross?
- In one of Your Grace's answers, Your Grace mentioned the requirements of Salvation are "Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, and Confession". Does not that reduce…
- What will happen to the people who have died without hearing of Jesus Christ, the gospel, nor had the opportunity to accept Jesus Christ?
- How does this verse not prove the possibility of universal salvation? I try not to preach it in public but the conviction that Jesus might save all might cool my efforts…
- Hebrews 9:27 talks about being appointed once to die and after this comes the Judgment. Jesus raised people from the dead. Paul and Peter raised people from the dead. Did…
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