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| Apr 11, 2019 at 12:38 | history | migrated | from christianity.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Apr 11, 2019 at 8:59 | comment | added | user477343 | Fortunately, I did not find any alternative "gains" from having hope in Christ and not His promise of good news as an everlasting afterlife; but it is better now that I have, actually, because it still has not changed my standpoint, thus making me a stronger believer in Christ. Perhaps this is yet another point that the verse is trying to share in addition to what you said in your answer; and although your answer might be subject to interpretation, I cannot disagree with it. So, again, thank you for your answer! I think my question kind of answers itself too, somewhat :P | |
| Apr 11, 2019 at 8:54 | comment | added | Andrew Shanks | @user477343 All you say is true. But there are some who mislead others by claiming to be Christians but who do not believe in any afterlife. Maybe they do this for financial gain, or they have a position in a church organisation or Bible College. They do it for money. Others claim to be Christian but do not believe in any afterlife because they grew up in a Christian family and do not feel comfortable giving up entirely on the faith of their parents/grandparents. There are probably other reasons, reasons of honour/prestige, etc why people pretend to faith when they have none. | |
| Apr 11, 2019 at 8:49 | comment | added | user477343 | And then comes the question of what happens then, but that is off-topic (albeit interesting). The given question focuses more strongly on people having hope in Christ, however, but only for this life on earth. Of course there must be an afterlife, with logical reason provided by your answer... but then why would people have hope in Christ if they do not believe there exists such a life after death? What even is the point? Hence my underlining question about this in the first place. Thanks for sharing your answer, whilst reinforcing my question! (+1) | |
| Apr 11, 2019 at 8:18 | history | answered | Andrew Shanks | CC BY-SA 4.0 |