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White sheep or black goats: No grey hybrids!
In the scriptures, whether the Torah, the four Gospels or the Qur'an, reference is made to two categories of people namely those who believe and those who do not. Two-fold categories spring there from, either that you believe in God or you do not. There is not third category of in between.
The three scriptures are clear and definitive on this issue. The first of the Ten Commandments denote this very clearly:
Ex. 20:2 beginning, I am the Lord, your God'.
This category is derived from Ex. 20:3, beginning, You shall not have other gods besides me'.
In the Gospel we read about the white sheep and the black ones:
"And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left." Matthew 25:32 and 33. This is a picture of the Final Judgment, when Jesus Christ separates the saved sheep from the unsaved goats.
The Qur'an informs us:
Say: (It is) the truth from your Lord. Then whosoever will, let him believe, and whosoever will, let him disbelieve. Lo! We have prepared for disbelievers Fire. Its tent encloses them. If they ask for water to help them, they will be showered with water like to molten lead which burns the faces. Calamitous the drink and ill the resting-place! Lo! as for those who believe and do good deeds, Verily! We will not waste the reward of the one whose work is goodly. As for such, theirs will be Gardens of Eden, wherein rivers flow beneath themBlessed the reward, and fair is the resting-place.' Chapter 18: 29 to 31
It is evident from these references that there two groups in this life with regards to the two distinct attitudes and of people towards God in terms of belief or disbelief. For a third category cannot exist since it is either or', to believe or not to believe. The skeptic alternates between the two but can never be both a believer and disbeliever at one and the same time.
The scriptures in this way determine a definite and clear prupose for humans. It is either to believe in God or to disbelieve in Him. made has no choice but to make this choice. Then, and in accordance to their free and considerate choice humans will be summoned up on the Day of Judgment to be held to account for their belief or disbelief, good deeds or bad ones.
Those who have believed and performed good deeds in their lives in this world shall be rewarded by eternal felicity. Those who chose disbelief which is the highest of evil shall be punished in hell fire and eternally so.
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