Do you think a person who doesn’t accept God but believes He exists can go to heaven if he is a good guy and help others?<\/p>\n\t
You are asking if a person partially obeys God, picking which commands he would like to follow while ignoring the rest of what God said, can he be saved?<\/p>\n
The truth is that partial obedience is just disobedience in disguise.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Do you think a person who doesn’t accept God but believes He exists can go to heaven if he is a good guy and help others? 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