What happens to you if your a good person then but dont believe and your a wicked person but do? Tracy
When you ask "What happens to you", I'm going to assume that you're asking if someone is saved or not. I hope I have that right.
The first and most wonderful thing about salvation is that it is easy to attain. People say it's a gift, and although this is true, it's not without conditions. It would more accurately be described as an agreement. It's an agreements that is driven by the passion of perfect, eternal love. Ultimately, salvation is our eternal bond with God, and it's modeled in this life by marriage.
Marriage is an agreement that both parties enter into voluntarily. When you enter this agreement, you are given great privileges that are not available to those who do not enter this agreement—you get special treatment. Of course, you are expected to give your spouse special treatment as well.
In the Earthly model, marriage is consummated by a physical bond that results in the presence of blood one time. Our marriage to God was consummated by the presence of blood one time—on the cross. It is what is called a blood covenant; blood being the symbol of life.
God's promise to us in this eternal covenant of love was demonstrated by the only means we can currently understand—suffering—and this convent of love provides promises to us that include eternal life with peace and rest and to always to be in the presence of our beloved Spouse. During this life, this covenant provides the promise of help and guidance, plus the promise that—although we may very well experience suffering—it will never be more than we are equipped to endure.
King David understood this in the famous psalm that said:
"He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."—Psalms 23:3-4
The two important things to point out here is that David is relying on God to restore his soul. How can a soul be restored unless it is first exhausted. David knew that God would not keep David from hard work or even exhaustion in this life, but he knew that God would restore his soul.
The other thing is that David said that he would walk through the valley of the shadow of death. He knew that God did not promise to keep us from the valley of the shadow of death—trouble, but that God would comfort us through it
if we were in covenant with Him.
So, this is salvation.
Now, what is a good person. This can mean many things depending on the context in which it's used, but for the purposes of this context—that is—in God's eyes, a good person is one who has entered into a covenant with Him. Of course, you can't enter into a covenant with someone who you don't believe exists, so this requires that you are a "believer".
Now, if you truly believe in God, then you will want to become a better person from the bottom of your heart (soul—emotions, passion, drive). This faith in you will be evident in that you will strive to become a better person because you want to please your spouse. It's only natural.
If someone is not a believer, they can certainly do good works on the Earth, but it is not for God. These good works could be driven by the good feelings they receive when they do good, or they may be driven by the love they have for someone else, which ultimately makes them feel good. There are other reasons as well, but you will find that, in most cases, this drive to do good in a non-believer is a result of the emotional reward that is received as a result of doing good. This is a type of self-love that is referred to in the Bible as being "soulish", or from the soul (center of emotions) rather than the spirit (source of intellect, will, creativity). This is not to degrade their love, for we all have experienced soulish love before we lean about spiritual love. It's simply part of the growing-up process.
Now we have to understand that, although this good feeling is by God's design and is a balancing mechanism to help us enjoy life before reaching spiritual maturity, it does not mean that this person has entered a covenant with God. This covenant has to be entered by someone who understands what they are doing. It is an act of the will which is a act of your spirit or intellect.
So, with this background, we can answer the question:
"What happens to you if your a good person then but dont believe and your a wicked person but do?"The question contains a mutually exclusive circumstance.
A person who believes
is a good person, at least in God's eyes. A person who believes will not do evil intentionally. Now, if they lose their temper or get into some other trouble that they later regret, then all they have to do is stop, which is called repentance. We should then confess our sins to Him in prayer (whether or not we confess them to other people is up to us) just as you would when you confess a wrongdoing to a loved one ("Yes I did it") and tell them that you will try not to do it again ("and I'm sorry").
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."—1 John 1:9
Notice that it does not say "a little bit of unrighteousness" it says "all unrighteousness". God sees you as perfect once again.
There are so many misconceptions spread about God and Christ that it boggles the mind. This is one reason why we should to study scripture for ourselves and not just rely on the teachings of others.
One misconception is that God is "up there keeping track" of every wrong that we do. He just loves pointing that parenting finger at us and bringing us to shame.
Not true.
"...As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die..." —Ezekiel 33:11
God is our advocate, and when you believe and understand that, you can more easily understand how good your relationship is with Him regardless of how you feel. In fact, you relationship with God is modeled in this life as your relationship with your children. You are their advocate. You are on their side. You want reconciliation and have forgiveness toward them.
How often have you, as a child, felt that your relationship with your parents was over, gone and done; that they would never love you again and you had been utterly rejected. Did this mean that they really felt that way. Of course not (hopefully). This is why we should not rely on our emotional feelings to determine if our relationship with God is good or not. Our feelings are fallible. They change daily, sometimes from moment to moment. The are not the gauge we should use to measure our relationship with God, rather, they are the reward that we experience when we do good in life and believe that we are pleasing to our Spouse.
Now, what about a person who is a good person but does not believe.
The Bible is very clear about this. It does not matter how good we try to be or how good our works are in this life. If we refuse to covenant ourselves with the designer and creator of the universe, how can we be pleasing to him. This is like saying, "I just want to be friends" to your spouse, or saying, "I'd like to go out and fool around for a while and maybe I'll be back".
People learn about what they care about. If you care about sports, you'll know who the MVP is or who won the last game. If you care about health, you'll read whatever you can get your hands on to learn more. We generally know little about the things we don't care about.
The bottom line for those who have had all opportunity to learn about Christ but still do not believe is that they don't care enough to learn, and this apathy is disgusting to God just as it would be to you if you raised and cared for a child who eventually left home with no sense of appreciation or love for all that you had done:
"I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."—Revelation 3:15-16
Lukewarm apathy is the sure way to ruin any relationship. Passion, on the other hand, is necessary to accomplish any great thing.
Finally, I believe that those who have not had a chance to know Christ may have an opportunity in the millennium, although I have not studied this subject enough to be sure. There is a growing consensus among the Bible scholars
that I respect that this is the case. This does not mean that those who have had the opportunity in this life and have rejected Christ will get a second chance. We all have one chance, but chance is a poor choice of words. It really should be spoken this way: "We all have about 70 years of opportunity".
The bottom line is this. There is no reason that anyone would want to reject a relationship with God if they truly understand what it means. If they study this covenant (the Bible) and see the truth and evidence behind it (don't listen to mainstream media today as it slanders the Bible at every turn; the lies are outrageous, just as with the amalgam issue) and even listen to the testimonies of others who have experienced this relationship with God, why would anyone wait.
If a person is sick, mercury poisoned, depressed, or otherwise debilitated, God understands this completely. He does not forget any suffering that you endure and does not hold you to any unreasonably high standards. He knows that you are unable to function as you would like. He is your advocate. He wants you to succeed. He wants you to flourish, and as any good parent, he may prune you once an a while to make sure you do. He also loves you and wants an eternal relationship with you with a passion that few really take time to think about.
In fact, when you really think about it; when you really understand what His letter to you (the Bible) says, then you will realize that He would rather suffer and die than live without you.