LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — Psalm 15:1
One time, I was sitting in an office with several members of my team, and we were reviewing resumes. Quite a few people had applied for a job with our company, and we were tasked with finding the best candidate. At that time, the job market was a lot more difficult than it is today. People were aggressive in their search for jobs as jobs were scarce.
On one side, we set out the job description. While we knew what the job entailed, we were not able to recite from memory the qualifications of the job. They were required to be a licensed healthcare worker in this position. That required specific training, including a college degree. Another qualification listed was a specific length of experience. We were able to take the many resumes and compare them to the qualifications.
As we dug through the pile of papers, we found that no one was qualified for the role we were hiring for based on the qualifications. The requirements of the job as listed were extremely high. No one held the required training, education, and experience.
In this Psalm, David asks a question that should cause us all to reflect and encourage us. at the end of this verse, he asks, who shall dwell in thy holy hill? The question is essentially who is qualified to dwell with God in His holy place? If we look over the qualifications, we will all quickly see that none of us are qualified!
Nothing of ourselves qualifies us for Heaven. Thankfully, the story does not end there. While we may not be qualified of ourselves, we are qualified through the blood of Jesus Christ! God is not looking for money, training, licensure, or anything else. He is simply looking for the blood of Jesus.
Don’t get discouraged when you look at yourself and see sin, fault, and failure. Those are all things of this world. God is looking at your heart. He’s looking to see if the blood of Jesus has been applied. If it has, He says you are worthy and more than qualified!
Jared Dyson
Another Well Ministries
The only point that was missed was missed by you.
You said one day I will believe and that you'll pray for me. I'm suggesting that the exact same could be said to you by someone of another faith. I give as much concern over your warning as you would from someone of another faith warning you.
What point do you believe I have missed exactly?
The Truth. The one that puts us in one of 2 places, heaven or hell, there is no in between. When 2 people have a disagrement, they both think they are right and if one of them is actually speaking the truth only one is correct. I will pray for you either way. Even if you do not want me to.
If there is an actual binary here it's not heaven or hell; it's life after death or not. And you don't know which is true any more than I do... nor do you know (if some afterlife does exist) which of the thousands of religions known to have existed over human history best represents said afterlife.
I have no objection to you praying for me, please do. In kind, I'll ask the universe to bestow you with rational thinking skills.