Afterlife

• What did Jesus say the 'sheep' did in the parable of the sheep and goats?


  "When I was hungry, you gave me something to eat. When I was thirty, you gave me something to drink. When I was a stranger, you invited me in. When I was naked, you clothed me. When I was sick you looked after me and when I was in prison you visited me."
• What did Jesus say the 'goats' did in the parable of the sheep and goats?


  "When I was hungry, you didn't feed me. When I was thirty, you gave me nothing to drink. When I was a stranger, you ignored me. When I was naked, you didn't clothe me. When I was sick and in prison, you didn't look after me."
• "If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body"
• Christians believe that in serving others, they are serving Jesus.
• What is purgatory?

  A temporary state of purification for souls before entering heaven.
• What is parousia?


  The second coming, or when Christ returns to judge the living and the dead. It will mark the end of the world and only God knows when.
• How does the belief in an afterlife affect Christians?


  It makes them behave a certain way to achieve afterlife.
• What does agape mean?

  God's love and showing or spreading God's love.
• Treating others well and in accordance with Christian morality is not enough to guarantee a good afterlife. Following Jesus and believing he is the son of God and his teaching is also important.
• The afterlife begins either on death or on the day of judgement.
• Christians believe they either go to heaven or hell when they die. Catholics believe you could also go to purgatory.