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1 | wll everyone hear abt jesus before death | Rom 2:13 | Robert Nicholson | 69692 | ||
Bocfloyd Greetings: I would like to cover a few verses which make it clear about the human heart and the way to heaven. The Lord Jesus told his disciples "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no man cometh to the Father, but by me" (John 14:6) Peter reinforces this "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, wherey we must be saved" (Acts 4:12) You raised the possibility of a "person who dies and his conscience and heart is not evil" Again God declares "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9) In Romans 3:10 we read "There is none righteous no not one" and in V. 23 "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Our heart in its natural condition has nothing about it or in it that would merit favor with God. Our sin has separated us from God. Our deceitful heart would try and tell us that we can be saved by own own efforts or our own inner goodness, which is a lie which if we believe it will damn us for eternity. One thing I love about the Lord Jesus was how clear and plain he presented eternal trues. He is the only way and the only name under heaven whereby we must be saved. It is important that this message is spread far and wide with the knowledge that God by his Spirit would bring lost sinners to himself. According to the Lord Jesus Christ there are no alternative ways to be made right before God. Doing the best I can or even if I were to offer my life in religious endeavors, or perhaps spend all the I have on the poor, however, If I know not Christ as Savior all is in vain. God cannot overlook sin and can only offer complete forgiveness to those who will place complete faith in the finished work of Christ. What we sometimes find hard to comprehend is that God does not owe us anything. We as creatures of his creation have no right to question his righteousness from a human perspective. We can only rejoice that by his grace he provided a way of salvation through his son and that by his Spirit he is drawing lost sinners to saving faith in the work of Christ. God bless you Robert |
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2 | wll everyone hear abt jesus before death | Rom 2:13 | RoaringLamb | 104536 | ||
Greetings, Robert. Your response to bocfloyd is right along the lines of what I would have said. When reading it, I'd hoped you would take it a little farther, part of the original question having been left unanswered: is it possible for someone to live and die having never heard the gospel of Christ. This of course leads to another question: How does a just God, who has determined that salvation comes only through his son, make provision for those who, through circumstances beyond their control, never heard the only Name by which they may be saved? I'm not directing the question to you, because I think you may already know the answer. However, I do plan to respond to bocfloyd with an answer and would be interested in your input. One of the biggest areas of confusion among searchers and believers alike is what happens to the saved and lost at death. Just this morning, on the radio, I heard a famous preacher say that the saved go immediately to heaven at death. THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THIS UNBIBLICAL TEACHING! What does the Bible teach on this? |
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3 | wll everyone hear abt jesus before death | Rom 2:13 | Robert Nicholson | 104754 | ||
Thank you for the response: I agree that as Christians we some times go beyond the scriptures into the area of wishful thinking. You have asked what doe the Bible teach as the what will happen to those who are saved when they die? The Lord Jesus made clear the purpose of Calvary."If I go and prepare a place for you. I will come again and receive you unto myself: that where I am, there you may be also. Is it no amazing that the Lord Jesus Christ desires those who are saved to be with him? We must divide those who are saved into two classes; those who have died and those who are alive at this time and wait for his coming. The early Christian were concerned with the fated of their saved loved ones who had died. "Would the miss the blessing with Christ at his coming? In 2 Cor. 5 discusses this topic and puts into Christian perspective. In v1 he points out that we live in temporary tent bodies in contrast to the eternal body which will be ours at a later When Christ comes. Paul underlines the security of our salvation "Therefore we are always confident, knowing that , whilst we are a home in the body, we are absent form the Lord:d" V6 "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord" V8 What does it mean to be present with the Lord? Paul speaks of this as he nears death "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand" (2 Tim 3V6) As Paul reflects upon this truth, he speaks to the Philippians "For I am betwixt (betweend) two. having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ which is far better..."Phil 1:23 I believe from these few chapters that the Christian who is saved and dies before Christ is absent from the body and Present with the Lord. Praise his name. Furthermore for those of us who are alive await that moment when Christ will come bring with him those who have been with him since their physical death to meet those who are alive, this is when the dead received their resurrection bodies and those who are saved alive on earth will be change "shall be caught up together with the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord" (1 Thess 4:17) The relation which we began with Christ in time when we by faith rested in his work upon the cross is an eternal relation for all eternity May we rejoice as "We wait for his Son from heaven" and impress upon our hearts the great need for our fellow travellers to hear the gospel of his grace, that they too might be saved. Robert Nicholson |
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