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1 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Reformer Joe | 41107 | ||
Arnie: You wrote: "These suicide bombers have been taught from the time they have been little children to hate Israel and the western way, they have been taught a very radical veiw of Islam. They have never had a chance to come to know Christ as you or I have. Do you think you or I, brought up in those same circumstances, would choose Christ? I don't think so." Do you think that anyone brought up in a "Christian nation" would choose Christ apart from the Holy Spirit's intervention? I don't think so, either. The radical Muslim fundamentalists are indeed products of their environment to a great extent, but first and foremost they are products of their own sin nature. Their environment simply helps determine what form their rebeliion against God the Father will take. "THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE." --Romans 3:11-12 --Joe! |
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2 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Arnie | 41149 | ||
Reformer Joe, thanks for the reply, the original question was, Is this the only day of salvation? I know we all fall into the catogory of Romans 3:11-12 We are all lost if it were left to us. Is God calling all humanity in this present age.Is the Holy Spirit at work calling all the peoples of the world? The Holy Spirit has always used human instruments to proclaims its message, Generally speaking I don't think there are to many people preaching the truth of God in these countries. Rom 10:14-15 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! KJV |
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3 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | kalos | 41150 | ||
Matthew 24:14 (ESV) And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. |
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4 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Arnie | 41152 | ||
Yes this will happen before the end comes. Has the end came yet? I don't put a time frame on God's plan of salvation. | ||||||
5 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | kalos | 41171 | ||
I don't put a time frame on God's plan of salvation either. All I did was quote scripture. I offered no comment, no interpretation, no application of my own. Matthew 24:14 (ESV) And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. |
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6 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Arnie | 41203 | ||
Dear Kalos, Matt 24:14 certainly tells us that a great work is yet to happen, the time frame is the cataclysmic time of the end. I keep going back to my original question, what about the billions who have never had an opportunity to hear the truth for the first time? |
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7 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Reformer Joe | 41214 | ||
They will pay for their sins for all eternity in hell. That is justice. "But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS" --Romans 2:5-6 --Joe! |
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8 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Arnie | 41289 | ||
Dear Joe, Your saying,that the bible says, God the Father is going to throw some one who has never had a chance to know the truth into everlasting torment? Isn't Romans 2:5-6 talking about some one who knew the truth? Rom 10:14-15 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! KJV |
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9 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Reformer Joe | 41322 | ||
Arnie: You wrote: "Your saying,that the bible says, God the Father is going to throw some one who has never had a chance to know the truth into everlasting torment? Isn't Romans 2:5-6 talking about some one who knew the truth? Rom 10:14-15" No, I am saying that God is going to throw someone who knew the truth, and suppressed it in unrighteousness, into hell. This is the group that Romans 2:4-5 refers to, and this group consists of everyone apart from Christ. Romans 1:18-20. The truth of God HAS BEEN REVEALED to all. Romans 10:14-15 just supports the need to evangelize, specifically because those who have not heard the gospel CANNOT call on Jesus Christ. We do not know who will reject Christ and who will receive Him among the evangelized, but it is certain that mercy is not extended to those to whom the gospel has not been preached. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as 2 Corinthians 5 tells us, and we need to extend the kingdom of God and the message of the gospel as God enables us to do so. We, the church, are God's means of extending His mercy to all those whom He will save. Time we got busy! --Joe! |
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10 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Arnie | 41351 | ||
Dear Joe, Your statement "The Truth of God has been revealed to all" explain how a two your old child who dies prematurely has had the opportunity to understand the truth. | ||||||
11 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Reformer Joe | 41364 | ||
First of all, since God is sovereign over life and death, no one dies "prematurely" in His economy. There is a body of Christian thought that holds to an "age of accountability," which doesn't have to do with the information at one's disposal, but rather one's cognitive abilities to apprehend it. However, an adult in an unevangelized country does not fall into the same category as a stillborn infant under this scheme, because the light of creation and the light of conscience are able to be appprehended by the adult. Comparing aborted fetuses to adult terrorists is complete nonsese. Just rest assured that your nonsense continues a very noble tradition of nonsense that all-too-frequently pops up on this forum! --Joe! |
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12 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Arnie | 41398 | ||
Dear Joe, You call what I believe nonsense, I am new to this forum, I find most posting and replies interesting, I certainly don't agree with everything I've read but I don't think I would respond to them by calling their post nonsense. I know Christ was accused of blaspheming God the Father, Paul was accused of heresy, what is most interesting is that when Christ came with the gospel, it wasn't the Romans (the people you say are doomed to eternal hell fire) who were offended by His message it was those who were the "Experts" in religeous matters. Let me respond the same way Paul did, Acts 24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: KJV Arnie |
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13 | Never had a chance to reject Christ | 2 Pet 3:1 | Reformer Joe | 41431 | ||
Well, Paul was speaking about himself, not Arnie. --Joe! P.S. The Romans were the ones who were contantly imprisoning Paul for his message. They were indeed offended. |
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