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1 | Will unbelievers be raised from Sheol? | Rev 21:8 | Curtnsally | 31765 | ||
We must draw a distinction between "unbelievers" and "those who never heard" of Christ. "Unbeliever" implies those who have heard of Christ and rejected Him. Scripture is clear that these will not inherit the Kingdom. Further, Scripture says, "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." (Romans 1:20) God reveals Himself in some fashion to all people. It is faith in God that save us from our sin, whether we recognize God in Christ or not. Abraham did not know of Jesus Christ in the literal sense, but Romans 4:3 speaks of Abraham being saved by grace (not works, as was commonly thought in OT times)... "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." He trusted God for His salvation. We do not know how God reveals Himself, but we know that He does. We also know that Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6) What, therefore, are we to conclude? First, God gives all people an intuitive knowledge of Himself. Second, all people who are saved from human sin are saved only through faith in God's mercy fully the result of Christ's death and resurrection. There is no other means of salvation... Christ paid the price for all sin for all humans who believe and trust in God. God promises that all who believe will be saved. We trust that God's mercy is perfect, and that, just in the case of Abraham, the faith of the believers will be "reckoned to them as righteousness." It is God alone who will determine those humans who are believers. I am reminded of what Jesus said in Mark 10 :25-27... "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God." |
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2 | Will unbelievers be raised from Sheol? | Rev 21:8 | Robert Nicholson | 31794 | ||
Curtnsally: Amen on your post. We must remember that God's holiness is such that he must judge all sin. If we refuse the substitutionary work of Christ on the cross, such a choice will separate us from God for all eternity and we will suffer for our own sin. According to Rev. 20:11-15 no Christ rejector can escape facing judgment at the Great White Throne. "I saw the dead small and great stand before God..."V12 "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire, this is the second death. It is the "dead" which are in view here, not those who are alive in Christ eternally. It is a solumn truth from which many wish were untrue. The sad thing is "what we think" does not change the truth. In view of this, is it any wonder that we implore our fellow travellers to eternity to come to Christ for forgiveness and life? We will only end up in a lost eternity if we choose to go there. |
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