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1 | What about those who never heard of JC ? | Bible general Archive 1 | bobwilkins99 | 30697 | ||
Hello Sons and daughters of Christ, Question: What do you believe happenes to people who were never told of the Life, death and resurrection of Jesus? Do people who were never witnessed to (by humans) end up spending eternity in Hell? (I am a CHristian and I know the word very well and I have spent countless hours researching this very question. Please repond with thought out answers ONLY.) Grace to you! |
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2 | What about those who never heard of JC ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Brian.g | 30930 | ||
Bob, My answer to your question is drawn from the parable of The Good Samaritan. Main characters: · A Levite and a Priest – both high ranking representatives of Judaism · Samaritan – from a community, which was considered, at the time, to be the equivalent of satanic religion (John 8:48). Basic Theme of the Parable The one closest to what God desires from man, the one who most exemplified Gods desire for mercy and compassion, was the person who was perceived as being the most distanced from God. This is the person who had no introduction to Scripture (Gospel). Summary 1. God is good 2. All that God creates is good, including man. 3. God did not create man with the intent of inflicting evil upon him. 4. God offers salvation to all men, none are excluded. 5. With God being good and all-knowing, God would not create a single man with the full knowledge that salvation for that man was never possible. That would be an act of evil. 6. God created man knowing that some men will not be exposed to the Gospel. Being a God of good, God must have a plan of salvation for those souls. 7. God has not revealed to man, His plan of salvation for the man who has not heard the Gospel. 8. The man who hears and rejects, the Gospel of Christ: through his own free will, is rejecting God and salvation. This lose of salvation is an act of man, not of God. 9. It is our sincere actions (as opposed to ‘good works’), which pleases and honors God, more than our knowledge of Gods Law 10. Rom 9:15 For He says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." 11. The truth of Romans 9:15, being from the Old Testament, was not changed in the New Testament. Conclusion: By the actions of the Samaritan, and Jesus’ subsequent approval of the Samaritan, we can conclude that even the Samaritan, can also be pleasing to God. Those who, through no fault of their own, have not been exposed to the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation Brian |
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3 | What about those who never heard of JC ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 30933 | ||
Brian: You have posted this interpretation before, and it still does not fit the context. Jesus used this parable to answer the question, "Who is my neighbor?" asked by a man seeking to justify himself as a keeper of the law. It has nothing in the least to do with whom God chooses for salvation. I also disagree with your judging God's sovereign use of His free grace and mercy as being "evil." Who are you to judge God? Perhaps you had better go back and read Romans 9:15 in its context to see Who is the boss here. As for saying there is some other plan of salvation, you are calling God and Christ liars (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). Furthermore, it is really calling God evil to send His own Son to die for sins if there was some other way to save His people. Under your faulty theology, Christ's death was completely unnecessary, because "God must have a plan of salvation for those souls [who have not heard of Christ]." --Joe! |
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4 | What about those who never heard of JC ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Brian.g | 30934 | ||
Joe You're making statements that I'm judging God and that I'm calling God and Jesus liars. I suggest that you: 1. Calm down 2. Take a minute and reread my post. 3. Then, if you still feel you are interpretting me properly, please discuss it in a manner which will help me understand which points you are commenting. I honestly can't decipher which points you disagree with from your response. Brian |
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5 | What about those who never heard of JC ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 30935 | ||
1. I am perfectly calm. 2. Re-read. 3. You are saying that people without Christ can go to heaven. Besides the fact that that has nothing to do with the parable of the Good Samaritan, it means that salvation is not only found in Christ. That is directly contrary to the crystal-clear statements that Christ made about Himself and the inspired text of the New Testament. Therefore, the death of Christ was unnecessary, because apparently God forgives sins apart from Christ in your scenario. Therefore, you are contradicting the clearest message of the New Testament by trying to turn a completely unrelated parable into an apologetic for a possible salvation apart from Christ. Clearer now? --Joe! |
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6 | What about those who never heard of JC ? | Bible general Archive 1 | djconklin | 30937 | ||
The only way people can and will be saved is through Jesus Christ. That is the message of Scripture. The Bible does not attribute any magical properties to the name of Jesus. On your next trip to the library do a search for the book entitled Through No Fault of Their Own? I highly recommend that everyone read it. | ||||||