Bible Question (short): Questioning the age of accountability |
Question (full): Can anyone give me insight on the age of accountability? I have heard disputing theories about if an individual is allowed into Heaven if they have had no teaching of Jesus Christ. I have learned that CS Lewis has interpretted scripture as saying that if a person believes that a supreme being must exsist and created everything and lives a life in an attempt to please said being then in his own way he has lived a Godly life even if no teaching of Jesus or scripture had ever been recieved. But then I have also heard that if that is the case then there would be sin allowed into Heaven. I understand that God instills a thirst in every person to know their creator, and I also know that "if you seek you shall find", that God will make himself known to those who want to know of him, but if that is not made known through a teacher, pastor, missionary, and a person has no knowledge of Jesus would they be condemned to Hell? If anyone can help me understand this more, has any reading, scriptures etc that might help lead me, It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Jeli |