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NASB | John 5:28 "Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 5:28 "Do not be surprised at this; for a time is coming when all those who are in the tombs will hear His voice, |
Subject: God's fair standards to judge evildoers |
Bible Note: The question of how does God deal with people that have never heard of Jesus Christ is a hotly debated issue outside the Reformed theology so I don’t think I stand outside of orthodoxy but I do admittedly stand outside Reformed. And the last I checked the forum guidelines this is still a forum where one theology does not over rule another just because someone insists it should. You say I am far aside of orthodox Christianity I say I stand in the middle of it and you have ignored what I say actually prevents us from going to eternal damnation. You say sin is what condemns us and I say of course it is sin but the fact is we all sin and fall short. In eternity when we stand in our homes in heaven the reason we will be there is not whether we sinned or not for we all sin but because our sins were paid for by the Blood of the Lamb on the cross. Jesus must be preached Acts 8:30-31 (NASB) 30 Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" 31 And he said, "Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. For Jesus to be understood the Eunuch said he needed some one to teach him or else this eunuch spoke a lie. Why would we consider others to be different? Jesus in his discussion with the Samaritan women mentions it. John 4:22 (NASB) 22 "You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. It was Paul's burden to preach he gives us a classic example of what we are talking about in the men of Lystra His answer is found in Acts 14:15 (NASB) 15 and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM. Our theology is not that far apart but is seems like you want to find exceptions in what I'm saying. I can think of no reason except for your personal knowledge of my perspective of reformed theology which by forum guideline should not be the issue. |