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NASB | Romans 2:14 For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 2:14 When Gentiles, who do not have the Law [since it was given only to Jews], do instinctively the things the Law requires [guided only by their conscience], they are a law to themselves, though they do not have the Law. |
Subject: Does a person who never hears about Jesu |
Bible Note: Hi, lb! The hypothesis was can man be saved by God outside of the knowledge of Christ (someone preaching; receiving a Bible and studying the Bible; television and radio evangelism...); my reply was that God can save even the most unfortunate individual who has never been exposed to any missionary functions... It is the Holy Spirit who scrutinizes our being not a priest/pastor/preacher... it is God Himself that searches us; the Bible as well as the ministers are aides to God not limitations to His Power and Authority... My personal belief is that Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life; that He is the only Way to the Father; that outside of Jesus there's no Salvation! "So you're saying that there's a number of people who God has predestined to be Saved by Christ and then there's a number that, even if they were born of believers, would perish no matter what they did? And if this is your theology, do you then cast off the Old Testament with all of God's revelations?" When we read the Holy Scripture and we formulate a theology, we cannot remove a portion of Scripture because it is old or antiquated or deemed not applicable... God is God: He is Eternal: in Him there's no change! So when God speaks through His prophets and He states that He does not want anyone to die (the second death: spiritual death: eternal damnation...) He means it! He is not going to set up a system where arbitrarily some will be saved and others discarded (Ezekiel 18--read the whole chapter, but pay close attention to the very last three, 18:30-31). It is not God's desire that any shall perish! It is man's choice not to accept Salvation (John 1:1-14; 3:14-21) If we say that God chooses those who are to be saved and those who are to be damned, we are making ourselves judges over the Word and we are setting an expiration time on God's Word! Today as then God cares not for our damnation but for our Salvation! The choice, as with Adam, has always been ours: we can choose Life (Jesus) or death (eternal damnation)... but to suggest that if I choose death, it is God's predestination for me... that is an excellent excuse to disobey God, choose death, and then claim that it was my fate... Few people in our history (Salvation History) have been decreed to do what God has commanded... the average human is free to choose life or death! God Bless! Angel |