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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:15 and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:15 and He died for all, so that all those who live would no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and was raised for their sake. |
Bible Question:
Doc... I understand your answer, and as one who has heard the gospel and come to Christ, I thoroughly believe it my only option. However, Kim is asking about those who have not had that great privilege...is it not possible, that they can have faith in, and love God by the nature created in them, and thus have it credited to them as righteousness...just like Abraham and Enoch? In Christs Love...Rebar |
Bible Answer: Hi, Rebar... No, I'm afraid not. Even sincerity will not merit salvation. As the old divines put it, "The covenant of works being broken by sin, and made unprofitable unto life, God was pleased to give forth the promise of Christ, the seed of the woman, as the means of calling the elect, and begetting in them faith and repentance; in this promise the gospel, as to the substance of it, was revealed, and is therein effectual for the conversion and salvation of sinners. (Genesis 3:15; Revelation 13:8) his promise of Christ, and salvation by him, is revealed only by the Word of God; neither do the works of creation or providence, with the light of nature, make discovery of Christ, or of grace by him, so much as in a general or obscure way; much less that men destitute of the revelation of Him by the promise or gospel, should be enabled thereby to attain saving faith or repentance. (Romans 1:17; Romans 10:14,15,17; Proverbs 29:18; Isaiah 25:7; Isaiah 60:2-3)" --1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, Chapter 20, Paragraphs 1 and 2 In Him, Doc |