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NASB | Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality--faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. |
Subject: Are unbelievers in any way "saved"? |
Bible Note: I would submit this post only in an effort to give this thread the balance as given by God's Word. Paul gives this guidance to the Romans which is also applicable to the modern world: Rom 2:12 All who have sinned without the Law will also perish without [regard to] the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged and condemned by the Law. So for those in the world that have heard God's Word, they are most emphatically held to that standard as you've stated so powerfully. But there's no way anyone can possibly defend a position that God would actually condemn someone based on a standard of judgment that the person had never heard. BUT that DOESN'T mean that those folks will be treated to an easy judgment. All human beings do have the image of God with which we're all created and that's the standard which will be used by God to determine whether they go to heaven or not. This is discussed briefly in 1 Pet 3:21. God bless. --Rowdy |