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NASB | 2 Peter 3:1 This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 3:1 Beloved, I am now writing you this second letter. In this [as in the first one], I am stirring up your untainted mind to remind you, |
Subject: Is today the only day of salvation for a |
Bible Note: Arnie: Again, Romans 1 makes it very clear that every single human being who is able to perceive creation around them in any fashion has received God's revelation. You keep avoiding a discussion of that crystal-clear passage, choosing instead to repeat your assertion that there MUST be another chance. What do you think that second chance is? Reincarnation? The Mormon concept of "spirit prison" where people can receive Christ in the afterlife and have people baptized for them here on earth? God the Father has revealed Himself to all. Humanity as a whole has rejected Him. The fault is ours. Nowhere does it say in Scripture that God MUST give everyone the gospel. There is no question that He calls on us to proclaim it everywhere. It is absolutely certain that at some point it will be proclaimed everywhere. But NOWHERE does it say that every individual who has ever lived has been given (or will be given) an opportunity to "accept or reject Jesus Christ." We are condemned not for our rejection of Christ. We earn Hell first and foremost for our rejection of God the Father and his holy moral will, clearly revealed in nature and in our consciences (in addition to the specific revelation He has given to His people). Sixteen-year-old Muslim suicide bombers are rebels against a holy God that has revealed Himself, and therefore they will be judged and sent deservingly to hell. The theological ramifications of your unbiblical notion here do much to destroy the idea of God's omnipotence and sovereignty and justice, Arnie. When it all boils down, you are really just making something up in your own head rather than deriving your theology from what God has expressly said in His Word. --Joe! |