Subject: IS there any answers out there? |
Bible Note: Ken, [Again, may I remind you that there was nothing to hinder that priviledge the children had. No law....no sin imputed. They couldn't be denied for such is the Kingdom made of...Why read into it "stuff" that's not there.] My point is that the gospel is the usual means by which men are called to place faith in Christ for salvation. This assumes that the hearer has the ability to understand it's message to begin with. In the case of infants and other innocents (severe mental handicaps) the understanding of the gospel would be beyond their physical ability. Since the Bible does not tell us explicitly how these helpless one's are to be saved, our trust must be placed in what we know about the character and attributes of God Himself. I have no clue as to where you got the mistaken idea that I think that mere professers will be saved! I BELIEVE Rom 10:9,10 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. "The books, John, who's in there and were their names written in there before or after the resurrection? "Phil 4:3 Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. Rev 3:5 'He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. Rev 13:7,8 It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. The Book of Life contains the names of the elect whom God had chosen from eternity. John PS I did not address your statement "Ok but you offer nothing because there is nothing other than "no law, no imputed sin" condition of the individual to support that, which is sufficient for my argument. Even the 'Downs syndrome people' are exempt under those guidelines even though they may be adult. That should bring comfort to alot of people." Sorry but I failed to understand it. Is "no law, no imputed sin" a quote of mine? I don't think so. |