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sidewinder · 05-21-2002, 06:39 AM

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Originally posted by Fastfalcon:
<strong>Let me see if I can answer your questions.
in Romans 3:23, it says that All have sinned fall short of the glory of God. this leaves no wiggle room. it says that All have sinned. that means you have sinned, I have sinned, even the Pope has sinned. Romans 6:23 says that the wages of sin is death. wages in this context means punishment. it is not the first death but the second death (i.e. being thrown into the lake of fire. Read Revelation 19 onwards.) the first death is just ordinary dying. BUT, God did not want us to perish but for all to come to repentance. Now you are asking about those who have not heard the gospel. Lots of Christians ask too. I think that in some point they will hear the gospel (probably when Jesus comes back) and will make the decision to either accept or reject Jesus. Long, I know, but I just want to try to answer your questions.</strong>

1. In the unlikely event that Jesus did return to Earth, and proclaimed that Christianity was the one and only true religion, giving people a chance to accept it who haven't accepted it, then who would reject it under those circumstances? (I had to add the part about Jesus proclaiming Christianity being the true religion because Muslims also believe that Jesus will return to Earth and be the final judge.) At that point, who wouldn't accept whatever this supernatural being said?

2. If you get another chance to accept the true religion of God after you die, what's the point of bothering us with all this religious stuff now? Why doesn't God just prove Himself to us after we die and then ask us if we accept his true religion? Again, who would reject it under these circumstances?

3. If God wants all humans to be saved, why not just accept us as we are under the unique circumstances of our lives? If he's truly a "loving father" then he would love us and accept us unconditionally. I would love my children no matter what and could never possibly conceive of sentencing them to an eternity of eternal torment. Again, why bother us with all this religious stuff, which only seems to have caused thousands of years of misery, conflict, and death in human history.

G B Mayes · 05-21-2002, 08:46 PM

Bev:
Thank you for the excellent reference. I always considered the story a parable, but never took it much past the obvious prediction of the death of Jesus and irony that even his resurrection would fail to convince many that he was the Christ.

--Brent

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05-21-2002, 08:46 PM	#22
G B Mayes Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: texas Posts: 51	Bev: Thank you for the excellent reference. I always considered the story a parable, but never took it much past the obvious prediction of the death of Jesus and irony that even his resurrection would fail to convince many that he was the Christ. --Brent [ May 21, 2002: Message edited by: G B Mayes ]</p>

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