People use the first two chapters of Romans and forget chapter 3 follows. No one follows God's commandments. The Gentiles know what is right by nature. The Jews know what is right by the Law. Neither follows them. All turn aside. The only thing their conscience is going to do is confirm that they turned aside.
I wasn't referring to their sum or condition or salvation, just whether only non-saved Christians could choose to do good.
As Dr. E stated, people can do good, humanistic things. That means nothing in the sight of God. By Christian standards, Gandi is in hell as nice of a person as he was.
people can do good, humanistic things. That means nothing in the sight of God.
Gandi is in hell
Let me repeat, I'm not talking about salvation, just possibly a single decision to do good.
What about: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."? Could someone who has this greater love, therefore have some knowledge of God who is love? Or does acting out of selfless love always make one necessarily a humanist?