I appreciate the point that we're called to express our (agape) love constantly in thought, word and deed, and that the Book of Life is not an accounting ledger.
My only point is that God has mercy on those who are merciful, even if they call Him Allah.
I appreciate the point that we're called to express our (agape) love constantly in thought, word and deed, and that the Book of Life is not an accounting ledger.
My only point is that God has mercy on those who are merciful, even if they call Him Allah.
Every morning when we awake from sleep, we partake of God's mercy ... for some others did not awaken.
In this sense, God bestows general mercies upon all the world each and every day.
That God even gives us the opportunity to know Him is a mercy extended to us.
That God responds with mercy to the demonstration of human kindness is evident in our world today ... but this does not necessarily extend so as to require God to show ultimate mercy when He sits in final judgement.
That He has provided us with all we need to avoid final condemnation is mercy above and beyond anything we else we will see in this life.
For us to receive this final installment of His mercy, God requires that we come to know and love Him ... as He is. To persist in mis-identifying God (not only in Name, but as to His attributes, as well) is equivalent to calling out another's name in the midst of intimate relations with one's spouse.