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To: Iscool
There's only one thing that will send you to Hell...That's the refusal to accept Jesus as your Savior...

Does this apply to the millions of people that have never even heard of Jesus Christ? Give your brain a rest. It needs it.

103 posted on 03/27/2007 12:50:52 PM PDT by Misterioso
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To: Misterioso
Actually, he is incorrect. Romans 1 teaches plainly that all men can know certain things about God and His character from nature, and that those things are plain, evident and unmistakeable. The problem with those who "never heard of Christ" is the same problem with those who HAVE heard of Christ...., we don't like the idea of being eternally accountable. The scripture teaches that we deliberately suppress the innate (built in) and extant (available for viewing) evidence for a holy creator God, whether it is some Hotentot in S. Africa or some modern American who has an abundannce of knowledge available.

Those who "have never even heard of Jesus Christ" have light like a weak flashlight. Those who hear the good news of Christ's death for sinners are like those standing in Madison Square Garden before a bank of Hi intensity lights. Men are not judged on HOW MUCH light they have, but WHAT THEY DO with the light they have.

The testimony of scripture and experience is that men universally turn away from the true God, and either worship themselves, their pleasures, or false religions.

THAT is what men are judged for (See Romans 1-2 for a more detailed explanation)

123 posted on 03/27/2007 1:06:39 PM PDT by DreamsofPolycarp (Ron Paul in '08)
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To: Misterioso

>>Does this apply to the millions of people that have never even heard of Jesus Christ?<<

Only if they've never worshipped other Gods, lied, stolen, coveted, murdered, dishonored their parents, committed adultery...

If God's plan is to save a tribe of Aborigines who have never heard of him, he will send a missionary.

If you're that concerned about those who have never heard of God, you ought to repent of your sins, dedicate your life to Christ, and serve him in the jungles, seeking the lost and preaching salvation to them.


134 posted on 03/27/2007 1:12:21 PM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow ("All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him.")
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To: Misterioso
Does this apply to the millions of people that have never even heard of Jesus Christ? Give your brain a rest. It needs it.

Nope...But you tell us about it, o wise one...

172 posted on 03/27/2007 2:03:23 PM PDT by Iscool (There will be NO peace on earth, NOR good will toward men UNTIL there is Glory to God in the Highest)
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