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To: Theresa

Theresa, if it's all about good intentions, then why was it necessary for Jesus to be murdered on a cross? Since intentions are all that counts, why wouldn't we all just be judged on that? God sure would've been spared a lot of personal pain with that approach, would he not?

MM



85 posted on 09/30/2001 12:23:58 AM PDT by MississippiMan
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To: MississippiMan
"Theresa, if it's all about good intentions, then why was it necessary for Jesus to be murdered on a cross? Since intentions are all that counts, why wouldn't we all just be judged on that? "

But I never said it was only good intentions. I said Jesus death on the cross saves us. I said it several times too. The sin of Adam closed the gates of heaven to all men. When Jesus died on the cross he was the perfect sacrifice for our sins and his death opened the gates of heaven.

This is a little off the point but don't forget that the first covenant that God made with a human was the one he made with Noah. Noah was neither Christian or Jew. There was no bible in his day. He was a natural man who, I think must have lived by the law that God had written on his heart. Which is why God spoke to him and told him to build an Ark because there was going to be a flood. And Noah obeyed God. So it just shows me that not being a Christian is not a sign that you are going to be left out and shunted to the sidelines. That's my take anyway.

94 posted on 09/30/2001 12:48:05 AM PDT by Theresa
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