I don't think anyone can second guess God. The salvation of every person is in His hands and all we can do is try to live the best life possible and follow God's words as we understand them to be.
The Jews and the Muslim's BOTH have a WORKS oriented religion: Be GOOD or else! If you think orthodox Jews have it rough in followinhg merely 613 laws, look into an official Muslim websbite and see ALL of the stuff THEY have to do! And in the end, the can only hope that when the end of their coffin opens, and they are poured out into the scales, their good deeds outweigh the bad!
Christians, on the other hand, rely on faith in GOD's promise. Faith alone is their watchword. Of course, good works and clean living should be a consequence of Faith, it is STILL the faith that does it.
True, there are MANY people who call them selves Christian that are relying on their 'good works' to 'help' in their Salvation, but this thread is not the place to be bringing THAT up.
The salvation of every person is in His hands and all we can do is try to live the best life possible and follow God's words as we understand them to be. AMEN!
But, it's in this UNDERSTANDING that is ALL the trouble! As I posted earlier, the words in each Book are just too dissimilar.....