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Arbitrary Salvation?

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12-24-2005 3:46 AM 		Reply to: Message 3 by Madfish
12-24-2005 3:42 AM

Re: how about comparitive religions forum?
The Bible actually says that anyone that works righteousness and "fears God" is accepted by him. Jesus is not per se the only way to heaven except He is in the sense that Jesus is the mediator between God and man, and so when someone goes to heaven that doesn't know of Jesus, they meet Him there.
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The Bible does say that people will be damned though for rejecting Jesus in rejecting the gospel. One has to assume that means they hear the real gospel and still reject it.
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12-26-2005 1:24 AM 		Reply to: Message 8 by purpledawn
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Re: Rejction of Jesus/Gospel
How about Peter in Acts 10?
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34Then Peter opened his mouth and said, "In truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,
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35but in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness is accepted by Him.
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Acts 10 KJ21 - There was a certain man in Caesarea - Bible Gateway
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12-26-2005 1:27 AM 		Reply to: Message 6 by Madfish
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Re: how about comparitive religions forum?
God confirms His word to people. Only He knows what people really know and reject, and sometimes people claim not to know, but do.
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I'd be careful and realize it's easy to be seduced by systems of thoughts that are incomplete. Take your stance to "old stories". I would talk to God and ask Him to show you if the stories are true before listening to people that don't want to beleieve them anyway.
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12-26-2005 3:25 AM 		Reply to: Message 14 by Madfish
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Re: how about comparitive religions forum?
madfish, if you talk to God the same way you talk to me in asking me something, no wonder he doesn't answer, or maybe he does and you aren't seeing it for some reason.
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