So your saying the even if I am honest, nice, caring, and compassionate and even if I save a baby from a burning house I'm still going to hell with 0% chance of redemption if I don't say that jesus is my lord........
You are not saved by deeds Rand.
So basically a serial rapist/murder can get into heaven as long as he seeks forgiveness from jesus.
Christ died for all man's sins, not just stealing and gossiping. If a man murders or rapes he does not have Christ in him, thus he wouldn't go to heaven. If however he murdered or raped and for some reason afterwards came to repent his sins and find Christ, then YES He could still go to heaven.
But, an atheist will go to hell even if he never did any wrong to his fellow man.
Find me a man that does not sin.
And the god that would do this is supposed to be just and compassionate....
God is indeed just and compassionate. He died for our sins. Show me a man that would give his life for the very people that are torturing him.
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