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Originally Posted by KnightOfSappho
Doesn't really matter. A person could die 10 minutes after accepting Christ. They would still be in that church.
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Reguardless such a person would not be following that supose Church leader; he would be lead by God via the Holy Spirit. Not everyone that attends a Church believes everything what is said from the pulpit...take it from me I am one of them, and I know of others that are like that too.
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Originally Posted by KnightOfSappho
That's why I mentioned living an honorable life and not a specific belief system. Many people do not believe that the Bible is the correct belief system. To each his own.
So what does the Bible say will happen to a person who lives a good life without being exposed to Christianity?
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Honorable in whose eyes? No one makes it into the kingdom of God because of goodness on their part. If that were so, then Jesus sacrifice was for naught. It is only by accepting the sacrifice of Jesus that one can truly be saved. The Bible says our goodness is like filthy rags to God. Of course, when one has received the Holy Spirit, which is the nature of God in them, they will desire and seek to do good. But they don’t do good to save themselves, because they are already saved; but the nature of God in them causes them to want to do good.
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Originally Posted by KnightOfSappho
I suppose then that any person could have sacrificed himself to redeem all sinners and then be worshipped as the Son of God? Or was Christ different in some way? If so, why isn't it reasonable to believe that he would remember things that the most people would not?
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If it were possible for a normal human being to be born and never sinned, he could only pay with his life for one person. Only God's life is worth more that all human beings that ever lived and those to come combined.
Jesus was not an ordinary human being; He was God in the flesh. Jesus knew His past; He knew where He came from. He did not have to go through some kind of aid in order to help Him remember who He is or where He came from.
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Originally Posted by KnightOfSappho
The lifetime of a human being isn't even a a blink in the time span of eternity. I think it is silly that a Divine being would judge humans through all eternity for what is less than a nanosecond of that time. THAT does not make sense to ME.
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Well this is one of those beliefs that I do not subscribe to. I have studied the scriptures from cover to cover, many times and it shows that the vast majority of humanity who have died, are neither saved or lost; they are awaiting the second resurrection....their are three resurrections mentioned in the Bible. The scriptures also show that those who are alive when Jesus returns but are not saved, will be given the Holy Spirit after Jesus has set up His kingdom on the earth, in Jerusalem. Nations will volunteer themselves to go up to Jerusalem to be taught God's ways. The saints who were glorified at Jesus' second coming will rule/teach these nations. The scriptures say that the saints will be kings and priest; they will hold a political and a religious office...there will be no separation of Church and state, everything will come under the kingdom of God.
In short, you have your beliefs and I have mine. I make it a point to treat the beliefs of others with respect even if I do not agree with them, and I expect the same.[/quote]
People believe all kinds of things; but their can only be one truth. Everyone cannot be right, that's confusion. The scripture says, "God is not the author of confusion."