Originally posted by KellyJay
We part company here, Jesus said He is the way, truth, light and no one comes to the
Father except through Him. Scripture also teaches those that do not believe in Him are
condemned already.
We don't really part company, it is that you don't understand me, and i know that. In the end, Heaven, everything will be made clear.
Why does Jesus and the Apostle Paul continue to make exceptions for those who are not baptized as most understand it.
Listen to what Jesus says, " Not everyone who says 'Lord Lord' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only the one who does the will of the Father"
The will of the Father, certainly to "us" it includes following the commandments and loving God and loving your neighbor as yourself. Yet Jesus also states things like, "truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the Kingdom of God ahead of you. " Yes He is talking to the Pharisees, but was He not talking to us to, now!
Again and again Jesus speaks of what each of us has done. Matt 16:27, etc.
Paul continues in this same bent, "For those who know the law will be judged by the law, and for those who do not know the law will be judged by the law written in their hearts." i'll cont. this later, have to go