Originally posted by @thinkofone
[b] You think one can enter God's Kingdom...Without even believing in his redemptive sacrifice for us?
In the gospel preached by Jesus during His ministry, He never stipulated that. If you think He did, then cite the passages.
By "truly" righteous you mean without God, by one's own works.
No by abiding in His word and having His word abide in you. This Jesus did stipulate. Do you need to see passages?[/b]
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
John 6:35
Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life."
Matt 18:6
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.