Yet another day in Bonobostan

Tommy Kwesule. said:
By the way @Pastor what will happen to my ancestors who didn't know Jesus Christ because he never bothered to introduce himself to them? Will they go to hell?
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Nope.
In Romans 1:18-20, Paul as inspired by God writes: The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Now, I am not a theologian but God's love supersedes His wrath and according to my simple understanding, as @Pastor wrote earlier today in a different thread, The fool says in his heart that there is no God. Makes you think, eh? BTW, these are not words uttered by the aforementioned Lister but rather are in Holy Scriptures in the 1st verse of the 14th chapter of the Psalms of David.

When I was an atheist, not gonna lie, I was angry at a lot of stuff to do with the "so-called loving God" who allowed a lot of bad stuff to happen in the World but now with His revelation, I am able to see that the World is wicked because we ourselves are. It's our nature and no wonder we remain in desperate need of a Saviour. Does salvation make us good people? Not quite since all of us have fallen short but does it guarantee eternal sonship? Yes. Remember, we are not physical beings having a brief spiritual experience but rather, we are spiritual beings having a veeeeeery temporal earthly experience. Life is eternal.

I digress... so what about those who never heard the Gospel?
And this isn't limited to our ancestors only. While in Malaysia, I met someone who absolutely had no clue who Jesus was. He thought it's a movie curse word!

Back to the initial scripture, I believe that God reveals Himself even without preachers uttering the Gospel message and as the 2nd scripture says, those that deny there being a God are just dancing to the tune of their folly.

My personal opinion also is that when Christ died and the Bible records that he descended to the underworld (1 Peter 4:6), it states that "good tidings were proclaimed to the dead". And I believe the deeds and the belief in a deity to those who never heard the good news are assured of salvation.

Hapo pengine wacha my fellow lay servant add his bit, @QuadroK4000
 
mzeiya said:
Nope.
In Romans 1:18-20, Paul as inspired by God writes: The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Now, I am not a theologian but God's love supersedes His wrath and according to my simple understanding, as @Pastor wrote earlier today in a different thread, The fool says in his heart that there is no God. Makes you think, eh? BTW, these are not words uttered by the aforementioned Lister but rather are in Holy Scriptures in the 1st verse of the 14th chapter of the Psalms of David.

When I was an atheist, not gonna lie, I was angry at a lot of stuff to do with the "so-called loving God" who allowed a lot of bad stuff to happen in the World but now with His revelation, I am able to see that the World is wicked because we ourselves are. It's our nature and no wonder we remain in desperate need of a Saviour. Does salvation make us good people? Not quite since all of us have fallen short but does it guarantee eternal sonship? Yes. Remember, we are not physical beings having a brief spiritual experience but rather, we are spiritual beings having a veeeeeery temporal earthly experience. Life is eternal.

I digress... so what about those who never heard the Gospel?
And this isn't limited to our ancestors only. While in Malaysia, I met someone who absolutely had no clue who Jesus was. He thought it's a movie curse word!

Back to the initial scripture, I believe that God reveals Himself even without preachers uttering the Gospel message and as the 2nd scripture says, those that deny there being a God are just dancing to the tune of their folly.

My personal opinion also is that when Christ died and the Bible records that he descended to the underworld (1 Peter 4:6), it states that "good tidings were proclaimed to the dead". And I believe the deeds and the belief in a deity to those who never heard the good news are assured of salvation.

Hapo pengine wacha my fellow lay servant add his bit, @QuadroK4000
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Well said lay leader.
Now answer this.
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