All men are called by GOD to believe In HIS WORD (JESUS) but men were too weak because of the flesh to perfectly keep GODs law.
Romans 8:3
King James Version
3
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
so then GOD sent HIS WORD (JESUS) to earth to die on a cross In order to make It possible that EVERYone who believes In HIM could have eternal life.
Of course only believers will receive salvation and of course GOD knew who would accept or reject HIS grace but
HE IS fair and loves righteousness and It wouldn’t be right and fair If HE didn’t make grace available to All men.
+++
Hebrews 1:7-10
King James Version
7
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
8
But unto the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, [even] thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
What’s to believe if you remove Gods word about salvation ? Are you saying what Jesus said died with him and no longer applies ?
How do you guys get past Paul’s teaching about eternal
Judgement according to what we do in this world ? If what you guys are saying is true why does the New Testament teach Jesus is the eternal
Judge of Mankind both the living and the dead ?
Judgement is found here and whoever believes will be saved
“For the Father judgeth no man, but
hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
And
hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Marvel not at this:
for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”
John 5:22-29 KJV
that’s the jidgement we all face we can be part of the group that hears his word and believes and be given life by him alone the judge . Or we can reject his words and face the second judgement meantioned there those who refuse hos word and remain on death for their sins.
The judgement he said is still to come looks like he said it does
One day we won’t be able to hide from his word
“And I saw a
great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And
I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up
the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and
they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Revelation 20:11-15 KJV
God sent the true gospel into the world for salvation to those who will believe him. It’s not complex at all of Jesus said we have to repent we have to repent , if he said believe in his words and be saved that’s what will be .
we have Gods judgement which is why Jesus was actually sent to speak the truth which no one understood about God and his kingdom
“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king.
To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
John 18:37 KJV
Jesus dying for sin is according to the end of the old teasrament he gave the New Testament those are the words of life and cannot be escaped in the end
It’s the judgement of believing his words now and being saved or rejecting his words now and being judged by those very words which have no end
“He that
rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
For I have not spoken of myself; but
the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.”
John 12:48-50
The gospel Jesus preached has to be accepted and believed or there is no salvation from judgement there is no other possibility of eternal
Life but through Jesus Christ and his gospel not an invention later that someone says “ this is the real gospel “
That last day we must all face is
Measured
“And
this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
Matthew 24:14 KJV
there is no different way to God only Jesus and the way he set forth will be acceptable to God the father even if we really think we don’t need to believe what he said , all other paths will lead to the terrible judgement coming upon those who reject the gospel
Jesus death wasn’t God ending his word ......but I’ve heard a lot of reasons like that why his word doesn’t apply , I guess faith sort of tells
Me to believe what my lord and savior had to say about being saved .
I can make something up and believe it but it doesn’t mean I believe the gospel which God sent to the world for salvation . We have to believe the gospel Jesus said is of God .
And should know this world is filled with people leading others astray from the true gospel and calling thier own inventions the gospel but that’s why we have it written down so we done have to depend on what someone tells us God said or worse tell us “Gods word no longer applies listen to me instead I’ll tell you about salvation “
Ideas like that burgle the seeds of faith in a heart of someone who would believe of we hadn’t explained why it’s not for them .