Two Ways to be Saved

[newton3005]

John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” So, the short answer to one way to be saved is to believe in Jesus. To believe in Jesus is to believe in God Himself. Jesus in John 14:6 says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” So in this first way to be saved, you need to know God.

But what does that mean? Is it necessary to pour through the Bible to know Him? Is it necessary to attend church? Is it even necessary to pray by yourself in a room? There are other ways to know God. For example, if you never heard of God, and you see that someone out of the kindness of their heart helps you out of your need or distress, you would know the God that exists in the heart of that person, Anyone who benefits from that kindness, even those who were born with a limited mental capacity, would at least have experienced God and thus could be saved. Any connection with God, in any degree, that you don’t resist, would make you eligible to be saved.

The duration of that connection doesn’t matter. As Luke 23:42-43 demonstrates, you can be in the last hours of your life before you acknowledge God’s existence, and you can still be saved. And note that Jesus, who was on the cross next to the condemned man, Jesus who spoke to multitudes of people, going into detail of whom God blesses and who those multitudes are in relation to God, and who performed miracles all over the area near the Mediterranean, and discussed God with the Pharisees as well as ordinary people, says to the condemned man next to him, whom he never saw before and who never heard the words Jesus spoke before, but who said “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom,” says to the condemned man, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

The other way to be saved is by God’s Grace no matter how much or how little you know God. Could people who don’t believe in God be saved? That depends on whom you consider to believe in God. Is it just people who go around saying “Lord, Lord,” as referenced in Matthew 7:21? Can it be people who merely do the Will of God, also referenced in Matthew 7:21, without worshipping Him, be saved? What about people who lived on Polynesian islands who don’t worship God but who are fruitful and have families and multiply and make good use of the habitat they live in that God created, and foster good relations with eachother so their generations may continue? Does Psalm 19:1 not say, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork”? Is it not conceivable that God in His good Graces would save these people too?

What do we know about God regarding His Grace? As he commanded us to Genesis 1 to be fruitful and multiply, and as He commanded his Creation there to let birds fly and fish swim, and living creatures to be brought forth on land, would His Grace not be directed toward things that are “good?” In that respect, would His Grace not extend to those who at least share God’s interests concerning His Creation? Would those not possibly at least be saved to the extent of God’s Grace?

 

[d taylor]

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In The Bible there us only one way to receive God's free gift of Eternal Life and that is by belief in Jesus.

As for people who have never heard about God, Jesus how do they receive God's free gift of Eternal Life.

The Bible does not address this.

Here is an article that has a few thoughts on this: The Rapture and the Age of Accountability – Grace Evangelical Society

 

[newton3005]

As for people who have never heard about God, Jesus how do they receive God's free gift of Eternal Life.

The Bible does not address this.

Here is an article that has a few thoughts on this: The Rapture and the Age of Accountability – Grace Evangelical Society

As the article says, we are left with speculating "based on principles established in Scripture."

 

[sandman]

The gospels were addressed to Israel ....Not us in the this age of grace in the administration of the one body ...Today even the Judeans need to abide by what God instituted as Romans_10:9&10 states .... which Paul in that chapter was addressing the Jews.

Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

 

[newton3005]

The gospels were addressed to Israel ....Not us in the this age of grace in the administration of the one body ...Today even the Judeans need to abide by what God instituted as Romans_10:9&10 states .... which Paul in that chapter was addressing the Jews.

Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

From what I understand from reading the Bible, it's hard to believe that God would be so merciless as to let people with no mental capacity to know him, die in their flash. IMHO, Paul in the above Passages were speaking to people who had that mental capacity.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

There is only one way to be saved, by the blood of Jesus through faith. Eph 2:8

Those who have faith live differently than those who do not. Eph 2:10. James 2:14-26 Rev 14:12 It’s more than just believing, the devil believes and he will not be saved. Faith is a call to action and we are called to be more like Jesus and He not only died for our sins, but lived to shows us the perfect example of how ones lives for Christ 1 John 2:6

 

[The Liturgist]

We are not saved individually, but as members of the Church, by being grafted on to the Body of Christ through the mystery of Baptism. However those catechumens who die before receiving baptism are still members of the church; it is sometimes said they receive the baptism of desire, while there is also the Baptism of Blood, when someone confesses Christ before men and is martyred for it, and thus is instantly saved and granted a crown of martyrdom.

 

[Soyeong]

John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” So, the short answer to one way to be saved is to believe in Jesus. To believe in Jesus is to believe in God Himself. Jesus in John 14:6 says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” So in this first way to be saved, you need to know God.

But what does that mean? Is it necessary to pour through the Bible to know Him? Is it necessary to attend church? Is it even necessary to pray by yourself in a room? There are other ways to know God. For example, if you never heard of God, and you see that someone out of the kindness of their heart helps you out of your need or distress, you would know the God that exists in the heart of that person, Anyone who benefits from that kindness, even those who were born with a limited mental capacity, would at least have experienced God and thus could be saved. Any connection with God, in any degree, that you don’t resist, would make you eligible to be saved.

The duration of that connection doesn’t matter. As Luke 23:42-43 demonstrates, you can be in the last hours of your life before you acknowledge God’s existence, and you can still be saved. And note that Jesus, who was on the cross next to the condemned man, Jesus who spoke to multitudes of people, going into detail of whom God blesses and who those multitudes are in relation to God, and who performed miracles all over the area near the Mediterranean, and discussed God with the Pharisees as well as ordinary people, says to the condemned man next to him, whom he never saw before and who never heard the words Jesus spoke before, but who said “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom,” says to the condemned man, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

The other way to be saved is by God’s Grace no matter how much or how little you know God. Could people who don’t believe in God be saved? That depends on whom you consider to believe in God. Is it just people who go around saying “Lord, Lord,” as referenced in Matthew 7:21? Can it be people who merely do the Will of God, also referenced in Matthew 7:21, without worshipping Him, be saved? What about people who lived on Polynesian islands who don’t worship God but who are fruitful and have families and multiply and make good use of the habitat they live in that God created, and foster good relations with eachother so their generations may continue? Does Psalm 19:1 not say, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork”? Is it not conceivable that God in His good Graces would save these people too?

What do we know about God regarding His Grace? As he commanded us to Genesis 1 to be fruitful and multiply, and as He commanded his Creation there to let birds fly and fish swim, and living creatures to be brought forth on land, would His Grace not be directed toward things that are “good?” In that respect, would His Grace not extend to those who at least share God’s interests concerning His Creation? Would those not possibly at least be saved to the extent of God’s Grace?

In Exodus 33:13, Moses wanted God to be gracious to him by teaching him to walk in His way that he might know Him and Israel too, so grace is not a way of being saved that is alternative to knowing God.