Most of us who post here in this forum are aware by now that there are tremendously diverse ideas of what it takes to make it to Heaven and escape Hell.
We know from the words of the Lord, if nowhere else in the scriptures, that there are a great many who consider themselves saved and even call Jesus their Lord who will be in for a rather rude awakening when they meet Him face to face.
I sincerely hope that the gospel net is so large that anyone who even names the name of Christ in any way will be saved. I just don't see that as being the case from the scriptures.
I suppose most Christians will agree about the out and out cults likely being lost _ with the exception of those who are in those cults of course.
But what about the ones in the general population of Christendom?
Being as careful as we possibly can to not say that any particular group as a whole is not saved (that's against the forum rules) - and understanding that obviously none of us here will be the final judge of these things - what is your general opinion as to where the line is when it comes to this rather upsetting truth about there not being salvation for all who name the name of Christ?
I.e. - in your opinion - what particular doctrine or lack of doctrine would likely form that God given line of division?
All Christians are saved , Christians is short of Brother in Christ meaning saved person who has Christ as their sacrificial lamb for sin .
There are many people who think that they are "Christians" but they are not. They don't know themselves why they are Christians or what the gospel is , they were just raised in family who went to Church and therefore call themselves "Christians" just like people who went to Temples call themselves Buddhists . Both fake Christian and Buddhist would share something in common and that's ignorance which is major thing that people love to be - ignorant . Both fake Christian and that Buddhist probably didn't reak their books/sciptures and didn't bother to deeply investigate what is this all about so they just happen to call themselved such titles because they were born in area where such things are .
1. I sincerely hope that the gospel net is so large that anyone who even names the name of Christ in any way will be saved.
That is not true , demons can't be saved and they know who Jesus is and spoke his name, this does not work this way just as casting out devils in Jesus name does not make you his disciple you simply using his divine power of his name for a purpose - Matthew 7:22-23 .
Many people are mistaken also because they were approached by preacher who told them to pray "sinner's prayer " . This prayer is man-made and not Scriptural and also does not work speaking from personal experience . I prayer and nothing happen untill few years after some preacher explained the gospel to me and I got saved by believing it.
2. I.e. - in your opinion - what particular doctrine or lack of doctrine would likely form that God given line of division
It's based in short of having Holy Spirit inside of you or not - Ephesians 1:13-14 .
You have then you are saved if you don't then you aren't . You get Holy Spirit by accepting Christ as lamb for forgivness of sins as free gift and that after he paid for sin he rose from the dead .
If you add anything to this gospel you are cursed according to Bible Galatians 1:8-9.
By cursed it means you are still under the curse of sin which God pronounced at his creation after Adam and Eve sin in Genesis , and you are doomed .
By adding anything or removing anything from the gospel one makes it no effect . Ephesians 2:8-9 , Romans 11:6.
Like I said before most fake Christians can't tell you the gospel , how can they preach to others and spread the good news of salvation if they don't know it ? And if they don't know it are they saved ? Probably not .
I usually like to ask person who says that they are Christian one of these questions to check if they know and understand it because understanding it is important .
a) Where do you go when you die ?
-most common answers which not saved people give are : I don't know , I will suffer for my sins then be cleaned of them , I don't believe in heaven or hell , Probably hell ,
Correct answer Christian would give is heaven
b) What is the gospel of salvation?
- most common people will start giving their testimony what God changed in their lives and will say how God is good and that he loves you , showing me that they have no idea what the gospel is and are just people who were going to Church with their family and hearing preaching. People like this have no foundation to build upon like Christ said and by preaching this to others when bad times comes people tend to bunt they salvation and rightly so because they were most likelly never saved to begin with.
Correct answer is found in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 , 1 Corinthians 1:23
In the end I'll give baking cake recipe but for salvation.
1.Preacher sent to preach good news
2.Preacher telling gospel
3.Unsaved person hearing gospel
4.Unsaved person understanding gospel
5.Unsaved person believing gospel
6.Saved person being sealed with Holy Spirit
Can be found in Romans 10:14-21
So not just saying Jesus won't make you saved you need these steps above
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
You need to hear word of God