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You are arguing the obvious and you have missed the whole point of the Scriptures in Romans 1:18 that I used.
NO one is saying that there is another way to be saved outside of Jesus Christ.
When I read Romans 1:18 I see these words...."The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness..."
To be saved one first has to know how bad sin is.
"Ungodliness = That which is against God.
Romans 1:20...…...
"For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse."
Creation is the clear revelation of God so that ALL men will know that there was a Creator therefore when they worship an idol or refuse God...."They are without an excuse".
That was the point. People who refuse God are guilty in the light of the Creation revelation.
It's 1500 BC, and there is young man living with his family and tribe on what is today the coast of California.
How can that man be saved?
As I see it we have two options:
1) He can't be saved. And then we simply say that there are people, countless people, for whom salvation was never possible. And God chose it to be that way, and therefore whether a person can or cannot be saved is largely dependent upon the roll of the dice or else by God's intentional purposes.
2) He can be saved. That God, abundant in mercy, who loves the world, and gave His only-begotten Son, is the God who truly and really does desire the salvation of all people. And while we may not know how, or in what way, or any such things; we can be confident that God wants people to be saved. God is not passive, but active, even pro-active in saving us.
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