frost,
Frost,
"To love God, is to be born again. And to be born again, is to love God. "
1. Does this include Muslims? I'm sure many Muslims claim to love God.
It does not include Muslims, for God can only be said to be loved if He is also known.
This is illustrated in the marriage relationship of man and woman: that which is analogous to ‘knowing’, the sexual act, is and must be inseparably and intrinsically part of the love in the marriage.
Because it is not possible to know God except through the person of Jesus Christ, it must be said that a Muslim does not know God, and therefore does not love God. Our love for God must be predicated with His foregoing love for us. Such is not possible without knowing Christ.
That the Muslim thinks he does love God, is no different to the fact that he thinks he knows God: it is mere superstition.
"1 Cor 7 declares that babies born to non-believers are "unclean". Revelation declares that nothing unclean will enter heaven. The conclusion? Children of non-believers, which die while still in the cot, are on their way to hell."
2. Are you suggesting that anyone who has parents that aren't believers cannot be saved?
Not at all. If that were the case, almost one would be saved.
The point I was making was that there is no such thing as ‘innocence’ in the womb or while still a toddler. That the children of unbelievers are declared as naturally unclean, being a product of them who are unclean, is representative of the default state of man: he is born a sinner, and requires the grace of God.
Frost,
"To love God, is to be born again. And to be born again, is to love God. "
1. Does this include Muslims? I'm sure many Muslims claim to love God.
It does not include Muslims, for God can only be said to be loved if He is also known.
This is illustrated in the marriage relationship of man and woman: that which is analogous to ‘knowing’, the sexual act, is and must be inseparably and intrinsically part of the love in the marriage.
Because it is not possible to know God except through the person of Jesus Christ, it must be said that a Muslim does not know God, and therefore does not love God. Our love for God must be predicated with His foregoing love for us. Such is not possible without knowing Christ.
That the Muslim thinks he does love God, is no different to the fact that he thinks he knows God: it is mere superstition.
"1 Cor 7 declares that babies born to non-believers are "unclean". Revelation declares that nothing unclean will enter heaven. The conclusion? Children of non-believers, which die while still in the cot, are on their way to hell."
2. Are you suggesting that anyone who has parents that aren't believers cannot be saved?
Not at all. If that were the case, almost one would be saved.
The point I was making was that there is no such thing as ‘innocence’ in the womb or while still a toddler. That the children of unbelievers are declared as naturally unclean, being a product of them who are unclean, is representative of the default state of man: he is born a sinner, and requires the grace of God.
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