You are fighting the air, then; the Christianity you contest is only Christendom.
Can I go to Heaven even though I die without faith in Jesus Christ?
Yes or no?
"Will receive" is not the same as the "equal" you used in your earlier post.
Sure it is!
Die without faith in Christ and you will receive eternal damnation
is the exact same thing as saying:
Dying without faith in Christ equals eternal damnation
You're quibbling over half a dozen of one and six of the other!
Where does the Bible say that "faith in Christ" is the same as "repentance of sin & removal of trust from self to Jesus"?
The whole of scripture testifies to the fact that faith in Christ entails genuine repentance of sin and removal of ultimate trust from self to Jesus
The fact that salvific faith necessarily causes repentance from sin and dependence on Christ, does not make faith equal to them.
Can one be said to possess faith in Christ without repenting of sin and placing trust in Jesus?
Yes or no?
If the answer is "no" - then it has been established that repentance and trust ARE equal to faith
Where does the Bible teach this is the basis?
Can I go to Heaven even though I die without faith in Jesus Christ?
Yes or no?
If the answer is "no" - then it has been established that the basis upon which God decides one's eternal fate IS faith in Christ
After all, couldn't one just as easily say "the basis on which God determines one's eternal fate is" God's election?
And who are the 'elect'?
The elect are simply those whom God predestined to genuinely repent of their sin and remove ultimate trust from self to Christ
Again, you are quibbling over half a dozen of one and six of the other
There are several passages that sound just as prescriptive, that can be taken as "the one and only basis." Read the book of James and tell me God doesn't determine based on works! Lord knows how many arguments on this site roil around James!
You're introducing biblical contradiction in an attempt to establish biblical inerrancy...
Doesn't this strike you as...odd?
Do you know the end of the story? You can be sure God would not create for unjust reasons. There is no point in the Almighty to create for the mere purpose of harm. If there is harm, it is for another greater purpose. "Will not the judge of all the world will do what is right?"
Like you said - God is not required to do anything!
God does not have to inflict harm in order to achieve a greater good
God can achieve any and every end that He desires WITHOUT causing harm in the process
We, human beings, sometimes have no other choice except to cause harm in order to achieve a greater good
For example, if we are to remove a cancer we oftentimes have no other choice except to cut a person open {inflicting harm}
God, on the other hand, IS NEVER REQUIRED to cut a person open in order to remove a cancer
This is the difference between NEEDFUL harm and NEEDLESS harm
Do you understand?
Anytime God causes harm it is, by definition, needless because He can achieve His every end WITHOUT causing harm in the process!
And again, to consciously and purposefully inflict needless harm upon others is immoral
This is why God is not just - He consciously and purposefully inflicts such needless harm upon us as drowning babies
I'll give God the benefit of my doubt and assume that the reason He drowned babies was to save them from a fallen world and resurrect them to a better one
That said, this does not change the fact that God could have saved and resurrected those babies WITHOUT drowning them in the process
Instead, God consciously and purposefully chose to inflict the needless harm of drowning upon them...
Christ's work was infinite, in paying for the infinite sins of those upon whom God had mercy.
Since when does God require that a transgression be of an infinite manner before He is able to offer an infinite forgiveness?
Like you said - God is not bound by requirements
{with the exception of remaining true to His own nature and possibly maintaining a logical consistency}