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epouraniois
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Col 3:11 says "Christ is all".
I read the whole of creation groans while awaiting the plan of God to come to the place where all is redeemed.
And although there is much concerning the plan of God which is outside the scope of the Bible, we can look at the furthermost set of understanding that God has provided for us and to our greater learning:
1Co 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 1Co 15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 1Co 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 1Co 15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 1Co 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
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Raj
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If Jesus is the only way to heaven, where the people who were dead before Him and who were dead without knowing Him will go?
For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law (Rom 5:13). The period before the law which was given in the hands of Moses, was the period of acting according to the conscience whether good or bad. The people who were belonging to that period would be saved, if they did not transgress their conscience. For when Gentiles, who do not have the law by nature do the things contained in the law, these, although not having the law are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them (Rom 2:14-15). But if one’s conscience accuses him as guilty, and if he does before knowing Christ, the salvation would be far from him. Paul says, “I would not have known sin except thro’ the law had said. ‘You shall not covet’. I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died (Rom 7:7,9). One person can’t be saved, if he has the knowledge, what is right and wrong, and still his sins are not forgiven by the blood of Jesus. Jesus said, “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin; but now they have no excuse for sin. If I had not done among them the works, which no one else did, they would have no sin. But now, they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father (Jn 15:22,24). From the above verses, we understand that God would not ask any thing from whom He has not given any thing. He is a righteous God. Jesus said, “He who did not know, yet committed things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone whom much is given, from him much will be required and to whom much has been committed of him they will ask the more (Lk 12:48). Paul Says, “Truly these times of ignorance God over looked, but now commands all man every where to repent (Acts 17:30). So, let us not be bothered about the dead and be alert about the living. How unsearchable are His judgments! (Rom 11:33). Jesus Christ has the full authority and responsibility of judging the world in the last day (Jn 5:22). But He never judged anyone when he was in flesh (Jn 12:47). Similarly let us not judge anybody henceforth.
Raj
-------------------- Be ready always to answer with meekness and reverence to people, who inquire about our faith. 1 Pet 3:15 Questions from Hindus that i face in ministry in India. How many know Christ because of you?
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