Hi BlazedbyGod,
This may be my last post in your thread, but here's my 2c.
He can't prove that, and we have the word of God through Jesus Christ, which strongly suggests there is something bad to happen to those who choose to do evil.
That's why the
[i]knowledge[/i] of Jesus Christ keeps being mentioned, which is implicit in Romans 10:8 - 12, as in
Peter 1:2
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, [u]and of Jesus our Lord[/u],
Hebrews 9
24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands,
[i]which are[/i] the figures of the true;
[u]but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God [b]for us[/b][/u]:
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27
[b]And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this [u]the judgment[/u][/b]:
28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Zacharias prophesied this about his son, John, who became the Baptist:
Luke 1
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
77 [b]To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins[/b],
78 [b]Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,[/b]
79 [b]To give light to them that sit in darkness and [i]in[/i] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace[/b].
This has to be tied in with additional statements in scripture about God giving light (to the Gentiles well) and James' and John's declaration of God the Father being Light, and Jesus being Light.
God wants people to have 'light' to be able to [i]see[/i] first their sins, and then, to [u]recognise the Saviour[/u] He has provided for their salvation, if they will believe and repent.
There can be no secret salvation, or 'saved' who didn't appropriate God's offer in a personal way. Then, He sends the Holy Spirit into their hearts, crying 'Father', so they may begin to walk in newness of life as new creatures.
2 Corinthians 5
17 Therefore if any man [i]be[/i] in Christ, [i]he is[/i] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18 And all things [i]are[/i] of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them;...
How can a person get into Christ and become a new creature, washed from all sin, free to serve God and rejoicing in the light, [u]and not know[/u] about it?
