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Originally Posted by NightSpirit  If we take these principles and use them to have our own power outside of God then LOA can become our religion of self. |
I couldn’t agree more!
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Originally Posted by NightSpirit The entire Bible, OT and NT is about Jesus and it's the same God in both. Jesus is described as the fulfillment of all creation and that the fullness of God dwells in Him. It is possible for Jesus to be revealing aspects of Himself to people in other religions and still be the only way to God at the same time. |
I also think this is possible. For those who have never had the opportunity to hear about Jesus, I truly believe God will not hold it against them. I believe that God will first judge their hearts (i.e., how they have lived their lives with respect to what they know is right and what is wrong), then allow those who have truly done what they believe is right in their hearts to choose to accept Christ. I don’t believe that anyone who will be given this opportunity by Christ will reject it, because they unknowingly chose to embrace the spirit of Him in their earthly lives even though they may not have had any other choice than to adhere to another religion entirely. I think it all comes down to what opportunities we have been given to hear Christ, and how we respond to them. If the only opportunities third world countries are given for hearing Christianity are through quack Christian televangelists, for example, I don’t think God would consider these as genuine opportunities to respond to Him and thus would not hold it against them.
God bless to all.