REWORK: If the New Covenant is written on the heart of man, can we come to God without Christianity?

Question

Suppose this time that a man is muslim. He has been taught to be skeptical of Christianity just like you are skeptical of Islam. You can't just ignore their arguements can you?!?!?!

Jesus Word is in his heart (we are told it is written there), and he seeks God fervently. God, seeing that a man is seeking Him lets him find Him.

He believes Jesus to be a prophet. He is a reasonably good man.

Do you think Jesus word condemns him (can he be with God in Heaven)?

Answer 1

Give up the ghost young man! "Throw the dam cross in the river."
The literal ideas of fundamental Christianity are not going to be enough for you. Look into other churches. There are wonderful ways that the Bible is understood without having to wear a griddle of opinion around your head.
The ridged orthodoxy of the fundamentalist approach to spirituality is OK for those who need that much structure, but you require a more expanding view of life and religion.

Answer 2

According to Jeremiah 31:33, God only writes His New Covenant on the hearts and minds of those who believe; as a result, He is our God and we are His people. Anyone who has not entered into the New Covenant through belief in Jesus Christ lacks the ability to come to God (see John 10:1).

We do not seek God, nor does God let anyone find Him. Instead, the Bible tells us:

Psalm 14:

2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3 They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.

Muslims can believe whatever they want to believe about Jesus; they're just not correct. In the end, the Bible documents that the second largest group of people to "convert" to Christianity will be the Muslims, after, of course, the Jews.

Jesus' Word does not condemn Him; I'm not sure to what you are referring.

Answer 3

According to the biblical text, the answer is no. It is not about being good or bad. The new covenant is speaking of Christ's work on the Christ in which we can now be made perfect before God. Written on the Heart is an expression that essentially says, My heart longs for a messiah, as I know that I can not save myself. It also has implications for those who have been sought out by God and are to be called into His grace. It does not imply that we are save without Christ, it actually implies something quite opposite.

Maybe if you could be more specific in the scriptures you are using, we can try and break down the passage and get to the intentions of the biblical writer.

If you would like to know what texts or maybe some recources contact me at [e-mail]

I would be happy to answer any other questions.

Answer 4

Jesus said that He is the only way to God, "No man come to the Father but by Me..." Jesus also claimed to be God using the name of God given to Moses at the burning bush. The elders of the Law knew what He said and were ready to stone Him for saying it.. So what is Jesus. Could He have been a Prophet? Do Prophets go around calling themselves God? NO.. So your choices are..
1. A madman.. You would have to be crazy to call your self God if you could get stoned for saying it.
2. A liar.. Like I said who would take a risk like that..
3. He is the I AM. The Lord of hosts. God manifest to us in the flesh..

Answer 5

The Law ids written on peoples hearts not Jesus' Words. The Law will show people, via their conscience, their inadequacy before God and have them realize that they are sinners. If a Muslim were to truly seek out God then he'll be led to the Truth and teachings of Jesus Christ which will pierce him to the bone. He'll then, if he's honest with himself, know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the only way to heaven. The Holy Spirit will reveal it to him.

Answer 6

Jesus said 'I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life'.

What Jesus meant with this was that...that he was the MESSENGER of God sent to deliver THE MESSAGE 'the Way, the Truth, and the Life'.

All men of all religious persuasions "can be with God in Heaven"
if they truly believe in their heart and live up to the true Christian MESSAGE but not necessarily ANY... MESSENGER.

So while it is possible to kill the MESSENGER...it is never possible to kill THE MESSAGE.

Answer 7

This man isn't a reborn christian and so therefore cannot ever make it to heaven unless he acknowledges and truly believes that Jesus is Lord. Simple as that, he sinned so without Jesus he is forever separated from God. God doesn't wish that any should perish, it says so in the Bible. He loves you so much he sent his perfect Son to die for you. If someone go to hell it's not that God hates them it's because they never accepted His FREE gift. He cannot be with sin, it's physically impossible for Him because he is so perfect. So if someone goes to hell that's 100% their fault because they didn't listen. Now, if they never heard the Gospel then God judges them differently. It is not our place to try to guess how God judges them because we may mislead others. So I don't know how he judges the ones that haven't heard I just know he doesn't judge them the same way because he is a loving God and as I said before is not willing that any should perish.

Answer 8

They don't want pictures or dipictions of muhammed because the fear would be idol worship, yet they bow to and pray to a wall 5 times a day.

Changes in the koran/quran they say did not happen:
http://answering-islam.org/Quran/Text/index.html

Original sin- How can someone believe that man is anywhere worthy of going to Heaven simply by being a human being and God's infinite power to forgive sin? Of course God can forgive all sin, there is no question in that. He made man perfect, and man fell from grace by sinning. Adam turned his back on God, and you expect God to simply just forgive? Man CHOSE to sin and continues to CHOOSE to sin. That being the case, God made it where we can CHOOSE to either continue being a sinner or to accept salvation. No-one is worthy of gaining access to Heaven except through the cleansing blood of Jesus.

Atonement- Adam asked forgiveness and it was so? No-one disputes that, no-one disputes that anyone can be forgiven of sin, the problem is that God and Heaven are perfection. There is no room for anything short of perfection. We can be forgiven, but that means we have sinned, which right there makes us imperfect. On Judgement Day, even if you prayed for forgiveness as you die and are forgiven, you are still imperfect because although you are forgiven of sin, you are imperfect in God's eyes because you HAVE sinned. To be perfect, you would have to have NEVER sinned. On Judgement Day, those that are saved will be washed with the pure blood of Jesus, and that is what will be seen, that perfect blood of Jesus. It is one thing to be forgiven, it is something totally different to be made perfect in the eyes of God to gain admittance to Heaven.

Ever wonder about muhammed and his false prophecies?
http://answering-islam.org/Shamoun/false_prophecies.htm

Ever wonder where muhammed found this Allah? It was a throw away village God!
http://planttel.net/~meharris1/islam.html

Read some more on muhammed...
http://answering-islam.org/Muhammad/index.html

In fact, read about islam in general...
http://answering-islam.org

Now read about the One True God...
http://planttel.net/~meharris1/TrueGod.html

http://planttel.net/~meharris1/mikescorner.html

Answer 9

No need To ReWork because God already did it right......! It says that ," I the Lord your God will put my words in your heart and on your lips" ...and in the New Testament it happens after you accept Jesus as your personal saviour.

Answer 10

Its not about what denomination you call yourself. Christian means Christ like. That is where the word comes from. Anyone who repents and accepts Jesus as their Savior and follows his commands would, I believe, be saved. I only say "I believe", because I can not be the judge of that. That is for God. According to scripture though, I believe those who choose Christ are saved. You can not choose Christ and worship someone else though. Jesus Christ is the only way.