A PERSON WHO HAS NO IDEA OF CHRISTIANITY, DOES GOOD DEEDS AND SACRIFICES HIS LIFE FOR OTHER PEOPLE CAN NOT ENTER INTO THE KING DOM OF GOD? I CAME ACROSS SOME PEOPLE'S ANSWERS FOR A QUESTION THAT A PERSON WHATEVER GOOD HE BE CAN NOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. WAS IT MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE?
2007-04-23 06:10:38 · 14 answers · asked by geyamala 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Only God knows the hearts of all men, and if one does not hear the word of God, then God shall judge their heart, and it is not for us to judge them.
2007-04-23 06:14:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is not mentioned per se, in those many words.
However, if you believe in God, you must believe in sin. Anyone who says that they do not believe in sin is simply playing semantics. Sin is simply breaking the law - no matter how big or small. All of us have broken a law, so therefore we have sinned. God is the ultimate Judge. Because we have broken one law, then we are guilty, and therefore deserve what the law of God dictates. Nobody can be saved on doing good works or sacrificing themselves for others. That is where Jesus stepped in. He came to save the entire world if they so chose.
Follow your question through to conclusion: If what you are asking is the way it is, would it not have been better for God to never have sent Jesus so that we would not know that we sinned, therefore being safe?
Try reading the book of Romans (do not use a King James Version, unless you want to walk away more confused than before). Focus on chapter seven, it will help answer your question.
2007-04-23 06:18:42 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Indignant 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but ONLY if they've never heard the Gospel AND they conform to the terms of the covenant God made with Noah. Read these sources:
Genesis 8:20-9:17 (also known as the Noahide Covenant); Acts 17:22-33; and Romans 2:12-16.
However, once a person hears the Gospel and rejects it permanently (that is, they die having heard the Gospel but refusing to believe), they cannot be saved.
2007-04-23 06:22:17 · answer #3 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it says so in the Bible. Doing good deeds isn't the way to get to the kingdom of God. The Bible says in Romans chapter 3:10 "As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one"- v.20-24 "Therefore no one will be declared righteous in His (God's) sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin. But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST to all who believe. There is no difference, FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."
So the only way to get into the kingdom of God is through belief in Jesus Christ. In John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am THE WAY and the truth and the life. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME"
2007-04-23 06:37:50 · answer #4 · answered by Unique 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's another scripture that says how could anyone come to know God if they've never heard of him - who will preach to them...etc...
And another in Revelations that says there will be a resurrection of the righteous and of the unrighteous.
Besides, it's up to God to read the heart of each individual. For each individual will be judged according to their deeds.
God is love - and Jesus himself said there is no greater expression of love than someone would sacrifice his life for his friends. No one can really speak for God nowadays.
I would give the exact scriptures but I don't have my bible out.
2007-04-23 06:25:01 · answer #5 · answered by CHRISTINA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it even matter??
The bible has been so edited and messed with over the many years by so many people to forward their materialistic, power hungry, greedy ambitions that I'm not surprised at any silly thing I read there.
Of course they would say you can't get into heaven unless you kow-tow to the few purveyors of the one true word of God. And oh, by the way, they want tithings and land and money and hot chicks and whatever the hell else they might ask those poor peasants for.
2007-04-23 06:18:55 · answer #6 · answered by Bran McMuffin 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not mentioned in the Bible. What's mentioned is other list of wrongdoing that will prevent people from entering into the kingdom of God, but doing good without officially endorsing the Christian rhetoric is not one of them.
2007-04-23 06:15:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you type using all capital letters you also cannot expect to enter the kingdom of god .
2007-04-23 06:15:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The suggestion in the second chapter of Romans is that there are those who will come into life without ever having heard of Christ, but I believe the basis of justification will not be simply good works they have done, but recognition that they are sinners and have done things they ought not to have done and left undone things they ought to have done; but they put there faith in God to justify them, even in their ungodliness. However it will still be the atoning work of Christ which justifies them before God; not their good works.
2007-04-23 06:19:47 · answer #9 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says in part, "Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord..." Ignorance will not be an excuse.
2007-04-23 06:19:17 · answer #10 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said there is a place in heaven for those that do not follow him but are not against him either. Mark 9:38 and Luke 9:49
2007-04-23 06:15:41 · answer #11 · answered by earthntrees 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋