That they come to a knowlege of him and his son Jesus!
2007-12-22 12:39:46
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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all you have to do is read the book.. it plainly states the three things to do.. accept Christ as your savior, be baptised and put no other God before him.. or in other words follow the laws of God.. Now just to make this plain for anyone who has doubts.. God gave Moses the law.. and what the punishment should be if someone breaks them.. those laws have never been amended, emended, changed in anyway what so ever and are the same today as they were in Moses days.. If the law says that you will not attain the kingdom of God if you murder someone.. guess what.. it means what it says.. all you have to do is read it.. if you don't do the things described in the word of God.. then you ain't going to be rewarded.. take it or leave it.. nothing has changed in thousands of years.. unsaved people are not going to get in the door..
2007-12-22 20:45:49
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answer #2
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answered by J. W. H 5
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God's will for mankind is for all to come to Him and live.
Despite rumors to the contrary, God doesn't want anyone to die. He created us. Would He do that only to discard us?
Unfortunately or fortunately depending on your point of view, He doesn't force us to believe in Him, obey Him or act the way He wants us to.
Of course for unsaved folks, that means acknowledging God's right to rule and make some decisions for us.
2007-12-22 20:42:12
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answer #3
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answered by deepndswamps 5
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Those who are of the seeds of the father of darkness and lies will find themselves spending eternity in Hell and those who are the SEED of Abraham (Jesus' offspring) will inherit the Kingdom of God.
The "unsaved" are unknown to us but not to God. He alone knows who are His - for they will ultimately hear His Voice when He Calls out to them.
2007-12-22 20:41:23
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answer #4
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answered by Anonymous
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That all should come to the knowlegde of God.
2007-12-22 20:43:14
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answer #5
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answered by elaine 30705 7
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Only God knows. I prefer it that way too.
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2007-12-22 20:43:23
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answer #6
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answered by Nels 7
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Some say that it is God's will for all unsaved people to become saved and they would cite passages like these.
1 Timothy 2:3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Others say that while God may desire all men to repent and come to a knowledge of the truth and be saved, that since He doesn't actually enable them to be saved by giving them the gift of faith and repentance, that He only "wills" that the elect whom He has chosen to save be saved. They would quote passages like these.
John 6:43 "Stop grumbling among yourselves," Jesus answered. 44 "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
Romans 9:13 Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." 14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15 For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."
16 It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."
18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. 19 One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?"
20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?'" 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?
22 What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath prepared for destruction? 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory 24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
Ephesians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithand this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
2007-12-22 21:04:29
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answer #7
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answered by Martin S 7
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probably an eternity of cold coffee and no sugar -- that would be the worst. we should reconsider our evil ways?
2007-12-22 20:39:51
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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To become saved? That would be my guess.
2007-12-22 20:41:33
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answered by Wired 5
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