Most scholars will answer this depending on their theology:
Many theologians argue that people before Jesus were saved through faith in God's promises of a coming Messiah.
Some interpr...
The only sin that is unforgivable is if you deliberately challenged (blasphemed) the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:29) who is supposed to convict you of your sin.
The Holy Spirit will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment -- John 16:8 (ESV)
If the Holy Spi...
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the da...
God from the beginning chose you for salvation -- 2 Thessalonians 2:13
Out of context, this verse seems very unfair towards people that God might not have chosen for salvation.
But if you carefully study the full chapter of 2 Thessalonians 2 you will notice that Paul was addressing the firs...
Jesus said...
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My...
For by grace you have been saved through faith and this is not your own doing. -- Ephesians 2:8
This includes special ceremonies like the "sinner's prayer" or "Baptism".
No, every believer should get baptized, because:
God does not differentiate between nations, status or gender when it comes to salvation.
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is...
A lie stays a lie even if everyone beliefs it to be true.
You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. -- Exodus 23:2 (NLT)
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world — whe wa...
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