Human history, sacred knowledge and salvation through Jesus Christ are topics, today. The “yahoo! Answers” writer using the ID “michael” (Level 1 with 95 points, a member since December 11, 2014) posted the following:
What happened to the people who did not know about Jesus?
Are they saved? How can they ask for forgiveness?
Christians only please, thanks!
Update : What happened to the people who did not know about Jesus? I know everybody sins at least once in their lifetime, but how could they be forgiven if they had no knowledge of God? Take the people in China during the year of 300 AD for example. Christians only please, thanks!
THE GOLDEN ARROW: For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. (1st Corinthians 9: 19-22, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: GOD Is A Spirit? (12/07/2014); Guilt and Ignorance? (12/04/2014); GOD and The Framework of Time (09/20/2014); About Knowing the Name of GOD (09/21/2014); Salvation Before Christ? (06/24/2014); All Sins Are Equal? (06/25/2014); Never Taught It? (10/13/2013); Without Pointing A Finger? (10/14/2013); A Relationship not Just Knowledge? (06/25/2013); Lost Without GOD? (06/26/2013); Those Who Never Heard? (06/07/2013); If You Are Sent… ? (06/08/2013)
“michael”, consider the following points that serve as weapons of light against doubt, scorn, spiritual confusion and widespread unbelief:
(1.) Divine judgment is a further expression of divine acceptance and love, and is not separate from compassion, empathy, mercy, and understanding. Salvation is not based upon ones intellect, secular knowledge, logic, reason, or skills of the historian, the linguist, mathematician and scientist. Acceptance with GOD has to do with ones divine content that also is displayed through attitudes, behavior and conduct. In the same way demons, devils and fallen angels originally existed having a measure of divine substance from the makeup of Deity, Adam was created having sacred content. Through the operations of sin, the inseparable aspects of divinity may be corrupted and diminished. Included are faith, forbearance, forgiveness, holiness, longsuffering, love, wisdom and wrath against sin.
(2.) Through the errors of Adam (GOD’s name for both the male and female), human awareness and self-will may be dominated by sin that is not a living, material or “spirit” thing created by GOD. Sin opposes the continued existence of divine law (the expressed will of GOD), and has no function or purpose provided by GOD.
(3.) Without the tools supplied by GOD, mankind is not able to correctly recognize and resist sin. Sin is accepted as though an acceptable part of oneself such as ones own goals, feelings and imagination. However, sin is contrary to all existence, and is an outside, or foreign and separate feature. Just as human history shows the outworking of sin among created beings and living creatures, there is a record of sacred events that describe the many divine operations to cleanse, correct and purify Creation. The operations of sin have made necessary such divine devices as atonement, covenant, death, incarnation, inheritance, preaching, prophecy, resurrection, sacrifice, and sanctification.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (4.) Given the non-life, non-spirit status of sin, sin can not be destroyed and eliminated without divine process. Through baptism (death of ones inborn spirit, rebirth from divine DNA, so to speak), Christian believers receive fresh endowments of the life essence (we say, breath, spirit, word) that was imparted from divinity to Adam. Those “born again” must also “mature again.” They receive sacred knowledge through such provisions as fellowship with other believers, meditation, meeting the challenges of life upon the earth, practice of sacraments, praise, prayer, study of holy writings, unselfish service to others, and worship.) I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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