gunblader3 wrote:Well ain't that jolly. More than half of the world is probably going to die and burn in heck for eternity because they never had the convenience of being born into a Christian family. Or even hearing about Christianity for that matter.
No... that's exactly what I said isn't the case. No one goes to heck because they weren't born into a Christian family or never heard about Christianity. They go to heck because they sin.
John won't agree with this, but Romans 5:12 says that when Adam sinned in Eden, we all sinned. Therefore, we all inherit a sinful nature upon conception. We are all naturally inclined toward sinning from the very beginning. And, the Bible would seem to indicate, we can do nothing but sin until God gives us a new heart that desires to do good. So, it's our own fault that we sin, because we took part in the rebellion against God in the beginning. We are to blame for our sin, we are to blame for our condemnation to heck, not the fact that we weren't privileged enough to hear about Christianity. I didn't deserve to hear about Jesus. I deserved to rot in heck forever. But, by the grace of God, I heard the gospel, and God used it to change my heart so that I could believe on Christ and be saved. Nobody ever gets saved from heck because they deserved it, but rather because God is merciful.