“Are the moral adherents to the
African traditional religions, virtuous
Hindus, and Buddhists really outside a
saving relationship to God? Do
Muslims and Jews – who know the
God of Abraham and follow his
commands – need to hear the gospel?
No other issue is so defining of the
contemporary religious landscape.”
~ Timothy Phillips
“In the realm of the political and
social and economic we can be
sufficiently certain to convert, but in
the realm of religion there is not
sufficient certainty to convert
anybody, and therefore there can be
no conversions in religions.”
~ Gandhi
“If Jesus was literally God incarnate,
the second Person of the holy Trinity
living a human life, so that the
Christian religion was founded by
God-on-earth in person, it is then
very hard to escape from the
traditional view that all mankind
must be converted to the Christian
faith.”
~ John Hick, Liberal Theologian
extra ecclesiam nulla salus
“Outside the church there is no
salvation.”
~ Catholic Doctrine
“Shameful is the presumption of
those who dare throw heaven open
to the unbelieving.”
~ John Calvin
“It should be clear that if God has
placed people in situations where
they will never hear the gospel, it is
simply because he does not intend
for them to be saved.”
~ Loraine Boettner
“If there be anywhere a soul feeling
after God, following the night of
nature and of conscience, in hope
and faith that the Great Unknown will
somehow give more light, and lead
to life and blessedness, we may
safely leave such to His fatherly
care.”
~ Arthur T. Pierson, Missionary
“Living by the Bible means
assuming that no one will be saved
apart from faith in Christ, and acting
accordingly.”
~ J.I. Packer
“I myself cannot doubt that there
may be those who, while never
hearing the gospel here on earth,
will wake up, as it were, on the other
side of the grave to worship the One
in whom, without understanding it at
the time, they found the mercy of
God.”
~ Norman Anderson, Princeton
“The question is not whether the
unevangelized know Jesus, but
rather, whether he knows them. God
does not care about the content of
our theology, only the direction of
our faith.”
~ Clark H. Pinnock, Theologian
“The very concept of an eternal hell is an
insult to the Christian doctrine of God’s
sovereign love. No worse insult could
be offered to Christ and no blasphemy of
God could go deeper than this. God’s
name has been libeled beyond belief
even by those who sincerely think they
know Him, love Him, and serve Him. Yet
an idol they serve, not the God of the
Christian faith.”
~ Nels F.S. Ferre, Theologian
“We do know that no man can be
saved except through Christ; we do
not know that only those who know
him can be saved through Him.”
~ C.S. Lewis
“If God would concede to me His
omnipotence for 24 hours, you
would see how many changes I
would make in the world. But if He
gave me His wisdom too, I would
leave things as they are.”
~ J.L. Monsabre
“Will all or some people who do not
hear the gospel be saved in the end
of time? In a sense, of course, we
have no way of knowing just what
the future will hold. This is what is
distinctive about the future, that we
have not yet experienced it.”
~ Millard J. Erickson, Theologian
“It is through the Catholic Church
alone, which is the all-embracing
means of salvation, that the fullness
of the means of salvation can be
obtained.”
~ Vatican II
“The message of Christ must be
heard by every religion, including
the Christian ‘religion’.”
~ Karl Barth
“Life can only be understood
backwards; but it must be lived
forwards.”
~ Soren Kierkegaard
“It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just
don’t want to be there when it
happens.”
~ Woody Allen
“We die only once, and then we
are judged.”
~ Hebrews 9:27 (CEV)
“All people have disobeyed
God, and that’s why he treats
them as prisoners. But he does
this, so that he can have mercy
on all of them.”
~ Romans 11:32 (CEV)
“Therefore just as one man’s
trespass led to condemnation
for all, so one man’s act of
righteousness leads to
justification and life for all.”
~ Romans 5:18 (NRSV)
“He is the atoning sacrifice for
our sins, and not only for our
sins but also for the sins of the
whole world.”
~ 1 John 2:2 (NIV)
“The true light, which
enlightens everyone, was
coming into the world.”
~ John 1:9 (NRSV)
“Enter through the narrow gate;
for the gate is wide and the road
is easy that leads to
destruction, and there are many
who take it. For the gate is
narrow and the road is hard that
leads to life, and there are few
who find it.”
~ Jesus, Matthew 7:13-14
(NRSV)
“Only Jesus has the power to
save! His name is the only one
in all the world that can save
any one.”
~ Acts 4:12 (CEV)
“And all who believe in God’s
Son have eternal life. Those
who don’t obey the Son will
never experience eternal life,
but the wrath of God remains
upon them.”
~ John 3:36 (NLT)
“I am the way, and the truth, and
the life; no one comes to the
Father but through me.”
~ Jesus, John 14:6 (NASB)
“Anyone who denies the son
doesn’t have the Father either.
But anyone who confesses the
Son has the Father also.”
~ 1 John 2:23 (NLT)
“God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son. So
whoever has God’s Son has life;
whoever does not have his Son
does not have life.”
~ 1 John 5:11-12 (NLT)
“No one can please God without
faith, for whoever comes to God
must have faith that God exists
and rewards those who seek
him.”
~ Hebrews 11:6 (TEV)
“If you were blind, you would
have no sin; but since you say
‘We see,’ your sin remains.”
~ John 9:41 (NASB)
“Anyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved. But
how can they call on him to
save them unless they believe
in him? And how can they
believe in him if they have never
heard about him? An how can
they hear about him unless
someone tells them?”
~ Romans 10:13-14 (NLT)
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