Dear Bill, May we glorify Jesus in all that we do and say here! Could you offer any scripture to verify those statements, Bill? I'm not aware of any that could be used to prove it. Can anyone else on the list think of any supporting scriptures? But I can tell you this, right off hand, Bill. I don't believe the scriptures say that at all, and I don't believe it is a fact at all. I don't believe Jesus is in the heart of anyone who takes any book but the Bible as the final authority for God's word. Someone else may have to carry the truth to him verbally, but the truth thus conveyed ultimately comes from that book only, as far as we Christians recognize. I don't believe Jesus is in the heart of anyone who doesn't know that Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the one in the Bible, is the son of God. The unbeliever may be a nice, decent, even comparatively upright, righteous man. And I am certain such a man will be judged mercifully by God. I just thank God that none of us are God, so we can leave that judgement to Him. But I don't believe Jesus is in the man's heart. It isn't Biblical. I don't know exactly what God does with the man, and I don't care. I am pleased to let the loving God of grace we serve make His own decisions. And I don't believe Jesus is in the heart of anyone who doesn't repent of his sins, and claim the blood of Jesus, by that name, for the remission of his sins. We've all sinned and fallen short of God's glory. And only individual, personal, first-person recognition of the blood and sacrifice of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the one in the Bible, can cause Jesus to enter a man's heart, ours or anyone else's. That's what I believe, Bill. But you seem to be saying Jesus is in the heart of anyone, such as a Muslim, who sincerely believes that he loves God? Is that what you are saying? Not by any scripture that comes to mind for me. Maybe you can suggest some, and show how it is proven? Or maybe someone else on the list knows what Bill is getting at here? Love in Jesus, Tim >From: HEVEAN@... >Reply-To: christianunity@... >To: christianunity@... >Subject: Re: [CU] Article on CU Ecumenical Action >Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 22:33:49 EDT > >In a message dated 5/30/00 7:50:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >cuprayer@... writes: > > ><< I'm not at all sure what you mean by that. Could you elaborate on the >part > about Jesus coming to Muslims who truly love God? Doesn't sound right to > me, Bill. Thanks. >> > >Tim, >Sincere Muslims worship the one true God. There is no question that most of >them are sincere. Whenever, one truly loves God, Jesus does come to that >person since Jesus is the true son of God. We cannot blame the Muslims for >others preventing Jesus from coming to them. For that matter any one who >sincerely loves God. God cuts through the folly of men and will always >enter >a true heart. > >Peace > >Bill > >-- >To unsubscribe, send ANY message to ><christianunity-unsubscribe@...> > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com