In a message dated 5/30/00 11:50:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
cuprayer@... writes:

<< 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.>>>

I agree with this last statement.
 
>> 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 >>

Tim,
First one who believes in God is not an unbeliever. I am talking about those 
who follow their consciences. Paul preached primacy of conscience. I am also 
saying that these are good people. So naturally they would repent before God 
for their sins. Just because others have prevented them from Jesus does not 
mean that they will not be saved. Jesus did talk about having others who he 
must tend to. Paul when he addressed the "unknown" God to the Greeks showed 
them how they were seeking the one true God. The quote from Jesus is that "I 
have others that are not of this fold.." To exclude three quarters of the 
world is folly would you not say? Paul says who has known the mind of God and 
who has been his counselor? I have to believe that the great Ghandi practiced 
the gospel of Jesus and if it were not for some unsympathetic Christian 
missionaries to the legitimate customs of the Indians, Ghandi probably would 
have become a Christian. Can we exclude Ghandi from the elect? I do not think 
so.

Peace
Bill