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Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne
Jermyn, I understand why you make these statements, but they are no more true than claiming that there's no reason to NOT win the lottery since there's always a chance. However, if one doesn't buy a ticket, let alone even know there IS a lottery, how do they have a chance to win?
Believe it or not, people die every day having no idea that there is a true plan of salvation out there they might have had. Being in America makes it no different than being in Iraq.
If the Bible was so cut and dried, there would be no reason for a Judgment Day, IMO.
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If this man had just only walked in the light of what he had known, of what he may have been exposed to, his chances of committing suicide would have been greatly diminished.
I guess when 9/11 happened, the thought of God never seized his heart, even for a brief moment, while the rest of the country looking for answers poured into churches all around.
I guess he was NEVER invited to Sunday School.
The "door knockers" always skipped his house.
God hid him from the street witnessers.
He NEVER drove by a church and when he did, he never saw the sign.
I am not being light with this man's untilmely demise.
However, our just and merciful God extended His hands to this man, like he does all and this man simply decided to do things on his own.
There isn't any way a person can convince me that there is an American adult who has NEVER been invited to a church. I can not be convinced that this grown American adult never drove by a church and never had not one Christian in his life.
If all he ever knew were Baptists, at least they are Christians with a relationship with God.
However, the tragedy here is that this man probably rejected any and all Christian influence.
So he crumbled under te weight of his tragic life, when the whole time God was there to help him- but he rejected God's help.
So as a Christian, in light of God's Holy Word, the argument that this guy NEVER HAD A CHANCE IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!