A LIE FROM THE PIT

The Lie:  "What you don't know won't hurt/kill you."

Really?!  Now-a-days, there are many gods to choose from and many ways to those gods, but there is only one correct answer.  The true God and the only way to know Him was defined by Jesus when He said,  "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6  Even in a more general sense, Paul, in his letter to the believers in Rome, said,  "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." - Romans 1:20

However, it is one thing to Not deny that there is a creator-God.  It is another thing for that same person to have never heard the Good News about the Creator visiting humanity in human form to die for our fallen condition - sin.

What happens to people like this at the moment of death?  First, for those with the knowledge of Heaven and Hell, Salvation and Sin, the postmortem destination is cut-and-dry.  Those that have rejected the opportunity for salvation through Christ receive their reward - Hell.  Believers in Christ receive their eternal reward - Christ Himself and Heaven.

Be that as it may, those that are neutral on belief in God or those that believe in just a creator-God (without Christ in the picture) are already condemned or judged.  "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son." - John 3:17-18  We all have a pre-condition coming into this life that separates us from God - a sinful state.  Romans 3:23 says, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,".  But true believers have the answer that has been provided - Jesus Christ our free gift sacrifice!  It is the best story every told and the best gift ever given.  Why wouldn't any believer want to share this Eternal, Amazing Grace with everyone else?  Neutrality is a deception.  What you don't know WILL kill you!

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