Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Hell and the Faithful Message-ID: Date: 13 Dec 90 09:09:45 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: WINCO Computer Engineering, INEL, Idaho Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu ta00est@unccvax.uncc.edu (elizabeth s tallant) writes: >Would God be merciful >to the rest of us if he sent Adolp Hitler to Heaven? True. God is a God of both justice and mercy. The amazing thing is that His mercy can override His justice. Adolph Hitler was just as capable of receiving salvation as the rest of us, and could have had it without doing anything different from what any of us have done to receive it. That is absolutely amazing. A more contemporary example would be Ted Bundy. To most, the thought of Ted Bundy going to heaven is inconceivable. But if you've heard his interview with James Dobson shortly before his execution, he certainly *sounded* like a Christian. Only God and Bundy know for sure, of course, but we could very well be spending eternity with ``brother'' Ted Bundy! (And he'll probably be singing louder than the rest of us! -- See Luke 7:47) We have an amazing God, but he doesn't give out a blanket salvation to everyone. It is our duty to humble ourselves and ask for it. -- Geoff Allen \ Since we live by the Spirit, uunet!pmafire!geoff \ let us keep in step with the Spirit. geoff@pmafire.inel.gov \ -- Gal. 5:25 (NIV)