Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Do Jews need Jesus? Message-ID: Date: 8 May 91 08:18:38 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) writes: >...What basis do we >have from the Law & The Prophets which would lead us to believe that a >decendent of Abraham will be always be saved, even if that person explicitly >rejects the God of Abraham? Ezekiel 18:5-9 5 "Suppose there is a truly good man, righteous and honest. 6 He doesn't worship the idols of the Israelites or eat the sacrifices offered at forbidden shrines. 6 He doesn't seduce another man's wife or have intercourse with a woman during her period. 7 He doesn't cheat or rob anyone. He returns what a borrower gives him as security; he feeds the hungry and gives clothing to the naked. 8 He doesn't lend money for profit. He refuses to do evil and gives an honest decision in any dispute. 9 Such a man obeys my commands and carefully keeps my laws. He is righteous, and he will live," says the Sovereign Lord. (TEV) I find it interesting that The Lord never mentions how the righteous man treats him. The first thing is that he isn't worshipping any Idols, or mucking about with the food that was offered to idols. From that point on, the requirements are based on the man's treatment of others. Tom Blake SUNY-Binghamton