EvolvingChristian
I appreciate your compassionate soul. You remind me of a shepherd who has concern for the flock.
I think that it’s possible that there are multiple perspectives going on. For example, we know that there are evil people who do evil things without remorse or conscience. For example, I know a woman from grade school who was repeatedly raped by her Father and her Uncle as a young child. Her story haunts me, especially the one where they were moving across state lines and they had their way with her multiple times in numerous places. To this day she is not married.
What these men repeatedly did to her is pure evil, and her soul cries out for justice.
There will be a day when Gods righteous judgment will reign and these two men will be held accountable for the harm they did.
Then we have another scenario where a good natured person simply doesn’t buy into “religion” and for whatever reason doesn’t buy into the whole “Jesus” thing, perhaps kinda like my Dad where he saw so much fighting , self righteousness and hypocrisy among “Christians” and it was so ugly and appalling he didn’t want to have anything to do with it.
The best I can do is be the best representation of Christ I can be to win him over. But if he goes to the grave without confessing Jesus as Lord, then the best I can do is pray that his sins are forgiven and ask for continued mercy upon his soul.
Many years ago I was talking with a young man who lost his fiancé tragically and he feared for her soul because she hadn’t confessed Jesus as Lord. At that time I stood firm she was in hell, but tried to say it in a nice way...
I lost my first child at 4 months and because she was not baptized, I struggled with her eternal fate. It was heart wrenching for me not knowing if my beloved daughter may be burning in hell.
At the time I was speaking to the young man who recently lost his fiancé, I must have forgotten about my own previous turmoil I went through through the loss of my daughter, but when God pricked my heart on the matter, I realized how cruel I was. My behavior and words were cruel, heartless and evil.
For anyone who has lost a loved one who never professed Jesus as Lord, this question isn’t about having the right theology. It’s about having compassion for a hurting soul and I’ve come to understand it’s more of a matter of discernment on an individual basis.
As a result, this will more than likely be my last post on the matter because I don’t want to get sucked into a theological difference, and I certainly don’t want to pour salt on a wound to anyone suffering the loss of a loved one and compound that suffering with another.
