I presented several websites several times that gave their method of estimating the number. You can do a GOOGLE search on "How many people have not heard of Christ for yourself to verify. You have to remember the question at hand which is TASTED DEATH FOR EVERY MAN. If even ONE person had not heard of Christ then the answer is NO. But I gave evidence of BILLIONS.
You can google the population of the world around 50 A.D. It is IMPOSSIBLE for a majority of people to have heard of Christ at that time.
Christ Himself said He has left people that He could have saved in a state that meant they would go to hell.
Matthew 11:20 Then He began to denounce [the people in] the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent [and change their hearts and lives]. 21 “Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon [cities of the Gentiles], they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes [their hearts would have been changed and they would have expressed sorrow for their sin and rebellion against God]. AMP
Christ could have saved the people of these cities. God said so Himself. Instead, He did not and left them to perish.
This is a disingenuous question. Again, if I can find but one person who has not heard of Christ I have proved the Christ DID NOT TASTE DEATH FOR EVERYONE ... at least not in a practical sense that they might be saved. Are you saying EVERYONE who has ever lived has heard of Christ, of course not. Your avoided the clear evidence as you don't have a response to my questions of HOW ONE IS SAVED WITHOUT KNOWING CHRIST after His death.
Agreed. So what? This is a statement of condemnation. It is NOT a method of salvation. The subject is: did Christ taste death for everyone. You must tell me how a person can be saved without knowledge of Christ. Perhaps you state like Stevebolts the the Talmud states one can be saved by not breaking 7 laws. Give me the method of salvation for those who did not hear of Christ. I've asked over and over. HOW, HOW, HOW???
Yes. I avoided that aspect of salvation as the content of faith is not as easily appropriated. But, go ahead and answer my question. What is the content of faith for an O.T. saint in order to be saved???? Please give a scripture. HOW, HOW, HOW???? Again, the thread is about the TASTING OF DEATH FOR EVERY MAN. Thus, if you believe this to be true then tell me how a 1282 B.C. North American Indian is saved; what must he believe to be saved (provide scripture) ... I suppose you can quote the Talmud or quran if you believe they are God's word, but give me something to validate your opinion beside "everyone is without excuse" which is not pertinent to the question of the thread.
I can't answer that as you have not defined the content of faith. Plenty of people believe (faith) there is a God (i.e. The Muslims) yet we (or at least me) do not believe they are saved.
Again, you do not define "their own ways". As Paul said in Gal. 1:8 …But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!
You say there is another gospel which contradicts Paul IMO, yet you won't describe it though you have been asked over and over and over. WHAT IS YOUR NEW GOSPEL OF SALVATION FOR THOSE WHO NEVER HEARD OF CHRIST? Please expound, or at least start the process of an explanation.
I believe God. I believe the Bible is the infallible word of God. I believe Paul said there is no other gospel by which one may be saved. I believe Christ when He said, "
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." Therefore, by believing upon Christ I can judge the hearts of all people who have not heard of Christ as people headed for hell and thereby state the Christ did not taste death of everyone without exception using simple logic of God's word.
