02-08-2007, 12:00 PM
Glory to the Word made flesh!
May the peace of Jesus Christ be with you!
Quote:Assalamo ALikum FHC…
Thanks! Wa alakum al salam!
Quote:How can you be happy for Non Christians people while you believe without a doubt that salvation can be attained only through Jesus pbuh?
You're not going to like what I have to say, Wael, but I've decided not to suppress my honest opinion just to spare your feelings...
It's only through Jesus Christ that we ALL receive salvation. His sacrifice was for ALL humanity, not exclusively for His followers. By His Life, Death & Resurrection, sin was destroyed & the gates of Heaven were opened for ALL people (past, present, future). ALL of us will stand before Him & be judged accordingly.
Quote:Will you be happy for their punishment? please clarify...
It's God's will that all souls reach Heaven & that's precisely what I pray for every night! We're supposed to love one another as Christ loves us, therefore, I wish upon others what I wish upon myself - a life full of grace.
I wouldn't do this topic justice unless I quote from the Catechism - JP2 (RIP) was way more diplomatic than I'll ever be!
"Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one and the same destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of being made partakers, in a way known to God, of the Paschal mystery (Life, Death & Resurrection of Jesus Christ). Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of His Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity" - CCC 1260).
My Jesus, My Lord, My God, I adore You, I place all my trust in You, I love You with all my heart, & I give myself to You.
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