Salvation of Non-Christians

[campeador]

Pray for the repose of her soul. God is more merciful than we’ll ever know, and we hope for the salvation of all and don’t write anyone off.

Exactly. Pray for her earnestly, and trust in God’s mercy.

Almighty and Everlasting God, Who, by a prodigy of goodness and a merciful desire for the salvation of all men, has appointed the most glorious Archangel St. Michael Prince of Your Church, make us worthy, we ask You, to be delivered from all our enemies, that none of them may harass us at the hour of death, but that we may be conducted by him into Your Presence. This we ask through the merits of Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

 

[alwayswill]

I believe that God is All-Loving. He won’t deny someone entry into Heaven over a technicality. Case in point, the links below that says people who commit mortal sins can still go to Heaven without going to Confession.

catholic.com/quickquestions/can-mortal-sins-be-forgiven-without-confessing

cathdal.org/lightisonfaq#33

“…a technicality”?

Why would anyone end up in Hell: Is it the just punishment/ penalty for their sins?
(sin defined as "Any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude, or nature.)
Is God perfectly just if He sent every sinner to Hell?

Why would a sinner end up in heaven?

 

[superwimp]

Of course the flip side to religion not making sense is the friend is dead and gone and ceases to exist. Not exactly the merciful sense making alternative.

Hello Hoosier Daddy
Another possibility is reincarnation. That we are all souls inhabiting these bodies for a period of time, and when the body dies we move on to some knew adventure.

 

[HelenRose]

Dear Friends,

I’m here because of something absolutely horrific that happened recently. This past Tuesday, a friend I went to middle school with, who was a Muslim, was murdered by her own father. What happened has left me absolutely shaken. I have experienced little joy or peace since I learned about this, but instead feel as though I am in pieces now. I’m starting to ask whether I even have any faith now, to be honest with you.

A large part of this (but not all) comes from the fact that, as I said, she was Muslim. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a definitive answer whether salvation is extended to non-Christians, or how easily they can obtain it. If my friend isn’t in Heaven now, unless there is some miracle that will happen with her, I shudder to think about it. Is there any official doctrine on the Salvation of non-Christians?

Here is your answer from the Catechism of the Catholic Church

ccc.usccb.org/flipbooks/catechism/index.html#240

ccc.usccb.org/flipbooks/catechism/index.html#242

Trust in the Mercy of Christ. He knows this girl’s heart and her limitations.
Pray for her.

 

[alwayswill]

Here is your answer from the Catechism of the Catholic Church

ccc.usccb.org/flipbooks/catechism/index.html#240

ccc.usccb.org/flipbooks/catechism/index.html#242

Trust in the Mercy of Christ. He knows this girl’s heart and her limitations.
Pray for her.

and what is your understanding (interpretation) of the answer from the Catechism of the Catholic Church?

These verses are infallible; right?
and what is your understanding (interpretation) of what the Scriptures state?

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. **No one **comes to the Father except through Me.

Acts 4:12** Nor is there salvation in any other**, for there is** no other name** under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

1 Timothy 2:5 For **there is one God and one Mediator **between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus

John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned;** but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.**

 

[HelenRose]

and what is your understanding (interpretation) of the answer from the Catechism of the Catholic Church?

These verses are infallible; right?
and what is your understanding (interpretation) of what the Scriptures state?

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. **No one **comes to the Father except through Me.

Acts 4:12** Nor is there salvation in any other**, for there is** no other name** under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

1 Timothy 2:5 For **there is one God and one Mediator **between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus

John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned;** but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.**

Christ is the way! Christ is the only way! And HE ALONE knows the hearts and souls of those who past by Him. He is not bound by the laws of nit-picking Pharisees who would block the way of the souls He understands and knows. He decides. We can only trust and obey to the best of our knowledge and understanding.

 

[HelenRose]

and what is your understanding (interpretation) of the answer from the Catechism of the Catholic Church?

These verses are infallible; right?
and what is your understanding (interpretation) of what the Scriptures state?

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. **No one **comes to the Father except through Me.

Acts 4:12** Nor is there salvation in any other**, for there is** no other name** under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

1 Timothy 2:5 For **there is one God and one Mediator **between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus

John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned;** but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.**

I live in Western Colorado beneath the beautiful Grand Mesa. When I am in my mountains or on Grand Mesa on a clear day, I can see miles upon miles of God’s creation. If I were standing next to a blind person who, for whatever reason, is unable to see this beauty, I would think that this is sorrow enough. I wouldn’t say, “Over the cliff you go because you do not see.” I would hold them dear to my heart with love and pity. Do you think our Savior would do any different? We have received the light and must to the best of our ability try to show Christ’s beauty to the world.

 

[alwayswill]

Christ is the way! Christ is the only way! And HE ALONE knows the hearts and souls of those who past by Him. He is not bound by the laws of nit-picking Pharisees who would block the way of the souls He understands and knows. He decides. We can only trust and obey to the best of our knowledge and understanding.

“He is not bound by the laws of nit-picking Pharisees who would block the way of the souls”
Absolutely true!!

but He is bound by His own words and the the writings breathed out by God; right?

and anything at all that contradicts writings breathed out by God MUST be in error: correct?

 

[HelenRose]

Yes, I did guess that part.
But what I wasn’t understanding is…that there have been hundreds, thousands, and hundreds of thousands of innocent, loving, gentle souls–including children–who have been victims of violent, senseless tragedies…so I’m assuming you asked these same soul-searching questions before your dear friend’s death, too?
But before this, you did not question your faith?

Yeah. I hear you on that one.
That’s one of many reasons why religion makes no sense to a lot of people.

.

This is why I am a Catholic. My Church teaches me that a person who can not know is judged entirely different from those who do know and refuse, out of pride, to ignore the teachings of Christ. There are plenty of Catholics who ignore the Church’s teaching on this subject and still would say that this young woman, of necessity, will go to Hell. There are plenty of Catholics who do ignore the Mercy of Christ. But this is not what the Church teaches.

As Catholics, it our responsibility to show forth the love of Christ, the beauty of His teachings, the mercy and compassion He shows to the sinner. It is not our responsibility to second guess who is worthy of Hell or Heaven. I trust in Christ’s judgement and I trust in Christ’s mercy.

 

[HelenRose]

“He is not bound by the laws of nit-picking Pharisees who would block the way of the souls”
Absolutely true!!

but He is bound by His own words and the the writings breathed out by God; right?

and anything at all that contradicts writings breathed out by God MUST be in error: correct?

I would never presume to say that God is bound by anything. I am bound by His law.

Just as Christ said, “The Sabbath was made for man and not for God”. His laws are for me. He is not bound by them.

He can do what ever He wants.

His law for me is justice and mercy. All of the LAW is based on love of God and love of our fellow human beings.

 

[alwayswill]

This is why I am a Catholic. My Church teaches me that a person who can not know is judged entirely different from those who do know and refuse, out of pride, to ignore the teachings of Christ. There are plenty of Catholics who ignore the Church’s teaching on this subject and still would say that this young woman, of necessity, will go to Hell. There are plenty of Catholics who do ignore the Mercy of Christ. But this is not what the Church teaches.

As Catholics, it our responsibility to show forth the love of Christ, the beauty of His teachings, the mercy and compassion He shows to the sinner. It is not our responsibility to second guess who is worthy of Hell or Heaven. I trust in Christ’s judgement and I trust in Christ’s mercy.

"My Church teaches me that a person who can not know is judged entirely different from those who do know and refuse, out of pride, to ignore the teachings of Christ."

What do the writings breathed out by God (Scripture) teach?

 

[alwayswill]

I would never presume to say that God is bound by anything. I am bound by His law.

Just as Christ said, “The Sabbath was made for man and not for God”. His laws are for me. He is not bound by them.

He can do what ever He wants.

His law for me is justice and mercy. All of the LAW is based on love of God and love of our fellow human beings.

For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. (Psalm 119:89)

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. (Psalm 138:2)

But I the LORD will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, you rebellious people, I will fulfill whatever I say, declares the Sovereign LORD.’"
Ezekiel 12:25

The LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.” Numbers 11:23

The LORD of hosts has sworn saying, "Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand,
Isaiah 14:24

God IS bound by His word.
God CANNOT lie

 

[HelenRose]

"My Church teaches me that a person who can not know is judged entirely different from those who do know and refuse, out of pride, to ignore the teachings of Christ."

What do the writings breathed out by God (Scripture) teach?

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who are weary and heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Actually we are talking past each other. There are thousands of Protestant Churches who interpret the Bible different from each other. The reason there are so many Protestant Churches is there is no one entity to bind them together. Each person can interpret the Bible any which way they want to.

I am a Catholic because I accept the authority of the Church’s interpretations. You are not because you interpret the Bible the you want to.

But all of this is not what the original poster wants to hear. I would love to ask you about other interpretations that we disagree on if you want to carry on the conversation elsewhere.

 

[alwayswill]

This is why I am a Catholic. My Church teaches me that a person who can not know is judged entirely different from those who do know and refuse, out of pride, to ignore the teachings of Christ.

are you sure?

Pope Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council, Constitution 1, 1215, ex cathedra: “There is indeed one universal Church of the faithful, outside of which nobody at all is saved, in which Jesus Christ is both priest and sacrifice.”*

Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam, Nov. 18, 1302, ex cathedra:

“With Faith urging us we are forced to believe and to hold the one, holy, Catholic Church and that, apostolic, and we firmly believe and simply confess this Church outside of which there is no salvation nor remission of sin… Furthermore, we declare, say, define, and proclaim to every human creature that they by absolute necessity for salvation are entirely subject to the Roman Pontiff.”[ii]

Pope Clement V, Council of Vienne, Decree # 30, 1311-1312, ex cathedra:

“Since however there is for both regulars and seculars, for superiors and subjects, for exempt and non-exempt, one universal Church, outside of which there is no salvation, for all of whom there is one Lord, one faith, and one baptism…”[iii]

Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, Sess. 8, Nov. 22, 1439, ex cathedra:

“Whoever wishes to be saved, needs above all to hold the Catholic faith; unless each one preserves this whole and inviolate, he will without a doubt perish in eternity.”[iv]

Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, “Cantate Domino,” 1441, ex cathedra:

“The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that all those who are outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans but also Jews or heretics and schismatics, cannot share in eternal life and will go into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless they are joined to the Church before the end of their lives; that the unity of this ecclesiastical body is of such importance that only for those who abide in it do the Church’s sacraments contribute to salvation and do fasts, almsgiving and other works of piety and practices of the Christian militia produce eternal rewards; and that nobody can be saved, no matter how much he has given away in alms and even if he has shed blood in the name of Christ, unless he has persevered in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church.”[v]

Pope Leo X, Fifth Lateran Council, Session 11, Dec. 19, 1516, ex cathedra:

“For, regulars and seculars, prelates and subjects, exempt and non-exempt, belong to the one universal Church, outside of which no one at all is saved, and they all have one Lord and one faith.”

Pope Pius IV, Council of Trent, “Iniunctum nobis,” Nov. 13, 1565, ex cathedra: “This true Catholic faith, outside of which no one can be saved… I now profess and truly hold…”[vii]

Pope Benedict XIV, Nuper ad nos, March 16, 1743, Profession of Faith: “This faith of the Catholic Church, without which no one can be saved, and which of my own accord I now profess and truly hold…”

Pope Pius IX, Vatican Council I, Session 2, Profession of Faith, 1870, ex cathedra: “This true Catholic faith, outside of which none can be saved, which I now freely profess and truly hold…”*

 

[alwayswill]

This is why I am a Catholic. My Church teaches me that a person who can not know is judged entirely different from those who do know and refuse, out of pride, to ignore the teachings of Christ. …

are you sure?

Pope Gregory XVI: “Finally some of these misguided people attempt to persuade themselves and others that men are not saved only in the Catholic religion, but that even heretics may attain eternal life… You know how zealously Our predecessors taught that article of faith which these dare to deny, namely the necessity of the Catholic faith and of unity for salvation… Omitting other appropriate passages which are almost numberless in the writings of the Fathers, We shall praise St. Gregory the Great who expressly testifies that THIS IS INDEED THE TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. He says: ‘The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in her and asserts that all who are outside of her will not be saved.’ Official acts of the Church proclaim the same dogma. Thus, in the decree on faith which Innocent III published with the synod of Lateran IV, these things are written: ‘There is one universal Church of all the faithful outside of which no one is saved.’ Finally the same dogma is also expressly mentioned in the profession of faith proposed by the Apostolic See, not only that which all Latin churches use, but also that which… other Eastern Catholics use. We did not mention these selected testimonies because We thought you were ignorant of that article of faith and in need of Our instruction. Far be it from Us to have such an absurd and insulting suspicion about you. But We are so concerned about this serious and well known dogma, which has been attacked with such remarkable audacity, that We could not restrain Our pen from reinforcing this truth with many testimonies” (Summo Iugiter Studio, May 27, 1832).

Pope Gregory XVI: “With the admonition of the apostle that ‘there is one God, one faith, one baptism’ (Eph. 4:5) may those fear who contrive the notion that the safe harbor of salvation is open to persons of any religion whatever. They should consider the testimony of Christ Himself that ‘those who are not with Christ are against Him,’ (Lk. 11:23) and that they disperse unhappily who do not gather with Him. Therefore, ‘without a doubt, they will perish forever, unless they hold the Catholic faith whole and inviolate’ [Athanasian Creed] (Mirari Vos (# 13), Aug. 15, 1832).

Saint Ambrose (died A.D. 397): “Where Peter is therefore, there is the Church. Where the Church is there is not death but life eternal. …Although many call themselves Christians, they usurp the name and do not have the reward.” (The Fathers of the Church)

Saint Jerome (died A.D. 420): “As I follow no leader save Christ, so I communicate with none but your blessedness, that is, with the Chair of Peter. For this, I know, is the rock on which the Church is built. …This is the ark of Noah, and he who is not found in it shall perish when the flood prevails. …And as for heretics, I have never spared them; on the contrary, I have seen to it in every possible way that the Church’s enemies are also my enemies.” (Manual of Patrology and History of Theology)

Saint Augustine (died A.D. 430): “No man can find salvation except in the Catholic Church. Outside the Catholic Church one can have everything except salvation. One can have honor, one can have the sacraments, one can sing alleluia, one can answer amen, one can have faith in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and preach it too, but never can one find salvation except in the Catholic Church.” (Sermo ad Caesariensis Ecclesia plebem)

Saint Fulgentius (died A.D. 533): “Most firmly hold and never doubt that not only pagans, but also all Jews, all heretics, and all schismatics who finish this life outside of the Catholic Church, will go into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” (Enchiridion Patristicum)

St. Bede the Venerable (died A.D. 735): “Just as all within the ark were saved and all outside of it were carried away when the flood came, so when all who are pre-ordained to eternal life have entered the Church, the end of the world will come and all will perish who are found outside.” (Hexaemeron)

Saint Thomas Aquinas (died A.D. 1274): “There is no entering into salvation outside the Church, just as in the time of the deluge there was none outside the ark, which denotes the Church.” (Summa Theologiae)

Saint Peter Canisius (died A.D. 1597): “Outside of this communion - as outside of the ark of Noah - there is absolutely no salvation for mortals: not for Jews or pagans who never received the faith of the Church, nor for heretics who, having received it, corrupted it; neither for the excommunicated or those who for any other serious cause deserve to be put away and separated from the body of the Church like pernicious members…for the rule of Cyprian and Augustine is certain: he will not have God for his Father who would not have the Church for his mother.” (Catechismi Latini et Germanici)

Saint Robert Bellarmine (died A.D. 1621): “Outside the Church there is no salvation…therefore in the symbol [Apostles Creed] we join together the Church with the remission of sins: `I believe in the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins’…For this reason the Church is compared with the ark of Noah, because just as during the deluge, everyone perished who was not in the ark, so now those perish who are not in the Church.” (De Sacramento Baptismi)

 

[alwayswill]

This is why I am a Catholic. My Church teaches me that a person who can not know is judged entirely different from those who do know and refuse, out of pride, to ignore the teachings of Christ. …

are you sure:

Pope Saint Gregory the Great (A.D. 590 - 604): “Now the holy Church universal proclaims that God cannot be truly worshipped saving within herself, asserting that all they that are without her shall never be saved.” (Moralia)

Pope Innocent III (A.D. 1198 - 1216): “With our hearts we believe and with our lips we confess but one Church, not that of the heretics, but the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church, outside which we believe that no one is saved.” (Denzinger 423)

Pope Leo XII (A.D. 1823 - 1829): “We profess that there is no salvation outside the Church. …For the Church is the pillar and ground of the truth. With reference to those words Augustine says: `If any man be outside the Church he will be excluded from the number of sons, and will not have God for Father since he has not the Church for mother.’” (Encyclical, Ubi Primum)

“Whoever wishes to be saved, needs above all to hold the Catholic Faith; unless each one preserves this whole and inviolate, he will without a doubt perish in eternity … This is the Catholic Faith; unless each one believes this faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved.”
(Athanasian Creed; quoted and solemnly ratified ex cathedra by Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, session 8, November 22, 1439)

Pope Gregory XVI (AD 1831 – 1846) “Now We consider another abundant source of the evils with which the Church is afflicted at present: indifferentism. This perverse opinion is spread on all sides by the fraud of the wicked who claim that it is possible to obtain the eternal salvation of the soul by the profession of any kind of religion, as long as morality is maintained. Surely, in so clear a matter, you will drive this deadly error far from the people committed to your care”. (Mirari Vos).

Pope Gregory XVI (A.D. 1831 - 1846): “It is not possible to worship God truly except in Her; all who are outside Her will not be saved.” (Encyclical, Summo Jugiter)

Pope Pius IX (A.D. 1846 - 1878): “It must be held by faith that outside the Apostolic Roman Church, no one can be saved; that this is the only ark of salvation; that he who shall not have entered therein will perish in the flood.” (Denzinger 1647)

Pope Leo XII: “It is impossible for the most true God, who is Truth itself, the best, the wisest Provider, and the Rewarder of good men, to approve all sects who profess false teachings which are often inconsistent with one another and contradictory, and to confer eternal rewards on their members … By divine faith we hold one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and … this is why we profess that there is no salvation outside the Church.” (Pope Leo XII, Ubi Primum, May 5, 1824; paragraph 14)

Pope Leo XIII (A.D. 1878 - 1903): “This is our last lesson to you; receive it, engrave it in your minds, all of you: by God’s commandment salvation is to be found nowhere but in the Church.” (Encyclical, Annum Ingressi Sumus)

“He scatters and gathers not who gathers not with the Church and with Jesus Christ, and all who fight not jointly with Him and with the Church are in very truth contending against God.” (Encyclical, Sapientiae Christianae)

Pope Saint Pius X (A.D. 1903 - 1914): “It is our duty to recall to everyone great and small, as the Holy Pontiff Gregory did in ages past, the absolute necessity which is ours, to have recourse to this Church to effect our eternal salvation.” (Encyclical, Jucunda Sane)

Pope Benedict XV (A.D. 1914 - 1922): “Such is the nature of the Catholic faith that it does not admit of more or less, but must be held as a whole, or as a whole rejected: This is the Catholic faith, which unless a man believe faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved.” (Encyclical, Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum)

Pope Pius XI (A.D. 1922 - 1939): “The Catholic Church alone is keeping the true worship. This is the font of truth, this is the house of faith, this is the temple of God; if any man enter not here, or if any man go forth from it, he is a stranger to the hope of life and salvation. …Furthermore, in this one Church of Christ, no man can be or remain who does not accept, recognize and obey the authority and supremacy of Peter and his legitimate successors.” (Encyclical, Mortalium Animos)

Pope Pius XII (Humani Generis: “Some say they are not bound by the doctrine, explained in Our Encyclical Letter of a few years ago, and based on the Sources of Revelation, which teaches that the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church are one and the same thing. Some reduce to a meaningless formula the necessity of belonging to the true Church in order to gain eternal salvation.”

 

[HelenRose]

This is the teaching of the Catholic Church. You can either accept it or reject it. I accept it with a welcome heart.

*“Outside the Church there is no salvation”

846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers?335 Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body:

Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it.336

847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church:

Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.337

848 "Although in ways known to himself God can lead those who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible to please him, the Church still has the obligation and also the sacred right to evangelize all men."338*

 

[Peter_J]

“…a technicality”?

Why would anyone end up in Hell: Is it the just punishment/ penalty for their sins?
(sin defined as "Any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude, or nature.)
Is God perfectly just if He sent every sinner to Hell?

Why would a sinner end up in heaven?

Speaking as a member of a “Non-Calvinist Religion” I have to say good questions.

 

[alwayswill]

…

Why would anyone end up in Hell: Is it the just punishment/ penalty for their sins?
(sin defined as "Any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude, or nature.)
Is God perfectly just if He sent every sinner to Hell?

Why would a sinner end up in heaven?

Speaking as a member of a “Non-Calvinist Religion” I have to say good questions.

answers to be considered
Hell is the just punishment/ penalty for their sins
God would be perfectly just if He sent every sinner to Hell
(God is perfect in in His justice)
A sinner ends up in heaven because Jesus paid the penalty their sins.
On the Cross , justice was satisfied ; atonement was made; propitiation happened.

and back to the OP
:
John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

 

[alwayswill]

I would never presume to say that God is bound by anything. I am bound by His law.

Just as Christ said, “The Sabbath was made for man and not for God”. His laws are for me. He is not bound by them.

He can do what ever He wants.

His law for me is justice and mercy. All of the LAW is based on love of God and love of our fellow human beings.

1 Timothy 2
This is good and pleasing in the sight of** God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth**.

2 Peter 3:
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you,** not wanting anyone to perish**, but everyone to come to repentance

If
God is not even bound by His own word:
and "He can do what ever He wants. "
then
why aren’t all saved?