polite_gandalf wrote on Aug 29
th, 2014 at 11:52am:
Jews reject jesus as their christ and saviour.
Are they not therefore condemned to eternal damnation according to the bible?
No.
gandalf,
He is a God who exercises his discrimination.
"I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high."
Psalms 32:2
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity,
Isaiah 54:6
For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
Jeremiah 32:36
And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.i
Quote:You can't be "chosen" by God if you are doomed in the afterlife - can you?
No.
You cannot.
Best, not to be 'doomed in the afterlife' then!
Acts 10:34
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Ah, but gandalf.
You are a moslem.
In the eyes of Allah, you are perfect already.
A moslem, a man who is blessed by the only god, Allah.