[George]

Originally Posted by pneuby

George, I hope you don't hold copyright on those two acronyms, as I intend to wholly appropriate them shamelessly for my own use, LOL!

As to your second point, I wholly agree with the preface. However, I think the latter portion will be as any other sin....forever washed away. There may be some lack of reward experienced over it, I don't know.

That's why I don't have much trouble with a typical Southern Baptist "Sinner's Prayer", in whatever derivative you may have heard it. As a rule, there is normally a sincer attempt to point out just WHAT it is that you're SUPPOSED to believe in. That is, that Christ is God, Son, Messiah, the ONLY way, and that his sacrifice was all that is/was needed.

Indeed, we've discussed this at my church many times. There will no doubt be any number of Catholics, perhaps a couple JW's, and even....gads!..Mormons in heaven with us. Maybe even an outlaw biker or two?

Aloha brother,

I wish that I could take credit for both of them but they were very popular in the 1970's (I have no idea who originated them) - maybe they have fallen out of favor?

Since God is the only one in the Universe that can tell what is in a person's heart - I leave it up to Him as to who is saved and who is not. I just know that there is only one way to the Father:
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Any "other way" is COUNTERFEIT & FALSE! And at this point in the history of the world, there are so many false "christian" religions (most originating in America - Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Cambellites, christian science, etc., etc.) that is getting more and more difficult for people to discern just exactly who is a Christian and who is not. Personally I think that the "bikers" stand a better chance!