Since the people are ignorant, God cannot fault them and they are saved. Eternal life is a huge carrot.
Eternal life is a huge carrot.
Cf Mark 3.28f and ponder that a while. Lane, I'm sorry not to have a Bible handy, and not to be up on my verses so as to recognize the one cited. And Doug, eternal life may well be a huge carrot, but that misses the point that the forgiveness is given. No, that does not mean that I'm volunteering. I was saving space.