• BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca
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    18 hours ago

    great answer, thanks for that. i wonder if apostates/non-believers are included in “Gentiles who do not have the law”

    or is it only the people that never heard the gospel?

    • How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      I can’t say for sure. Nobody really can but there is a divide in some protestant faiths that someone “once saved is always saved.”. Meaning that if you ever believed then you’re good to go. I think this idea is rooted in John 10:28-29 ESV [28] I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. [29] My Father, who has given them to me,is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

      A lot of Christian faiths don’t agree with that logic though.

      I think largely though people believe Romans 2 only applies to people who have never heard.