Not exact matches
Muslims (another name for Islamists) are taught that the average person can not know for sure
if Allah will
grant them «
eternal life.»
If hearts of the deceased are as «light as a feather», they will be
granted eternal life in the Duat.
(B) Even
if the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth could show that God could
grant eternal life — which it doesn't — it still gives us no indication that God has any intention of
granting this to any of the rest of us.
Even
if we were to
grant (for the sake of argument only) that God could or would intervene in this way in earthly affairs, God's resurrection of this one person can not logically support the likelihood of salvation for the rest of us: (A) It can not prove that God is able to save us from death and
grant us
eternal life; (B) it can not guarantee that God is interested in doing this; and (C) it does not even show that God will forgive our sins.
Not that God
grants them
eternal life or salvation, then takes it away when they become old enough to be accountable, it merely means that there exists a conditional form of grace for children that God will redeem them
if they die (Deuteronomy 1:39, 2 Samuel 12:16 - 23)
(but even
if it didn't that should be obvious) Therefore Gods groundwork for the spectacular future that God has in store for us is built upon love and the way to create that love is for God to forgive us and
grant us
eternal life which is made available to us by the grace of Jesus Christ and the death he took for us all on the cross.
If he said a prayer, walked an isle, signed a card, raised a hand, or asked Jesus into his heart, I might try to clarify with him that none of these things will
grant him
eternal life.