Originally Posted by evangelist
Would John 3:16 answer both questions because Christ died for sinners and for humans bad and good and their sins are forgiven already, but unbelievers just have to acknowledge what Christ did??
nope I'll include just the first question once again and for the last time for your benefit:

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1. Does one have to "reject Him as Lord" to be worthy of eternal death? Aren't all men by nature under the just wrath of God and subject to condemnation by the virtue of the very fact that they are sinners by nature and thus hate God from the moment they are conceived?
Now, to respond to your answer:

1. Re: "because Christ died for sinners and for humans bad and good".
- There are no "good" humans. There are myriad passages which discredit this statement but one of the most well known should suffice. "as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;" Rom 3:10.

2. Re: "but unbelievers just have to acknowledge what Christ did".
- Theologically, this is called, "Assensus" or "Historical Faith", whereby a person simply acknowledges facts and/or truths of Scripture. Although they are essential they do not save. Popularly, it is known as Sandemanianism or "Easy Believism". Even the devils know much ABOUT God (Jam 2:19). What is needed is regeneration, that sovereign and free work of the Holy Spirit wherein the sinner is totally passive. The RESULT of that regenerative work is repentance and receiving Christ.

Now, could you please make a reasonable attempt to answering that first question? And, if you do that, we can then turn our attention to the second question. grin

In His grace,

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