Dear Fr.Ivo If we believe that all will be saved irrespective of whether they believe in Jesus or not, won't it be contradictory to what Jesus said? John 3:18 says, "Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."
So if everyone would eventually be saved, why are there so many evangelists around? Indeed, why does even our Catholic Church have missionaries and all? The Bible, elsewhere, also says; Romans 2:12 ... For whosoever have sinned without the law, shall perish without the law; and whosoever have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law. >From what I understand, the Bible makes it very clear that 'Repent and Believe' is the only way to eternal salvation. At the risk of sounding fundamentalist here, I'll emphasis another Biblical statement by Jesus Christ. If you don't follow me, you will not be in the kingdom of God (Matthew 7:26-27). If you reject me, you will not be with me in eternity (Matthew 10:32-33). Jesus said that God "has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him" (John 5:22-23). Jesus claimed to be the exclusive means of truth and salvation. People who reject him are also rejecting God. "I am the light of the world," he said (John 8:12). "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well" (John 14:6-7). People who claim that there are other ways to salvation are wrong, Jesus said. The Christian teaching of exclusive salvation is based on what Jesus himself said, and what the Scriptures teach. Truth Liberates Nigel Britto
