Hi Fran,
Actually the scriptures being God's word make that call.
As Dan said and he's quoting scripture, there's only one way and that one way to our Heavenly Father is through His Son, Jesus Christ who's name means salvation.
Surely you realize this.
It would be difficult for me to believe that after you went through numerous posts stressing obedience for salvation and quoting those scriptures to prove your point, that you would believe that a person who doesn't obey God by believing on His Son could be saved from hell.
The religions of the world don't read God's word so how could they obey Him by following another false god? Allah, Buddha, Krishna etc. There are 8747 different gods of this world.
Anyone who worships another God besides Jesus can't be saved. They can if they repent of their sins and accept the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob as their God through faith in Jesus who is the only way to the Father.
I'm curious to hear how you think that people from other religions can be saved???
There exists the Natural Law (not the law of nature).
Romans 1:19-20
God is evident in people who not only do not know about Jesus, but maybe do not even know about God.
So does a JUST God banish them to hell because they never heard the word?
Is God a God of love, and a just God, or is He a mean and unjust God?
The American Indian didn't know Jesus. But they knew GOD. In whatever way they understood Him to be, they worshipped the God that created them and their world.
God is evident in nature. In the clouds, in the mountains. His power is obvious. Man feels that there is a power Greater than himself. That power is God.
They don't know about the trinity, they don't salvation economy, but they understand through what they see and what has been made that God exists and so they are without excuse.
A tribe in Africa, for example. Some in that tribe may be atheists, as we understand them to be.
Some may look up at the stars at night and understand that there must surely be a God. What could have created all that they see? Only God. However they understand that to be.
If YOU had never heard of Jesus, but understood the above, and wished to live a good life for that God, do you think He should send you to hell?
God is a big God. We CANNOT PUT HIM IN A BOX. God refuses to stay in a box.
What do you think?