Matthew 5:8,9: " Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God."
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so Jeff at the of this sermon you talked about Acts 10:34-35 "Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35 but accepts those from every nation who fear him and do what is right."
As so as I heard that verse i thought of what C.S. Lewis wrote in the last battle. At the very end of the book one of the characters meets Aslan for the fist time. He came from a land that worshipped Tash, a false god. Here is that conversation:
"So I went over much grass and many flowers and among all the kinds of wholesome and delectable trees till lo! in the narrow places between two rocks there came to meet me a great lion. the speed of him was like the ostrich, and his size was an elephant's;.... Then i fell at his feet and thought, surely this is the hour of death, for the lion (who is worthy of all honor) will know that i have served Tash all my days and not him. Nevertheless, it is better to see the lion and die thant to be Tisroc of the world and live and not to have seen him. But the Glorious one bent down his golden headand touched my forehead with his tongue and said, Son, thou are welcome. But i said, Alas, Lord, I am no son of thine but the servant of Tash. He answered, child, all the service thou hast done to Tash, I account as service done to me. Then by reasons of my great desire for wisdom and understanding, i overcome my fear and questioned the Glorious one and said, Lord is it then true, as the Ape said, that thou and Tash are one? The Lion growled so that earth shook (but his wrath was not againt me) and said, It is false. Not because he and i are one, but because we are opposites, i take to me services which thou has done to him. For i and he are such different kinds that no service which is vile can be done to me and none which is not vile can be done to him. therefore if any swear by Tash and keep his oath for the oath's sake, it is by me that hw ahs truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him, And if any man do cruelty in my name, then though he says the name Aslan, it is Tash whom he serves and by Tash his deed is accepted.... For all find what they truly seek."
In popular christian we have the lie that we believe that if we "profess" the name of Jesus then no matter what we do it is cover by his blood because we said a prayer one time. and i just fine that hard to believe.
on the other hand there are some who can never come to say that name Jesus because of the crimes that have been done unto them in the name of Jesus. Examples of this could be the stories of Native Americans and African Americans in North America. Last year at Juneteeth i talked with an African American man who was Muslim because he understood Christianity to be a oppressive religion of the white man. and i believe that he has a really good point. but for him to spend all of eternity in hell because of what was done to him can not be true.
So I have come to believe that there will be those in heaven who never said that name of Jesus, but truely longed for him and lived lives that where filled with justice and goodness. I have found this very freeing in how i approach people of other faiths. No longer do i simply approach them as the "other" that i must convert. They have become the "other" that i can learn from and that i can witness to. I have also found it to keep me asking the tough questions of my own faith. I can not just do anything and then tag Jesus to it and believe that it is all going to work out.
Along with C.S. Lewis, John Wesley also has this view
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