Guess you can consider this a sort of "sequel" to my "debunking Buddhism" thread. Thanks to Jabcat and darryl for rating that post positively too, I appreciate all your support my friends :D
https://tentmaker.org/forum/arguments-against-universal-salvation/a-buddhist-tried-to-convert-me/
I had a friend that I talked with who said he was a ?Hindu? that is a believer in the false religion Hinduism! I say this to you all kindly and with love, this truth, that faith alone in Jesus Christ saves you. That is, all people will eventually become believers in Christ and go to Heaven.
Hinduism believes there is more than one god, but that is completely wrong! There is only one God and He is the Lord Jesus Christ, the God of Israel, the Holy Spirit! There is only one creator of the universe, the earth, everything and that is the Almighty Lord!
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. This Hinduist also talked to me about the concept of karma, though this term doesn?t appear in the Bible. You might be familiar with ?karma? if you use Reddit lol. In the Bible there is the Law of Reaping and Sowing, which means, by doing bad things you will receive bad things in return. That is, if you plant a bad seed, you will reap bad fruit. That is just the natural consequence of sin. The only way to be washed of sin is to believe in Jesus Christ with faith alone. Thus, all people will eventually believe in Jesus Christ and be washed of sin in this way.
This concept of karma is used to promote works salvation, where they falsely believe that doing good works and avoiding bad works save them! This is wrong! Only faith alone in Jesus Christ washes away sins, not good works! Belief only in Christ Jesus, the Saviour, covers all our sins! It doesn?t matter how many good works (good karma) you do, or how many bad works (bad karma) you avoid, that will not save you. The only thing that saves you is faith alone in Jesus Christ. This is the TRUTH!
ISAIAH 45:22-24 "Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. They will say of me, `In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength.'" (NIV)In the Lord ALONE is righteousness! All people will believe in Christ and be saved. Yes, all the hinduists will be converted to Christianity, that is guaranteed, and they will be saved!
Hinduists also believe in reincarnation, which means you?re reborn as a different person and you keep dying and you keep getting reborn over and over again, which is nonsense.
Hebrews 9:27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,
The Bible plainly states that people are destined to die once. Notice that singular number. 1 time!
https://tentmaker.org/forum/welcome-central/a-struggling-universalist()-(consumed-with-fear)/msg204755/#msg204755
Here's a good response about Reincarnation from Lazarus Short. Start quote.
QuoteLet's get reincarnation (aka, reincarceration) out of the way first. When Jesus had his famous chat with Nicodemus, Nick asked if he needed to come out of his mother's womb a second time. This set up the question of reincarnation, but Jesus did not take the bait. Besides, the Bible says it is appointed for a man to die once, and then the judgment. Besides that, I have noticed that most folks who believe in rebirth boast that they were somebody famous in a past life - but chances are they would have been some peasant 99+% of the time. :doh: That is why I am dismissive of reincarnation.
End quote. The truth is not reincarnation, that term is and Hindu concept is not used in the Bible, but rather resurrection, which is the biblical truth! All those who believe in Jesus Christ will be resurrected, they will be saved from Sheol, the realm of the dead, that is come back from the dead and be alive permanently. All people will be rescued from Sheol and thus all people will be saved.
PSALM 139:8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. (NIV)