Contendah, my Friend,
You say, "I would show them what the will of Jesus is for them, including the very clear teaching of the New Testament concerning what they need to do in order to be saved in heaven eternally."
How would you fit Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 4:30, Ephesians 2:8-9, John 6:47, and John 10:28-29 into that discussion? Or would you? Keep in mind that these teachings are also part of Scripture. And, none of these Scripture verses/passages contradict the verses/passages you suggest. The complement and complete the teachings of those verses/passages.
You seem to offer an incomplete Scriptural picture of salvation. And, keep in mind that we CANNOT skip over or omit ANY part of Scripture if we are to have a true Christian theology.
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
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Bill, are you a bit addled?
Those scriptures you cite are some of the ones you use in attempted defense of your OSAS belief, but do not have anything to do with how a lost person gets into Christ to begin with--which was the subject of this discussion. The scriptures I used in my reply to you answered your question precisely. I told you what I would tell a non-believer and how I would counsel with him/her regarding the sonship of Christ the Savior and what he/she needed to do in order to have his/her sins remitted and enter into the relationship with Christ that is set forth in scripture.
You have not even begun to rebut the arguments I have advanced from Acts 2 and Acts 8 and Acts 22 and Romans 6. You apparently continue to hold to the notion that only simple belief in Jesus as the Son of God is necessary for salvation. I showed you that the sinners at Pentecost had come to belief in Jesus but were still anguished, knowing they had committed sin worthy of condemnation. That is why they asked, "What shall we do?" You and those like-minded with you would simply have told them to "just believe on Jesus and take Him as your Savior." Peter gave no such instructions. Could that be because he was speaking under inspiration of the Holy Spirit and you draw upon some other source for your authority? Jesus told Saul on the road to Damascus to go to the city and he would be told "what thou MUST DO." NKJV Acts 9:6). When Saul (Paul) got to that city, God's appointed agent, Ananias, told him what he MUST DO and that was, "Arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord." He did not tell Saul that he was already in good standing with God on the basis of his belief in Jesus. He did not tell Paul to ask Jesus to come into his heart. He commanded him to be baptized in order to wash away his sins.