Ok. The bit i've highlighted doesn't make sense to me. I know where the idea comes from, that if you reject Christ as your saviour then you reject his gift and so cannot be saved.
But, how can someone knowingly reject him? And more importantly who would?
Think about it, if you knew that Jesus Chrsit was the Son of God and you knew that you would not go to heaven if you didn't believe - who in their right mind would reject him?
Atheists don't know that Christ is the saviour, no one does - its a matter of faith. To the Atheist or the Muslim or the Buddhist, the evidence isn't sufficient to warrent belief in Christ as the saviour.
Knowingly rejecting Christ relies on the person actively believing in Christ, but then rejecting him anyway. No one knowingly rejects Christ, if they reject him its because they don't know.
Am I wrong?
Well, we will not be judged according to what we
don't know. If one has never heard the gospel, one won't be judged for rejecting Christ, because they never did. If, however, one has the opportunity to hear the gospel, to have the Holy Spirit convict them that they are a sinner in need of a Saviour, and they reject Christ their whole lives until they no longer feel the Spirit knocking on their heart so to speak, and die having no payment for their sin, then they are lost.
The Bible says that in the fulness of time, (ie. Rome ruled a great part of the World and had roads, so the news spread quickly and easily) Christ died for us. Many people witnessed these things as Paul said, they were not done in a corner. We have the prophecies fullfilled from the Old Testament concerning Jesus, 27 fulfilled at the time of the crucifixion itself. We have the other prophecies, we have historical manuscripts, archeological finds, the scientific, medical, historical statements in the Bible, and many many other proofs, not to mention the changed lives, the schools and hospitals, etc, founded because of people with Christian principles. Something happenned 2,000 years ago to change the world, many regard the death, burial, and ressurection as historical fact because of the eyewitnesses and the written documentation, and the establishment of the Church, and many other such things. Peter said these were not cunningly devised fables, but that they were eyewitnesses to His majesty. These men saw it, and died proclaiming it. I would not die for something I knew was a lie, ether they saw the ressurrected Christ, or they did not.
Anyway, when we stand before God, we will see all the times He was dealing with our hearts, leading us toward Him, trying to show us the truth, and we will have no excuse. Many reject Christ because of pride, because of self-righteousness, and because they know if they accept Him, He will not leave them as they are, but will begin to mold them into His image, and they love their sin too much for any of that. So, people don't reject Christ because they
don't know, they reject Him because they
don't want to know.