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January 6, 2014

WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS?

By NiteOwlDave
niteowldave@gmail.com
 

Here, is a great questions: Would a caring God dispatch anyone to eternal Hell if they have never heard about - and accepted - the one true God?
 

And what about the “heathen” – kind of a slam word there - who truly seek the true God? Will they learn of the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ who paid for all sin with his blood? 

Try this on for size:
 

According to Romans 1:18, every human being has the witness of God through creation (external), and the witness of conscience (internal).
 

Creation and the amazing planned cycles of life that roll by smoothly century after century point to the existence of a creator. It is before our eyes daily.
 

Our conscience convicts us of sin. But if we continue sinning, we shut out truth, says 11 Thessalonians 2:10-12. But if we suppress sin and seek more truth, God will open our eyes. We will get it. "Ye shall seek me and find me when ye search for me with all your heart"
 

Salvation comes just one way; through believing the gospel of Jesus Christ. All other ways lead to eternal damnation as in Hell’s bells.
 

The details of how each seeker hears and believes the gospel varies with each of us. In scripture, Paul was sent to enlighten the seeker, Cornelius. Philip was sent to the seeking Ethiopian eunuch.
 

The Holy Spirit always rushes into the vacuum created by a seeker of truth.
 

It is a given that God really doesn’t need us to deliver the truth of eternal salvation through what the Lord Jesus Christ did when He paid our total sins with His blood when He died and rose again from the dead.
 

Of course, He does use those who have the guts to roll up their sleeves and dive into the fray.
 

But where there is no physical messenger handy to share hands-on the saving message, it appears that God uses His own ways to reach the lost.