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1 | Are the unevangelized people really lost | Rom 2:15 | pixie | 83921 | ||
I've been looking for a chapter that I read in the bible about 7 yrs ago which says something to the effect that those who have never heard of God or the gospel will be judged by their actions according to their conscience. In other words if they do something and their conscience tells them it's wrong to do it then God judges them because of what their conscience told them. If somebody does anything believing it is wrong then to him it is a sin. If anybody knows where in the bible I can find this please respond.....thanks....Pixie |
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2 | Are the unevangelized people really lost | Rom 2:15 | John Reformed | 84159 | ||
Dear Pixie, I found the following article at www.str.org One question frequently stops Christians in their tracks: "If the Gospel alone saves, then what about the heathen in Africa who never heard?" Can God justly convict a man who hasn't heard about Jesus? Some people hear the Gospel and reject it, but most never hear it. How can God condemn them? Christians are ill-equipped to respond because they don't really understand something vital about sin and mercy. Sin brings guilt. Mercy is a gift. Anyone who is a sinner receives punishment he deserves. Anyone who is saved receives mercy he does not deserve and which is not owed him. Think of this question: How could the sheriff send anyone to jail if he didn't offer him a pardon first? The answer is simple. If he's guilty, the sheriff is justified in throwing him in jail. There is no obligation to offer a pardon to a guilty man. The same is true of God. He can justly convict a man who has broken His law even though the sinner has heard nothing about God's pardon in Jesus. God owes no one salvation. He can offer it to whomever He wishes. That's why it's called grace. (Gregory Koukl) -------------------------------------------------- Rom 9:15,16 For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION." So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. This is a difficult truth to swallow. Nevetheless, unless we are prepared to accuse God of being unfair, we must humble ourselves and trust in His judgement. John Reformed |
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3 | Are the unevangelized people really lost | Rom 2:15 | pixie | 84296 | ||
Thank you Moran, Ric and John Reformed, Although the Romans scripture sounds similar, the one I'm looking for was very clear in saying God judges by the persons conscience. It was so clear when I read it yet all I remember for sure is that it was in the last 1/3 of the new testament. It's interesting how God turns on the light sometimes and then turns it off again. As for God having mercy on whom He will, I understand that it refers to Him making some for good and some for bad. I can't believe that everyone (African tribes or Nomads of the Himalyas,etc) who has not heard the gospel was made for bad thereby being unable to receive His mercy. I'll keep looking for the verses I'm looking for and I'll let you all know. Thanks again.....Pixie |
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4 | Are the unevangelized people really lost | Rom 2:15 | John Reformed | 84301 | ||
Dear Pixie, You wrote: "I can't believe that everyone (African tribes or Nomads of the Himalyas,etc) who has not heard the gospel was made for bad thereby being unable to receive His mercy." I said that it was a difficult docrtine to swallow, and I meant it! Jesus warned the unbelieving jews "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; (John 6:44). Only those whom God has called, those whom He draws, believe the gospel. It is not the opportunity to hear the gospel that determines whether anyone will be saved or not; salvation depends on whom God has predestined to bestow His mercy. "...God chose those whom he was pleased to bring to a knowledge of himself, not based upon any merit shown by the object of his grace and not based upon his looking forward to discover who would "accept" the offer of the gospel. God has elected, based solely upon the counsel of his own will, some for glory and others for damnation (Romans 9:15,21). He has done this act before the foundations of the world (Ephesians 1:4-8). This doctrine does not rule out, however, man's responsibility to believe in the redeeming work of God the Son (John 3:16-18). Scripture presents a tension between God's sovereignty in salvation, and man's responsibility to believe which it does not try to resolve. Both are true -- to deny man's responsibility is to affirm an unbiblical hyper-calvinism; to deny God's sovereignty is to affirm an unbiblical Arminianism. The elect are saved unto good works (Ephesians 2:10). Thus, though good works will never bridge the gulf between man and God that was formed in the Fall, good works are a result of God's saving grace. This is what Peter means when he admonishes the Christian reader to make his "calling" and "election" sure (2 Peter 1:10). Bearing the fruit of good works is an indication that God has sown seeds of grace in fertile soil." (http://www.reformed.org/calvinism/) God bless you as you seek to learn His truth. John |
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