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NASB | 2 Peter 3:1 This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 3:1 Beloved, I am now writing you this second letter. In this [as in the first one], I am stirring up your untainted mind to remind you, |
Subject: Never had a chance to reject Christ |
Bible Note: Arnie: You wrote: "Your saying,that the bible says, God the Father is going to throw some one who has never had a chance to know the truth into everlasting torment? Isn't Romans 2:5-6 talking about some one who knew the truth? Rom 10:14-15" No, I am saying that God is going to throw someone who knew the truth, and suppressed it in unrighteousness, into hell. This is the group that Romans 2:4-5 refers to, and this group consists of everyone apart from Christ. Romans 1:18-20. The truth of God HAS BEEN REVEALED to all. Romans 10:14-15 just supports the need to evangelize, specifically because those who have not heard the gospel CANNOT call on Jesus Christ. We do not know who will reject Christ and who will receive Him among the evangelized, but it is certain that mercy is not extended to those to whom the gospel has not been preached. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as 2 Corinthians 5 tells us, and we need to extend the kingdom of God and the message of the gospel as God enables us to do so. We, the church, are God's means of extending His mercy to all those whom He will save. Time we got busy! --Joe! |