Bible Question:
This is my first question on this forum, and I'm a little skeptical, but I'm going to pose it anyway. The bible says that a true Christian is to be sent to preach the Gospel to the lost, and without that person being sent there is no hope for the lost because all lost souls need to hear the Word from a true Christian. So, my question is, one, how is a person to be saved if they have never heard the gospel from a true Christian? And two, How do I know if that person really is sent, or if they are sent from the evil one and are just posing as servants of the light? |
Bible Answer: Hello LJ- welcome to the forum. Romans 10:13-15 for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED." 14 How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? 15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" John 6:37-40 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. 38 "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. 40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day." John 6:44-47 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. 45 "It is written in the prophets, 'AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. 46 "Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. Here is what the Scriptures teach. Salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ and by no other means. Salvation is a gift from God and He alone calls a person to that salvation. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was made flesh when He was born of the virgin Mary. Though tempted He lived a perfectly sinless life on earth. He died on the corss as the penalty/payment for the sins of the world (that means yours and mine). He was placed in a tomb and three days later was raised again in the flesh and ascended again to the right hand of the Father. You are a sinner like every other human (Romans 3:23). As shown above there is no hope for salvation beyond that of Christ. You have heard the gospel. How do you respond? God bless, Jeff |
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