How often have I heard people share their feelings about those who have not heard the Gospel of God’s saving grace through His Son, the Lord Jesus, that they should be excused for not accepting Him as their Saviour and submitting to His Lordship, and that when they appear before God on the day of judgement, He would not hold them responsible for what they did not know, but let us see what God’s Word says……
”
For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world
are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even His eternal power and Godhead
; SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE:…” (Romans 1:20).
God has, through the ages, spoken to us through various means, for example,
nature,
creation,
people,
animals,
plants, and
many other visible and invisible things that we take completely for granted, for example,
the air we breathe!
But He has not left it there, for He also says ”
And that servant,
who knew his Lord’s will (believers), and prepared not
himself, neither did according to His will,
shall be beaten with many
stripes. But
he who knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes,
shall be beaten with few
stripes” (Luke 12:47).
The Lord is not unjust, but we have to understand that He sees all human beings as sinners in need of a Saviour, He provided the Saviour, but when we reject Him, ignore His offer of salvation or stay ignorant even when nature itself is such a clear indication of a loving, caring, ever giving heavenly Father and His ability to uphold not only the earth, but the whole universe, we deny His way as the only way, declare that we know better and that we are not who He says we are.
Remember it is written, ”
For ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23), but our gracious heavenly Father did not leave us without hope, ”
For the wages of sin
is death;
but the gift of God
is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” Romans 6:23.
There is no indication that anybody is excluded in Romans 3:23 or Romans 6:23!
The word ALL literally means every single human being, male/female, old/young, good/bad, learned/unlearned who are separated from God through our inherited sinful natures ”
For as in Adam all die, …”
(1 Cor 15:22),
and there is only one way to get back into the original relationship He intended to have with humans for, ”
even so in Christ shall all be made alive
” 1 Cor 15:22.
Please read John 14:6; John 1:12; John 3:3, 5, Romans 10:9-10 and 1 Peter 1:23.
None will be able to say they did not hear! None will be able to say they did not know! Especially now with the media spreading the Gospel right across the globe via television, radio, internet, mobile phones and Christian magazines, available to everybody, no matter where they stay, or at least within close enough proximity for them to get easy access!
We all have the responsibility to respond to His call, to receive (
make accommodation for) Him as Saviour (John 1:12) and make Him the Lord over all!
Paul said, ”
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but
be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what
is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” Romans 12:1-2.
We do not only need humans to share the Gospel with us, the Holy Spirit is capable of that without our help, but we can share our testimonies with others, and that will confirm the conviction they already have in their hearts, so never stop sharing your testimony!
God’s Word also says, ”
And the times of
this ignorance God winked at; but
now commands ALL men everywhere to repent:..” Acts 17:30
To end off I would like to share this Scripture with you, ”
Today if you will hear His voice, harden not your hearts” Heb 3:15, but open up and allow Him to come in, take Lordship and become your closest friend. A ”
friend that sticks closer than a brother.
“ Amen!
