What About Those Who Have Never Heard Of Jesus?

WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF JESUS? By NiteOwlDave [email protected] One of the great questions is would a caring God dispatch anyone to eternal Hell if he have never heard about and accepted the one true God? And what about the “heathen” – kind of a slam word - who truly seek the true God who sent the Lord Jesus Christ to pay our sin debt? Try this on for size According to Romans, 1:18-2, every human being has the witness of 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 very God. Our conscience convicts us of sin. If we continue sinning, we suppress truth, says 11 Thessalonians 2:10-12. If we suppress sin and seek more truth, 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 individuals. 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. 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.

A recent Christian Aid Praise Report tells this: "Some (Afghans) report having dreams in which Christ appeared to them and revealed Himself as the Truth." The gospel of the Bible packs power. Romans 1:16 - "..gospel of Christ..is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.." John 3:18 - "He that believes on him is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already." John 1:4,5 - "..the light (of Christ) shineth in darkness.." Matthew 5:14 - "Ye are the light of the world..." John 3:19 - "This is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil...but he that doeth truth cometh to the light.." How does this apply where the rubber meets the road? 1. An Iranian Christian friend, raised a strict Muslim and saved in 2001, tells me: “I have had visions and seen the very throne room of God. It was perhaps like John who traveled to Heaven and detailed, as best he could, what he saw in the Book of Revelation. I tested God and have seen many miraculous things occur. I have had clear answers to prayers. I have been exposed to God in ways most Christians haven’t. 2. Some get saved through watching Christian DVDs or Hollywood movies. Movies like The Passion certainly contain Jesus-drawing clout. I know a guy who was saved many years ago while watching the moving Ben-Hur. Ben-Hur is a 1959 epic flick subtitled: A Tale of the Christ. 3. Some hear of Christ in Internet chat rooms, Christian websites or through you tube videos. 4. Others by reading. 5. Television in many areas of the globe carries gospel programming. 6. Christian missionaries are planted in many places, worldwide. A friend once told me he refused to believe in Jesus “because what about all those Africans who have never heard of Jesus?” I told him that it’s God’s job to reach them with the Jesus truth.

I shared that we in North America have churches on every corner, Gideon Bibles in every hotel room, some good TV church broadcasts, so ALL are without excuse. He just said “Oh”. Is he lost? Sadly, he must be. He’s as lost as a Christ-rejecting, beard-stroking New Delhi guru. What about you? How do we get saved? Go here: http://www.godlovestheworld.com/