No Excuse - June 4, 2007

Have you ever wondered if someone can be saved who has never heard about Jesus?  For whatever reasons, I seem to get that question a lot.  Just this last week my mother asked me about this.  What would you say?  I mean the Bible teaches that we are all saved by the gift of life that Jesus makes possible for each of us when he defeated death after dying on the cross.  But again, what about the person who’s never heard about what Jesus did for them. 

The apostle Paul in the book of Romans makes an interesting statement pertaining to this question.  He states that: “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20 TNIV) So that people are without excuse… Why?  Because God’s nature is revealed in nature.  And really, when you break down salvation, what it all comes down to is embracing the character of God as your own.  Walking so closely with him that He is seen in us.  What’s your excuse? 

Posted by matthew gamble on June 04, 2007 at 07:56 AM
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