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QFTBOC: Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel :: By Mark A. Becker

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Introduction

One of the things I really enjoy doing with the ministry the Lord has blessed me with is answering questions of believers and unbelievers alike. The questions people have never cease to amaze me; most I have never even considered myself.

This QFTBOC (Questions from the Body of Christ) series are articles from these questions I have received and will be in a question and response format.

If you or someone you know has a question pertaining to the Word of God – theology, difficult passages, eschatology, etc. – I would really like to hear from you.

If I end up using your question, and you would like to have your name and/or place of residence listed on the question in the article, please specify with your submitted question; otherwise, if I use your question, it will be listed as “Anonymous.”

Regardless, I will make every attempt to answer every person’s question(s) in a response to the emails I receive. Depending on volume, it may be a little while until you hear back from me, but my intention is to respond to all inquiries.

Other articles in this series are: QFTBOC: Civil Disobedience and Patriotism, QFTBOC: Memory – Fully Retained or Total Reset?, QFTBOC: Psalm 91, Protection, & God’s Will, QFTBOC: God’s Chastisement of His Children, QFTBOC: What’s Satan’s Problem?, QFTBOC: Can We Know Another’s Salvation?, QFTBOC: Childbirth Purification & Christ, QFTBOC: Biblical Slavery, QFTBOC: Peter & John at the Palace of the High Priest, QFTBOC: Living for Christ in a Dark World, QFTBOC: Family and the Afterlife, and QFTBOC: Judgment and Works

Question

Mark –

My name is Ed Gaulden. I searched in vain to find something you may have written pertaining to the title of this e-mail; however, [I] could not find anything.

I attend a Bible study once a week, and one of the attendees there asked the question, “What happens to people who have never heard the Gospel?”

I could not find any scripture to satisfy the questioner. To be honest, it was one of the questions I had asked the young man who led me to the Lord many years before! Not finding the appropriate scripture, I told him it would be in our conscience, our moral sense of right and wrong, such as stealing and murder.

Do you have any suggestions? Scripture?

Thanks in advance, Mark –

Ed Gaulden

Anderson, SC

Response

Hi Ed!

Thanks for your email and great question! You’re right; I haven’t written on this subject, but I do think that others have probably asked the same question, so we’ll address it today.

As you requested, I do have a few passages for you, along with some other observations and thoughts that you can share with others.

Here are the passages:

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard” (Psalm 19:1-3).

The creation of God is a witness to man that God exists.

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 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 1:18-20). (emphasis mine)

Man knows instinctively in his heart that God not only exists but is a righteous God and that they are ultimately accountable to Him, their Creator. This knowledge God imparts to all of mankind through their consciousness and conviction of their hearts – knowing instinctively between right and wrong – “so they are without excuse.”

“For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel” (Romans 2:14-16). (emphasis mine)

Those who don’t have the law, or haven’t heard the gospel, are judged by “the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness” to what God has already instilled within the human heart.

Paul, in his letter to the Colossians, emphasized that the gospel in its most basic form had already been preached in the world to every creature which is under heaven; though this gospel is obviously more clearly revealed since Christ’s substitutionary sacrifice and expounded upon in the completed New Testament Scriptures.

“If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister” (Colossians 1:23). (emphasis mine)

While it is true that:

“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God“ (Romans 3:10-11). (emphasis mine)

It is also true that God calls to all human beings to come to Him as revealed in His creation and the witness of Himself within their hearts – blinded as they may be. It’s because of God’s calling that man is able to respond to what he instinctively knows; that is, that God exists, is the Creator, and is our Judge.

God told Israel:

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).

It would seem more than reasonable that this promise could be made to all of mankind for the past 6,000 years.

In addition, we have heard testimonies of Jesus making Himself known to people around the world in visions and dreams. It would be logical to think that those before Christ, that had sought the One true God, would find Him by angelic visitation, visions, dreams, the witness of past people of God, ancient documents handed down, etc.

Of course, it is God who calls and draws all men, but it has always been the individual’s decision to reject or accept what little knowledge that person has attained due to life’s circumstances.

Finally, God is omniscient and knows the hearts of everyone He’s ever created and would necessarily know what any individual would choose if given the choice. We can be confident that whatever God does, when it comes to those who have never heard the gospel, will be absolutely righteous and just.

God Working Through Dispensations

God has dealt with mankind in numerous different ways down through the millennia – something we call dispensations or dispensation theology. These dispensations are generally regarded as:

  1. Innocence – from creation to the fall of man. 2. Conscience – from the fall of man to the flood. 3. Human Government – from the flood to the call of Abraham (although this dispensation is essentially going on today, until Christ comes back). 4. Promise – from Abraham to the Law of Moses. 5. Law – from the Law of Moses until Christ’s burial, death, and resurrection, and the completion of the New Testament Scriptures. 6. Grace – from Christ’s resurrection and the completion of the New Testament Scriptures until the rapture of the church. 7. Tribulation Age – from the rapture of the church until Christ comes back at His Second Coming. 8. The Millennial Kingdom of Christ. 9. The Eternal Kingdom.

While this list is a generalization, others may point out different ways in which God has dealt with mankind within these dispensations. Nevertheless, the idea of dispensations is a very real and obvious theological truth.

Just a cursory look at these dispensations shows one that God has dealt with mankind differently down through the 6,000 years since creation and will continue to do so until the Eternal Kingdom.

Therefore, we shouldn’t be surprised that the LORD has never left mankind without the witness of Himself, His Word (however it may be revealed), His will, and His ways to His creation throughout history. How this was accomplished in every dispensation is not revealed in specific for us, but we do have clues.

Enoch, Job, and Abraham

There were many godly men and women who were prophets of God, speaking the Words of the Lord and encouraging and warning those in the antediluvian age before the flood. Enoch was such a man:

“And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him” (Genesis 5:21-24).

“By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:5-6).

“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these [false prophets and teachers of the last days], saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him” (Jude 14-15).

Job and his three companions had a remarkable understanding of the one true God, as is evidenced in the book of Job. Although Job’s three “miserable comforters” gave some misguided advice and, indeed, attributed sin to Job that he did not have, they still had more of a grasp on the nature and character of God than most Christians do today.

Job also knew of God’s salvation and his resurrection:

“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me” (Job 19:25-27).

Additionally, they all had an amazing comprehension of scientific insights not fully understood until our modern day.

Where did they learn of all of this? How did they know so much of who God is, His character, sin and salvation, scientific insights, and so much more? God, obviously, has His ways of communicating with men and women – and these ways are varied and seemingly endless.

Melchizedek: The Mysterious One was also a witness to Abraham hundreds of years before the giving of the law:

“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all” (Genesis 14:18-20).

Though not documented in the Scriptures, Melchizedek may have also been a witness to others as well.

These are just three examples of God having representatives for Himself – or in the case of Melchizedek, God Himself as a witness – before and after the flood.

Prophets

“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began“ (Acts 3:19-21). (emphasis mine)

Peter, in the above text, is addressing the Jews after he and John healed the lame man at the gate of the Temple.

But note Peter’s declaration that, “God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” This is quite an insight into the workings of God through His prophets long before Israel became a nation and ever “since the world began.” This tells us that God has always had His prophets declaring His Word to mankind.

Angels

Angels have always been a part of God’s “witness protection program” to mankind of Himself and His ways – specifically revealing God’s Word and message to men and women throughout history.

We know from reports around the world that God is still in the business of making Himself known to people who either have never heard the gospel or have never heard the gospel preached clearly enough to fully understand.

This isn’t limited to those who haven’t heard of Christ, as many Muslims and Jews are also having dreams and visions of Messiah Yeshua and His saving gospel! Praise the Lord!!

Conclusion

But with all of this said, it is essential that the body of Christ witness and preach the gospel to a lost and dying world – which is our Great Commission from the Lord Himself – so there can be no doubt to one’s destiny, either a rejection or acceptance of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

The church, at large and as a whole, is failing miserably in this mission. But if we all put our hands to the plough and get busy with the Lord’s business, we can make an eternal difference in people’s lives. After all, could any true disciple of Jesus Christ do anything less? The answer better be, “No!”

How amazing it is that God would use us as His instruments and vessels to give the life-saving gospel to others who so desperately need to hear it. Wonderful, indeed!

So, let’s get together and make a tag-team effort in these last of the last days:

“So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

“For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 3:7-11).

Thanks again, Ed, for your excellent question!

Love, grace, mercy, and shalom in Messiah Yeshua, and Maranatha!

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Falling Into Place :: By Daymond Duck

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The great prophecy teacher Jan Markel often says, “Things are not falling apart; things are falling into place.”

Here are more things that are falling into place and should not be overlooked.

One, history is nearing the toes on the statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.

  • The Second Coming and Kingdom on earth will occur when history reaches the tip of the toes.
  • The Rapture will take place at least seven years before history reaches the tip of the toes.

Two, the nations are negotiating covenants that could begin the seventieth week of Daniel.

  • Four Arab nations have signed the Abraham Accords with Israel, and more are expected to sign soon.

Three, history is nearing 6,000 years (6 God-Days) since the creation of Adam and is very close to the seventh God-Day, the 1,000-year reign of Jesus on earth.

  • This belief teaches that the Church Age will last about 2,000 years (2 God-Days), and the Church Age is approaching 2,000 years.

Four, the Fig Tree and all trees have been growing and putting forth leaves for more than 70 years.

  • On Oct. 24, 1945, the UN came into being with a charter calling for the establishment of a world government. The UN began with a few trees (nations), and it now has more than 190 trees (nations).
  • On Jan. 1, 1948, three European Union nations (the Revived Roman Empire; home of the Antichrist) began to unite, and it now has 27 trees (nations).
  • On May 14, 1948, the Fig Tree (Israel) officially came back into being as a nation; several nations have tried to destroy her and can’t.

Five, history could be nearing the end of the terminal generation that will see the fulfillment of all Bible prophecy.

  • If (perhaps a big if) the terminal generation is 70-80 years (Psa. 90:10) and it began in 1948 as some teach, this generation is 74 years old and needs only 6 years to get to 80.

Six, a world government is rising.

  • After the Rapture of the Church, there will be a world government, and the UN has agreed to establish a world government by 2030 or sooner, if possible (The Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development went into effect on Jan. 1, 2016).
  • The document preamble calls it a “New Universal Agenda.”
  • UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-Moon called it the “start of a new era.”
  • On Feb. 19, 2021, Biden declared an “End to Trump’s America First agenda.”

Seven, a world religion is rising.

  • Pope Francis is trying to establish a world religion, and it has been reported that he is seeking to be the first to head it up.

Eight, the Antichrist will rule over all nations, including the U.S.

  • This means the U.S. must decline and be brought under a more powerful UN, and a recent poll shows that more than ¾ of U.S. citizens believe America is declining now.

Nine, the technology that is required for history to be at the end of the age is coming into existence. TV, the Internet, and Computers are making it possible:

  • For everyone on earth to see the bodies of the Two Witnesses lying in a street in Jerusalem.
  • For everyone on earth to see the Second Coming of Jesus.
  • For a world government to track all buying and selling.

Ten, the ability of mankind to destroy all flesh has come into being.

  • Nuclear and biological weapons have been created that can do that.

Eleven, Russia, Iran, Turkey, and others will attack Israel from the north in the latter years and latter days.

  • All of them have troops in Syria (north of Israel) right now.

Twelve, there will be a departing from the faith, a lukewarm spirit, a falling away in the Church at the end of the age.

  • Seeker-friendly churches are ignoring the Scriptures, ordaining gays, and supporting globalism, etc.

Understand:

  • That we can’t know the day or the hour, but we can see it approaching.
  • That we can’t see all these things come to pass because they will happen after the Rapture, but we can see them beginning to come to pass.
  • This is called convergence, and we are seeing a convergence of everything.

Here are more stories that caught this writer’s attention this week:

One, on Feb. 5, 2022, a group of lawyers and judges met in Germany to discuss the human rights violations (crimes against humanity) that politicians and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have imposed upon the world.

According to a world-famous anti-corruption attorney with a law practice in Germany and California, Dr. Reiner Fuellmich:

  • Covid is a long-planned pandemic that was created to gain control of the world.
  • Covid can be treated with Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Zinc, Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine, but the pandemic planners oppose these treatments because they want to force everyone to be vaccinated.
  • The ultimate goal is a reduction in the population of the earth, a change in the DNA of those that are left, the replacement of sovereign nations with a world government, and the establishment of a single global currency that will allow the tracking and control of everyone.

Fuellmich wants to seek indictments against a German virologist named Christian Drosten; NIAID Director, Dr. Anthony Fauci; World Health Organization Director Ghebreyesus; Bill Gates; the BlackRock investment Corp.; and Pfizer.

Here is a link to the article:

https://humansbefree.com/2022/02/international-criminal-grand-jury-investigation-psychopathic-globalists-used-covid-to-commit-crimes-against-humanity.html

Two, on Feb. 9, 2022, it was reported that Pfizer is forecasting $54 billion in Covid-related sales in 2022.

Global mandatory Covid vaccinations appear to be very profitable, and some may think enslaving and controlling everyone on earth could be more profitable, but they will forever regret what they have done.

Three, on Feb. 9, 2022, Duck Dynasty star and pastor Phil Robertson said every empire that has traveled down the path that America is on (filled with “every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity”) has collapsed.

Robertson predicted that the U.S. will collapse if there is not a change in the heart of citizens because the cancel culture mob “hates people who love God.”

According to Robertson, God has given these (cancel culture) people over to a reprobate mind, they are deluded, and they will cause America to fail.

Four, last week, I reported that GoFundMe was blocking gifts to the Canadian truckers resisting Trudeau’s effort to impose the globalist agenda on the Canadian people and that donors had started using the Christian site called GiveSendGo.

On Feb.10, 2022, it was reported that Ontario Premier Doug Ford got a judge to block the trucker’s funds at GiveSendGo, but fund officials said, “Canada has absolutely ZERO jurisdiction over how we manage our funds here at GiveSendGo. All funds for EVERY campaign on GiveSendGo flow directly to the recipients of those campaigns, not least of which is The Freedom Convoy campaign. Thanks for your concern, but this recipient is receiving funds.”

On Feb. 13, 2022, an official with GiveSendGo said they are appealing the judge’s decision, but they are keeping the contributions in the U.S. and still sending them to the truckers in Canada.

It looks like GoFundMe made a big mistake, and gifts to that group have dried up.

As far as the truckers are concerned, they are just asking for the right to buy and sell (the right to hold a job, earn money, and provide for their family without being forced to be vaccinated).

U.S. officials (Biden, U.S. Homeland Security Sec. Mayorkas, U.S. Sec. of Transportation Buttigieg, and Michigan Gov. Whitmer) urged the Canadian government to use its power to stop this “illegal blockade.”

U.S. citizens should realize that a Canadian-style truckers protest could be coming to the U.S. and the right to work, buy and sell without being forced to take a vaccination is part of the issue.

(More: On Feb. 14, 2022, it was reported that Trudeau invoked Canada’s Emergencies Act, which gives him broad power to try to destroy the Trucker movement. Citizens need to understand that the globalists are working to enslave everyone on earth, not just the truckers. Since Biden, Mayorkas, Buttigieg and Whitmer urged Trudeau to use the government’s power to stop the blockade, it is not unreasonable to believe that they may use the U.S. government’s power to stop U.S. truckers from succeeding in that protest.)

Five, on Feb. 9, 2022, it was reported that the percentage of citizens that have been vaccinated for Covid is higher in Israel than it is in the Palestinian areas, but the infection and mortality rate is much higher in Israel than it is in the Palestinian areas.

Here is more information:

  • On Feb. 8, 2022, it was reported that in Australia, between Nov. 26, 2021, and Jan. 15, 2022, 90% of the Covid-19 cases and 80% of the deaths were people that had double or triple vaccinations.
  • On Feb. 10, 2022, it was reported that Japan does not allow mandatory vaccinations, Japan requires that people give their consent before being jabbed, and Japan is requiring a warning about the risk of myocarditis on the label for Moderna and Pfizer vaccinations.
  • On Feb. 11, 2022, it was reported that eight members of the U.S. House of Rep. introduced a bill to require the reinstatement of all U.S. troops that have been removed for refusing to take the jab if they want to be reinstated.

Six, concerning the tracking of all buying and selling: on Feb. 10, 2022: it was reported that the EU wants to expand the Covid-19 vaccination tracking system to include the global tracking of about 40 other kinds of vaccinations.

This is the point: Tracking those that are vaccinated for Covid today is just the beginning of a system to track people for other reasons.

This could very likely be the beginning of the Mark of the Beast system.

Seven, concerning deception: the U.S. is warning Ukraine and others that Russia will invade Ukraine at any moment and without warning.

Russia has responded by accusing the U.S. of running a “mass disinformation campaign.”

According to Russia, the White House “needs a war” to distract attention from its own actions, and “provocations, disinformation and threats” are methods the White House uses to do that.

At the time of this writing, I cannot predict what will happen, but I do know that there has been speculation for a few weeks that some politicians might want a major problem before the upcoming election to distract from White House failures.

Eight, concerning global hyperinflation and an economic collapse: early in the Tribulation Period, on Feb. 10, 2022, the Dept. of Labor said consumer prices jumped 7.5% in Jan., the highest in 40 years, and some experts said they will probably keep rising.

Nine, concerning world government: on Feb. 8, 2022, the WEF released a video supporting the Critical Race Theory (CRT).

That’s right, the CRT theory that is being taught in many U.S. colleges, universities, high schools, and elementary schools is supported by the WEF, a group that wants the U.S. to surrender its sovereignty to a world government, a group that wants U.S. citizens to own nothing, a group that wants to enslave everyone on earth.

They want to indoctrinate future citizens with globalism.

Here is a link to an article about this:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/11/world-economic-forum-blasted-for-insane-pro-crt-propaganda-video/

Ten, concerning natural disasters increasing in frequency and intensity at the end of the age: on Feb. 7-8, 2022, hurricane-force winds off the southern coast of Iceland steadily sent waves 98 feet high crashing ashore, and the most powerful wave was 131 feet high (and it may have been higher because the meter failed).

The previous record was 82 feet high, and 131 feet is one of the highest ever recorded on earth.

Eleven, concerning wickedness or corruption: on Feb. 11, 2022, Special Counsel John Durham filed a motion saying he has uncovered evidence that the Hillary Clinton campaign paid a tech company, an Internet company, and someone that has been identified as a staunch Clinton supporter at Indiana University, Professor Jean Camp, to spy on Donald Trump at Trump Towers and later at the White House.

Clinton’s campaign was paying people to illegally spy on Trump while Clinton was falsely (lying) accusing him of colluding with the Russians.

There is speculation that others helped her gain access to White House servers, and there may be more court filings.

This writer believes that the globalist effort to weaken the U.S., prevent Trump from making America great again, and bring the U.S. into a world government may go even higher than Hillary Clinton, and if they were willing to spy on Trump, why is it hard to believe that they would try to steal an election?

Twelve, concerning the tracking of everyone: globalists want everyone to believe their records will be secure in a global record system, but if Hillary’s hired agents could get into the computers at Trump Towers and the White House, people can probably get into the computers at a global record system.

Thirteen, concerning reprobate thinking, hyperinflation, and high energy prices: on Feb. 15, 2022, it was reported that Biden canceled the gas pipeline from Israel to Europe without any consultation with our allies Greece, Cyprus, and Israel.

Biden helped Russia by approving construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline and destroying America’s energy independence.

Now he is helping Russia by making Europe more dependent upon Russia for gas.

Biden keeps driving up the price of energy and putting Russia above America and our allies.

Fourteen, concerning the destruction of Damascus in one night: on Feb. 9, 2022, an anti-aircraft missile was fired at Israel from Syria.

The missile exploded in the air, so there was no damage in Israel, but Israel responded by striking Syrian targets near Damascus.

On Feb. 10, 2022, Russia urged Israel to stop attacking Syria and warned that Israeli attacks could lead to a sharp escalation of tensions.

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.

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