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COULD THE GENTILES BE SAVED BEFORE JESUS
CAME?
WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO DO NOT HEAR THE
GOSPEL?
Frequently Asked Questions
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ACCESS TO GOD
HEAR (Rom. 10:17)
BELIEVE (John 3:16)
REPENT (Acts 17:30)
CONFESS (Rom. 10:9-10)
BAPTIZED (Acts 2:38)
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COULD ANYONE BE SAVED BEFORE THE LAW OF
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WE KNOW THAT…
• God cared about their sins (Gen. 15:16; 18:20-32; 20:1-7)
• There was at least one priest (Gen. 14:18; Ex. 3:1; 18:10-12)
• Some men found approval from God
THESE MEN WERE APPROVED BY GOD (Heb. 11:1-2,39)
• Abel (Heb. 11:4)• Enoch (Heb. 11:5)• Noah (Heb. 11:7)• Abraham (Heb. 11:8-19; Jam.
2:21-23)• Isaac (Heb. 11:20)• Jacob (Heb. 11:21)• Joseph (Heb. 11:22)
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COULD ANY GENTILES BE SAVED DURING THE TIME OF THE LAW OF MOSES?
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WE KNOW THAT…
• God cared about their sins (Amos 1:3-2:3; Obadiah 1; Jonah 1:2)
• There were important Gentiles
IMPORTANT GENTILES DURING THE TIME OF THE
LAW OF MOSES• Balaam (Num. 22-24)• Rahab (Josh. 2:1-21; 6:17)• Ruth (Ruth 1-4)• Widow (I Kings 17:8-24)• Naaman (II Kings 5:1-19; Luke
4:24-30)
WE KNOW THAT…
• God cared about their sins (Amos 1:3-2:3; Obadiah 1; Jonah 1:2)
• There were important Gentiles• God heard the Gentiles who
repented (Jonah 3:4-10; 4:10-11)• But were any of them saved?
WERE ANY OF THEM SAVED?
• Rahab found favor in God’s eyes (Heb. 11:31)
• Some of them were a Law unto themselves (Rom. 2:14-16)
• God used to overlook ignorance (Acts 17:30)
• But the Gentiles were also described as “having no hope and without God in the world” (Eph. 2:11-12)
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HEAR (Rom. 10:17)
BELIEVE (John 3:16)
REPENT (Acts 17:30)
CONFESS (Rom. 10:9-10)
BAPTIZED (Acts 2:38)
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WHAT ABOUT THOSE…
• Who will not be BAPTIZED (Acts 22:16)?
• Who will not CONFESS (Mt. 10:32-33)?
• Who will not REPENT (Luke 13:3)?• Who will not BELIEVE (Mk. 16:16)?• Who do not HEAR?
THOSE WHO DO NOT HEAR• An Old Testament principle (Ezek.
3:17-18)• It is impossible to please God without
faith (Heb. 11:6)• There is only one path to God (John
14:6; Acts 4:10-12)• God no longer overlooks ignorance
(Acts 17:30-31)• If you stop a preacher from preaching,
you prevent someone from possibly being saved (I Thes. 2:14-16)
• Do you really believe these things to be true?
CONSIDER…• All men sin (Rom. 3:23)• The wages of sin is death (Rom. 6:23)• God has gone out of His way to provide
a way for people to be saved that anyone has access to (Rom. 5:6-11)
• God has gone out of His way to allow people opportunity to hear the message. He sent His son, His apostles, His word (Bible) and His Christians.
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WHAT IS THAT TO YOU?• It is clear what you must do now, what
will you let keep you from being saved today?
• Even if men from thousands of years ago are lost, will you choose to be as well?
• If men who have not heard are lost, will you choose to be as well?
• Do not be distracted from what you must do.