COULD THE GENTILES BE SAVED BEFORE JESUS

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WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO DO NOT HEAR THE

GOSPEL?

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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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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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• 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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WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO DO NOT HEAR THE GOSPEL TODAY?

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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.