People not heard of God *
What about the people around the world who never heard of God?
First, you should be thinking about your own standing before God. Get right with Him, and perhaps he will use you to reach those people.
A: God has given us
1. Creation to know God exists
2. The Law written on all of our hearts, [on our being, in the design of him creating humans in His Image], and gave us a conscience that tells us it is true. We can try to diminish the truth, suppress it, but our conscience accuses us of wrong.
"I really believe that there’s no problem with the people who ask the question, How are the heathen to know? I believe that God has revealed Himself to every individual, and if individuals, wherever they are, no matter how remote they are, do not suppress that truth by the love of sin, that truth will protect them from the excesses of sin, and eventually lead them to the truth of God by His gracious providence.
But men don’t do that. They avoid the truth of God. All men possess enough of the germs of divine truth and moral law to preserve them from hell, but they’ve halted the growth and development of those by the love of sin. And the wrath of God waits."(1)
But...Your question or objection assumes God is not working in this world. He has been revealing Himself to people across all time since Adam and Eve. If people 1. Don't fully suppress the truth and 2. want to know God or are curious about Him... he will send a missionary. Perhaps one day it will be you.
God sends missionaries into the world for several purposes:
*to send someone to the person wanting to know God.
*to reach people groups about God, Jesus, the Gospel.
*to get a Bible published in their language, so they can read it, know it, recieve its truth & live by it.
*to save souls in Jesus.
*to start a church there for believers to worship and learn about God.
*to raise up men to be pastor and church leaders to rightly & reverantly teach Scripture.
*to send missionaries from the peoples/tribe to other ones nearby, to keep spreading the Word.
*to strengthen their faith (the missionaries & peoples)
*to accomplish His goal: reveal YHWH, give the people access to the Bible (teaching and physical Bible), and to share the Gospel (which leads to salvation), even if the believer is mayrtred in the process.
Missionary example stories. Here. Here. Here. Here
Some Missionaries work for years to learn the language, and translate the Bible so the peoples can have the Bible in their language. And also be able to hear it and read it.
People who have limited access, or just getting access (in their language) celebrate recieving a copy and treasure it. God is still reaching peoples with no knowledge or access to Him, and there's hard long work to do so through missionaries and translators.
The Christians job is to (Mark 16:15) " And Jesus said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation". It is why we are still on earth after God saves us.
1. Share the Gospel
2. Glorify God
3. Grow in faith and persevere to the end.
By serving Him and following Jesus, the world hears about God. It is how it has been since the Apostles went out preaching, it traveled the world, and continues to do so to the remotest tribes and peoples. It is how you know today about God, Jesus, Christianity, and have access to the Bible and the Gospel.
Revelation 7:9
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes
Next Steps:
Side note.
*Christians going into the world to tell people about Jesus... as noted above... prove Christians have in fact accomished what they have so far. Example, world religions (old, newer, newest) have come to have some understanding of Jesus, and while they have added some generalities about him to their religion or general beliefs about Him... they 1. Have a sort of knowledge. 2. Even if what their religion or country (altered) teaches is wrong. It shows the Gospel has gone far into the world, and that Jesus has indeed changed the history of the world and even all the major religions from long times past till now.
Dont presume to speak for the people in far flung places. Focus on yourself. YOU, you get Saved in Christ and then if still concerned about theor lost souls - get trained to be a misdionary and GO.
Theres only a few places left that need help translating the Bible to their language. You could get involved in that too, after proper higher education degrees, and holding a Masters of Theology degree.
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