So, I've been reading Radical by David Platt for quite sometime now (thank you brother for letting me borrow it a long time ago. I'll return it one day...maybe).
After a few months I decided to pick it up again and continue reading. Today I read about 7 truths about all people and what Scripture teaches us about people who have never heard of Jesus.
Truth #1: All people have knowledge of God
Truth #2: All people reject God
Truth #3: All people are guilty before God
Truth #4: All people are condemned for rejecting God
Truth #5: God has made a way of salvation for the lost (Jesus)
Truth #6: People cannot come to God apart from faith in Christ
Truth #7: Christ commands the church to make the gospel known to all peoples.
Platt breaks down one of my favorite passages in Scripture, the one this blog is named after Romans 10:13-15. Here is how Platt describes this passage as he starts backwards at verse 15.
God sends his servants--->His servants preach--->people hear--->hearers believe--->believers call--->everyone who calls is saved.
This is what we, followers of Christ, are commanded to do. You don't have to be in full-time ministry to preach the Good News!!
You are probably familiar with the passage in 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..."
I've never really thought about this before, but according to this passage this means that every people group is going to hear the gospel preached and someone from every people group is going to trust in Christ. Whoa! That's absolutely incredible to think about.
I'll end this post with a quote from the end of the chapter in Radical.
"Will we risk everything-our comfort, our possessions, our safety, our security, our very lives-to make the gospel known among unreached peoples?"
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