Hell? No! Tuesday's Musings...

We're talking about hell this Sunday night and I'm beginning to pull a sermon together. I've been pondering the fate of those who haven't explicitly heard the gospel today: can a good God send people who haven't heard the gospel to hell? Well, there's a lot to be said about that question alone, but one thing I have been thinking about is general revelation: there is no-one that is totally ignorant of God. All of us have some knowledge of him and will be judged according to that. God 'will give to each person according to what he has done', not according to what he had no opportunity to do. Those who have really never heard the gospel today are in a similar position to those who lived

before Christ. Is it not possible for them to respond to the knowledge of God they do have?

Pastor Gene put it this way to me: Light received brings greater light. Light denied can bring the night.

We'll explore this together on Sunday!