The Sin Bearer

"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen,being
understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse" (Romans 1:20).

God doesn't send people to hell because they haven't heard the name of Jesus.
We have no way of knowing how God communicates with people.
The gospel went out from Jerusalem and Judea to the uttermost parts of the earth.

I think that truth is very clearly taught in Romans 1, which then
explains how God has revealed Himself to them.

~The Sin-Bearer ~

God obviously had to consider the fact that there were no jet
airplanes, no modern means of transportation, and that people on the other side of the earth could hardly be charged in the same category with people who were right there in Jerusalem.

So He must have had a plan for dealing with them. The Judge of the whole earth will do what is right! He sent us into the world to preach the gospel so that men might be saved; that does not mean God doesn't consider the fact that people—through no fault of their own—have not heard the gospel.

God has His ways of revealing Jesus the Savior-as one tribesman in a remote part of Africa once proved.
Dr. Frank Gaebelin once told about a missionary who had gone to a part of the world where the gospel had never been preached. Gaebelin's story was very well-documented, and he talked personally with this man.

~The story ~
A certain missionary felt a compulsion to go to a specific part of Africa. When he arrived in the village and started preaching Christ, he was amazed by the response. Instead of the indifference or even outright hostility he expected to encounter, people were clearly astonished by his words and were very happy to see him.

They started talking with each other, buzzing like a huge beehive, and he asked them, "What is the problem?
Have I done something wrong?"
"No," they answered.
"But you're talking about the Sin-bearer."
"The Sin-bearer!" he repeated, amazed at this revelation. Yes, he
agreed, Jesus was the Sin-bearer—but how did they know that?

One of the elders of the tribe smiled broadly at him and told him there was someone he must meet. They led him to a small house on the outskirts of the village, where an elderly man waited to speak with him. The missionary would never forget this conversation.

The old man told him he knew the world was created by an eternal, good being and that he had sought Him.
He'd actually prayed for God to reveal Himself to him, and the Lord had answered his prayer. God gave this man, this pagan back in darkest Africa, a vision of Christ on the cross!
And he didn't understand anything except that there was a Sin-bearer and that the message would come to them.

The missionary told Gaebelin, "It was the easiest preaching I've ever done. They were waiting for me.
I preached, and practically the whole tribe got saved! The old man's face shone like a saint's." I believe that man had a vision of Christ.
God communicated with him, and the gospel came to them as a result of that.

There are enough instances of this in China and in other parts of the world to prove to me that God cares about these people.
I have to believe that the God of the Bible is just. If people go to hell, they go not because they haven't heard the name of Jesus, but because they turn away from the knowledge that God makes available to them.

They could turn toward Him instead of away. And if they do, He will send the gospel to them. I believe that is the truth. God is not going to arbitrarily send people off to hell if they turn—even blink—in His direction. He does not want any to perish.

Pray that the gospel might reach those waiting to hear it.
The Holy Spirit exalts and glorifies the Saviour. It is His office to present Christ, the purity of His righteousness,
and the great salvation that we have through Him.
Jesus says, "He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you." John 16:14.

I'm Forever Grateful