Having a Mind and Heart for God

RevJP · Moderator Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 6899 Location: USA

Psalms 19:1-6 AMP To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. THE HEAVENS declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork. [Rom. 1:20, 21.] (2) Day after day pours forth speech, and night after night shows forth knowledge. (3) There is no speech nor spoken word [from the stars]; their voice is not heard. (4) Yet their voice [in evidence] goes out through all the earth, their sayings to the end of the world. Of the heavens has God made a tent for the sun, [Rom. 10:18.] (5) Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; and it rejoices as a strong man to run his course. (6) Its going forth is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the ends of it; and nothing [yes, no one] is hidden from the heat of it.

No one is born an atheist or agnostic. Before birth, a simple knowledge which says, “There is a God,” is written on every person’s heart. It is possible, however, to ignore or reject this awareness. The mind becomes progressively darker until it can no longer see the light of truth.

Those who knowingly deny the Lord and worship something else will still be judged according to His laws. But what about the millions who have never heard the Gospel or seen a Bible? The only evidence they experience of the one true God is the natural world and an inborn sense of His reality. But their culture may try to deny or manipulate that evidence.

Believers can waste a lot of time debating what the Lord will do with these lost tribes and nations. The Bible is not specific about what happens to those who do not hear. But we can be sure God will be just. However, our part in the divine plan for unbelievers is clear—we are to reach as many as possible. All people will be judged according to the truth they received, the opportunities they had, and what they did with both. Compared to spiritual wisdom and diligence, knowledge and success count for little.

Christians often think people in their own country are not as spiritually needy as those in other places. As a result, we focus on foreign missions and often ignore those people we meet in our daily life. You have the opportunity to reach the people around you with the truth you know. That is God’s plan for the Unreached.
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MoJo · Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:36 am Post subject:

Amen, Jp. Paul says the same thing in Romans 1

Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

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RevJP · Moderator Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 6899 Location: USA

Amen.
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MakeShiftWings · Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:12 am Post subject:

You are very right, many people are focusing on foreign countrys instead here where we live.
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nana · Bear Cub Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 625

Greeting,

Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

14)How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15)And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!"

In Christ, Judy

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Wrong forum. And I so had something to say.