Has God Called Every Person?

[jimmyjimmy]

We know that God calls men, but has He called every man, without exception?

 

[Rubiks]

Yes.

Acts 17:30

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[EmSw]

We know that God calls men, but has He called every man, without exception?

As many as you can find, both good and bad.

 

[jimmyjimmy]

Yes.

Acts 17:30

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Have all people who have ever lived heard the call to repent?

 

[Rubiks]

Yes.

Acts 17:30

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Have all people who have ever lived heard the call to repent?

Romans 1 says people know about sin even if they never heard of the Gospel.

 

[jimmyjimmy]

Romans 1 says people know about sin even if they never heard of the Gospel.

Where doe it say that?

Does the gospel speak of sin?

 

[Rubiks]

Where doe it say that?

Does the gospel speak of sin?

the gospel speaks of more than just sin. It offers a solution (JESUS!!!)

 

[jimmyjimmy]

the gospel speaks of more than just sin. It offers a solution (JESUS!!!)

Can a man be saved without hearing/reading the gospel?

 

[I'm_Sorry]

Can a man be saved without hearing/reading the gospel?

No man cant.

But those who are predestined to hear will hear.

Romans 8:29-30

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

 

[I'm_Sorry]

We are all born of the first sin, unrighteous and destined to death.

 

[Rubiks]

Can a man be saved without hearing/reading the gospel?

Were the believers of the Old Testament saved? There's not really an easy answer to that question. (referring to jimmyjimmy's question)

 

[I'm_Sorry]

Were the believers of the Old Testament saved? There's not really an easy answer to that question.

Who came out of the graves?

Matthew 27:52

First fruits.

 

[Rubiks]

Who came out of the graves?

Matthew 27:52

First fruits.

I'm no Koine Greek scholar, but that verse says "many" as opposed to "all"

 

[I'm_Sorry]

I'm no Koine Greek scholar, but that verse says "many" as opposed to "all"

Neither am I.

What are you thinking?

 

[EmSw]

Can a man be saved without hearing/reading the gospel?

Did God call Himself the Savior in the OT?

 

[Winken]

We know that God calls men, but has He called every man, without exception?

I normally think I'm in a semester exam for a college or university degree when jimmyjimmy posts. He's the Professor, who already knows HIS answer. I'm the student who lapses into a sort of unconscious meandering, and end up staring out the window when the bell rings.

 

[Rescued One]

Did God call Himself the Savior in the OT?

Yes.

 

[Wordkeeper]

We know that God calls men, but has He called every man, without exception?

This is the related verse:
Matthew 22:14"For many are called, but few are chosen."

The reason why all were not chosen is given here:
Matthew 22:11“But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, 12and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless.

A real life example of someone paying lip service, pledging loyalty, and not following through with works:

Acts 5:4“While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” 5And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it.

Out of the many, all men, those who are called are the ones who left serving their own need, umbrella term being self, mammon, the world, Egypt.

Interestingly, whilst the land remained in the possession of Ananias, he was still kosher:

Acts 5:32And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them.

So not all men are called, just those who turned away from serving self.

 

[jimmyjimmy]

Were the believers of the Old Testament saved? There's not really an easy answer to that question.

Yes. Of course they were, and yes, they heard the gospel.

 

[AnticipateHisComing]

Yes. Of course they were, and yes, they heard the gospel.

A naive assessment that the gospel/God's grace is not in the OT.

But what about the people that lived before a single word of God was written down? People often don't realize that many lived in a time of no scripture and yet were able to still know God and follow him. Noah was described in the NT as a preacher of righteousness but the world God judged with the flood was described as ungodly.

2 Peter 2:5 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;