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Ok let's take my original post one portion at a time.

"Everyone has a sense about God due to His great creation which leaves no one with any excuse:

Rom 1:19 because what can be known about God is plain to them,because God has made it plain to them. (ESV)"

In the context of the op how do you not see that this is talking about everyone to include those who are in remote areas and have never heard the gospel?

 

The bottom line:

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isa 55

 

He is a staunch Calvinist. The quote you posted by him is part of his defense of Calvinism.

 

A prophecy regarding Christ's resurrection, Acts of the Apostles 2:27, ". . . Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, . . ." See Psalms 16:10.

 

On a side but related note, do you believe The Gospel is told in the constellations? Many old Calvinist did. I personally see significant merit to the position.

 

do your non elect have souls?

 

God created them just to send to the lake of fire ? proof verses?

 

The natural order does not provide the Name of Jesus Christ;


“And there is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 (AMP)

 

Funny the title clearly states election and faith. You are confused about your own post. Oh Oh it's not that at all. Proof you don't know what you are talking about. Your very own statement.
MB

 

But context is everything remember.
Rom 9:22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
You have based your belief of this on a question that clearly say "What if god" It does not mean God did.
MB

 

You miss named the thread. Ignorance always fails
MB

 

Romans 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law 13 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; 14 for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, 15 who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) 16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

God is talking about SINNERS, who, not having heard of Him, do evil towards their fellow men,or deny there is a God.

Many American Indians who never directly heard of God worshipped the "Great Spirit" & acted honorably toward their fellows. Just as Scripture says, they knew instinctively there's a Supreme being who's a Spirit. While many believed that animals had spirits as well, they knew there's only one Supreme Being. Same for many isolated peoples on other continents. They instinctively knew what was right & honorable, not to commit adultery, etc. Naturally, there were evildoers among those peoples who planned war & pillage against other people, & who denied there's a God.

But JESUS knows who's who among those people, & I believe He saved those who did right without having never heard of God or His law.

 

Hearing, IOW's, is from God. God grants hearing. The "Word of God" is often a term attributed to the 2nd person of the trinity. Thus, hearing comes from Christ.

This corroborates other passages saying Christ enlightens every man.