Heavenly Pilgrim
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WD: Every human being on earth is privileged with being able to see the stars.
HP: Try telling a Hot-in Tot in Africa to stare into the sky and tell you about the gospel message they see.
Are you serious?
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WD: Every human being on earth is privileged with being able to see the stars.
XDX: How do you explain this to an unbeliever? I'm afraid he'll simply say that this isn't fair and that such a God is evil.
So true.Heavenly Pilgrim said:HP: Duty is ours, the results the Lord's. Argument alone will never produce enough evidence to convince one who's heart is not right with God. It takes the Holy Spirit.
So what if they mock and ridicule the truth and proclaim that God is not fair? That is like a grain of sand on a sea shore, (or some famous actor) standing on the beach proclaiming "I am god!"
I cannot help but believe that if Jesus was here, He might just proclaim to you, "What is that to thee? Come THOU and follow me!"
HP: God indeed will receive the glory. Just the same, God has so designed and planned the process of salvation to take place incorporating the efforts of man. I cannot help but believe that God indeed will reward us for the souls we aide in the influence to salvation, but I also know where our crowns will land ……..at His feet!Amy:I was reading in my mother's "Open Bible" the other day and one of the study notes (don't remember where) said that our rewards in heaven are based directly on how many people we bring to Christ.
I thought God got the glory for that.
Google the Gospel in the stars for yourself. The fact Satan has twisted the meaning of the true Zodiac doesn't mean it wasn't used originally to share the Gospel.Heavenly Pilgrim said:HP: Try telling a Hot-in Tot in Africa to stare into the sky and tell you about the gospel message they see.
Are you serious?
WD: Google the Gospel in the stars for yourself. The fact Satan has twisted the meaning of the true Zodiac doesn't mean it wasn't used originally to share the Gospel.
WD: The notion that there are those who definately have never heard is a false notion.
I didn't know what it was either, I had to Google it and other that fishing lures, this is the only thing I could come up with.webdog said:First, I have no idea what a Hot-in Trot is.
Amy: what in the world is a hot-n tot? Help me out here!
...soon as you provide one that says they haven't.Show me one Scripture that states or implies that everyone has heard ‘the gospel message.’
WD...soon as you provide one that says they haven't.
No fair, but here goes.Heavenly Pilgrim said:
HP: Try telling a Hot-in Tot in Africa to stare into the sky and tell you about the gospel message they see.
Are you serious?
Amy: No fair, but here goes.
They live in Africa. A tribe possibly.
They are unable to see the stars.
Warm?
Well, I agree that there are plenty of people left on this earth that haven't heard the gospel. Like the hot-n tot heathens. :laugh: But, they are still able to see God in creation and if they seek Him, He will provide someone to give them the gospel, because He is good and fair and desires all to come to Him.Heavenly Pilgrim said:
HP: Lets’ say you are definitely warm. I am not certain about being unable to see the stars, but certainly never having ‘Googled’ for info on the Zodiac. :laugh:
Seriously, Hot-n-tot it is just a phrase (I have no earthly how to spell it correctly) that I have heard from childhood used in regard to primitive heathen peoples that missionaries have met that had never before had the gospel preached to them or even much contact with the outside world if any. I believe it could be used in conjunction with any primitive tribe devoid of the gospel message in any foreign land for that matter. That is at least that is how I always understood it.
Feel free to develop it to incorporate your own definition. Just be careful as to your explanation of it in todays political climate.![]()
Amy.G said:So true.
I was reading in my mother's "Open Bible" the other day and one of the study notes (don't remember where) said that our rewards in heaven are based directly on how many people we bring to Christ.![]()
I thought God got the glory for that.![]()
webdog said:Second, what it has become doesn't mean it never was what it was intended for...to display the Gospel.