Episode 1
God "Repented"? and What About all the People who Never get to Hear the Gospel? - Ask Pastor Steve Ep. 1
October 18th, 2023
11 mins 23 secs
Season 1
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We kick off this new series with a bang! Two interesting (and difficult) questions for Steve to tackle.
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Here are the questions for episode 1:
Question 1 - Here's one that is salvation related that has some meat to it, "What does it mean when God repents in the Bible, and more importantly, how that plays into our interpretation of the word when reading passages such as Mark 6:12, Luke 15:7, Acts 3:19?" I have a good biblical understanding of this myself, and I feel like it highlights that we need not repent from sin to go to Heaven, but to repent from unbelief, to belief on Jesus Christ, as it's our faith alone on Him that gets us to Heaven. That's my 2 cents at least! I don't mind my name being attached at all.
- Jeb
Question 2 - "As Christians, how do we reconcile the fact that there are billions (maybe even hundreds of billions) of people who lived both before Jesus and since, who never heard the gospel and have therefore been doomed to an eternity in hell? What makes us, the church of modern-day America, the fortunate few? Why would a loving God enforce an infinite penalty on billions of souls who, in life, never received a chance at salvation? They are suffering right now, and will be suffering long after we are dead, and they were helpless to prevent it."
- Anonymous
We hope that these answered questions will be helpful to you, or others who are working through them!
( -Ask Pastor Steve Team)