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Rom. 10:14 - 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?

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Rom. 10:14 - 14How 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?

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Rom. 10:14

Those Who Have Not Heard

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• God will do right

Those Who Have Not Heard

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Gen. 18:25 - 25Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Psa. 89:14 - 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.

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• God will do right

Those Who Have Not Heard

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

Those Who Have Not Heard

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John 12:48 - 48He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

Rev. 20:12 - 12And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

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John 12:48 - 48He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

Rev. 20:12 - 12And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

Those Who Have Not Heard

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

• If ignorance leads to salvation…

–Why preach?

Those Who Have Not Heard

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Matt. 28:19-20 - 19Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Heb. 10:26-27 - 26For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.

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Heb. 2:1-4 - 1Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, 4God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

• If ignorance leads to salvation…

–Why preach?

Those Who Have Not Heard

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

• If ignorance leads to salvation…

• Sinning ignorantly is still sinning

Those Who Have Not Heard

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

• If ignorance leads to salvation…

• Sinning ignorantly is still sinning

Those Who Have Not Heard

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Lev. 4:27-28 - 27If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments of the LORD in anything which ought not to be done, and is guilty, 28or if his sin which he has committed comes to his knowledge, then he shall bring as his offering a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.

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Acts 3:17-19 - 17Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. 19Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord…

Rom. 2:12 - 12For 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

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

• If ignorance leads to salvation…

• Sinning ignorantly is still sinning

–We die because of disease, not because of ignorance of the proper cure! (Isa. 59:1-2)

Those Who Have Not Heard

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

• If ignorance leads to salvation…

• Sinning ignorantly is still sinning

• There is only one remedy for sin

–Rom. 6:23

–Rom. 5:1-2

–Rom. 3:21-26

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Isa. 1:18-20 - 18“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the LORD, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; 20But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Acts 2:38 - 38Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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2 Thess. 1:8-9 - 8…in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power…

Rom. 5:8-9 - 8But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

• If ignorance leads to salvation…

• Sinning ignorantly is still sinning

• There is only one remedy for sin

Those Who Have Not Heard

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

• If ignorance leads to salvation…

• Sinning ignorantly is still sinning

• There is only one remedy for sin

• Sincerity is not enough

–Acts 23:1

– John 14:15

Those Who Have Not Heard

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• God will do right

• God’s Word will judge us

• If ignorance leads to salvation…

• Sinning ignorantly is still sinning

• There is only one remedy for sin

• Sincerity is not enough

• What about you?

Those Who Have Not Heard

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Acts 8:30-31 - 30So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.

2 Cor. 3:2-3 - 2You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.

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Jas. 5:20 - 20let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

Jer. 20:9 - 9Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name.” But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.

1 Cor. 9:16 - 16For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

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2 Pet. 3:9

Those Who Have Not Heard

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Acts 22:16

You have heard!