- God will judge all people fairly based on His word - All have sinned and fall short of God's standards, whether they have heard the gospel or not - There is only one remedy for sin provided by God - faith in Jesus Christ and obedience to His teachings

1. 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?

2. Rom. 10:14
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3. • God will do right
Those Who Have Not Heard

4. 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.

5. • God will do right
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6. • God will do right
• God’s Word will judge us
Those Who Have Not Heard

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. • God will do right
• God’s Word will judge us
Those Who Have Not Heard

10. • God will do right
• God’s Word will judge us
• If ignorance leads to salvation…
– Why preach?
Those Who Have Not Heard

11. 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.

12. 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?

13. • God will do right
• God’s Word will judge us
• If ignorance leads to salvation…
– Why preach?
Those Who Have Not Heard

14. • God will do right
• God’s Word will judge us
• If ignorance leads to salvation…
• Sinning ignorantly is still sinning
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15. • 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

16. 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.

17. 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

18. • 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)
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19. • 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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20. 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.

21. 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.

22. • 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

23. • 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
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24. • 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

25. 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.

26. 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!

27. 2 Pet. 3:9
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28. Acts 22:16
You have heard!