Mark 16:15
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”
A Pastor once stated: “You have 3 options. One, you can become a Missionary. Two, you can support a Missionary. Or Three, you can repent.”
Question: If Christ died for all men, how do you account for the fact that not all creation have heard the Gospel?
Answer: Those who died without hearing the Gospel, indeed perish in Hell, though perhaps with a less severe punishment, as per Jesus’ parable at Luke 12:48: “But the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.” Nevertheless, the main point, as demonstrated at Ezekiel 33:7-11 and Acts 18:5-6, is that God does not accept blame for people perishing without ever having heard the Gospel. God points the finger back upon believers. Paul stated: “But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, ‘Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.’” Therefore, these indeed had a Savior (or else his preaching to them doesn’t make any sense), but they rejected the Savior, and now Paul cannot be held unclean or responsible for them perishing. So that’s why I believe that when we look to God, regarding a lost world that hasn’t heard the Gospel, God doesn’t say say, “Ah yeah, My bad,” but instead looks back at us and says, “What did I command?” (Mark 16:15)
