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DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT
SPEAK
TO PEOPLE APART FROM CHRIST?
By
Gerald Bray
W
hat happens to people who do not accept the Gospel of Christ? This question has recurred throughout the history of the Church as Christians have wondered about the fate of those who have never heard about Jesus. It was a problem from the very beginning, because when the Apostles first stood up to preach that salvation could come only through the shed blood of Jesus, nobody knew what they were talking about. The world of the early Church was a sophisticated one, in which there were many ancient religions and advanced philosophies that offered their adherents some insight into the meaning of life, and the notion that the spiritual problems of humanity had been solved by the recent death and resurrection of a Jewish carpenter seemed preposterous. If the Gospel message was true, why had God waited so long to communicate it? Surely a message of universal significance would have been given to everyone, if not in precisely the same way, then at least in forms that were equally ancient and mutually compatible. www.credomag.com | 23