Yes, God is just because He is never unfair and has given every person an opportunity to respond to His grace.
Les Feldick teaches that God is never unjust or unfair, even in condemning those who have never heard the gospel. This is because God's grace that brings salvation has appeared to all men (Titus 2:11), and everyone is without excuse (Romans 1:20). God has done everything possible to make salvation available, so He has every right to judge those who reject or ignore His provision.
Romans 3:25-26 — These verses show that God set forth Christ as a propitiation to declare His righteousness, allowing Him to be both just and the justifier of those who believe.
Romans 3:25-26 reveals that God set forth Jesus Christ as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. This demonstrates that God is both just and the justifier of the one who believes in Jesus. Romans 1:20 states that even the invisible things of God are clearly seen through creation, leaving all without excuse. Titus 2:11 declares that the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, showing that salvation is available to every person.
Les Feldick addresses the dilemma of how God can be just in condemning those who never heard the gospel. He emphasizes that God is never unfair or unjust. He teaches that God's grace has appeared to all men, and even pagans have evidence of God through nature (Romans 1). Therefore, everyone has had an opportunity, and God is just in His judgment. Les also explains that God's justice is demonstrated at the cross: since Christ paid the full penalty for sin, God can now be just in justifying believers and in condemning those who reject His provision.
Les Feldick explains, based on Titus 2:11, that the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. Even those who have never heard the literal Word of God can see evidence of the Creator through the starry expanse (Romans 1). This makes them without excuse and shows that God has provided an opportunity for everyone.
Les Feldick teaches that God is just because Christ paid the full price for sin on the cross. Since He has done everything possible to make salvation available, He has every right to pour out His wrath on those who reject or ignore His provision. God is not winking at sin; He has dealt with it completely, and therefore His judgment is just.
Les Feldick explains that God can justify a believing sinner because of the cross. In Romans 3:26, God is shown to be both 'just and the justifier' of those who believe in Jesus. This is a judicial act where God declares the guilty sinner as if they have never sinned, based on the sacrifice of Christ. God's justice is upheld because sin has been fully paid for.
Les Feldick addresses the common question: what about people who have never heard the gospel? He states that God is never unfair, and He will never send someone to eternal doom without cause. He points to the fact that Christ was the true light that lighteth every man that comes into the world (John 1:9), indicating that God has given some revelation to all. Furthermore, God's grace has appeared to all, leaving everyone without excuse.
Why Heaven Won't Be Full of Boasters: Faith vs. Works
I trust that you're taking your Bibles and do even as we do in our class, take a pencil and paper and write down some of these things and go back and study them and become a Bible student. See, this is why I think Christianity is in such trouble tonight, is because people will not study.
God Is Never Unfair
Les directly addresses the question of how God can justify sending the unevangelized to eternal doom, stating that the only answer is that God is never unjust or unfair.
Christ Paid the Price
Les explains that God is just in justifying believers because Christ paid the total price for sin, so God is not winking at sin but has fully dealt with it.
Grace Appeared to All
Les teaches that the grace of God has appeared to every human being, even pagans, as they can see the Creator through nature.
No One Is Without Excuse
Les explains that even those who have never heard the gospel are without excuse because Christ is the true light that lights every person, and God is never unfair.
Justification Explained
Les describes justification as a judicial act where God declares the guilty sinner as if they have never sinned, based on faith in the gospel.
God's Right to Judge
Les says that because God has done everything to make salvation simple, He has every right to pour out His wrath on the lost.
Grace Alone
Les uses the analogy of ten guilty men receiving a pardon to illustrate that those who are saved are saved by grace alone, while others go to their just desert.
Romans 3:25-26: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
These verses are central to the question, showing that God's justice is satisfied through Christ's sacrifice, making Him both just and the justifier of believers.
Romans 1:20: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
This verse explains that all people have evidence of God through creation, so they are without excuse.
Titus 2:11: For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Les cites this verse to show that God's grace has been made available to everyone.
John 1:9: That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Les references this to show that Christ's light has come to every person, providing some revelation.
Romans 5:18: Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
This verse contrasts Adam's condemnation and Christ's justification, showing how God can be just through Christ's righteousness.
God is never unfair. He has revealed Himself through creation and His grace has appeared to all. Thus, everyone has an opportunity to respond, and God's judgment is just.
Les Feldick teaches that even they have evidence of God through nature (Romans 1) and that God's grace has appeared to all. Therefore, they are without excuse, and God remains just.
Yes, the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, and Christ is the true light that lights every person. God's provision is available to all.
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