No excuses

Job 12: 7-9  " 'But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.  Which of these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?' "

We have been given the Great Commission- to proclaim the name of Jesus and spread the Gospel of salvation to the ends of the earth.  This, along with the Great Commandment- to love God and love our neighbor as ourselves- are the most important callings God has given us.

But what about those people who never engage in a conversation or have the opportunity to hear someone tell them about the Gospel?  What is their fate if they never had an opportunity to know God?  Can they even know that God exists if we don't reach them with the Good News? 

The answer to this last question is "yes".  Everyone and everything God has created has an innate sense of the Creator.  The details may be unknown, but all creatures have the imprint of the Creator.  The beauty, creativity, and complexity of the physical world in which all humans and animals live each day leaves no doubt as to the purposeful master design and the existence of the Great Designer. 

The groundwork has been laid in every being God has created.  But the groundwork is not the whole story.  Thus, we have the Great Commission.  It is our job as those who have been called by God to round out the story and fill in the blanks for those who have not heard.