Easy answer: Abraham was called out of UR of the Chaldees; Moses was called out of Egypt. God draws forth those He chooses.
On our end of course we see how many have received the Gospel and how many haven't assuming that it is our efforts that result in more or less believers. Since God according to scripture could even make the rocks cry out and in Revelation speak through an Angel to much of the world clearly we are part of the harvest through sowing seed and some are watering what someone else has already sown.
What we often ignore in these thought processes is those who God doesn't choose to hear the truth. We have to keep in mind that spiritual blindness can result in greater condemnation as it did with the Pharisees or the cities that Jesus warned would have greater judgment for rejecting Him than Sodom. This also should help us to understand why God may close a door to someone; it may not just be the fact that they will never respond but if they reject him they will have to bear the results even in this lifetime of God's anger. This fits into the concept of Predestination as God chastises all those He loves. Those who are called have a time beforehand when they are under God's wrath but still may be favored as God knows the outcome for every soul ahead of time. Many don't consider God's protection and even salvation of a soul before a confession if it is predetermined; again this may be a controversial thought but the testimony of most believers brings an understanding of these things in their lives to show how God led them through a path to ultimately being convicted; confessing and being in time and space a Christian. This affects our eternal future as well; which is more obvious a concept.
Romans 1 and Psalm 19 of course are two great indicators of man being without excuse and held accountable based on the limited understanding through the Creation of the attributes of God.
Easy answer: Abraham was called out of UR of the Chaldees; Moses was called out of Egypt. God draws forth those He chooses.
On our end of course we see how many have received the Gospel and how many haven't assuming that it is our efforts that result in more or less believers. Since God according to scripture could even make the rocks cry out and in Revelation speak through an Angel to much of the world clearly we are part of the harvest through sowing seed and some are watering what someone else has already sown.
What we often ignore in these thought processes is those who God doesn't choose to hear the truth. We have to keep in mind that spiritual blindness can result in greater condemnation as it did with the Pharisees or the cities that Jesus warned would have greater judgment for rejecting Him than Sodom. This also should help us to understand why God may close a door to someone; it may not just be the fact that they will never respond but if they reject him they will have to bear the results even in this lifetime of God's anger. This fits into the concept of Predestination as God chastises all those He loves. Those who are called have a time beforehand when they are under God's wrath but still may be favored as God knows the outcome for every soul ahead of time. Many don't consider God's protection and even salvation of a soul before a confession if it is predetermined; again this may be a controversial thought but the testimony of most believers brings an understanding of these things in their lives to show how God led them through a path to ultimately being convicted; confessing and being in time and space a Christian. This affects our eternal future as well; which is more obvious a concept.
Romans 1 and Psalm 19 of course are two great indicators of man being without excuse and held accountable based on the limited understanding through the Creation of the attributes of God.
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