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Originally Posted by Drake
I agree.
We are called to go into all the world and preach the gospel. That will change a society. They lived a Christ expressing life. They were the salt in that environment.
Drake
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I've wondered if "the third part of the earth" that gets judged in Revelation represents those that simply will not allow the effect of the Church/God's people to influence them to submit to God. Then there is "a third of the angels" which went with Satan.
I think we sometimes assume that God only wins over a minority of the people, that Satan gets most of them. But, really, think about it: Do you really think God would stand for that? Would he let his enemy get most of the humans, when Satan only got a third of the angels?
So maybe, through the influence of the Church, at least two-thirds, roughly, eventually align themselves with God. And the cursed one-third are left to the judgment they earned. But God get most of the spoils. How could he let it be any other way?
Such a thought should embolden us with hope for those who don't know the Lord yet.