How Could Adolf Hitler Glorify God? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 9-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing A nine-year-old named John asked, “I know that God made all things to glorify himself. How could Adolf Hitler glorify God?” Wow, what a question. I mean, what an incredibly thoughtful nine-year-old. And yet it’s a good question. And so I can answer this and should answer it, I can answer it in a pretty short form here, John. So Adolf Hitler did not glorify God in this life. Adolf Hitler lived a life that sought in every way to rob God of his glory and to corrupt the glory of God and to turn himself into an idol, basically. On the final day, on the day of God’s judgment, Adolf Hitler is going to reveal the glory of God. And I believe it is going to be on the outpouring of God’s judgment upon him in such a righteous way that it demonstrates the glory of God in his righteous judgment poured out, that’s the biblical word for it, upon Adolf Hitler. Every single person, the redeemed who are saved because of the work of Jesus Christ and the lost, by two different judgments that God gives; one to the redeemed safe in Jesus, and one to people like Adolf Hitler. But frankly, to all sinners whose sin is absolutely horrible, God’s glory is going to be demonstrated by his absolutely perfect judgment upon every single human being. So John, when you think about God’s glory, it is not limited to what we get to see in this life. It is promised us in the age to come. God bless you for your question.
What Happens to Those Who Die Having Never Heard the Gospel? Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 14-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing (Edited by expiated) Jonathan: What happens to those who haven’t heard the gospel? I know that God reveals himself to everybody through general revelation and that everyone initially rejects God, but the part I’m having trouble with is does everyone besides believers reject God? I’ve heard a possible explanation of how God deals in the realm of possibility, and God is omniscient and knows how you would’ve responded to the gospel, even if you haven’t heard it yet. Is this true? And if not, what exactly is the answer to the question? Dr. Mohler: Wow! What an urgent question, and it’s really relevant. So number one, is it possible that someone comes to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ without ever hearing the gospel? And the answer to that is no. In the book of Romans chapter 10, the apostle Paul makes very clear that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. And the Apostle Paul takes that logic in Romans 10 so far as to say, look, if they don’t hear the gospel, they can’t believe if they don’t believe they’re not saved. And so that gospel logic, it’s not as if we have to somehow come up with it. I’m very thankful the Apostle Paul laid that out in unmistakable terms with clarity in Romans chapter 10. And this means that when you have categories where people will say, well, maybe there’s someone who by general revelation comes to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Paul says that’s not going to happen. Or someone says, maybe, and you mentioned this here, that God is sovereign and he’s omniscient, so he knows who would have responded as an implied faith, but that’s completely excluded by a passage like Romans chapter 10. It’s also excluded by plenty of other biblical passages as well. But Jonathan, the bottom line in this is that the biblical worldview makes very clear that salvation is all of grace that not one of us deserves in any sense to be saved. And every single one of us deserves nothing less than the eternal condemnation and punishment of God for our sin. One of the interesting things is you make the statement that everyone initially rejects God. Well, that’s absolutely true, and that is sufficient to end the story, except for the saving work of Christ and the message of the gospel, which if a sinner hears it and respond in faith and in belief, salvation comes to that sinner and it’s based upon the power and promise of the gospel. It is consciously heard and it is responded to with a conscious act of faith. By the way, that’s in the same passage too, that those who are saved are those who profess that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in their heart that God has raised him from the dead. It all fits together in a really tight package. I’m thankful it’s not left up to us to try to figure this out, Jonathan, but I’m also very thankful you asked the question.
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