Our work is to discern which
temptations the person we are trying to teach has fallen to—the person who does
not (yet) understand God's truth. There could be many reasons, but Romans 1:18-32 and 2 Thess. 2:10-12 make it very clear
why the majority of souls don't respond.
From those passages we understand
that the test must be given when a person is very young! In one sense
that seems strange. At what age does the Lord show a person the truth about
himself (Rom. 1:20-21)?
I understood about the Lord making
the world at a rather young age (comparatively), and made a decision to seek
Him—maybe not like I should have, but a decision to seek Him nevertheless. My
parents had supplied a great deal of knowledge, and the Bible classes and
lessons at the assembly gave me much more to work with, so that when I made the
decision to seek the Lord, I knew reasonably well where to look in the
scriptures. Of course I have found much more over the years, but the initial
decision was not thwarted by a lack of knowledge of where to look! Nevertheless,
the Lord says he is looking down from heaven to find those who seek him, AND,
understand (Psa. 14:1-3; 53:1-3).
Beth
Johnson
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