There's no place in this universe where the knowledge of God the Father has failed to penetrate.

And everybody receives that knowledge and everybody twists it and distorts it.

And so everyone is guilty before God.

They can't claim ignorance as an excuse.

When sharing the gospel, has anyone ever challenged you stating that

if what you shared was true, it wouldn't be fair.

Just consider the innocent person living in an unreached part of the world.

Surely God wouldn't condemn that person to hell when they've never heard of Jesus before.

How would you respond to such an objection?

I am Nathan W. Bingham and I'm glad you're joining us for renewing your mind.

This week, we're focusing on the creeds and confessions of the church in light of a new

volume just released by Ligonier. We believe is its name and it can be yours for a donation of

any amount at renewingyourmind.org. Monday, we discuss this new resource and the role of creeds

and confessions in the church. And I encourage you to find that interview if you missed it wherever

you listen to podcasts. We're also featuring messages from RC Sproul's study of the Westminster

Confession of Faith, a confession that's included in the we believe volume.

Today, Dr. Sproul considers the difference between what is known about God by everyone

and what is only known today through the Bible. He'll also tackle that question of God's

justice and someone who has never heard the name of Jesus before. He is Dr. Sproul.

Another distinction that I want to make between general and special revelation that we've

been looking at here in the first section of chapter 1 is this. And when we use that language,

general revelation, special revelation, the distinction is really too full. The revelation that

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