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Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":

A pastor friend writes inquiring if I had ever heard of the story of “the Roman gospel.” It seems that history reports that when a Roman army conquered a city, the news that was taken to its inhabitants was “the gospel.” The news was “good” in that the people were told that they were now Roman citizens with all the rights and privileges thereto. This “good news” applied to all in the city. The only exceptions were those who might refuse to become Roman citizens and opposed the “news,” whereupon they became subject to instant death by the sword.

 

Whether this is historically true I do not know (maybe someone out there who knows can inform me please).

 

But there is therein something that reminds us of a shade of genuine “gospel” good news. Christ has prevailed in the “great controversy” with Satan and has conquered the world. All who will believe the good news become citizens of God’s eternal kingdom with all the rights and privileges thereto including of course eternal life. But there is no compulsion to receive the “news.” Those who wish to disbelieve and reject it may do so. But those who do reject willingly subject themselves to the death that the Bible calls “the second death”—they “perish.”

 

Throughout the history of the world, God’s character of love has shone clearly, for “God is love” (agape). He wants all men to be saved (1 Tim. 2:4) and if He can have His way all will be saved but He can not force anyone. Christ is known as “the Savior of all men, specially of those that believe” (4:10). Because of Christ’s sacrifice of Himself for the world, the Father can treat these “all men” as though they were righteous, sending His rain and sunshine on good and bad alike (Matt. 5:45) and keeping His door open as long as anyone still has that freedom of choice. Those who “believe” are those for whom John 3:16 was written.

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