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They will be fine on Judgment Day—if they have never
lied, stolen, committed adultery (lusted),murdered
(hated someone), etc. A person goes to hell not because
he hasn’t heard of Jesus, but because he’s sinned against
the Lord. “Sin is the transgression of the Law” (1 John
3:4, KJV). If those who ask this question are truly concerned
about the ignorant tribes, they should get saved,
become missionaries, and then take the good news of
God’s forgiveness in Christ to them.

This is an example of idolatry, where rather than making
a god (an idol) with his hands, the person has created a
god within his mind. He has reshaped God in his own
image—a god with whom he feels comfortable. The
God of the Bible is holy and just, and will by no means
clear the guilty. God is merciful, however, and extends
His forgiveness to all who repent and trust in His Son,
Jesus Christ.

We live in a fallen creation. The Bible says, “Therefore,
just as through one man sin entered the world, and death
through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because
all sinned” (Romans 5:12). Disease, suffering, and death
entered the world as a result of man’s sin. So we shouldn’t
blame God, but man. Rather than viewing suffering
as an excuse to reject God, it should be seen as a very
real reason to turn to Him. Suffering stands as a terrible
testimony to the truth of the explanation given by the
Word of God.
It is a great mystery why God sometimes allows suffering
(children with cancer, etc.), but despite the mystery,
the Christian trusts God.

If a patient says he’s healthy but his physician thinks he
may have a disease, the doctor may ask if he has an
appetite. A lack of appetite is a sign that something isn’t
right. Do the same: ask the person if he is reading the
Bible daily. Someone who isn’t right with God will avoid
the Scriptures, because the Word of God brings conviction
(knowledge of guilt). Someone once said of the
Bible, “This Book will keep me from sin, or sin will keep
me from this Book.”
Then ask if he thinks he is a good person. If he’s a
false convert, he will almost certainly say that he is, so
take him through the Commandments, and warn him
of the reality of Matthew 7:21–23.

Just because we don’t believe in something doesn’t make
it disappear. If a man walks down a freeway with an
eighteen-wheeler heading toward him, and he says, “I
don’t believe in trucks,” it doesn’t change reality. The
truck will kill him if he doesn’t get out of its path.
You can reason about God’s existence by asking,
“When you look at a building, how can you know there
was a builder?” The building is proof that there was a
builder. Use the same analogy with a painting and a
painter, and then point to Romans 1:20 (creation proves
there is a Creator). But don’t stay long in the area of the
intellect—address the conscience by using the Law. Your
job isn’t to convince the person that there is a God;
according to Romans 1:20, he already knows that.
Rather, it is to convince him that he needs the Savior,
which the Moral Law will do.

When you write a letter, who actually writes it—you or
the pen? You write it; the pen is simply the instrument
you use. God did the writing and He simply used men as
instruments to communicate His thoughts to humanity
(see 2 Timothy 3:16). To prove that God inspired these
men, simply study Bible prophecy. Look at Matthew 24,
Luke 21, 2 Timothy 3, and many other passages. The
Bible’s hundreds of fulfilled prophecies clearly show the
fingerprint of God. (The Evidence Bible lists many prophecies,
as well as scientific facts written in the Bible thousands
of years before man discovered them.)

This is a very common response by religious people
(false converts, Roman Catholics,Muslims, etc.) when
they are confronted with the fact that they have sinned
against God. Use civil law as an example of how this
makes no sense. A judge will not let a criminal go simply
because he confesses to the crime, and says that he’s
sorry and won’t do it again. Of course he should be
sorry (because he has broken the law), and of course he
shouldn’t commit the crime again. Instead, a good judge
will demand punishment—justice must be done. How
much more will God demand that justice be done? He
can release us from the requirements of the Law only
because Someone took our punishment for us.

A proud, self-righteous person will find it difficult to
openly admit his sins. He may refuse to say, “I have lied,
and that makes me a liar.” Sin is like bad breath. It’s easy
to detect in others, but not so easy to detect in ourselves.
So turn it around by saying, “If I told a lie, what would
that make me?”Most will quickly say, “A liar.”
Don’t be afraid to add that the Bible says that “lying
lips are an abomination to the LORD” (Proverbs 12:22),
and that even though we may not think there’s anything
wrong with lying, God says that all liars will have their
part in the Lake of Fire (see Revelation 21:8). Always
share this verse with concern in your voice. If the person
still refuses to be honest, just move along to the next
Commandment, as it is

It isn’t Christians who originated this claim; it was Jesus
Christ Himself who said, “I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me”
(John 14:6). The best way to show that Jesus is the only
way to God is to use the Law to strip the person of what
he’s trusting in—his self-righteousness. Let him see that
he is under God’s fearsome wrath. Show him that in trying
to justify himself through his “good works,” he is
attempting to bribe the Judge of the Universe. He is
heading for Eternal Judgment, and his only hope is the
Savior. There is no other way a man can be justified.
Therein lies the great difference between Jesus
Christ and all manmade religions. None of them can
forgive sins—only Jesus can. He alone said, “The Son of
Man has power on earth to forgive sins” (Matthew 9:6).

All you can do is present the truth in love. Tell the person
that, worldwide, 150,000 people die every 24 hours,
so he should get right with God today. Then in a firm
but gentle tone, say, “If my eyes meet yours on the Day
of Judgment and you are still in your sins, I’m free from
your blood—because I have told you the truth.” This
sounds harsh, but which is harsher—that the person is
offended by your frankness, or that he spends eternity
in the Lake of Fire?
Don’t be discouraged. If you have shared the truth,
then God will be faithful to bring conviction of sin, in
His time. Remember that when Paul reasoned with Felix
about righteousness, self-control, and judgment, Felix
just dismissed him (see Acts 24:25). Paul may have
thought that he made no headway, but the Bible says
that “Felix trembled” (KJV).