Our seminar is reading “Eternity in Their Hearts” recently, which talks about how God has shown Himself to different cultures and nations through the history. Is is so interesting to see so many testimonies and stories showing that in different cultures there were pieces showing God’s revelation and people’s knowledge of the God they did not fully know.
Even though the traditions or old stories in different cultures are not telling the exact gospel, it is still true that God has put the desire in people’s heart to seek for the truth. As it is written in Romans 5:20 “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” It is so true that no one can deny God from the world He created.
We had good discussions on the book, and equipped with more knowledge about different cultures. It is always a good way to open up conversations from people’s cultural background. It is important to remember that we can not share the gospel in the way to just yield to people’s culture, it is not the true gospel, but use the cultural connections as a good entrance to let people see how much their ancestors, nations or even themselves have been worshiping idols before knowing the true God. And it also gives us more passion to share the gospel with others.