1:23-25 What is the underlying teaching here?
1:23-25 What is the underlying teaching here?
The underlying teaching here, without limiting God's sovereignty to move upon the hearts of sinners, is that everyone must hear the gospel to be saved (cp Mt 24:14, 28:18-20; Mk 13:10, 16:15-16; Lk 24:46-48; Ac 1:8, 10:42; Ro 10:14-17; Col 1:3-6).
We learn from Col 1:3-6 here that the gospel is essentially a reproductive organism which is constantly bearing fruit. But it must first be preached in order to reproduce.
(See also comments on Ro 10:14-17).