Question:  Dear Greg,

            Based upon your knowledge and understanding of the Bible and the nature of God and the gift of salvation, do you believe that the gift of salvation is only offered in this life and not in some future one?  If this is the only “life” in which salvation is offered then does this give more urgency to the spreading of the gospel?  Do you feel Paul’s ministry had an urgency to it?

            David

Answer:  Dear David,

            I do not believe that we need artificial contrivances to motivate us to proclaim the gospel.  I also do not believe that we should speculate beyond the biblical revelation.  Therefore, I do not know what God has prepared (1 Corinthians 2:9) but I am confident that God is just and merciful, and that God’s plan is better than any human idea.  Urgency does not mean that God is obligated to operate and act within the framework humans construct based upon the Bible.  Let God be true and every man a liar (Romans 3:4).

            In Christ,

            Greg Albrecht