Can they who have never heard the gospel,

and so know not Jesus Christ, nor believe in him, be saved by their living according to the light of nature?

They who, having never heard the gospel,[1] know not Jesus Christ,[2] and believe not in him, cannot be saved,[3] be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature,[4] or the laws of that religion which they profess;[5] neither is there salvation in any other, but in Christ alone,[6] who is the Savior only of his body the church.[7]

1. Rom. 10:14
   

   How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?  And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

2. II Thess. 1:8-9

   … in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might…

   Eph. 2:12

   remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

3. John 8:24

   I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.

   Mark 16:16

   Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

4. I Cor. 1:20-24

   Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God

5. John 4:22

   You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

   Rom. 9:31-32

   … but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone … .

   Phil 3:4-9

   … though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith … .
   

6. Acts 4:12

   And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

7. Eph. 5:23

   For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

Question 60, Westminster Larger Catechism

Quick, Slick Pickled Eggs

1. Buy a jar of dill pickles.  Eat all the pickles, but keep the juice in the jar.


2. Hard boil eggs.  Drop as many eggs as will fit into the jar of pickle juice and put the jar back in the fridge.
   
   
3. Wait at least three days before eating.  This step is undoubtedly the most difficult.
    

Update on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 8:32AM by rebecca

Kim of Hiraeth uses a jar of  beet pickle juice to make pickled eggs.  Those sound delicious to me—and pretty, too.  Unfortunately, I’m the only one in the family who likes beet pickles, so I don’t have empty jars of beet pickles around here.

Sunday's Hymn: For Easter

The Lord Is Risen Indeed!

The Lord is risen indeed!
And are the tidings true?
Yes, we beheld the Savior bleed,
And saw Him living, too.

The Lord is risen, indeed!
Then Justice asks no more;
Mercy and Truth are now agreed
Who stood opposed before.

The Lord is risen indeed!
Then is His work performed;
The captive surely now is freed,
And death, our foe, disarmed.

The Lord is risen indeed!
Then hell has lost his prey;
With Him is risen the ransomed seed
To reign in endless day.

The Lord is risen indeed!
He lives, to die no more;
He lives, the sinner’s cause to plead,
Whose curse and shame He bore.

The Lord is risen indeed!
Attending angels, hear!
Up to the courts of heaven with speed
The joyful tidings bear.

Then take your golden lyres,
And strike each cheerful chord;
Join, all ye bright celestial choirs,
To sing our risen Lord.

—Thomas Kelly  (Listen.)

Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• The Collect for Easter-Day at Magic Statistics. 
• Come, Ye Saints, Look Here and Wonder at IMD 2.0.
• We Will Make Thee Borders of Gold, with Studs of Silver at Thirsty Theologian
• See What a Morning at joythruChrist.
• Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands at John Dekker’s Journal
• Low in the Grave He Lay at The Happy Wonderer
• Crown Him with Many Crowns at Seasonings of the Heart
• Christ the Lord Is Risen Today at Jam and Books
• When I Survery the Wondrous Cross at Reflections of the Times
• Low in the Grave He Lay at Fish and Cans
• Update: Up from the Grave He Arose at Aim to Please Him
  

Have you posted a hymn for Easter Sunday and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar, and I’ll add your post to the list.