and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."
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Oh, goodness, you MUST be WRONG, Dr E?!
You mean to tell me that Holy Spirit enlivened Scripture has no expiration date? You mean it's efficacious eternally?
I mean . . . some folks would have me believe that if someone hears the Scriptures . . . then within 30 seconds, they must have a troop of 100 ecclesiastical pontificators; another 100 Scriptural translation experts; another 100 interpretive pontificators; 25 supervising Bishops and Cardinals come along and explain every 3-5 word phrase MOST CORRECTLY else the hapless wallower in God's truth will STILL end up doomed to hell???
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Please excuse me while I go barf. This satire has been a bit much for even me.
Not at all. A basic reading of the bible shows that implanting Christianity is not all that easy. The life of a missionary can be difficult. Even those who are accepting can be lead astray. So, therefore, simply because you say somebody says that they gave an mp3 player to some tribesman and the tribesman said they were not Christians, while a great thing, does not mean that the work is done.