Here’s a question for you! Are some people more lost than others?

The Bible says that Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. There is a theological sense, of course, in which all who do not know God through his Son Jesus Christ are lost – equally lost. In this sense there is no difference between someone who sings in a church choir and does not genuinely know God and another who does not know God and lives in Central Asia never having heard the name of Jesus.

Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:22-23)

There is, however, another dimension to the state of lostness. Some are lost while surrounded by people and resources that witness of Christ the Savior. Despite the surrounding witness, they choose to remain without Christ.

Over 40% of the world’s population has no contact with believers in Christ. There is no church they can attend and no friend, neighbor or family member who can share the Gospel with them. They cannot refuse to put their faith in Christ, because they have no knowledge of him. They will not have knowledge of him until someone crosses barriers of language and culture to give them the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Of the two circumstances described above, people who live in which circumstance are more lost circumstantially, even though they are equally lost theologically? What should this say about our priorities?

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
(2 Corinthians 4:3)