JEFF TURNER
In Acts 18:10, God tells Paul to remain in Corinth because “I have many people in this city.” This raises a question: if Paul had not yet shared the gospel there, how could God already have people in the city?
The answer is found in Scripture. Romans 10 explains that people come to faith by hearing the message of Christ. It clearly says that belief cannot happen without hearing, and hearing cannot happen without someone preaching. No one is saved without first receiving the gospel and believing it.
I believe when God told Paul that He had people in Corinth, it did not mean they were already saved. Rather, it meant that there were individuals in the city who would respond to the message when they heard it. These people had already been chosen by God, even before they came to faith.
This reflects the teaching of election. God had decided, before the world began, who would be saved.
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love
Ephesians 1:4
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