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promised to those who did not care enough to live what was revealed to them.
“Like it or not, understand it or not, God chooses who to give opportunities to, and then they must choose to take those opportunities. This is why it says, ‘ Moses chose to suffer the afflictions with the people of God esteeming the reproach of Christ as greater riches than all of the treasures of Egypt. ’ You too have made a similar choice when you chose to follow this path.”
    I could tell that the young girl was still having trouble with this concept, but no one else seemed to. Even so, this was making her so uncomfortable that she was obviously not going to ask any more questions. I had learned that when someone has such a veil over their minds concerning a clear and basic biblical truth, no argument can remove that veil, but only the Holy Spirit. So I told them we would talk more about these things later and that we needed to get moving again.
As we began walking, the young girl pulled up beside me. “I do not mean to be impertinent,” she began, “but if this is true, I want to understand it. Can I ask you more questions as we walk?”
“Of course,” I replied. “You can ask me anything, if you will allow me to say ‘I don’t know’ when I don’t know the answer.”
“Fair enough,” she began. “I’m one of those who has always had trouble when I think about all of the people who never had a chance to even hear the gospel. So it is hard for me to hear about some who get to run the race for this glorious high calling when others don’t even get salvation.”
“That is a fair question,” I responded, “and I think it is one that every thinking person who really cares about justice must ask. It took me many years to find an answer that satisfied me, but it is not a simple issue.”
“Will you share what you learned with me?” she asked.
“I’ve never shared all that I learned about this with anyone because it would take so long to do it right. But I’m willing to share as much as I can with you while we are together on this journey.
“First, in anything we accept as doctrine, as a truth, it must be confirmed in the Scriptures. No opinion of man, or even angels, can carry the weight of the written Word of God. It took me years to come to my understanding of these issues and to establish them in the Scriptures. To convey in a short time is not likely, but I can help you begin down the right path to searching out the truth.
“Why don’t we do this: let’s take your questions one at a time, and I will share with you my conclusions and as much as I can about how I came to them. If my conclusions don’t satisfy you, then ask for more, and I’ll try to show you how I came to them.”
“I would appreciate any help,” she replied.
“What I did find through all of my searching absolutely convinced me of the righteousness and justice of the Lord, and how He even went far beyond that to add grace and mercy,” I said.
“I would like to have these things settled in my heart,” the young girl continued.
“Okay, but I want to tell you up front that my main purpose in sharing these things with you is to give you something that could be even better than my conclusions,” I said.
“What is that?”
“The path that I took to find my answers. Sometimes it is not just the answers that are important, but how you come to the answers.
“Those that come too cheaply are not as valuable. When you work to obtain them they become treasures of wisdom and knowledge that you will value enough to take care of,” I replied.
“Well, it seems that we may be together on this journey for awhile, so I’m open. What was the path that you took to find the answer to this?”
“First, what is your name?”
“I’m Mary.”
“Fitting,” I replied, “and that’s a compliment. So we have two Mary’s on this journey, and you seem very much alike. Your parents must have been prophetic. Like the Mary who was Martha’s sister in the