Who goes to hell?

[Gerioke]

I have had this debate with a friend of mine.. concerning who will go to hell. He believes that ANYONE who does not know Jesus as their personal Saviour will go to hell, even those who never heard the Gospel. (He does think there may be some exception for young children)

I have a real problem accepting that God would send people to hell who never had the chance to hear the Gospel.

But, if you say that ignorance is a defense, where do you draw the line??????

It's a puzzling dilemma.

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Since God isn't using Paradice any more, maybe all the never heard ofs will go there

Is the age of accountability 12?(barmitzpha)?

[Fiosh]

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[Guest theLAYMAN]

Jesus is the only way to heaven and rejecting Him is the only way to hell.

People assume that sin sends you there, no it helps you to get there but ultimately it's rejecting Christ.

When ever somebody ask the question what if people died without hearing the message of Christ, a lot of the information that was stated in the previous replies is accurate.

In Genesis when the whole world spoke one tongue and one language and everybody was trying to do things their own way without God, He scattered them abroad on the face of the Earth after he confused their language.

THis tells us that people knew who God is and always have. They rebelled against Him for thousands of years and worhsiped the creature rather than the creator. But that doesn't mean that these people didn't know who God is. THey had to know who they were rebelling against to rebel in the first place.

Keep in mind also how people spread all over the Earth. THey started in the Garden of Eden and went out from their. SO people carried a conscious of God with them, rather they accepted it or rejected it is not the key. They knew their was GOd to reject or accept. THey knew.

God said that the new covenant will be written upon the hearts of man. THe world was almost completely saturated by European CHristians during the age of Discovery. This means that the gospel has reached almost every part of this Earth.

The rocks cry out, all of creation reflects His glory; the whole point is, if there was not one person on this Earth to tell the world who God is, the bottom line is that God will still make Himself known to all those people who didn't know He existed or didn't believe in Him.

God doesn't need people to tell the truth about Himself.

All of this does tie into who goes to heaven and to hell. Jesus is the way to God rejecting Him is the way to damnation. IF a person died without ever hearing the gospel truth from another man (christian in particular) the bottom line is that God already has that avenue covered. What makes you think He would let man create a loophole to allow us to escape His truth?

I honestly believe that if the rocks cry out about God and creation reflects God's glory, then why wouldn't it speak about Christ Jesus His son? Then if a person acknowleges God from these non human testimonies, why couldn't God use these to eventually point that person to His son Jesus Christ?

I can't fully explain it all, I just know God being who He is, is not stupid or dumb enough to allow mankind to try and trick Him and look for loopholes to get into heaven. Honestly it can't be done that way, if so, then God lied to us all.

[OneAccord]

Man, this is a pretty scary God!!!!! I thought the gospel was supposed to be the Good News! This sounds like very Bad News indeed!

[Guest shiloh357]

I dunno who goes to hell.  *shrug*  If you follow Jesus and you try to do your best, I think God realizes that. 

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Well then you should try reading the Scriptures. The Bible says that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ. (Rom.6:23)

The Bible is very clear, and this is so basic. Those who reject Christ, and His finished work on the Cross will end up spending eternity separated from God.

Following Jesus and doing your best is not what God demands. There are New Agers that "follow" Jesus. Doing your best is works, and Salvation is based upon grace through faith apart from works.

Only those who have received Christ into their hearts by faith, will be allowed into the Kingdom of God.

[tsth]

Man, this is a pretty scary God!!!!! I thought the gospel was supposed to be the Good News! This sounds like very Bad News indeed!

The bad is why the the good, IS GOOD!

In His Love,

Suzanne

[Guest shiloh357]

Man, this is a pretty scary God!!!!!  I thought the gospel was supposed to be the Good News!  This sounds like very Bad News indeed!

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Oh Please.... what a crock. Where do you come up with this nonsense?

God provides a way of salvation and you call Him scary??? You call the plan of salvation Bad News????? I thought you claimed to be a Christian... Yet you mock God in this fashion???

[Guest Bro David™]

Man, this is a pretty scary God!!!!!  I thought the gospel was supposed to be the Good News!  This sounds like very Bad News indeed!

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He was trying to say that invoking fear and hoping to get souls saved does not necessarily work.

You know, preaching death has opposed to salvation.

[tsth]

Dear David,

The word fear is used 385 times in the Bible......there's a very vital reason for it.

Psalm 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Psalm 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

THE PROCESS OF WISDOM AND FEAR OF THE LORD

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil. 8 It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.

8:12

"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion. 13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.

23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, But be zealous for the fear of the Lord all the day; 18 For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.

BOTTOM LINE

16:6

In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.

In His Truth,

Suzanne

[Fiosh]

WSB, I don't see how this can be true (your statement that EVERYONE has a chance to know Jesus as personal Saviour).

What about all the people outside of Jerusalem the day after the Resurrection of Jesus? If they died that day would all those people go to hell? Or did God send angels to all of them??

I'm not being sarcastic; I just find it hard to believe that everyone in the world, except those in Jerusalem and its "suburbs", who died before the Gospel reached them, ALL went to hell.

What do you make of these verses?....

Jhn 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

Luk 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

1Ti 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

1Ti 1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.

Peace of Christ,

Fiosh

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