THE BIBLE PRAYER LINE – Bible Questions Answered
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Bible Questions Answered:
“...what about those who have never heard the gospel, do they go to hell when they die?...”
Kenny/ Grafton, West Verginia U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Here is our Lord's answer to such a question:
Luke 12:35-48 NLT (Be Ready for The Lord’s Coming)
35 “Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning,
36 as though you were waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast. Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks.
37 The servants who are ready and waiting for his return will be rewarded. I tell you The Truth, he himself will seat them, put on an apron, and serve them as they sit and eat!
38 He may come in the middle of the night or just before dawn. But whenever he comes, he will reward the servants who are ready.
39 “Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would not permit his house to be broken into.
40 You also must be ready all the time, for The Son Of Man will come when least expected.”
41 Peter asked, “Lord, is that illustration just for us or for everyone?”
42 And The Lord replied, “A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them.
43 If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward.
44 I tell you The Truth, the master will put that servant in charge of all he owns.
45 But what if the servant thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’ and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?
46 The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will cut the servant in pieces and banish him with the unfaithful.
47 “And a servant who knows what the master wants, but isn’t prepared and doesn’t carry out those instructions, will be severely punished.
48 But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.
Our God, is a God of justice:
Someone who never heard the gospel message of Jesus Christ God's Son The Savior, and dies, will be judged accordingly. Our loving God is a God of justice and mercy!
Those who have heard the gospel message, and refused The Lord Jesus, or said to themselves, I'm not ready yet, have refused The Lord Jesus, and their future is plain, the wrath of God.
Hebrews 9:27 KJV
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Job 34:12 NLT
Truly, God will not do wrong. The Almighty will not twist justice.
Psalm 140:12 KJV
I know that The Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Isaiah 30:18 CEV (The Lord Will Show Mercy)
The Lord God is waiting to show how kind He is and to have pity on you. The Lord always does right; He blesses those who trust Him.
Isaiah 61:8 NLT
“For I, The Lord, love justice..."
Revelation 20:12,13 KJV
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
If a person thinks that he can be saved by his (good works-or) religious works, rather than repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, he is lost!
Matthew 7:231-23 KJV
21 Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.
Good works not leading to (Repentance and faith in) The Savior, is a deception.
Ephesians 2:8,9 KJV
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is The Gift Of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Titus 3:5 KJV
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of The Holy Ghost;
“Pastor, if people can be saved by the mercy of God, because they did not know the gospel, what's the big deal of evangelizing?”
These people do not know the joy of knowing The Lord, not only that, they do not know the joy of serving The Lord.
Their lives will be devoid of rewards, which are lives as Christians should be full of!
These people, will never know on earth, the peace and blessings of walking with The Lord, the fellowship of His presence, and the reward of serving Him.
And why is that, it is because, we as a people, will have failed to reach them with the gospel.
Maybe, we didn't witness of our faith, or we thought that our tithe wasn't absolutely needed every month, but how wrong that kind of thinking is!
Prayer:
I Kings 2:3 NLT
Observe The Requirements of The Lord your God, and follow all His ways. Keep the Decrees, Commands, Regulations, and Laws written in The Law Of Moses so that you will be successful in all you do and wherever you go.
