Does a person who has never heard of Jesus, and dies go to heaven or hell?

Answer 1

Ofcoarse they go to heaven.I can't understand why God would send someone to 'hell' because they haven't heard of Jesus.

Answer 2

There is a verse in the New Testament, sorry I cannot give it to you off the top of my head, which says that when Jesus decended to Hades (hell, or the land after he dead) He was preaching to the souls there, presumably those who had never heard the Good News. It is logical to assume this still happens (why should those in Hades at that time be the only ones to get that chance) either by Jesus or his angels and saints. Thus they will have an opportunity to accept or reject him.

Answer 3

Hey Ryan f,
Britty here. "Does a person who has never heard of Jesus, and dies go to heaven or hell?" is a really great question. I tryed to do my best while looking it up, and the following is from Max Lucados "In the Grip of Grace". Hope it helps........

1. "God shows his anger (judgement= hell) because some knowledge of him has been made clear to them. Yes, God has shown himself to them. There are things about him that people cannot see- his eternal power and all the things that make him God. But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy to understand by what God has made.
ROmans 1:19-20

We are without excuse because God has revealed himself to us through his creation.

2. " The heavens tell the glory of God ,and the skies announce what his hands have made. Day after day they tell their story; night after night they tell it again. They have no speech or words; they have no voice to be heard. But their message goes through all the world; their words go everywhere on earth".
Psalm 19:1-4
Every star is an announcement. Each leaf a reminder. The glaciers are megaphones, the seasons are chapters, the clouds are banners. Nature is a song of many parts but one theme and one verse: GOd is.

Hundreds of years ago Tertullian stated:
It was not the pen of Moses that intiated the knowledge of the Creator .... The vast majority of mankind, though they had never heard the name of Moses, to say nothing of his books, knew the God of Moses non- the less.... Nature is the teacher; the soul is the pupil. ....One flower of the hedgerow ... one shell from any sea you like...one feather of a moor fowl.... will they speak of a mean creator? . ....If I offer you a rose, you will not scorn its Creator.

Creation is GOd's first missionary. There are those who ever held the bible or heard a scripture. There are those who died before a translator puts God's Word in their tongue. There are millions who lived in ancient times before Christ or live in distant lands far from Christians. There are the simple minded who are incapable of understanding the gospel. What does the future hold for the person who never hears of God ?

Again Paul answers clearly in Romans, the human heart can
know GOd through the handiwork of nature. If that is all one ever sees, that is enough. One needs only to respond to what he is given. And if is given only the testimony of creation that is enough.

Remember
"God loves us and wants none of us to perish"
John 3:16-.18
2."God has put the eterninty in the hearts of man."
Ecclesiates 3:11-12
3." The heavens declare the glory of the lord...."
Psalm 19:1-6

Answer 4

well if he dies,he goes to hell .... Mark 16:16, no one has an excuse about there not being a God, or God. You can look around and see there is. People are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Hosea 4:6

A flip side to that is..people can also believe and know who Jesus is, and still go to hell...get past this one. Matthew 25:11

It is not enough to know his name. Go to church on Sundays, or even cast out devils, and perform miracles. You have to know HIM.

Answer 5

They will all be given a chance to hear the word and make a choice before judgment.

Although one should know there is a God by simply looking around them, getting into Heaven is not about believing inGod, but rather being saved through Chrsit, so the who argument is a wash.

Answer 6

Neither. From a Mormon point of view, we believe everyone will have the chance to hear the Gospel, and if it does not happen in this life in a format they can understand, they will have the chance to hear it in the spirit world (where our spirits go after physical death). Everyone still has the right to choose if he/she wants to accept it or reject it, and there is a place for all of God's children. From our point of view, Hell is a place for Satan and his followers. You would have to almost literally know Jesus Christ personally and fight against Him to merit going to the same place reserved for Satan, in my opinion. Those who engage in organized crime their entire lives after once having had the Gospel would be getting near that range, too, if they do not repent. After all, you cannot serve God and Mammon, as the Bible says. In the case of little babies who never heard of Jesus Christ in this life, they are already saved and covered by the power of the Atonement. To quote the Book of Mormon (which supports the Bible) in Moroni 8:10-12: "Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teach--repentance and baptism unto those who are accountable and capable of committing sin; yea, teach parents that they must repent and be baptized, and humble themselves as their little children, and they shall all be saved with their little children.//And their little children need no repentance, neither baptism. Behold, baptism is unto repentance to the fulfilling the commandments unto the remission of sins.//But little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of the world; if not so, God is a partial God, and also a changeable God, and a respecter to persons; for how many little children have died without baptism!" In other words, little children (under the age of 8 or those who have not been taught) who die without knowing about Jesus Christ or baptism are already saved in the Kingdom of God. God is a merciful Father, and He loves all His children.

Answer 7

You choose your own destiny. Christianity is not the only path or method. There are many just as there are many different people with different personalities. If you are a good person you will have a good rebirth. Don't allow yourself to be drawn in to such fire and brimstone scare tactics. Choose what's right for you and those who are true to their religions will accept that.

Answer 8

who has not heard of jesus? come on its whats in you true heart if you go where you go , even if you are a mass murder and you repent dosent mean you going to hell but then again i dont know because i've never been to either .

Answer 9

That would be at God's discression. I won't speak for Him on that one. It would be something if that person made it and others who "Knew" Jesus didn't. (Perhaps they could plead innocent, per ignorence through no fault of their own.) I'm sure God would review that person's life as He does everyone else. - Christ died for "everyone."

Answer 10

They go to Hell.
The Bible says that no man shall have an excuse because even nature itself screams of the existence of God.