If you never received a chance to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ while living, are you damned forever?

Question

...or will you get a chance to hear it in the next life?
What about all of the people living in remote parts of the world, in jungles, in isolated areas, those that live under oppressive governments....and have never heard of Christ? Are they going to hell?
Is God merciful enough to give them a chance to hear it at some point, either in life or in death?

Answer 1

Is this a trick question? Heavenly Father will give ever one a chance to hear the gospel of jesus Christ, whether in this life or the spirit world.

Answer 2

I believe that God is just. That being the case, he surely prepared a way for all to hear the gospel, even if they never had the chance in this life. I believe that those who pass through this life without the opportunity will have the chance to be taught the gospel on the other side of mortality. Thus, all of God's children will be given an equal chance at salvation through the atonement of Jesus Christ.

Answer 3

God is merciful. Even if you did hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and never understood it you are not likely to go to Hell. Everyone gets another chance, it is when they know the truth and refuse it that they have decided to refuse Heaven.

Answer 4

God is merciful to give every, single person a chance to hear it at some point. That is why Christians need to get out there and preach the gospel more, so that more will have the chance to see, hear, and believe.

Answer 5

Of course not. God is our loving Heavenly Father, and he would not send people to hell who never had a chance to hear the gospel. I believe they will have a chance to hear and accept it in the next life, if they do not get a chance here on Earth.

Answer 6

Many years ago, a Christian missionary went out to convert the Inuits in the remote reaches of present day northern Canada. This missionary met a wise old fisherman and told him the story of Jesus. He explained to the old Inuit that his soul could only be saved by accepting Christ as his personal savior.

The old Inuit pondered this for a moment and said to the missionary "My ancestors never heard of Jesus and did not know they needed to accept Him in order to be saved. Does this mean they went to this place you call Hell?"

The missionary replied, "No, God does not condemn those who are ignorant to His teachings."

The old Inuit then asked, "Would I have gone to hell if I had not met you and been taught about Jesus?"

The missionary told him he would not have gone to Hell either. After a long moment of thought, the Inuit looked at the missionary with a puzzled expression.





"Then," the he asked, "Why did you tell me?"

Answer 7

Hey... noticed you are a B.Y.U fan? You should know then that the answer to that question is no. But the scriptures say the gospel will be preached to the 4 corners of the earth.. so it sounds like to me everyone will have the opportunity to hear of God and Jesus. Now if you deny them after you learned of them....I think that is a different story.

Answer 8

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful.
The holy Quran the last and final revelation of God almighty
informs us that Jesus was a Messenger of almighty God ,Born to the virgin +Mary[peace be on them]by a command from God almighty.IT mentions four books of revelation Given to the Prophets of God Namely the Thorah[ The old testament] given to Prophet Moses, The Zabur[the Psalm] of Prophet David,The Injeel [ the gospel} given to Jesus and The Quran given To Prophet Muhammad[ peace be on them all}.Though there were many messengers and revelations sent throught the ages only these four have been mentioned.
we know that moses[pbuh] was sent to the Jews and Jesus
confirmed that he was sent exclusively to the lost sheep of
Iserael.so we come to kmow that these Prophets and their
messages were sent to a paticular people for a particular
time period.As muslims we do not believe that the Bible of
today is the gospel of jesus [pbuh] as it has undergone
numerous, revisions,That no two Versions are the same,They
contain words of Prophets , words of historians, Obscenity
as well as innumerable scientific errors which any sane
person cannot attribute to God almighty.

The holy Quran is a book of revelation for the entire universe
and the prophet Muhammad was sent as a messenger for
the whole of mankind till the day of Judgement.You have to
follow the last and final messenger of God almighty if you are
looking for salvation.

As far as those who never heard of Islam or the message
of worshipping one God almighty brought by the Prophet of
Islam , Allah in his justice will Gather them together on the day of judgement and then send then a messenge who will
inform them of the Truth.Then they will be put to trail and the
antichrist will approach them with false promises and ask
them to follow him, those who will stand steady fast as informed by Gods messenger will be saved but those who
follow the anti christ will be lost forever, This is the justice of
God alnmghty where He the almighty Says in the Quran that he would never Punish a people until he sends them a Warner.

Answer 9

I've seen a similar question re: the people of the Americas pre 1492. I believe the answer was that they would go straight to hell. What a Nice God...

Answer 10

The real question is not have some other remote living people heard the gospel, it is "have you heard the gospel?". Don't worry about others, worry about you.