Your opinions mean nothing to me. Where does the Bible teach that you must accept Christ or go to hell?

Question

If you cannot show this teaching in the Bible then the teaching is false. Where does it teach this in the Bible?

Revelation 20:12-15 teaches that men will be judged according to their works, but it does not teach that those who do not accept Christ will be consumed in eternal torment.

Revelation 20:15 speaks of God judging people for their works.

Mark 15:16 damns people who are not baptized.

2 Peter 2: condemns the sinner, the ungodly, homosexuals, the filthy the wicked, and the unjust.

But where does the bible teach that those who do not accept Jesus go to hell?

Answer 1

Actually, there are quite a few verses which teach this:

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Romans 10:9,10
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

II Thess. 1:8,9
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

John 3:35,36
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 8:24
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

There are quite a few more, but I think these suffice. Please feel free to email if you have any other questions.

Best regards,
Scalia

*EDIT*
Your take on Mark 16 is incorrect.

Notice Mark 16:15,16
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

See? He that *believeth NOT* shall be damned. Believe not what? The Gospel. And what, pray tell, is the Gospel?

I Corinthians 15:1-4
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures

Answer 2

John 14:6

Answer 3

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Answer 4

John 3:16
For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believes in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Where are you perished to? Everlasting life is heaven. So if you perish where does God send you?

John 5:29
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Matthew 5:22
"....but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."

Matthew 5:29
"....and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell."

Luke 12:4,5
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear Him, which after He has killed has power to cast into hell, yes, I say unto you, Fear Him. GOD IS THE ONE WITH THIS POWER

Jesus said, "What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?"

John 10:30 Jesus said,
I and My Father are One.

John 14:6 and 7
Jesus saith unto him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life;
no man comes unto the Father God, but by Me.
If you had known Me, you should have known my Father also; and from henceforth you know Him and have seen Him."

If you are going to heaven you must accept Jesus Christ.

There are many more verses like these. It makes it very clear that Jesus is the way to heaven. The way to hell is without Jesus. Jesus is the only way your sins can be forgiven.

James 3:6
"And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell."

The tongue is how we accept or reject Jesus Christ.

Revelation 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Answer 5

Mark 16:13-15
12-13Later he appeared, but in a different form, to two of them out walking in the countryside. They went back and told the rest, but they weren't believed either.

14-16Still later, as the Eleven were eating supper, he appeared and took them to task most severely for their stubborn unbelief, refusing to believe those who had seen him raised up. Then he said, "Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God's good news to one and all. Whoever believes and is baptized is saved; whoever refuses to believe is damned.


11 peter 2:4
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

10But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

Answer 6

I have read some of the answers and your comments to them, so there is not need to tell you anything, because God's Word says, That there is none so blind as those who will not see. And it is plan that you do not won't to see therefore the only one you can go to is Jesus.

Answer 7

It is good that others opinions mean nothing to you. That is a good start. What you need to do is to read the Bible for yourself, especially the gospel of John.

Answer 8

Maybe they get it from John 14:6 -
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Answer 9

mark 16:16

Answer 10

By your definition, it is a false teaching.