Christians? Must WE ALL believe in Jesus to go to heaven?

Question

Christians are always saying it... "you must make your choice... before you die..." "after you die thats IT"... what about those (very few) who have never heard of him... IE tribes in the jungle... Jesus said " I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Which means he is the ONLY way... so those who have never heard of him are screwed according to christianity... OR! The bible is wrong and there is another way... you choose... will god really send them to hell... they can't choose they did not know of him... bit unfair... Or the bible is wrong... I believe the bible is wrong. more than that god will send these poepl to hell...

Robert K... READ my question please if your such a GREAT christian than you can answer it.

What about those who have died not ever knowing of jesus?

Answer 1

Then in that case most Asians are screwed. Koreans, Japanese have like at most a Christian population of about under 10%. I'm not worried though. If the 90%+ Japanese go to hell, they'll find a way to make it into a great place to spend eternity so I don't mind going to hell with them. I like them.

Answer 2

First, we are not the judges for the afterlife and for that I am grateful.

The Bible does say that Jesus is the ONLY way to the Father. In such rare cases as mentioned above, I would hope they will go to heaven. I honestly do not know. If they do go to heaven that would be an exception and not the rule. And who says God can not make exceptions?

When you make an exception that does not nulifty the standing rule. The exception was made on a case by case decision but for the majority the RULE stands. Therefore, even if God does choose to have those in heaven that are not IN CHRIST, he would not be violating the valdiity of the Bible.

Yet again, this is the EXCEPTION and not the RULE. And because this is the RULE, we as Christians need to be spreading the WORD all across the world and supporting culturally senstive missionaries so that all may know the Truth.

Answer 3

I know that God is merciful. If people truly have never heard the gospel it will be preached to them so they can choose before they die. Christ can come to them in a dream. God says we are without excuse not to believe in Him. So it sounds very much like there is no excuse. The Bible is not wrong. Yes, we must all believe in Jesus to go to heaven. I bet the tribes in the jungle know more about Jesus than we think they do. God makes a way where there is no way.

Answer 4

Think what you want, believe on what you want

but unless you would stop closing your mind to think that the Bible is wrong then you will never get it or understand it.

Before anyone makes an argument why the Bible is right or wrong why don't they study it, read it, and then decide whether it's wrong or right.

When you read the Bible don't read it with a close mind, but with one that says what if it is real? for if you read it with a close mind you won't understand it.

One last thing an answer to your question:

have an open mind and just think about this for a second

When Jesus came and died on the cross he forgave all our sins and made a pathway for man so that we would not go to hell, but have eternal life with him.

When he died in the cross he reached down to the pits of hell (for three days) and preached his word to all of those who had died with out knowing his word and then saved them and they passed from Hell to eternal live. This was so because these people had never herd the truth of Jesus.

After his Resurrection Jesus apeared to his diciples and then after send them to preach his Word troughout the hole world.

sence then Christianaty has spread and has saved millions of people around the world and evryone has heard about salvation for God is powerfull and belive it or not he as given everyone an equal opertunity.

don't belive me?

then explain to me how have you heard of Jesus Christ?

you see everone has heard and before they die everyone will have that same opertunity to except Jesus in there heart or not just like you have that same choice right now. Trust me God knows.

Answer 5

Jesus is the one who judges all men.

John 5:22

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:



There is a VERRRRRRYYYY few amount that have ever lived after the time of Jesus that have never heard of him. If those people have actually never heard of Jesus, and god knows everything, then he will have another way of dealing with them.
But for people like you who do not believe the gospel:

Mark 16:15-16

Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
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.

Answer 6

The first thing that comes to my mind is "I don't know" For people who had never heard the gospel of Jesus, only God will know the outcome of their fate. We do know what their fate is who have heard. Here's something else to think about. If you take the history of man all the way back to Noah, and Noah was considered a righteous man, then you can argue that men have always known about God just because of their heritage through Noah. As time went by and sin increased, then who is to blame for losing their way? Man or God? If men wanted to have relationship with God - the opportunity was always there. Obviously they didn't.

But here's the good news. You know. That's more important than worrying what others will themselves answer to God. You will have no excuse because of what you do know.

Answer 7

It says in the Bible that Jesus will not come back untill everyone has had a chance to repent. And since not everyone has been selected by God to be with him for eternity than those who have not die without knowing God, being a Calvinist Christian I beleive that God has preselected those who he will save and those who are going to hell. It says so in Romans "can't remember where exactley, but I studied it recently. Sure It seems unfair to us, but who are we to tell God what isn't fair.

Answer 8

If there is a God that creates us & loves us then it seems clear that God is capable of reaching people in a variety of ways seeing that there is such incredible variety of people. God is bright enough to realize you can't possibly use the exact same arrangement to introduce yourself to modern day Americans, aborigines, older Native American tribes, early "cavemen".

My 2 cents is that a God that could only come up with 1 narrow means of reaching Him & KNEW that millions of humans living 15,000 yrs ago or older or born on the wrong continent at the wrong time to hear the story would simply have to go to hell for eternity is not a God that truly loves. You can't personally create millions with knowledge that they'd be in the wrong place at the wrong time & condemn them for it. That's evil at it's purest.

So there's 2 alternatives here: there is no God (which is not true in my personal experience) OR God is truly vast & unknowable & more than capable of reaching out to people where they are in ways relevant to their time and place.

If you read up on your quantum physics, you have to wonder if the zero point field doesn't bear an awfully good resemblance to an omnicient God.

Answer 9

IF a person has never heard about Jesus- then they cannot be accountable- but most people even in far away lands have heard- and I will answer your question with truth from scripture- "Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, no one can come to the Father except through Him." You know about Jesus so you will be held accountable. We need to look at ourselves,

Answer 10

I think that God reveals the truth to people in their hearts. But it's also Christians' responsiblities to spread the word of God and the promise of salvation so that everyone can hear it and have the choice before they die. But Jesus is the only way.