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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Bible Question: That answer did not asnwer my question at all. If a person never heard of Jesus, then obviously they would nt believe in him. Would they go to hell for having never been told about Jesus? |
Bible Answer: akeffer82: Thanks for being honest that I missed the mark. You ask the question that is a concern for most thinking Christians, and I have had much dialogue on this. I personally have devoted what I believe to be a reasonable amount of study in relation to this question. First look at some scripture. John 1:9 Every one is said to have enlightenment that there is a God. Romans 1:18-21 makes it clear mankind is held responsible for the knowledge they do have. The invisable attributes are evedent for all of mankind, for all times, and ages, past, present and future. Mankind has been given moral judgement, to desern good and bad, right and wrong, some might call this consicence. We know within ourselves some things are sin, no one has to tell us. We are assured over and over Yehweh is a loving kind God. As well, Yehweh has the knowledge of how much enlightenment each Believer in the Lord Almighty has. The ultimate judge is Yehweh. Scripture is clear NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY JESUS CHRIST, perhaps the person who never heard of Jesus Christ, will be given the chance. Only Yehweh knows a mans heart in this situation. The Bible says that a is person held accountable by the enlightenment they have, which is like a child who is not yet able to make the choice to reject Jesus Christ. As well I do say that scripture is not completly crystal clear on this subject. What is abundantly clear that Yehewh is fair and just, and with that we leave this in the hands of a loving Father. However as this subject is such a concern of a maturing Christian, this is the reason we need to be evangelistic in our everyday traffic pattern of life. Perhaps our voice is the last one that chould share JESUS CHRIST with a person who is near the end of this time on earth. This should be a very sobering thought for us all. Just so no one misunderstands me, I believe this is not a common situation, and ONLY The Lord knows the complete answer to this perplexing question. I am not the judge of anyones eternal life, I am deeply concerned that each of us endure in our faith until the end. I welcome any thoughts or imput, blessings. justme |