Today’s topic deals w/ a HARD TRUTH.
But 2 Timothy 4:14 says:
1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
The Bible condemns TEACHERS who speak in order to TICKLE the EARS of their CONGREGATION.
There are people who only want to hear POSITIVE messages …
… much like many of the MODERN CHURCHES all around us!
& I’m gonna preach a POSITIVE MESSAGE next week!
But, as CHRISTIANS, we need to speak the TRUTH, even when those TRUTHS are unpopular or difficult to stomach.
Proverbs 14:25 says: “A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.”
Proverbs 12:22 says: “Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.”
& the Bible also says in Ephesians 4:15 that as Christians we should speak the truth, but that we should: “THE TRUTH IN LOVE”.
Ephesians 4:15: “But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:”
& in no way do I intend to be HARSH or COLD-HEARTED about the things we’re going to speak about today …
… in fact, I used to STRUGGLE with this question myself, from time to time …
Because I didn’t want to consider my PARENTS & some of my CLOSEST FRIENDS were going to HELL!
I thought of my extended family & grandparents in IRAN …
… who are decent people …
… but who will probably never hear a presentation of the GOSPEL!
& the QUESTION that we’re DEALING w/ today is:
WILL THOSE WHO NEVER HEAR THE GOSPEL GO TO HELL?
You often hear this question from ATHEISTS or even @ times from GENUINE SEEKERS …
… who want to BELIEVE the GOSPEL, who want to BELIEVE the BIBLE …
… but have a hard time struggling with the idea …
… that GOD who IS LOVE would send ANYONE to HELL!
… especially those in REMOTE REGIONS of the WORLD who have never HEARD THE GOSPEL!
& You often hear about the PROVERBIAL TRIBESMAN in the REMOTE regions of AFRICA …
… where no MISSIONARY FOOT has ever tread!
IS IT FAIR that those who have never been exposed to the saving grace of the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST will go to HELL?
Well, if the ANSWER is NO …
…. the ALTERNATIVE is that God would have to show them some kind of GRACE …
… outside of the WRITTEN WORDS of SCRIPTURE …
& outside of NAMING & TRUSTING in Jesus as Savior!
& this has become the NUCLEAR BOMB of sorts of all APOLOGETICS …
… which is the discipline of defending the Gospel & Bible doctrine.
So let me begin ANSWERING THIS QUESTION w/ 2 BIBLE VERSES that we use when we PREACH THE GOSPEL:
This is the FOUNDATION, the STARTING POINT of nearly every Gospel presentation.
Romans 3:10: “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:” & Romans 3:23: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
THESE VERSES are TRUE whether you’ve HEARD the GOSPEL or NOT!
Romans 3:19 says that apart from trusting in JESUS as your SAVIOR …
… the entire population of the world is GUILTY before GOD – “… that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.”
THERE HAS only been 1 PERFECT PERSON who has EVER WALKED the FACE OF THE EARTH …
… & that’s the LORD & SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST!
Romans 5:12 says: “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”
This is the DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN.
THE MOMENT you come out of your MOTHER’S WOMB you have the SIN NATURE dwelling inside of you.
Psalm 51:5 says: “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
When ADAM SINNED …
… he CONDEMNED the ENTIRE HUMAN RACE to ETERNAL DAMNATION in the LAKE OF FIRE!
OK, but people say, WELL, GOD just LOOKS @ the HEART!
& that as long as you’re trying to seek God & to SEEK THE LIGHT & do the right thing …
… that God will save you, even if you’ve never heard the name of Jesus.
But Jeremiah 17:9 says that: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
But of CHRIST, the BIBLE SAYS: “Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:” (1 Peter 2:22).
BUT … what about the HARD-WORKING FATHER, the quiet FAITHFUL MOTHER …
… or the PHILANTHROPIST who has dedicated his life to SERVING the POOR?
What about MOTHER TERESA? Is she in HELL?
What about GHANDI? Is he in Hell?
Or what about the AVERAGE JOE who lives a decent life & never really harms anyone?
THE BIBLE SAYS that THAT PERSON DOESN’T EXIST!
ISAIAH 64:6-7 says:
6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
So we have to FRAME this QUESTION w/ Verses like John 3:18, which says: “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
Not because he hath not HEARD in the name of the only begotten Son of God …
… but because he has NOT BELIEVED in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
He is CONDEMNED ALREADY because “for that ALL HAVE SINNED.”
There’s only 1-WAY to be saved!
& that’s by believing on the NAME of the SON of GOD …
… & receiving Him as your SUBSTITUTE & as your SAVIOR!
IT COMES DOWN TO THIS:
Because we have sinned …
… BY DEFAULT, we are ALL deserving of HELL —
— whether we’ve heard the GOSPEL or not!
People act like GOD OWES us a SAVIOR …
But the HARD TRUTH is that even if GOD NEVER sent JESUS to die for us …
… if the WORD had NEVER became FLESH …
& if we ALL DIED in our SINS & went to HELL …
it would still be FAIR! It would still be JUST!
God does not OWE us a SAVIOR!
If GOD NEVER sent HIS SON …
… it wouldn’t be MERCIFUL, it wouldn’t be GRACEFUL …
… but it would be JUSTICE!
WE ALL DESERVE HELL BY DEFAULT …
& it is out of GOD’S MERCY & GRACE — not HIS JUSTICE — that He sent His Son …
We didn’t DESERVE GOD’S SALVATION!
It’s out of GOD’S GRACE & MERCY, not out of His sense of JUSTICE …
… that He commissioned & empowered the CHURCH to preach the GOSPEL …
now, it’s our JOB to take the GOOD NEWS of the GOSPEL to the LOST!
They’re ALREADY LOST … whether they hear the Gospel or not.
… That is their current, SPIRITUAL CONDITION, as condemned SINNERS on their way to HELL —
THOSE WHO NEVER HEAR the GOSPEL …
… WILL RECEIVE GOD’S JUDGMENT & JUSTICE & it will be 100% FAIR.
When that SINNER who has NEVER HEARD THE GOSPEL stands before GOD ALMIGHTY @ the judgment …
… his LIFE & his SINS will be recounted before him & he will be judged as a sinner, based on his own works.
Revelation 20:12-14 says of the DAMNED:
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
NOTICE that the DAMNED are JUDGED according to their WORKS.
They WON’T BE JUDGED based on whether they have HEARD THE GOSPEL or NOT!
BUT THOSE WHO HAVE HEARD & HAVE BELIEVED will receive — not judgment, not justice — but UNDESERVED GRACE!
US BELIEVERS will not be judged according to our WORKS, but according to CHRIST’S WORK.
It’s all about whether JESUS is your SUBSTITUTE @ the JUDGMENT.
GRACE is the very DEFINITION of UNMERITED, UNDESERVED, FAVOR …
… IT’S NOT FAIR that YOU will go to HEAVEN!
It’s not JUST that YOU are a CHILD of GOD!
IT’S NOT FAIR that you got saved!
The BIBLE says that you have to be BORN AGAIN in order to be saved!
That’s means that you have to be REGENERATED by the WORD of GOD & the SPIRIT of GOD.
John 3:3 says: “… Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Are you telling me that if the MAN in the REMOTE regions of the JUNGLE or wherever he is …
… that if he NEVER HEARS the GOSPEL …
… that he is somehow BORN AGAIN & regenerated by the SPIRIT OF GOD …
… That he’ll be saved w/out ever uttering the name of Jesus?
Romans 10:13 says: “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
& then in v. 14 it says:
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
It is OUR JOB to go out & to bring the GOSPEL to the LOST!
If you’re WORRIED about the TRIBESMAN in the AFRICA …
… then you need to go out there, become a MISSIONARY & preach to him!
God has already done HIS PART …
… He sent His Son, His Son was crucified & made to be a propitiation for our sins!
& now it’s up to US to take that GOSPEL MESSAGE to the LOST WORLD!
Matthew 28:18-20 has been called the GREAT COMMISSION:
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
If you think it’s not FAIR, what have YOU done to preach the Gospel?
God said to the prophet Ezekiel in Ezekiel 3:17-19:
17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
God was specifically speaking to His own people here, …
… because they had strayed from the truth of His holiness …
… but the BROADER APPLICATION is that God has given the church TASK of PREACHING THE GOSPEL …
… HE’S DONE ALL THE WORK to save us …
He’s ALREAY DONE IT.
& now it’s up to US to spread the WORD!
IF YOU MAKE AN EXCEPTION for that person who has never heard the GOSPEL …
… it creates a GREY AREA in the GOSPEL.
… How much of the GOSPEL do you have to HEAR in order to now be accountable to God?
Do you have to hear a CLEAR presentation of the Gospel?
… what if someone hears the Gospel & they don’t understand it?
What if you’re not good @ presenting the GOSPEL to them.
Is it still not fair?
You see how that creates a GREY AREA?
How far do we go? where is the line drawn?
THE LINE is DRAWN @ the NAME OF JESUS …
… @ His substitionary blood atonement …
… @ His redemptive work on the Cross to those who hear & believe.
Acts 4:12 says: “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
& which NAME is that?
Philippians 2:10-11:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
If you don’t profess JESUS CHRIST by FAITH ALONE & trust Him as your SAVIOR …
… then there is NO SALVATION for you! —
… because the BIBLE says YOU’RE CONDEMNED ALREADY!
BACK in 1997, BILLY GRAHAM appeared on a TEVELISION SHOW …
… called the HOUR OF POWER show w/ ROBERT SCHULLER …
… former PASTOR of the CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL in GARDEN GROVE, CA.
& here’s the CONVERSATION between them, aired live on TV:
Dr. Schuller: “Tell me, what is the future of Christianity?”
Dr. Graham: “Well, Christianity and being a true believer, you know, I think there’s the body of Christ which comes from all the Christian groups around the world, or outside the Christian groups. I think that everybody that loves Christ or knows Christ, whether they’re conscious of it or not, they’re members of the body of Christ. And I don’t think that we’re going to see a great sweeping revival that will turn the whole world to Christ at any time. What God is doing today is calling people out of the world for His name. Whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Buddhist world, or the Christian world, or the non-believing world, they are members of the body of Christ because they’ve been called by God. They may not even know the name of Jesus, but they know in their hearts they need something that they don’t have and they turn to the only light they have and I think they’re saved and they’re going to be with us in heaven.”
Dr. Schuller: “What I hear you saying is that it’s possible for Jesus Christ to come into a human heart and soul and life even if they’ve been born in darkness and have never had exposure to the Bible. Is that a correct interpretation of what you’re saying?”
Dr. Graham: “Yes it is because I believe that. I’ve met people in various parts of the world in tribal situations that they have never seen a Bible or heard about a Bible, have never heard of Jesus but they’ve believed in their hearts that there is a God and they tried to live a life that was quite apart from the surrounding community in which they lived.”
Dr. Schuller: “This is fantastic. I’m so thrilled to hear you say that. There’s a wideness in God’s mercy.
Dr. Graham: “There is. There definitely is.”
SALVATION isn’t WIDE!
The Bible says FEW will be saved, NOT MANY!
If you don’t NAME the NAME of JESUS & believe in your HEART that God raised Him from the dead …
… then you’re not SAVED!
Matthew 7:13-15 says:
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
If someone is saying that Jesus isn’t the only way, whether it’s BILLY GRAHAM or FILL IN THE BLANK …
… that person is a FALSE TEACHER & a FALSE PROPHET!
& probably isn’t saved himself!
Paul says in Galatians 1:6-10:
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
[Btw: both JOSEPH SMITH, the founder of MORMONISM & MOHAMMED the false prophet of ISLAM claimed to receive a REVELATION from an ANGEL that contradicted the Gospel …
… they are both ACCURSED & we can say that AUTHORITATIVELY.]
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
The BILLY GRAHAM GOSPEL ultimately leads to UNIVERSALISM …
Jesus said in John 14:6: “… I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
If anyone tells you that there is some other way to be saved …
… the Bible says that that PERSON is a LIAR & a THIEF.
John 10:1-11, one of my favorite passages on the EXCLUSIVITY of JESUS CHRIST as Savior:
1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
The Bible is clear that you have to BELIEVE in JESUS to be saved.
THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS to this RULE …
… unless you have not reached the AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY & are still a CHILD!
Because only CHILDREN get a FREE PASS & I’ve proven that in my sermon on the AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT COMES DOWN TO every FUNDAMENTAL TEACHING that we have been covering so far …
Is Jesus Christ your SUBSTITUTE?
Will He stand in your place @ the JUDGMENT before GOD the FATHER?
How can He, if you’ve never heard of Him or received the GRACE …
… which is offered exclusively through HIS BLOOD?
Romans 10:8-15:
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 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.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
There’s LOGIC to PAUL’S WORDS in Romans 10.
1. The only way to be saved is to CALL on the name of JESUS as your SAVIOR.
2. Then Paul says how can they CALL on the NAME OF JESUS, if they have not BELIEVED? So you have to BELIEVE.
3. And then he says HOW CAN THEY BELIEVE if they have have NOT HEARD the GOSPEL?
You see, you have the HEAR the GOSPEL, you have to BELIEVE the GOSPEL, & then you have to take the STEP of entering into COVENANT with Him …
… the NEW COVENANT of HIS SHED BLOOD.
He has to be your SUBSTITUTE or you’re not SAVED!
4. Then he says, HOW CAN THEY HEAR if a PREACHER doesn’t TAKE THE GOSPEL to them?
So WITHOUT HEARING THE GOSPEL, there is no SALVATION.
That’s the 1ST STEP – you gotta hear the GOSPEL!
The Bible is clear on this point.
Without hearing, believing, & calling on the NAME OF THE LORD …
… you CANNOT be saved.
But HERE’S THE END-RESULT & The LOGIC of this type of thinking.
The type of thinking that says it’s not FAIR.
If people could be saved w/out HEARING THE GOSPEL …
… It would be better to just STAY @ HOME, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT, & NEVER PREACH THE GOSPEL …
Because the MOMENT that you preach to GOSPEL to someone …
… they’re now accountable to God & on their way to HELL …
John 5:22-24 says:
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
In John 8:24, Jesus said: “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.”
The SINNER who has NEVER HEARD THE GOSPEL …
… is still a LIAR …
… is still a THIEF …
… i still an ADULTERER or a DRUNKARD …
… or HATEFUL or A MURDERER or FULL OF LUST …
THE SINNER who has never heard the Gospel …
… is still a SINNER & comes short of the GLORY OF GOD.
Romans 2:11-15 says:
11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
In other words, if you don’t have Jesus Christ, you WILL be still judged by the LAW …
… whether you have HEARD the LAW or not.
Romans 2:13 continues:
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
GOD has WRITTEN the LAW in our HEARTS …
… even in the hearts of those who have never heard of the LAW.
EVERYONE on PLANET EARTH knows that it’s a SIN to lie, to cheat, to steal, to murder, to commit adultery.
These are UNIVERSAL, MORAL LAWS that God has put in our hearts …
& The SINNER who has never READ the BIBLE, HEARD the GOSPEL, or HEARD of JESUS …
… is still GUILTY before GOD & deserves HELL.
Jesus said in John 11:25: “… I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:”
In John 12:46, He said: “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”
John the Apostle said in 1 John 5:12-13:
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
There is NO SALVATION OUTSIDE the NAME OF JESUS.
We just fail to understand how this can be …
… because we’re thinking from our subjective, human perspective …
… instead of GOD’S INFINITE PERSPECTIVE.
But the BIBLE SAYS that God’s ways our HIGHER than OUR WAYS.
Isaiah 55:8-9 says:
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
1 Timothy 2:5 says: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”
If you don’t have JESUS as your SUBSTITUTE, as your SAVIOR, & as your MEDIATOR …
… you are not saved!
IT’s a HARD TRUTH; we need to go out there & preach the GOSPEL …
… so that people will HEAR.
You know, most of the people out there are preaching a FALSE GOSPEL …
… a WORKS GOSPEL.
We have the TRUE GOSPEL …
… & God has commissioned us, the church, with the preaching of the GOSPEL.
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:16: “For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!”
In Romans 1:14-15, Paul said:
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
Paul knew that it was his RESPONSIBILITY to PREACH THE GOSPEL …
in v. 16-17, he said:
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Paul said it wis the GOSPEL of CHRIST which is the POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION to everyone that believeth …
The teaching that says those who never hear the Gospel can be saved …
… are denying CLEAR VERSES which show that the PREACHING of the GOSPEL MUST OCCUR …
… in order for salvation to occur!
The BIBLE is clear about how SALVATION occurs.
To make an exception for those who haven’t heard is contradictory to what the Bible teaches.
Is our authority in the WORD OF GOD or our own HUMAN REASONING & EMOTIONS?
Romans 3:4 says: “… yea, let God be true, but every man a liar …”
SO CAN THAT PROVERBIAL TRIBESMAN who has never HEARD the GOSPEL be saved?
YES! But he has to HEAR the GOSPEL & BELIEVE!
But people say “GOD IS LOVE” – but God is also HOLY!
& he won’t allow SIN into HEAVEN!
So unless you have JESUS @ your SUBSTITUTE & are BORN AGAIN, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven!
THE LINE is DRAWN @ the NAME OF JESUS!
