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only reason people end up in hell is that they choose to end up there

So everyone who was born a Muslim, lives in a Muslim country, lives as a good Muslim their whole lives having very little contact with non-Muslims, and dies a Muslim (denying Jesus is the Son of God), has CHOSEN to burn in Hell?

You'd be amazed at the lengths God will go to reach those in the "non-Christian" or non-western world who have a sincere heart and a strong desire to find God. I can tell you miracles, including visions, angelic visitations, healings, people raised from the dead -- I'm talking contemporary examples -- all for the purpose of carrying the gospel of Jesus to the unreached.

But the issue isn't the sincere Muslim in the most far-flung location on earth, but what will YOU do with Jesus Christ? The Muslim who hasn't heard...for him or her, I'm willing to put my trust in a sovereign God who wishes that no one would perish. But for the person who has easy access to the message of God's love, and yet rejects it....Well, they're really without excuse.

If you're really interested, I'll tell you a story I heard from a missionary this past weekend -- a missionary to a small village in Indonesia that except for him and two other workers is 100% Muslim. I can tell you how God has built up this missionary's reputation among the region such that people he's never met point to him and they say, "There is the man who can heal people in Jesus' name." If you want, I'll share the details.