caseinpoint: Those who never had a chance to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ in this life shall be given a chance in the hereafter to acknowledge the Savior and accept His saving sacrifice on their behalf.
This statement presumes that God is not in control of who hears the gospel and who does not. Do you not think that God has the power and capacity to make his Gospel known to all he desires??
You imply that God was not able to "get to" these people while they lived so His only recourse is to get to them in death.
caseinpoint: We have an obligation to take the gospel to all the world but the Lord does not punish those who never have the chance to know it in this life.
Have not all sinned? Are you saying because of ignorance, men will be excused their sin??
Rather, because of ignorance some may be excused their ignorance.
If you would, oh I don't know, read the Catechism excerpt, you would find:
Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved.
There is no salvation by sola ignorance. "Seeks the truth and does the will of God" is a mighty high bar.
SD
I don't presume God is not in control but there are billions of God's children who never heard of Christ and was never baptized as required. Do you presume that God automatically condemns such to hell because they lived and died in an area or a time when the gospel was not preached? I know that is the gut of the predestination argument but I think the Lord respects each person's free will, not just those hearing the gospel now. I believe each person will have a chance to accept or reject the Lord Jesus Christ and that their ultimate destination in the hereafter depends on that decision, freely made. To do less is not love and God is the very definition of love.
This does not presume that God is not in control of who hears the gospel. Think through, if every individual is to hear the gospel in his or her lifetime, then it requires a whole lot more than missionary work on the part of evangelical churches. It would require the trump of angels to reach them all and that would overcome free will, so necessary in that decision. Why should the Lord give you a choice to hear the gospel and not another?
I suggest you consider reading C.S. Lewis' "The Great Divorce". It really makes you think.