“If that were true, what need is there for free will?”
Let’s suppose that Christians are right and God requires that you accept Jesus Christ as your savior in order to be accepted into Heaven.
Doesn’t that mean that someone who may never have even heard of Jesus will necessarily be excluded from God’s kingdom in spite of their own free will?
I dont know what will happen to people who, through no fault of their own, have never heard of Jesus, but I do know that a loving and just God will deal with them lovingly and justly.
The people I really worry about are those who HAVE heard of Jesus and have not chosen to follow Him. I mean, what excuse do they have?
How do you knkow that God never arevealed the Gospel to that person because he knew they either (a) wouldn't accept it or (b) are not of the elect.