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Estimates say that over a billion people in the world today have little to no knowledge of Jesus, little to no knowledge of the gospel, and little to no chance of hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ before they die. It begs the question, then: What happens to them when they die?<\/p>\n<p>This is a deeply theological question. There are many different doctrines bound up in any answer to this question and it is an intensely emotional question.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not a place we can go to in Scripture where Jesus says, \u201cSome of you have wondered what will happen to people who never hear about me, and here\u2019s the answer.\u201d But God is not silent. He has spoken, I believe very clearly, to that question.<\/p>\n<p>The book of Romans is kind of like a missionary support letter. We have an entire book written to persuade the church to take the gospel to people who have never heard the name of Jesus. The book of Romans then has huge implications for how we understand any answer to this question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) All people know God the Father \u2013 Romans 1:18-21.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God has made revelation of himself continually and clearly known to all people. Every single man in the African jungle, every single woman in an Asian village, the Eskimo in the forgotten tundra, everybody has knowledge of God the Father; everybody in all history knows God. Paul says, \u201cFor although they knew God\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) All people reject true knowledge of God \u2013 Romans 1:18-21.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We all have an inherently sinful nature that is prone to worship creation rather than the Creator. Now, this is a fundamental truth in Scripture, but I think it\u2019s often overlooked when it comes to this question of what happens to people who never hear about Jesus. \u201cWhat about an Indian tribe who was here long before we were, and they didn\u2019t have knowledge of the gospel, but they had an innate desire to worship something. They didn\u2019t have knowledge of what that something was, and so they did the best they could with what they had. Maybe they worshipped the sun god, but that\u2019s the best they could with what they have. Isn\u2019t God pleased with that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What Paul is saying very clearly in Romans 1 is you don\u2019t worship the sun and call it \u201cGod,\u201d and that becomes pleasing to the God who is worthy of all worship. That\u2019s idolatry. This is not an indictment of that Indian tribe. It\u2019s not an indictment of any tribe in Africa or people in Asia. It\u2019s an indictment of every single one of us. We are all prone to worship creation rather than the Creator, who alone is worthy of all praise. We worship ourselves, worship things, worship idols, whatever it is, we have rejected true knowledge of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) There are no innocent people in the world \u2013 Romans 3:10-12.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u201cNone is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.\u2019\u201d Do you hear the universality in all of those statements?<\/p>\n<p>When we talk about mission, we have this picture that there are innocent people all over the world waiting to hear the gospel. I want to remind you, based on the authority of God\u2019s Word, that there is no innocent guy in Africa waiting to hear the gospel. There\u2019s no innocent woman in Asia waiting to hear the gospel. The reason they need a gospel is because they\u2019re guilty, and not just them, but all of us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) All people are condemned for rejecting God \u2013 Romans 3:19-20.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you think it would be just, or fair, for God to condemn someone to hell for not believing in Jesus when they never even had the opportunity to hear about Jesus? I think the answer to that question is clearly no. It would not be fair. It would not be just for God to condemn someone to hell for not believing in Jesus when they had never had the opportunity to hear about him.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s at this point that many in the Christian community today have said, \u201cOkay, based on this, then, if they haven\u2019t heard about Jesus, then they will be okay.\u201d The only problem is that all people stand condemned for rejecting whom? For rejecting God.<\/p>\n<p>There is an infinite chasm that separates us from God, and, by his grace, he came down to meet us where we are and to pull us to himself.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I want you to follow this logic. If people get a pass of sorts, if people will go to heaven precisely because they\u2019ve never heard about Jesus, then what is the worst thing we could do for them? Go and tell them about Jesus. Because as soon as we tell them about Jesus, we\u2019ve just increased their chances of condemnation. Before we got there, they were going to heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, this makes no sense in Scripture. It doesn\u2019t hold water, and it undercuts the very mission enterprise of the church. All people are condemned for rejecting God. Therefore, they need to hear about Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5) God has made a way of salvation for the lost \u2013 Romans 3:21-26.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus\u2026\u201d God has not waited for us to find a way to him, because we can\u2019t do it. There is an infinite chasm that separates us from God, and, by his grace, he came down to meet us where we are and to pull us to himself. He took the condemnation due to us upon himself and took the righteousness that we could never have and put it on us. That\u2019s the gospel; that\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6) People cannot come to God apart from faith in Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God has designed this whole picture so that it\u2019s not one ounce of our works that is the means by which we are saved. It is completely a gift of God. You cannot come to God apart from faith in Christ. It\u2019s at this point, obviously, that you feel the emotional pull of our question. Some have said, \u201cSurely, there is a way, then, that they still go to heaven. Surely, there\u2019s something in their life, something they have done\u2026surely, there is something there that God will still bring them to himself in heaven.\u201d I feel the emotion behind that pull, but think about it with me. As soon as we say that, as soon as we say, \u201cWell, surely, there\u2019s some other way that God brings them to himself,\u201d as soon as we say that, then what we\u2019ve said to Jesus on the cross is, \u201cThank you for what you did, but we could\u2019ve gotten to God another way. Thank you for your sacrifice, but, in the end, God is merciful, and I still would\u2019ve gotten there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scripture says very, very, very clearly, \u201cPeople cannot come to God apart from faith in Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>7) Christ commands the church to make the gospel known to all people \u2013 Romans 10:12\u201314.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor \u2018everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.\u2019\u201d That\u2019s a promise. It\u2019s a guarantee. \u201cHow then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, \u2018How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, this is not just a picture of rhetorical skill. This is a picture of God\u2019s redemptive plan for taking the gospel and making it known to all peoples.<\/p>\n<p>Christ sends his followers. His followers do what? Followers preach. Christ sends followers, and followers preach. The kind of preaching that\u2019s being talked about here is telling the good news, proclaiming the good news. It is the responsibility, privilege, obligation, and opportunity of every follower of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>That is a cause worth living for; it\u2019s a cause worth dying for; it is the cause for which we have been saved, and it is the cause for which we are still here on this planet.<\/p>\n<p>This is the plan of God. Christ sends followers; followers preach; people hear; hearers believe; believers call, and those who call are saved.<\/p>\n<p>The only way the plan breaks down is if the people who have been saved by this gospel sit back and soak it in for themselves and turn a deaf ear to those who have never heard it. That\u2019s the only way you can even have unreached peoples: if followers of Christ are not preaching this gospel. The goal of Scripture is not to answer this question that we are asking; the goal is to alleviate the question altogether.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Real Question\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, I want you to imagine something with me. I want you to imagine going up\u2026you, not the person next to you, in front of you, behind you\u2026you going up to a Bedouin in Algeria, and having the privilege of looking in their eyes and, for the first time, telling them about Jesus Christ. Telling them about how their life can be saved from eternal condemnation based on what Jesus did for them on a cross. Just imagine that, and knowing that there\u2019s a Bedouin there that\u2019s going to come to faith in Christ because you\u2019re proclaiming the gospel. That is a cause worth living for; it\u2019s a cause worth dying for; it is the cause for which we have been saved, and it is the cause for which we are still here on this planet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How is your life<\/strong>\u00a0going to impact the unreached world with the gospel?<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Author bio&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/06\/Platt-Family_-51.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Platt-Family_-51&#8243; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<style> body{ font-family: minion-pro, font-size: 16px; serif; } <\/style>\n<p><strong>By David Platt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Copyright David Platt.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Used by permission. You can access supplemental resources at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/radical.net\/\">Radical.net<\/a>. Please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/radical.net\/\">Radical.net<\/a>\u00a0to download these resources for use in your personal growth, small group, church, or to give to others.<\/p>\n<p>David serves as pastor at McLean Bible Church in Washington, D.C. He is the founder and president of Radical.<\/p>\n<p>Books by David Platt include\u00a0<i>Radical<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Radical Together<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Follow Me<\/i>, and\u00a0<i>Counter Culture,\u00a0<\/i>as well as the following volumes in the Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary series:\u00a0<i>Exalting Jesus in Matthew<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Exalting Jesus in James<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Exalting Jesus in 1 &amp; 2 Timothy and Titus<\/i>, and\u00a0<i>Exalting Jesus in Galatians<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>David Platt received his Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. 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