I hope you'll at least drop in to answer a question or two.
OK.
So, here are the nitty-gritty questions: Will all who have never heard the gospel go to heaven?
No.
Those whom God has wrought within will.
If some will not, what is the basis of their condemnation?
They will be judged by their works and their deeds,
exactly the same as ALL of us will be judged:
for
all of us it behoveth to be manifested
before the tribunal of the Christ, that
each one may receive the things done through the body, in reference to
the things that he did, whether good or evil; 2 Cor 5:10 YLT
6 who will render to
every man according to his works:
7 to them that by patience in
well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption,
eternal life:
8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall be
wrath and indignation,
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tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of
man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek
13 for
not the hearers of the law are just before God,
but the doers of the law
shall be justified
14 (for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves;
15 in that
they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them); Ro 2
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
29 and shall come forth;
they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and
they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. Jn 5
33 and he shall set the
sheep on his right hand, but the
goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 for I was hungry, and
ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and
ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and
ye took me in;
36 naked, and
ye clothed me; I was sick, and
ye visited me; I was in prison, and
ye came unto me.
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 for I was hungry, and
ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and
ye gave me no drink;
43 I was a stranger, and
ye took me not in; naked, and
ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and
ye visited me not.
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.
46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life. Mt 25
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
20 Thou knowest
the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother. Lu 18
25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 And he said unto him,
What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right:
this do, and thou shalt live. Lu 10
One big difference between 'lost' sheep (NOT goats) and 'saved' sheep is that 'saved sheep' have hope while here in this temporal realm below:
14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers,
believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
15
having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that
there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust. Acts 24
Seeing that the judgment is going to be all about 'deeds and doing', how much more weighty should the words of James become to all of us:
13 For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.
14 What doth it profit, my brethren,
if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,
16 and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17 Even so
faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.
18 Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from thy works, and
I by my works will show thee my faith.
19 Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that
faith apart from works is barren?
21 Was not
Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and
by works was faith made perfect;
23 and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.
24 Ye see that
by works a man is justified, and not only by faith.
25 And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot
justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so
faith apart from works is dead. Jas 2
You 'gospel means', 'faith alone' folks seem to have lost sight of the very simple essence of the religion of Jesus Christ, which is AGAPE, 'thinking of others', which also happens to be the same simple essence of the law:
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
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Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law. Ro 13
It doesn't matter whether one had heard the law or has heard the gospel, what matters is if God has written the law upon their hearts which enables all of us to do BY NATURE the things of the law. It's always been that way:
34 And Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that
God is no respecter of persons:
35 but
in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him. Acts 10
Just as true today as it was then.