Do Morally Good People Go To Heaven?

Q&A at East Carolina University: Do Morally Good People Go To Heaven & What About Those Who've Never Heard The Gospel?

[rafaelthecrusader]

this is true. its what happened to me. i was an atheist that realized God could be true. but was confused i didn't know what religion was right. so i prayed to God so he can lead me to the truth. then i had a dream. the dream told me to follow Jesus and not Muhammad, Buddha or any other false prophet.

then after reading the Bible my faith grew even stronger glory to our Lord Jesus.

if you seek God he will find you. God is always knocking your door but he won't come in until you invite him.

[dadvisor]

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

[jumperstartful]

Christ didn't come to make bad people good, He came to give life to the dead.

[sebastianrua]

One thing I really respect about him is that he has thought about so many potential question that he could be asked and he is always prepared with slides. Just shows the effort and love he puts into it which I really think is cool.

[paulrock]

When I got saved, I got mad at the people who never told me about Jesus, all the sudden I got flashes of all the people who did try I just never paid attention to those people, I am or was still mad because of my friends that never said anything. God told me remember that when you have friends that they won't be able to say you never told them.

[jenithesinger]

Not everyone who calls Jesus "Lord, Lord" will enter into the kingdom of God! We must do the will of the Father

[kism]

I believe I was one of those who got saved by Christ because of a dream. In that dream I was lucid meaning I knew where I was and what state of being I was in and I was in this place that was like my own world having some comfortable choice control of what I could do. No one else in my memory or subconscious or whatever that could interrupt this cycle of dream, it really was just me, no other person was there just me. I was quite content in being in my own place for that brief moment, as I had been upset so taking a nap having a rest in the evening was what it took me to recharge. The thing is, the name of JESUS CHRIST kept calling me. It was sureal because this name kept appearing in my head almost as if it knew where I was when I thought no one could ever reach me kinda deal. I take out of body experience and stuff like astral projection seriously because I can do that crap ever since before I could crawl or speak and it is somewhat normal if I relax into it, and I was only 5 when I started having deep thoughts like how come we don't remember what it was like before we first started remembering and stuff like how we could remember transitioning into awareness of ourselves. So being comfortable in doing what I experience is completely normal for me because I could do that stuff as a baby which is creepy because I remember seeing events and later grown up I hear stories and be like yeah I remember. So anyways I woke up and forgot about the dream but I noted how bizzare it felt to be in a state of mind you think you're in control but then get hit by something that is beyond what you could hope to ever understand. This name JESUS CHRIST was really lighting up my mind and it's almost like you don't really see it there, but you know it is. That's how it was like when I woke up. Three days later I'm camping by tent at one of my family's countryside farm by myself because I needed to be there to pack up some stuff before returning to where the city/town is. That day I made a small prayer to God because I believe that God no matter what language or understanding I speak or have, is still able to listen to his creation that he made. And as I slept that night I dreamt I was standing outside my tent ready to get in so I could "wake up". Before I could, Satan came with two friends of his I assume to be demons that knew me. I knew it was Satan because I did not feel a welcoming vibe from him but an unpleasant awful connection near him from where I was standing. I don't know what it is but I just remembered the one thing that can make Satan go away is if we say Jesus' name. At first I was kinda scared and he came closer to me when he saw how scared I was. I said to him I rebuke you in the Heavenly Father's name, but he just smiled and started getting even closer. Before he could do anything I said I rebuke you in JESUS name. And before I finished saying "JE" all of them disappeared. They flee when they hear JESUS' name. So that's why his name is powerful. No matter what state of consciousness you are in now that you are still alive yet please remember JESUS' name. Because when you transition out and away from this world for the last time you will need to hold on to one thing and I hope it's not the fact that you have a PHD, or own the rights to a shareholder company, no. It's that name of JESUS. Even if you forget who you are, don't forget that name.

[Melkisedek]

Jesus, thank you for leading me in your pure and victorious love! God bless you all in Jesus name, Amen!

[mysticalglowtv]

I have had visions and dreams and thankfully found salvation in my Lord Jesus Christ. Its so hard to convince people that I once knew of the truth because its not tangible. I know the truth of eternity without Jesus. Its unbearable. How do you describe an emotion? Yet we know of its validity. That is how hard it is to describe what happened to me. I pray each day for courage to profess my faith.
God bless you people

[saurabhjohnson]

I always love to listen how Dr. Frank answers.

[franklehane]

God will get them a dream or a vision.... Or an evangelist-missionary!

[MemoriesFeelLikeWeapons]

Doing good works is not a catagory to go to heaven because no matter what we do, we will still fall short. We NEED Jesus to save us.

[truebeliever]

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

[randerhaywood]

Thanks for the video, Frank. I love apologetics an have wrestled with this question for years. I have quite a few answers to this, but the reference to Acts 17:26-27 blessed me so much. THANK YOU!

[labraw]

great answer, didn't soften the gospel way to go!!!

[ianalan]

“Hell is not a place, no, it is a state of our soul. That begins on earth. Just so Paradise lays in the heart of man. It is in this life, in this bodily form, that we may first touch the Divine.” - St. John Maximovich

[williamearl]

Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

[SuperYGOD]

Many Muslims are receiving visions of Jesus, which are leading to their salvation.

[haachamachama]

There's stories of people in totally remote areas having encounters with Jesus... I remember hearing that one of an entire African tribe becoming Christian despite 0 exposure to the outside world. Because one girl saw Jesus in a dream, and she asked Him who He was, and He taught her. She brought her whole village to Christ, the village was discovered later.

[bigad]

Must admit that I was pleasantly surprised by your answer. Fantastic job!