Are Those Who Never Heard the Gospel Saved?
Core Principle

Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8–9; John 14:6; Acts 4:12). Scripture allows for no exceptions—all must consciously hear and believe the gospel in order to be saved (Romans 10:14–17; 1 Corinthians 1:21; Galatians 1:6–9).

1. Universal Guilt

• All humans are born in sin through Adam (Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:12–19).

• Death—whether of infants or adults—occurs because of original sin (Romans 6:23).

• No one is morally innocent before God (Romans 3:10–12).

2. The Ordained Means of Salvation

• God’s sovereign decree includes the means—the preaching of the gospel (Romans 10:17).

• No one is saved apart from the gospel (John 17:3; Romans 1:16).

• God ensures that every elect person will hear and believe before death (John 6:37, 44; Acts 13:48).

3. Rejection of “Extraordinary Means” for Infants

• The idea that God regenerates infants or the disabled apart from the gospel is a hyper-Calvinist premise and is without biblical warrant.

• Scripture never divides humanity into two salvation methods—one for adults, one for children.

• Claims of an “age of accountability,” “innocence,” or “special case” status for dying infants are unbiblical theories.

4. Implications for Infants & Children Who Die

• Infants are either elect and will not die until they hear and believe, or they are non-elect and may die in their sin without hearing.

• If any person dies without hearing and believing the gospel, they were not elect.

• God’s justice in this is unquestionable (Genesis 18:25; Romans 9:14–24).

5. Gospel Urgency

• Because salvation comes only through hearing the gospel, evangelism is not optional—it is the appointed means by which God calls His elect (Matthew 28:18–20; Romans 10:14–17).

• Believers must resist any teaching that lessens the necessity of the gospel for all people.

Final Summary Sentence:

God will not allow a single one of His elect to die—whether infant, child, or adult—without hearing and believing the gospel. Any who die without doing so were not elect. There is no salvation apart from grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, by the gospel alone.
(The above article was AI generated.)