Does God really "save" Everybody?

Some Christians have stumbled at the question, "Does God save those who do not hear the Gospel? What about those in countries that did not have the Bible or churches or preachers?" This question unanswered, turns once Christ following sons and daughters into either ignorant believers, who discard reason and intellectual capacity with "faith", or non-believers, where the God of the Holy Bible no longer exists because of His lack of moral dignity. So what is the answer to this question?

Listen to this: The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. Acts 17:24-27

There are numerous accounts where people from various countries who have never been to a church or never opened up a Bible have had encounters with the Lord Jesus Christ. These countries, mind you, are not "biased" in the sense that they have something to gain by "making up" a story about Jesus; these stories are mainly from Islamic states and atheistic communities. Persian Springs is a fantastic book that recounts many tales of such dreams and visions of Jesus among un-churched people groups.

It is crystal clear then, that God does not simply create man and woman to watch them "burn in hell" as some have eloquently expressed to me, but rather, gives everybody an opportunity to reach out and find Him, for I truly believe that when Jesus said "Seek and you shall find," (Matt 7:7) that is exactly what He meant.

Jesus Christ did not say you must come through a "mediator", like a preacher or a prophet to get to Him; He said I AM the Mediator that will unite you with the Father of heaven and earth. Jesus Christ did not say "There are many ways to God, I am but one of them"; He proclaimed that I AM God, the One God that is over and above all things. And finally, Jesus Christ did not say that He shows favoritism based on race, color, gender, or bank account; Jesus declared "I am the bread of life. WHOEVER comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." John 6.

God is love.