There are several verses in the New Testament about this topic. Paul says that the heavens declare the glory of God that men are without excuse. Jesus says no one comes to the father except through me. Now, Paul also says that sin is not charged on anyone’s account where there is no law. And of course, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Hell is separation from God.
I wonder what you think the purpose of humankind is. I don’t think the purpose of humankind to be happy. I don’t think the purpose of humankind is to be free from suffering. I don’t think the purpose of humankind is to have fun. The purpose of humankind is to love God. That’s it. Good things come from that, In this life and in the next. In Psalms it says take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.
“What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” That is the eternal perspective. As is the more uncomfortable, “And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.”
Yes, God loves each and every one of us. Yet we repay that love with sin. And yet God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever shall believe in him, shall not perish, but will have eternal life. But I think you’re missing the point. We are meant to love God. The first commandment is love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. When someone doesn’t do that, that is what we call sin. Someone can do good works, they can feed the poor, they can care for the sick, they can give everything they own, but if they don’t love God they are not fulfilling their One purpose.
Perhaps you’ve loved someone who didn’t love you back. Perhaps you’ve been betrayed by someone You loved. Why is it that the people we love most are the ones who are most able to hurt us? If God loves us infinitely, then how much do we cause God to suffer when we sin. Infinitely. That is what the cross represents. Jesus suffered for our sins. Suffered. Suffered. An infinite God. Why would the suffering of hell be eternal? You’re asking? You don’t understand why loving God could allow people to suffer? That is a selfish way of thinking.
Why would God create people to go to hell? He didn’t create people to go to hell, he created people so that They could choose to love him. Why would he create us at all, giving us free will even though he knew that that would mean that we would be free to reject him. And yet without free will there can be no real love. We all know this. You cannot compel someone to love you. That is not what love is. It is God’s will that none will perish, and that all will have eternal life, but how Should they have eternal life if they do not love God? Do you expect God to suffer eternally on their account? You would sentence God to eternal suffering. God is not mocked.
For the people who never hear about Jesus, I think they are judged on what is revealed to them. I think that the idea of Jesus is not contained exclusively within the name of Jesus and the walls of the church, but For those of us who know of Jesus there is no alternative. I think we are all given a choice. We just have to want to love God, and God is willing to meet us there. But if we don’t even do that. I think you are picking and choosing from the things that Jesus said.