NOBODY ASKED ME

A pastor friend and I are engaged in a texting discussion over the nature of salvation. 

In our last exchange he asked:

If someone came to you and asked, "What must I do to be saved from hell, receive eternal life, and be declared righteous before God?" what would you tell them?

I have tried to give this some serious consideration.

But the more I thought about it, the more ridiculous the entire premise became.

I have never been asked this question in the past four decades in which I have taken my faith seriously, and I doubt I will ever hear it the rest of my life.

In fact, I doubt this question has EVER been legitimately asked - unprompted - in the past 2,000 years.

Just look at it:

"What must I do to be saved from hell, receive eternal life, and be declared righteous before God?"

Only people who are ALREADY Christians talk this way. 

No unbeliever asks this question.

Which prompts a question from me - and surely, I am not the first to ask it: 

Why are we promoting a gospel that answers a question nobody is asking?