Sunday, April 4, 2021

UNIVERSALISM – THE CULTURALLY CONGRUENT FAITH

 

 

UNIVERSALISM is the belief that all will be saved.  This belief has become so popular that even “evangelicals” have embraced it, but to Christianize it, they have added the stipulation that all will be saved after they suffer for a while to pay for their sins. Therefore, it denies the sufficiency of the death of Jesus to pay the price for all the sins of the world.
 
Universalism also represents the undermining of the importance of every Biblical teaching. For example, if all will be saved, there is no compelling reason to evangelize, to believe and follow Jesus, to pray, to meditate on the Bible, or even to be obedient in any way. Consequently, considerations of justice, righteousness, and devotion to the truth can easily be scorned and rejected. Universalists will never be willing to pay the price of following Jesus and to endure persecution.
 
Here are just a few verses that demonstrate the Biblical impossibility of universalism:
 
·       “but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.”(Hebrews 6:8)
 
·       “Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.”
·       (Jude 1:7)
 
·       “wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.”
·       (Jude 1:13)
 
·       “and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.”(Revelation 22:19)
 
·       “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”(Daniel 12:2)
 
·       “And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:46)
 
·       “And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.”(Matthew 12:32)
 
·       "Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.” (Luke 13:24)
 
·       “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”(Matthew 7:21-23)
 
·       “For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.”(Matthew 5:20)
 
All of the verses cited by the Universalist can be understood in a way that coincides with the above verses.

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