By Randy Alcorn
There’s a movement among Christians today towards what’s called
Christian Universalism. It’s a belief that everybody ultimately will be
saved—there will be no Hell, or at some point Hell will be depopulated
and everyone will live forever with Christ in Heaven. It’s a wonderful
thought. But does the Bible really teach it?
In the following video and transcript, I share some thoughts:
A lot of people look at all the passages where Jesus talks about Hell
and immediately and intuitively realize that no, of course that’s not
taught in Scripture. But at the same time, there are passages (which I
believe are taken out of context) that “Christian Universalists” cite to
prove their viewpoint.
One of those passages is 2 Corinthians 5:19,
which says, “God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ.” They
point out, “Look, it says ‘God was in Christ reconciling the world to
Himself.’ That means not just Christians, but the whole world is
reconciled.”
I heard in an interview a Christian Universalist (C. Baxter Kruger)
say that there are (according to this passage), 1) those who know they
have been reconciled to God in Christ, and 2) those who do not yet
know they’ve been reconciled, but the point is that all of us have been
reconciled and one day all of us will know that. That sounds pretty
persuasive to a lot of people. It certainly sounds attractive. Continue at Randy Alcorn
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