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Universalists believe that traditionalism and annihilationism deny Christ His proper satisfaction. They agree with Allin and Chamberlain, who said: “The eternal existence of sin and rebellion against God is sin triumphant. Sin, which God...
Eph 3:20
We should expect that a story authored by God would be the very best story imaginable – or even unimaginable! Can we not imagine that God would recover all that was lost to Him? Do we think that He is not wise or competent enough to...
William Barclay, author of The Daily Study Bible Series, wrote: “[ Aionios] means more than everlasting, for Plato—who may have invented the word—plainly says that a thing may be everlasting and still not be aionios . . . aionios cannot be...
The matter has been well distilled by Robert K. Johnson, professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary: “How can I formulate a biblically informed perspective on hell ‘that is morally consistent with the character of God...
Ps. 30:5; 2 Chron. 5:13; Matt. 5:45; Luke 6:35
His anger is for a moment, His mercy is forever vs His mercy is for a moment, His anger is forever.The Bible repeatedly emphasizes that God’s anger endures only for a moment, but His love endures forever (Ps. 30: 5; e.g., 2 Chron. 5: 13...
1. How can an all powerful, all loving God create billions of people, knowing ahead of time that they’re going to be tormented in fire forever? 2. Is the power of our free will greater to damn ourselves than the free will of God to save...
“I can tell you with certainty that the correct view of God’s solution [to the problem of sin], if discovered, would tell you more about the nature and character of God than would most other theological inquiries.”
Luke 15:17; Rom. 2:4
When we preach, on the one hand, that God loves sinners and sent Jesus to die for them, and, on the other, that He is also the merciless Tormentor of all who would have the effrontery to slight Him, this must sound, to all but the...
Gal 1:4; 2 Cor 5:19; Eph 2:12; 1 Pet 1:18; Matt 1:21; Luke 4:18; John 8:34; Acts 3:26
Scriptures refers to salvation as a means of rescuing us from: 1. This present evil age Gal 1:4 …who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father. 2. Our...
Heb 2:10
How can suffering coexist in a universe with a perfectly good and all-powerful God? We can blame human free will, if we wish, but that does not remove the difficulty as to why God, knowing that men would use their free will thus, did not...
1 John 2:12
Focus on modern evangelical teaching has changed from God’s loss (coin, sheep, son) to man’s loss (hell). If the rebel is not recovered, God suffers loss. God saves the sinner not for the sinner’s sake but for His own. Paul said in Titus...
Those who acknowledge that Jesus died to save the whole world, but believe that many will ultimately be lost, must face yet another important issue. The New Testament consistently describes Jesus as the conqueror of the inferior powers...