Universalism and Why it is Wrong
Universalism: A belief within the Christian realm that nobody will burn in hell for all eternity. They believe that God's love is perfect and unconditional, and so he would never send anyone he loves to hell. They even claim that the bible has more verses supporting this belief than it does of a fiery hell where people will spend eternity in torment.
Flaw of Universalism Using Logic
I agree that God's love is a perfect love. An Agape love. An unconditional love. However, to believe that because it is a perfect unconditional love means God would never send anyone to a place of eternal torment is actually putting a limit to His love. It is a flawed view right from the start.
What? How is that possibly putting a limit to his love?
It is saying that God does not love us enough to make the tough decisions for us. Let me give you an example...
John Doe has always been a very loving man, a great dad and wonderful husband. But he loses his job and things spiral down for him. He begins to drink and becomes an alcoholic and when he is drunk and angry, he becomes violent. One day he loses control of himself and starts beating his wife and she locks herself in the bedroom, so he turns his anger on their child. He starts beating their child. The woman finally goes into the closet and grabs his rifle and loads it, then goes out into the other area of the house and sees him just wailing on the child. In anguish she levels the gun toward him and screams for him to stop, but he ignores her pleas. He has totally lost his mind this time and suddenly he reaches over and picks up a six inch statue from the end table and raises it. He is going to actually kill their child. What should she do? She loves her husband. She has never stopped loving him and would never want to kill him, but she loves their child as much. Does she kill the husband who has lost his way or let him kill their innocent child?
Obviously, she should kill the husband to save her child, but imagine how it is going to make her feel afterwards. Imagine the pain she will feel for having to kill the man she loves and yet at the same time she knows she did what she had to do to keep her child safe. Would this action mean that her love for her husband was imperfect? No. It would only mean she loved them both and had to make a choice between the husband who had fallen down a bad path in life, and her innocent child who had done nothing wrong. Killing someone or destroying something you love does not necessarily mean your love for that person or thing was imperfect. In this case, it would only mean that he gave her no choice but to kill him in order to save her child. What Universalists fail to understand is that this is very similar to what God faces.
Heaven is the perfect place. It is Gods home. God is all holy and heaven is uncorrupted by sin. God loves us, every one of us with a perfect unconditional love, but we are corrupted by sin. However much God loves us, He cannot and will not allow that sin into His home. Sin is a spiritual cancer. It never heals or fades. It corrupts everything it touches. God can wipe us clean of that corrupting sin. He walked among us as his Son Jesus and died on the cross so we all might be saved from that sin. But for us to be saved, we need to accept that saving. God is pleading with us to accept Jesus as our savior so that we can be washed clean of our sin just as the woman screamed for her husband to stop. God cannot allow even one of us to bring sin into heaven, no matter how much he loves us. If He was to let sin into heaven, it would slowly corrupt heaven. It would corrupt and destroy the innocent and holy people who deserve heaven. So he keeps pleading with us to let Him into our lives. Accept His Son as our Lord and give our lives to God, and He will make us Holy.
So what is God supposed to do when we die and never accepted Jesus? When we die and are still covered in our sin. Should He allow us into Heaven anyway? No. He cannot do that. We can choose to follow Him and we can choose not to. We make the choice. God has no choice in the matter because he gave it to us. God loves every one of us the same, but when it comes time, He will allow the innocent and holy into Heaven and he will be forced to do the hardest thing of them all. Cast away those who are still covered in sin. Because we are forcing Him to make a choice between the innocent and those who chose the wrong path.
Why cant God give people another chance later? After they have suffered their punishment in hell, why not give them another chance to accept him?
Because at that point it is no longer a choice. After suffering for years in Hell, is there even one person who would choose to stay there? Not a chance. That is not allowing anyone to make a choice to accept him. That is not faith.
Ephesians 2:8
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
You see, Jesus died to save us, That salvation is a gift of God, but as with any gift from anyone, we need to accept it. We are not automatically saved, and we are not saved through our words of accepting Jesus, but by our faith in Jesus. How would one person already suffering in hell be having any faith in Jesus at all, if they chose to accept Him "after" they were already in hell?
I believe the logic of Universalism is flawed. God cannot allow sin into heaven so he has no choice but to cast the sinners away in order to protect his faithful. God gave us free will, so it is our choice whether we follow Jesus or not. In the end, the choice is ours where we go, but it is God who must do the dirty work and cast the sinners into Hell in order to protect the faithful. But because we are saved through faith, we need to be saved while still alive because once someone is already in hell, there would be no faith involved in choosing heaven over hell.
However, this is just logically speaking at this point. The more important thing is to look at what the Bible actually says.
The Flaw of Universalism Using the Bible
Now I am never afraid to read articles from people supporting another stance because I recognize I am human and I dont know everything. So I will always look at what they have to say and decide which side of the debate is right. I have changed my mind on some subjects and I have changed my stance multiple times on subjects as I have investigated them. In one article I read where someone was arguing for Universalism. He listed Colossians 1:19.
Colossians 1:19
19 For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,
This seemed fairly straight forward, but I don't believe in reading one verse by itself. So I read further...
20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. 21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, 22 yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach— 23 if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
Notice how verse 23 places a clause on all of this.... "if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister."
You see, these verses are not saying that through the blood of Christ "all" things have been reconciled for everyone. It is only "If you continue in the faith"!
Nowhere does the Bible actually come right out and say that nobody will burn in hell. Nowhere does it say that we only burn in hell for a time. Every verse that supports Universalism is only interpreted to support it. It doesn't state it straight out nice and clearly. Often in verses, Universalists will grab on to that word "all" and say it means everyone. The word "all" can be interpreted differently to mean something else too.
1 Corinthians 15:22
22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
Universalists focus on the word "all", saying that this means everyone will be made alive. What they ignore is the words "in Christ". What does it really mean when using that wording?
Romans 6:11
11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1
1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Its not saying "there is no condemnation for anyone". It says "there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus."
So when you read 1 Corinthians 15:22, you can actually read it two ways. You can read it as the Universalists read it and think that everyone will be made alive in Christ. Or you can read it as I do and believe it is saying that All who are in Christ, will be made alive. Which of us is right? There is no way of proving either way, but the point is, this verse "can" be read in two different ways. Every verse that supports Universalism is dependent on its interpretation. However, the case for spending an eternity in hell is not completely dependent on interpretation.
First off, there is absolutely no doubt that there is indeed a hell...
Matthew 10:28
28 Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 23:33
33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
In fact, "Hell" is mentioned over a dozen times in the Bible. It is mentioned another 4 times in Revelation, though it is referred to as the "Lake of Fire". But there is no question, Hell does exist. So the next question is, who will go to Hell?
Revelation 20:10
10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
So we know for a certainty the Devil, the False Prophet and beast (or antichrist) will spend an eternity in torment inside hell. Unlike what the world likes to believe, hell is not a place where the devil rules. It is a place where even the devil suffers. But what about the people? Lets continue these verses...
11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Lets read that last line again...
15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
This is the vision that God gave John for the end times. John didn't say "anyone whose name was not written in the Book of Life "will" be thrown into the lake of fire. He didn't say "might be thrown into the lake of fire". He said "he was thrown in". The difference is important because this leaves no possibility that God loves them too much and gives them another chance. It states people are actually going to be thrown into the lake of fire. When God gives visions of prophecy. He does not give visions of what might happen, but what will happen. If John saw people thrown into hell in the vision, you better believe it will happen.
But that doesn't mean those who go to hell will always be in hell forever. It says the Devil, False Prophet and Beast will be tormented forever, but it doesn't say the people cast into hell will torment forever. This leaves the possibility they could be let out after a time.
Which leads me to another test I like using. Call it the test of consequences. A good example is the standard point used by many Christians when debating atheists. If God is not real, what are the consequences? There really are none. Neither the Christian nor the Atheist loses anything on the deal. Nobody wins and nobody loses. But what if God is real? What are the consequences then? The Christians go to heaven and the atheists torment in hell for eternity. By the test of Consequences, you are better off being a Christian through life. So when looking at Universalism what are the consequences of believing in Universalism and not believing in it?
If Universalism is correct, what are the consequences? Nothing. Whether you are a Universalist or not, you will end up in heaven. But if Universalism is wrong and people will end up in hell, the consequence of believing in Univeralism could lead you to hell. Think about it. How many people, believing that everyone will go to heaven because nobody goes to hell, will simply not care if they get right with God because they will go to heaven anyway. Then when they die, they find out Universalism is wrong and they are cast into Hell because they didn't think there was any real consequence of sinning. So by the test of Consequences, the world is better off believing there is a hell we can be thrown into than believing in Universalism.
But again, that only says they will go to hell but it doesn't mean they will stay there.
The test of consequences still fits perfectly. If hell is for eternity, there are going to be a lot of people who thought they would get another chance who will be in for a big disappointing surprise.
Now ask yourself this. If Universalism is wrong, and you followed it but you were also a Christian, then yes you do still go to heaven I believe. Or will you? The call is yours to make but I know I would hate to have to face God in the judgment seat and explain to him how you led so many souls to believe they would get another chance and now they are in hell because of what you taught.
It is a terrible thought to consider that some of those we love so much will end up in hell. There is not a person alive and certainly not one Christian who likes the idea of that. But we need to be careful on letting our hearts and fears dictate what we believe. Because no matter how much we convince ourselves that something is true, it wont make it true. If people are going to hell, it doesnt matter how much we convince ourselves that they wont, they still will and in convincing ourselves of lies we like instead of accepting the truth, we could also be leading those we love to end up in the hell we were trying so hard not to believe in.
More Logic against Universalism
As I already mentioned, Universalists tend to think God would be unfair to send people to hell for eternity over a few years of sinning. As we already pointed out, it is completely understandable because we take the choice out of Gods hand when we choose not to follow Him. So God is forced to cast people into hell to keep his perfect paradise safe from the corruption of sin. It sure would not be fair to those who chose to be faithful to God to watch their new perfect paradise where they are to live eternity in get corrupted by those covered in sin because God's love was not strong enough to do what had to be done. But there is another fairness one can consider as well.
Is it really fair that Hitler, a man who was the cause of millions being tortured and murdered, would go to heaven and share in the paradise with those who dedicated themselves to serving God, turned away the pleasures of sin, and then like many of the disciples, died horrible death over their faith in Christ? Is that fair to the faithful that they should receive virtually no more reward than the likes of Hitler? Or Dahmer?
If Universalism is correct, why should anyone give their lives to God? Why wouldn't everyone just party to their hearts fulfillment? Why would anyone care if they went to church on Sundays? Why would anyone care if they pray every day or read the Bible? If someone drops a hundred dollar bill, why not just keep it for yourself? After all, we are all going to heaven anyway. When power outages happen, why not just break into stores and steal new TV sets? We are going to heaven anyway.
Why would it matter if we sinned or not? Why would God even lay down the laws with us? Why would Jesus even have bothered to use phrases like...
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His [a]only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
"Whoever believes in Him". Not "everyone will".
Matthew 7:13
13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
Is Jesus lying when he says "there are many who enter through it"?
Conclusion of Universalism
Universalism gives one a sense of security to know there is no hell or at least eventually we will all end up in heaven. It allows one to feel better about loved ones who were not saved who died. Nobody wants to think of anyone they love going to hell. But it is the work of Satan to mislead people into believing there are no consequences for our actions. It is the wicked web of destruction to believe that God is not strong enough to destroy those who chose the ways of the wicked and not His Son. No matter how much he loves them, God will do what must be done! Just as you would if you had a rifle and someone you love was about to kill your child.
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Flaw of Universalism Using Logic
I agree that God's love is a perfect love. An Agape love. An unconditional love. However, to believe that because it is a perfect unconditional love means God would never send anyone to a place of eternal torment is actually putting a limit to His love. It is a flawed view right from the start.
What? How is that possibly putting a limit to his love?
It is saying that God does not love us enough to make the tough decisions for us. Let me give you an example...
John Doe has always been a very loving man, a great dad and wonderful husband. But he loses his job and things spiral down for him. He begins to drink and becomes an alcoholic and when he is drunk and angry, he becomes violent. One day he loses control of himself and starts beating his wife and she locks herself in the bedroom, so he turns his anger on their child. He starts beating their child. The woman finally goes into the closet and grabs his rifle and loads it, then goes out into the other area of the house and sees him just wailing on the child. In anguish she levels the gun toward him and screams for him to stop, but he ignores her pleas. He has totally lost his mind this time and suddenly he reaches over and picks up a six inch statue from the end table and raises it. He is going to actually kill their child. What should she do? She loves her husband. She has never stopped loving him and would never want to kill him, but she loves their child as much. Does she kill the husband who has lost his way or let him kill their innocent child?
Obviously, she should kill the husband to save her child, but imagine how it is going to make her feel afterwards. Imagine the pain she will feel for having to kill the man she loves and yet at the same time she knows she did what she had to do to keep her child safe. Would this action mean that her love for her husband was imperfect? No. It would only mean she loved them both and had to make a choice between the husband who had fallen down a bad path in life, and her innocent child who had done nothing wrong. Killing someone or destroying something you love does not necessarily mean your love for that person or thing was imperfect. In this case, it would only mean that he gave her no choice but to kill him in order to save her child. What Universalists fail to understand is that this is very similar to what God faces.
Heaven is the perfect place. It is Gods home. God is all holy and heaven is uncorrupted by sin. God loves us, every one of us with a perfect unconditional love, but we are corrupted by sin. However much God loves us, He cannot and will not allow that sin into His home. Sin is a spiritual cancer. It never heals or fades. It corrupts everything it touches. God can wipe us clean of that corrupting sin. He walked among us as his Son Jesus and died on the cross so we all might be saved from that sin. But for us to be saved, we need to accept that saving. God is pleading with us to accept Jesus as our savior so that we can be washed clean of our sin just as the woman screamed for her husband to stop. God cannot allow even one of us to bring sin into heaven, no matter how much he loves us. If He was to let sin into heaven, it would slowly corrupt heaven. It would corrupt and destroy the innocent and holy people who deserve heaven. So he keeps pleading with us to let Him into our lives. Accept His Son as our Lord and give our lives to God, and He will make us Holy.
So what is God supposed to do when we die and never accepted Jesus? When we die and are still covered in our sin. Should He allow us into Heaven anyway? No. He cannot do that. We can choose to follow Him and we can choose not to. We make the choice. God has no choice in the matter because he gave it to us. God loves every one of us the same, but when it comes time, He will allow the innocent and holy into Heaven and he will be forced to do the hardest thing of them all. Cast away those who are still covered in sin. Because we are forcing Him to make a choice between the innocent and those who chose the wrong path.
Why cant God give people another chance later? After they have suffered their punishment in hell, why not give them another chance to accept him?
Because at that point it is no longer a choice. After suffering for years in Hell, is there even one person who would choose to stay there? Not a chance. That is not allowing anyone to make a choice to accept him. That is not faith.
Ephesians 2:8
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
You see, Jesus died to save us, That salvation is a gift of God, but as with any gift from anyone, we need to accept it. We are not automatically saved, and we are not saved through our words of accepting Jesus, but by our faith in Jesus. How would one person already suffering in hell be having any faith in Jesus at all, if they chose to accept Him "after" they were already in hell?
I believe the logic of Universalism is flawed. God cannot allow sin into heaven so he has no choice but to cast the sinners away in order to protect his faithful. God gave us free will, so it is our choice whether we follow Jesus or not. In the end, the choice is ours where we go, but it is God who must do the dirty work and cast the sinners into Hell in order to protect the faithful. But because we are saved through faith, we need to be saved while still alive because once someone is already in hell, there would be no faith involved in choosing heaven over hell.
However, this is just logically speaking at this point. The more important thing is to look at what the Bible actually says.
The Flaw of Universalism Using the Bible
Now I am never afraid to read articles from people supporting another stance because I recognize I am human and I dont know everything. So I will always look at what they have to say and decide which side of the debate is right. I have changed my mind on some subjects and I have changed my stance multiple times on subjects as I have investigated them. In one article I read where someone was arguing for Universalism. He listed Colossians 1:19.
Colossians 1:19
19 For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,
This seemed fairly straight forward, but I don't believe in reading one verse by itself. So I read further...
20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. 21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, 22 yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach— 23 if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
Notice how verse 23 places a clause on all of this.... "if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister."
You see, these verses are not saying that through the blood of Christ "all" things have been reconciled for everyone. It is only "If you continue in the faith"!
Nowhere does the Bible actually come right out and say that nobody will burn in hell. Nowhere does it say that we only burn in hell for a time. Every verse that supports Universalism is only interpreted to support it. It doesn't state it straight out nice and clearly. Often in verses, Universalists will grab on to that word "all" and say it means everyone. The word "all" can be interpreted differently to mean something else too.
1 Corinthians 15:22
22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
Universalists focus on the word "all", saying that this means everyone will be made alive. What they ignore is the words "in Christ". What does it really mean when using that wording?
Romans 6:11
11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1
1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Its not saying "there is no condemnation for anyone". It says "there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus."
So when you read 1 Corinthians 15:22, you can actually read it two ways. You can read it as the Universalists read it and think that everyone will be made alive in Christ. Or you can read it as I do and believe it is saying that All who are in Christ, will be made alive. Which of us is right? There is no way of proving either way, but the point is, this verse "can" be read in two different ways. Every verse that supports Universalism is dependent on its interpretation. However, the case for spending an eternity in hell is not completely dependent on interpretation.
First off, there is absolutely no doubt that there is indeed a hell...
Matthew 10:28
28 Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 23:33
33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
In fact, "Hell" is mentioned over a dozen times in the Bible. It is mentioned another 4 times in Revelation, though it is referred to as the "Lake of Fire". But there is no question, Hell does exist. So the next question is, who will go to Hell?
Revelation 20:10
10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
So we know for a certainty the Devil, the False Prophet and beast (or antichrist) will spend an eternity in torment inside hell. Unlike what the world likes to believe, hell is not a place where the devil rules. It is a place where even the devil suffers. But what about the people? Lets continue these verses...
11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Lets read that last line again...
15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
This is the vision that God gave John for the end times. John didn't say "anyone whose name was not written in the Book of Life "will" be thrown into the lake of fire. He didn't say "might be thrown into the lake of fire". He said "he was thrown in". The difference is important because this leaves no possibility that God loves them too much and gives them another chance. It states people are actually going to be thrown into the lake of fire. When God gives visions of prophecy. He does not give visions of what might happen, but what will happen. If John saw people thrown into hell in the vision, you better believe it will happen.
But that doesn't mean those who go to hell will always be in hell forever. It says the Devil, False Prophet and Beast will be tormented forever, but it doesn't say the people cast into hell will torment forever. This leaves the possibility they could be let out after a time.
Which leads me to another test I like using. Call it the test of consequences. A good example is the standard point used by many Christians when debating atheists. If God is not real, what are the consequences? There really are none. Neither the Christian nor the Atheist loses anything on the deal. Nobody wins and nobody loses. But what if God is real? What are the consequences then? The Christians go to heaven and the atheists torment in hell for eternity. By the test of Consequences, you are better off being a Christian through life. So when looking at Universalism what are the consequences of believing in Universalism and not believing in it?
If Universalism is correct, what are the consequences? Nothing. Whether you are a Universalist or not, you will end up in heaven. But if Universalism is wrong and people will end up in hell, the consequence of believing in Univeralism could lead you to hell. Think about it. How many people, believing that everyone will go to heaven because nobody goes to hell, will simply not care if they get right with God because they will go to heaven anyway. Then when they die, they find out Universalism is wrong and they are cast into Hell because they didn't think there was any real consequence of sinning. So by the test of Consequences, the world is better off believing there is a hell we can be thrown into than believing in Universalism.
But again, that only says they will go to hell but it doesn't mean they will stay there.
The test of consequences still fits perfectly. If hell is for eternity, there are going to be a lot of people who thought they would get another chance who will be in for a big disappointing surprise.
Now ask yourself this. If Universalism is wrong, and you followed it but you were also a Christian, then yes you do still go to heaven I believe. Or will you? The call is yours to make but I know I would hate to have to face God in the judgment seat and explain to him how you led so many souls to believe they would get another chance and now they are in hell because of what you taught.
It is a terrible thought to consider that some of those we love so much will end up in hell. There is not a person alive and certainly not one Christian who likes the idea of that. But we need to be careful on letting our hearts and fears dictate what we believe. Because no matter how much we convince ourselves that something is true, it wont make it true. If people are going to hell, it doesnt matter how much we convince ourselves that they wont, they still will and in convincing ourselves of lies we like instead of accepting the truth, we could also be leading those we love to end up in the hell we were trying so hard not to believe in.
More Logic against Universalism
As I already mentioned, Universalists tend to think God would be unfair to send people to hell for eternity over a few years of sinning. As we already pointed out, it is completely understandable because we take the choice out of Gods hand when we choose not to follow Him. So God is forced to cast people into hell to keep his perfect paradise safe from the corruption of sin. It sure would not be fair to those who chose to be faithful to God to watch their new perfect paradise where they are to live eternity in get corrupted by those covered in sin because God's love was not strong enough to do what had to be done. But there is another fairness one can consider as well.
Is it really fair that Hitler, a man who was the cause of millions being tortured and murdered, would go to heaven and share in the paradise with those who dedicated themselves to serving God, turned away the pleasures of sin, and then like many of the disciples, died horrible death over their faith in Christ? Is that fair to the faithful that they should receive virtually no more reward than the likes of Hitler? Or Dahmer?
If Universalism is correct, why should anyone give their lives to God? Why wouldn't everyone just party to their hearts fulfillment? Why would anyone care if they went to church on Sundays? Why would anyone care if they pray every day or read the Bible? If someone drops a hundred dollar bill, why not just keep it for yourself? After all, we are all going to heaven anyway. When power outages happen, why not just break into stores and steal new TV sets? We are going to heaven anyway.
Why would it matter if we sinned or not? Why would God even lay down the laws with us? Why would Jesus even have bothered to use phrases like...
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His [a]only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
"Whoever believes in Him". Not "everyone will".
Matthew 7:13
13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
Is Jesus lying when he says "there are many who enter through it"?
Conclusion of Universalism
Universalism gives one a sense of security to know there is no hell or at least eventually we will all end up in heaven. It allows one to feel better about loved ones who were not saved who died. Nobody wants to think of anyone they love going to hell. But it is the work of Satan to mislead people into believing there are no consequences for our actions. It is the wicked web of destruction to believe that God is not strong enough to destroy those who chose the ways of the wicked and not His Son. No matter how much he loves them, God will do what must be done! Just as you would if you had a rifle and someone you love was about to kill your child.
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