Christian Universalism is a school of Christian theology which includes the belief in the doctrine of universal reconciliation, the view that all human beings and all fallen creatures will ultimately be restored to right relationship with God in Heaven.
The term “Christian Universalism” was used in the 1820s by Russell Streeter of the Christian Intelligencer of Portland – a descendant of Adams Streeter who had founded one of the first Universalist Churches in September 14, 1785.[1][2][3] Christian Universalists believe this was the most common interpretation of Christianity in Early Christianity, prior to the 6th century.[4] Christians from a diversity of denominations and traditions believe in the tenets of this belief system, such as the reality of an afterlife without the possibility of eternal presence in hell.[5]
As a Christian denomination, Christian Universalism originates in the late 18th century with the Universalist Church of America. There is currently no single denomination uniting Christian Universalists, but a few denominations teach some of the principles of Christian Universalism or are open to them. In 2007, the Christian Universalist Association was founded to serve as an ecumenical umbrella organization for churches, ministries, and individuals who believe in Christian Universalism.
Unitarian Universalism historically grew out of Christian Universalism but is not an exclusively Christian denomination. It formed from a 1961 merger of two historically Christian denominations, the Universalist Church of America and the American Unitarian Association, both based in the United States.
Beliefs
The two central beliefs which distinguish Christian Universalism from mainstream Christianity are universal reconciliation (all will eventually be reconciled to God without exception, the penalty for sin is not everlasting, i.e. doctrines of everlasting damnation to hell and annihilationism are rejected) and theosis (all souls will ultimately be conformed to the image of divine perfection in Christ).
The remaining central beliefs of Christian Universalism are compatible with Christianity in general:
God is the loving Parent of all people, see Love of God.
Jesus Christ reveals the nature and character of God and is the spiritual leader of humankind, see New Covenant.
Humankind is created with an immortal soul which death does not end, and which God will never destroy.[6]
Sin has negative consequences for the sinner either in this life or the afterlife
In 1899 the Universalist General Convention, later called the Universalist Church of America, adopted the Five Principles: the belief in God, Jesus Christ, the immortality of the human soul, the reality of sin and universal reconciliation.[7] The inclusion of Theosis as a sixth point is found in the statement of faith adopted in 2007 by the Christian Universalist Association.[8
you might have heard a gospel that teaches God will forgive everyone and that those that have never heard of Christ will be judged by their hearts . There are many extrapolations of this theory based on 2 major things.
1.THAT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE EVEN FORGIVENESS FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS
2. That the Bible says in Romans
by the sin of one man Adam many condemned and by the death of One man Jesus ALL will be forgiven .
It is a subset of this ,massive theory of Universalism that the Blood of Jesus cleanses US ALL from ALL SIN SINNERS CHRISTIANS BUDHISTS MOSLEMS ATHEISTS even HITLER .
There are websites esposuing this very claim on the Internet That God is a GOOD GOD that will NOT allow his kids into HELL just like any Father.
Gods ways are not man’s ways . GOd is the Only Father Figure in the Bible that has shown us exactly how to treat Sons & Daughters by chastisement & suffering .. God does NOT spare the ROD neither does he spare the spoils for those that overcome as he has given Jesus a name that is above ALL names .
But christ learnt Obedience through the things he suffered . Not that he was not obedient before but he must have learnt a NEW kind of Obedience that frankly i frank aDeche can not Fathom at this time .
There are numerous instances of a place of Perdition like the Rich man & lazarus Story, The gnashing and weeping in the Gospels or the Account of the book of Revelation of the horrors that are to come for those who reject christ .
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God will be unfair if he doent judge with the right weights . Example Jesus said woe to chorazim & Betrhsaida
they were judged severely … Matthew 11:21-24 – “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.
And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.” [NKJV]
But also Jesus tells us to LEAVE SIN !
“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
11 “No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
It is indeed true we obtained a SIN NATURE by the mere fact we are descendants of Adam. And as all Sinners we are doomed to DEATH and condemned men for ever just like Sodom & Gomorrah .
but in these condemened men God found good men who still listened to him !
on condition that they accept Adams sin and that they are sinners
by the death of one man many redeemed
on condition that they accept Jesus they are redeemed
but in these redeemed men God found bad men who wouldnt listen to him !
universalism ignores the fact that in Noah’s time only eight people were saved . out of the “millions” of people on earth.
The Bible reminds us that strait is the way & narrow is the way that leads to Salvation and few even find this road !
To understand clearly God’s commandment condensed that will LEAD you straight to HEAven
Thou shalt love God with ALL YOU GOT !
Thou Shalt Love thy neighbour as yourself !
and that who then can be saved ? For with God ALL things are possible !
BUT Revelation tells us clearly that there is A HELL A NEW EARTH or ZION New Jerusalem !
The bible also tells us about a coming WOE, the Devil Life and a Coming ZOE, the God life !
This is my Explanation
These Verses Below MAY & LOOK & Say Differently
Romans 5:12-21
New International Version (NIV)
Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
Slaves to Righteousness
15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
19 I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[b] Christ Jesus our Lord.
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