The Lord shall indeed reconcile all things unto Himself. This writing
exposes the foolish and pagan, God-vilifying doctrines of eternal torment
and annihilation which breed self-righteousness, fear and despair. It
declares instead the love, power, glory and total sovereignty of our Almighty
Lord Whose blood is infinitely more efficacious than most are led to believe.
What we have been hearing, referred to as “the good news” or
the gospel, must be seen for what it is…bad news indeed! In its
place must be declared the truly good news. Our selfishness would dictate
that if news is good for us, it is good news, though it might not be very
good for everybody else. Ultimately, if it is not good for all, it is
good for none. Like it or not, none of us can remain an island unto himself
for long, and if one tries to be otherwise, there is only stagnation and
stench, even as when waters stop running, forming a black swamp in which
nothing can live.
“Who then can be saved?” is the question that has been hotly
debated ever since salvation was known to be available. One could
and should also ask, can God save anybody? Would He save anybody?
Why would He save anybody? How does He save anybody? When
does He save anybody? And should He save anybody? The answers to
these questions are in this article.
This doctrine, that man can choose his eternal fate by accepting or denying
Jesus Christ's Lordship over his life, pervades most of “Christendom.” However,
it is not true, and, in this series of The Issues of Life, we
point out specifically how it is wrong. If man has the power to choose
his stance, the reasoning goes, God can be justified to throw him in eternal
hellfire if he does not choose Him. However, the Lord said, “You
have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you.” The ultimate fate of
all humanity is in His hands.
“Christians” use the Scriptures to preach or propogate the
doctrine of eternal hellfire. However, what is the Bible truly saying?
Is it saying that people will burn forever in hell? Another author has
compiled some Scriptures that define the meaning of “forever” and “eternal.” This
sheds a whole new light on this matter, making for a very different, and
glorious, picture.
What treasures of God are hidden in the sign of Jonah? Hear what this
rather obscure and short book, which of all Scripture was singled out
by the Lord Jesus Christ as the sign of His coming, has to tell us about
the momentous work God is doing today through the recounting of a singular
and marvellous episode in the life of the prophet Jonah and the city of
Nineveh.
Jesus Christ demonstrated what true freedom is, what it does, what it
cannot do, and what it means to be fully committed to God: “Thy
will, and not mine, be done....” He, Christ, is therefore the One
to Whom all men are drawn, to learn in due time that none can resist His
will.
In 1976, the Lord spoke to me saying, "I am hurting! I am hurting!" He
said people were believing lies, thinking they believed godly truth, and
those lies were killing them. He was hurting because they were hurting.
The prominent gospel preached in evangelical circles is an insidious one,
a product of deceived and ignorant men, naively serving Satan and his
bride, Mystery. Herein, we explicitly identify it for what it is.
Ray Comfort uses the threat of “eternal hell” to motivate proselytizers
and potential converts to his perverted idea of God and Christ.
Two heathen are used by God to shame this minister,
yet he does not see or know it. Only one whose eyes are opened
can see the
absurd madness of the religious Don Quixotes.
This minister prays only for those Muslims who will turn to Christ.
For those who have rejected the Son of God, he sees no hope. Yet
the prophet says that we have all turned our faces from Him. Jesus
said that no man could come to Him unless the Father draws him.
Therefore, there is hope for all men because God can, and will,
turn them, in His time:
“The Lord does not delay concerning His promise, as some
reckon slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that
any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2
Peter 3:9 EMTV).
Kate takes issue with God saying
He will save all, in His time.
She says to attribute the reconciliation of all things to God, as
is His declared intention, robs Him
of glory. We show it is exactly the opposite.
Are you stuck trying to justify a doctrine that makes God out to
be an ogre? Mike is, and cannot
let it go. We discuss this matter with him in a series of correspondences
that addresses many
typical
knee-jerk arguments and objections against the sovereign power of
God to save not simply a few lucky people, but all of mankind in
the
ages to come.
Kirk Cameron uses a traditional approach of “preaching the
gospel,” which tries to scare people into the Kingdom. It
does not work because it is based on lies. Paul corresponds with
Kirk about how that is so, and how it will require him to lose his
life to lose this controlling doctrine on which he has built a “ministry.”