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apollumi, the same word translated destroyed and lost
Do we realize the very ones Christ came to save are the destroyed ones?
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was apollumi.” Lu. 19:10
Popular theology claims that God is able to do all things except restore the destroyed for whom Christ died.
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Many say hell is locked on the inside.
But how?
Christ has the keys. Re. 1:18
Others say that being in heaven would cause Christ rejectors more suffering than being in hell.
But why?
Christ has the ability and the determination to eventually convince everyone that He has their best interests at heart? Ac. 3:21
"God our Savior will have all men be saved." 1Tim 2:4
Even if the text read "desire" instead of "will," it does not change a thing for God says,
"My counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure." Is. 46:10
Who will want to continue in active and persistent rebellion after they become convinced that God only wants what is best for them?
It is totally irrational that some will forever resist unconditional love, opting for everlasting pain.
Even if one were that irrational, such resistance would not arise out of "free will," but an enslaved will, a will in bondage to an insane mind.
Some people receive many chances to trust in Jesus, others receive a few, but billions have died never receiving one.
If the opportunity to trust in Jesus had to be received in this life only, then God could be accused of being partial. The only way He would not be partial is if He lacked the power to give everyone an opportunity to trust in Jesus.
When we say, "God is love, but He is also just and must punish sinners forever," we demean God's greatest expression of love in His Son's sacrificial death for all mankind.
Talk about justice!?
How unjust this is to Him Who propitiated the sins of the whole world, Who gave His life as a ransom for all! (1Jn. 2:2; 1Ti. 2:6).
To recognize hell's remedial purpose in no way contradicts His holiness, justice, or sacrifice. To the contrary, it magnifies them.
How dare we qualify or limit a Love "that never fails" (1Co. 13:8).
God is not anger though He can be angry, God is not vengeance though He does avenge. These are attributes, love is essence.
Therefore God is unchangeably love.
In judgment He is love, in vengeance He is love - love first and last, and without end.
Love is simply the strongest thing in the universe.
Let us sing aloud of His power and of His mercy (Ps. 59:16)
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apollumi, the same word translated destroyed and lost
