Born Again Christian; Biblical Fundamentalist, Received Text-KJV, Dispensational

Born Again Christian; Biblical Fundamentalist, Received Text-KJV, Dispensational

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Russell Moore: Whatever Happened to Sin?


His statements on Universalism does not refer to Biblical Universal restoration or reconciliation. There is going to be age abiding punishment and restoration through Gods chastising correction. 

Universalism that claims there is no judgment or punishment, correction age abiding restoration is not Christian. 

Universal reconciliation was the belief of some of the early church fathers such as Clement of AlexandriaOrigen, and Gregory of Nyssa. It asserts that the unsaved will undergo hell, but that hell is remedial (neither everlasting nor purely retributive) according to key scriptures and that after purification or conversion all will enter Heaven.
Fourth-century Christian theologian and Bishop Diodorus of Tarsus wrote: "For the wicked there are punishments, not perpetual, however, lest the immortality prepared for them should be a disadvantage, but they are to be purified for a brief period according to the amount of malice in their works. They shall therefore suffer punishment for a short space, but immortal blessedness having no end awaits them…the penalties to be inflicted for their many and grave sins are very far surpassed by the magnitude of the mercy to be shown to them."[12]