Jesus used parables as object lessons, highlighting things that were very familiar to the people he was addressing, to make a point: wedding feasts, ceremonies, and doweries; vineyards and harvests; stewards and, yes, shepherds. The work of a shepherd was very familiar to most Jews of that day. A common occupation among them, most knew…
Category: Refute Texts
Passages used to argue against UR
Tale of Two Gates
Right off the bat, we have a problem if we believe that those going through the wide gate are marching into hell and eternal perdition.
What About the Unpardonable Sin?
Think about it. Do you believe there is a sin that we can commit that our heavenly Father does not forgive, but we do not know what it is or in how many ways it can be committed?
Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth
“What about being tormented for ever and ever?” I told them not to worry, that there will still be plenty of weeping and gnashing of teeth. The look on their faces was priceless.
Revelation 14:6-11
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Matthew 25:46
So, does an unbeliever earn entrance into the kingdom by virtue of his benevolence or does a believer who has neglected the needy earn everlasting torment?
Biblical Universalism 