RECONCILIATION

There is an opinion among some Christians (and others) that eventually all people will be reconciled to God. This is called Universal Reconciliation. “In Christian theology universal reconciliation (also called universal salvation, Christian universalism, or in context simply universalism) is the doctrine that all sinful and alienated human souls—because of divine love and mercy—will ultimately be reconciled to God.” (Wikipedia)

This is not my opinion. I believe our reconciliation is a matter of choice. This means that Jesus Christ was made sacrifice for our sins and is the atonement (the satisfaction for sin) for all who choose his death, burial and resurrection as the way of reconciliation to God from a previous alienated position because of sin.

If this is not the way of reconciliation but rather there is to be a sweeping reconciliation of all souls by God… then Jesus Christ would have been totally unnecessary. I do not believe that to be the way scripture presents our reconciliation.

“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” Jesus