Personal Eschatology: Whose Going Where?

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Exclusive Truth Claims of Jesus

John 14:6 NASB95
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Acts 4:12 NASB95
“And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
If the Bible is really making claims about the truth, then Jesus’ exclusivity should be affirmed.
It also follows that the Christian faith is exclusive by nature.

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Universalism- belief that everyone eventually will be saved.

condemned by the Fifth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (ad 553)
condemned by the Fifth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (ad 553)
proponents: Origen, Karl Barth, John Hick, Clark Pinnock, John Stott.
annihilationism is related to universalism, and is the view that the unrepentant will simple go out of existence.
arguments are based on:
God’s Omnibenevolence
God’s Omnipotence
Scripture
Example of a passage used for Universalism
arguments against Universalism:
exclusive truth claims of Jesus
God does not contradict himself
analogia Fidei
uses a bad hermeneutic
violates human freedom
contrary to God’s perfection and justice

Inclusivism- belief that one religion is explicitly true, while all others are implicitly true

salvation is grounded in Jesus’ work on the cross
salvation is accessible to all humans everywhere
The idea is that people, outside of the Christian faith can respond to what ever extent of revelation (General or special) they have. God then judges the disposition of their heart.
people who do not know Jesus can be anonymous Christians.
Argument is based on:
God’s ominbenevolence
God’s omnipresence
Against the Inclusivist view:
Romans 10:14–15 NASB95
How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!”

Gospel Exclusivity- Salvation only comes through appropriate response to the Gospel of Jesus Christ; belief, confession and repentance are required.

Takes serious the exclusive claims of Jesus
most biblical position
provides the imperative for the Great Commission

What about the unevangelized?

Sources:
Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/what-is-inclusivism-and-why-does-it-matter/
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