God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Universalism has never been widely accepted by those who take the Scriptures seriously. Obviously if this teaching were true, there would be no pressing reason to fulfill the Great Commission or to urge unbelievers to accept Christ in this life.
Erwin Lutzer
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