Is Universalsim in Opposition to the Bible?

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Us guys?

Come on man, I just prove that point..His sin was to serve self not God, and in that, he ate the fruit.

Stop assuming,, it makes you look bad.
I'm assuming?

I think this forum has its own unwritten creed.
It is heretical to violate that code.

I'm glad to do it. It has made me unpopular.
Not that I am concerned with meeting the CC status quo.
 
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That's silly. There is no power in not sinning when you don't have a sin nature.
Plus, they did sin. How do you explain that?
How do I explain it?

They chose to serve self not God.

I never said they were not able to sin, God gave them free will.

The difference is they did not have a human nature, they COULD have chosen to depend on God to take care of all their needs, and resist the temptation. (Be sinless)

After tthe fall. They were not able of their own power to do so.



And can you please cut will the childish attacks, they do not help your cause, it makes you look childish.
 
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I'm assuming?

I think this forum has its own unwritten creed.
It is heretical to violate that code.

I'm glad to do it. It has made me unpopular.
Not that I am concerned with meeting the CC status quo.
Well thanks You just proved my point.

You assumed I meant something i did not. And you can not even humble yourself to admit you made a mistake. But blame shifted.

Way to go man. Way to go.
 

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God allowed them to have access to the Tree of Life.. Access to this tree caused them to live and never to die as long as they had access to the tree of life they would live forever.. So the trees where named revealing to Adam and Eve what they would provide if they consumed the fruit of that tree.. So when God told them they where not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil it was clear that he was telling Adam and Eve that He did not want them obtaining the knowledge of good and evil...

satan knew this and thats why he told Eve that if she ate the tree she would become like God knowing good and evil.. So it was clear to them that God did not want them having access to the knowledge of good and evil..
Two things.
1) They did not eat from the Tree of Life. God removed them from the garden to prevent it.
2) Gaining the knowledge of good and evil was not the transgression. It was a consequence.
Eating the forbidden fruit was the transgression.
 

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How do I explain it?

They chose to serve self not God.

I never said they were not able to sin, God gave them free will.

The difference is they did not have a human nature, they COULD have chosen to depend on God to take care of all their needs, and resist the temptation. (Be sinless)

After tthe fall. They were not able of their own power to do so.


And can you please cut will the childish attacks, they do not help your cause, it makes you look childish.
Do you stop to think before you type?

Do we have a human nature? (yes)
Are we able to choose to depend on God to take care of us? (yes)
Then why were Adam and Eve incapable of that after the Fall? As you are claiming.
 

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Two things.
1) They did not eat from the Tree of Life. God removed them from the garden to prevent it.
Only After they had eaten from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil where they removed from the garden.. Before that time they had access to every tree in the garden Except for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil..

Genesis 2: KJV
16 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: {17} But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."

So the tree of Life was in the Garden and God told them they could eat of every tree in the garden except 1.. the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.. So Adam and Eve where free to eat of the tree of life..

Genesis 2: KJV
9 "And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."
 
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Do you stop to think before you type?

Do we have a human nature? (yes)
Are we able to choose to depend on God to take care of us? (yes)
Then why were Adam and Eve incapable of that after the Fall? As you are claiming.
Do you think before you type? What is with these childish comments? You like a little teenager who is not getting his way so you attack like it somehow makes you look good. Once again, it does not.. Please stop.

I am talking about pre fall. Why are you discussingn post fall? Can you not even keep on topic?
 

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Only After they had eaten from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil where they removed from the garden.. Before that time they had access to every tree in the garden Except for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil..

Genesis 2: KJV
16 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: {17} But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."

So the tree of Life was in the Garden and God told them they could eat of every tree in the garden except 1.. the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.. So Adam and Eve where free to eat of the tree of life..

Genesis 2: KJV
9 "And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."
Yes, the were free to eat from every tree with one exception.
But they did not eat from the Tree of Life.

Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
 

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Do you think before you type? What is with these childish comments? You like a little teenager who is not getting his way so you attack like it somehow makes you look good. Once again, it does not.. Please stop.

I am talking about pre fall. Why are you discussingn post fall? Can you not even keep on topic?
Both pre-fall and post-fall are in the scope of this discussion.
Make your point.
 
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Both pre-fall and post-fall are in the scope of this discussion.
Make your point.
I made it..

You claimed adam could not be righteous by his own power. I said otherwise.. and I feel I have proved it,

Either agree with me, or disagree with me, But keep your childish comments to yourself.
 

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@Adstar and @eternally-gratefull
We should also bring this back around to the topic of Universalism.
How does the Fall fit in the discussion about salvation?
Do we expect to find Adam and Eve in heaven? On what basis?
Both Abel and Enoch appear in the Faith chapter (Heb.11)
 

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I made it..

You claimed adam could not be righteous by his own power. I said otherwise.. and I feel I have proved it,

Either agree with me, or disagree with me, But keep your childish comments to yourself.
I already disagreed and you failed to prove your point.
Human righteousness is never a result of our own power. Whether before or after the Fall.
 
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I already disagreed and you failed to prove your point.
Human righteousness is never a result of our own power. Whether before or after the Fall.
Ok, Keep believing this, You have adam and Eve fallen (Unable to be righteous) BEFORE they fell by chosing to reject Gods guidance.

Before the fall. Adam did not have human righteousness, He had divine righteousness. Thats why he did not have to be saved.

Good luck with that..
 
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@Adstar and @eternally-gratefull
We should also bring this back around to the topic of Universalism.
How does the Fall fit in the discussion about salvation?
Do we expect to find Adam and Eve in heaven? On what basis?
Both Abel and Enoch appear in the Faith chapter (Heb.11)
Faith in God

Unversalism is not of faith.

They are diametrically apposed.
 

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Ok, Keep believing this, You have adam and Eve fallen (Unable to be righteous) BEFORE they fell by chosing to reject Gods guidance.

Before the fall. Adam did not have human righteousness, He had divine righteousness. Thats why he did not have to be saved.

Good luck with that..
How does that equate to Adam being righteous by his own power, as you claimed?
You seem to be changing your position now.
And the Fall was a result of a deliberate act, eating the forbidden fruit.
Not by rejecting God's guidance as you are claiming.
 
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How does that equate to Adam being righteous by his own power, as you claimed?
You seem to be changing your position now.
And the Fall was a result of a deliberate act, eating the forbidden fruit.
Not by rejecting God's guidance as you are claiming.
1. Adam by his own power did not sin UP TO THE TIME HE SINNED. (Why is this so hard for you to comprehend)
2. You do not even understand what sin is, Sin is the root of the flesh, Which is to put your needs above the needs of others. Adam put his will, and what he thought his needs were over Gods desires and beliefe God would never lead him astray. This was his first sin, Completed when he ate of the forbidden fruit..
 

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Faith in God

Unversalism is not of faith.

They are diametrically apposed.
How can you say that Universalism is not of faith?
Does it not include all faiths? (including Christianity)

Do you expect to find Adam and Eve in heaven? On what basis?
Both Abel and Enoch appear in the Faith chapter (Heb.11)
 
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How can you say that Universalism is not of faith?
Does it not include all faiths? (including Christianity)

Do you expect to find Adam and Eve in heaven? On what basis?
Both Abel and Enoch appear in the Faith chapter (Heb.11)
Faith in God

What part of that did you miss? Why did you leave out the words “in God” and try to make it appear I meant just faith?

Unversalsim is not faith in God. it is faith in self.. or some religion that you like..(see romans 1)
 

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1. Adam by his own power did not sin UP TO THE TIME HE SINNED. (Why is this so hard for you to comprehend)
2. You do not even understand what sin is, Sin is the root of the flesh, Which is to put your needs above the needs of others. Adam put his will, and what he thought his needs were over Gods desires and beliefe God would never lead him astray. This was his first sin, Completed when he ate of the forbidden fruit..
By your definintion it seems that Adam sinned before he disobeyed God in eating the forbidden fruit.
Did he not lie to his wife? Why did Eve say that they could not touch the fruit?
 
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By your definintion it seems that Adam sinned before he disobeyed God in eating the forbidden fruit.
Did he not lie to his wife? Why did Eve say that they could not touch the fruit?
If adam sinned before. He fell before.

The bible does not say this


Why did Eve say that? maybe you can ask her one day.