Eph 1:13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
Eph 1:14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
The Holy Spirit is the deposit, the down payment of an eternal inheritance. It is eternal, because it will take us an eternity to possess it.
Joh 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
The definition of eternal life is that for us to fully know God, and Jesus Christ whom God has sent, will take us an eternity.
If a person does not have the Holy Spirit he does not have the down payment or security, to secure this type of inheritance. The arguments which Rob Bell and Universalists propose are sadly misleading and dangerous.
I propose that one reason why some will go to heaven and some will not, is because the security money or down payment, named the Holy Spirit, to secure heaven, is simply is not present.
I propose that one reason why some will go to heaven and some will not, is because the security money or down payment, named the Holy Spirit, to secure heaven, is simply is not present.
How can you buy a home without a down payment to a bank? How can you enter into the eternal riches of heaven if you do not have the down payment or guarantee called the Holy Spirit?
Rob Bells title, “Love Wins’ is correct. His logic is in error though. He says that because God’s love wins, nobody will stay in hell. The Bible does not say this. What it says is that because love wins, every human being has free access now to receive the Holy Spirit, and thus acquire the down payment required to go to heaven.
What if I tell a bank, I never got the down payment, but I now I am demanding you to give me the house? This is Bell’s and the arguments of Universalists. Take heed that you have your down payment. This is how “Love Wins.”
