Preaching and teaching Universal Salvation through Jesus Christ puts me in a position of getting a LOT of comments, questions, threats, etc. One of the main comments I get from traditional Christian Hell-believers is that they are much safer with believing in Hell than believing like myself, that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world. They reason this way: If I, Gary Amirault, am right about everyone going to heaven eventually because Jesus can and will save all mankind, then whether they believe in universal salvation or Hell doesn’t matter because they are guaranteed to go to heaven. But if there is a Hell, then all those who believed me and myself are going to Hell because I didn’t believe in it. In their reasoning, they can’t go wrong believing in Hell, but I can go wrong believing that Jesus accomplished what He was sent to do, save the whole world from sin.
What is so ironic is that I spend far more time preaching and teaching Jesus saves sinners than those who claim they believe in Hell. For example, I live in a small Mid-west town (Hermann, Missouri) full of Protestant and Catholic Christians. The town is loaded with Christmas merchandise and decorations since it’s December. We’ve gotten loads of Christmas cookies. But not a single Christian during the entire month of December ever came to me warning me I’m on my way to Hell if I don’t repent, ask Jesus into my heart and go to a good Bible-believing church or join the Catholic church which offers the sacraments needed to go to heaven. Not one, not a single Baptist, not a single Methodist, not a single Catholic, not a single Charismatic, etc. So then, where is the “faith” of those who claim to believe most of mankind is going to burn in Hell? Where is the love? How are they denying themselves in order to snatch a few from the burning flames? If salvation is deliverance from burning in Hell forever, this month is the perfect time to broadcast the warning. But they aren’t. They are giving cookies. And the world can see through the sham.There are more suicides and people attending care groups for depression around Christmas than any other time of the year.
Dear traditional Christian, isn’t it time to get honest with yourself, your neighbors and God and come clean? Either go out there and burn yourself up warning people of the eternal wrath to come unless they repent and get born again and stay clean or stop the hypocrisy. Put your money into tracts; do some hard core street Evangelism instead of pouring billions upon billions of dollars into trinkets, lights, booze, Santa outfits, etc. Come clean. But you won’t. Do you know why? Because deep in your heart you know Hell is a lie. But you don’t have to guts to break the tradition. May God give you the guts in the coming year to break this wretched, awful hypocritical tradition. The world will be the better for it.
Additional Thoughts on Christians Betting on Hell
Recently I watched an excellent documentary narrated by Matt Damon entitled “Inside Job.” The video detailed the ponzi scheme, bankers, investment bankers, Harvard professors, insurance companies, federal reserve personnel and other predatory financial services people orchestrated to steal hundreds of billions of dollars from ordinary people. I highly recommend the video. The video really lays out how corrupt the financial services sector of the Western economies have become. What is so disheartening is that those at the top knew how toxic the packages they put together were. At the height of the scheme, they actually bet against their own investments and made billions betting AGAINST their own investment packages. They made billions on the way up and billions on the way down. And not a single one of these thieves went to jail for their corrupt and illegal practices. That should get a few people stirred enough to open their mouth.
Today, I got sort of a shocker in the Spirit. I’ve shared with many people my belief based upon Scripture and Revelation that Jesus Christ is, indeed, the Savior of the whole world — that Hell will ultimately be empty. Many Christians take offense with this glorious teaching that really should make any heart glad. But most of the time when I share this good news with Christians, I usually get a sharp rebuke and they never speak to me again. But many say something like, “I hope you are right.” Rarely do these “I hope you are right” believers go to the scriptures, study the early church writings or sincerely seek God on it, they simply say, “I hope you are right,” and then go back to their hellfire and damnation church. They do NOT take a stand for their hope that I am right. They do NOT go and study to see if these things be true. They go right back into their traditional church that trashes the cross and makes Jesus look like the greatest failure that ever walked this planet. They put their money on Hell — that God trashes most of mankind. They support churches that teach Jesus loses most of mankind. Their money is on churches that teach eternal damnation is true while at the same time placate me with a “I hope you are right” statement. This insincerity sounds to me like these financial thieves who have set up deals in which they win both ways at the expense of the innocent. “I hope you are right, Gary, but my money is on Hell. I’m buying insurance by going to a hellfire and damnation church and putting my offerings in the basket just in case Hell is real.”
Is this double-minded or what? Is this the hypocrisy Jesus accused the Pharisees for? They are propping up the lie, perpetuating the false teaching of Hell with their presence and finances just in case it’s true. If you are in this camp, be assured, this double-mindedness will not serve you, nor your family, nor the kingdom of God! Repent for the kingdom of the Savior of the world is at hand!