Bible Questions Answered:
“I believe that all will go to heaven- Period....”
Bill/ Schenectady, New York U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
This kind of thinking, is referred to as “Universalism,” Universal salvation.
It seems more than obvious though, that you did not include any scripture to back such a belief!
And of course, you didn't, because there are none. How to the contrary, the direct antithesis of this opinion is taught in the word of God, here are just a few.
Isaiah 44:22,23 KJV
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee.
23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it...
John 3:14-18 KJV
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 10:9 KJV
I am the Door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith unto him (Thomas), I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.
John 14:6 NLT
Jesus told him, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through Me.
John 14:6 ASV
Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by Me.
John 14:6 NASB
Jesus *said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Acts 4:8-12 KJV
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the Stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the Head of the Corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts 15:11 KJV
But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved...
Romans 5:1,2,9 NLT
1 Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.
2 Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.
9 And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, He will certainly save us from God’s condemnation.
Romans 10:9,10 KJV
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
I Corinthians 3:11 KJV
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:13-18 KJV
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one new Man, so making peace;
16 And that He might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Ephesians 3:12 NLT
Because of Christ and our faith in Him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.
I Thessalonians 5:9,10 KJV
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us...
I Timothy 2:3-6 KJV
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus;
6 Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Hebrews 5:8,9 KJV
8 Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered;
9 And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him;
Hebrews 9:28 KJV
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Revelation 3:8 KJV
I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My word, and hast not denied My name.
