In reply to universalism as expressed by Zander Dunn, I wish to present the following quotation from The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel: “We read in 2 Peter 3:9 that God isn’t willing that any should perish but that all would come to repentance. It is not God who marginalizes people; it’s people who marginalize God. What prevents universal salvation is human freedom — a rejection of God’s salvation. It’s human beings who push God away and who want to keep Him at arm’s length. God makes His salvation available to all people but not all choose to embrace it.”
And choose is the key word. It all goes back to the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve chose free will as opposed to living in paradise. So universalism is wishful thinking since not all will repent.
