Is universalism true?

tonychanyt said:

Universalism is the belief that everyone will be saved eventually.

Jesus says in Matthew 25:


Some will go to eternal punishment; others to eternal life.

Will everyone have eternal life?

No, John 5:


Is universalism true?

I doubt it. To be on the safe side for myself, I will not rely on universalism for salvation. To be safe for others, I would not tell others that universalism is true.

Eternal life starts now while I am alive. Right now, I have the Paraclete dwelling in my spirit. I have been born of the Spirit. There is no need to wait until after the resurrection to experience eternal life.

See also Conscious torment/torture over an infinite period of time?.

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16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

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