What do you think of Carleton Pearson's 'gospel of inclusion?'?

Question

This interpretation is controversial, some have rejected this doctrine as heresy. What do you think?

ref:

http://www.newdimensions.us/content.cfm?id=2010

Answer 1

"Gospel" and "inclusion" in the same sentence...now there's something I've never seen before.

Off to check this out...uh, oh. This guy is thinking...and it looks suspicious...I see something approaching rationality here...

He'll be an atheist by the end of the year.

Answer 2

The world is already saved and does not know it...??????

That is like saying Jesus did not have to die, but he did not know it either...

Salvation is not automatic, and universal.... but it is automatically available to all (universally), because of the sacrifice of Jesus for everyone. We just need to receive it....what he is leaving out is repetance, which is crucial for accepting salvation....this man is proposing that sin may continue , because we are already saved and we can do what we please. This is not so, and refuted by the teachings of christ and his apostles. Sin is not tolerated in the new testament, and people are told they have to repent first, and accept forgiveness. Unless this is done, there is no salvation.

Answer 3

It's an old heresey that is easily disproved that has been resurrected and given a new name and a new public relations campaign. Jesus himself clearly taught that not everyone was going to be saved. His finished work on the cross is not only for all who believe but also for all who do the will of his Father here on earth. A person becomes able to do God's will here on earth by being "born again", that is by being freed from the power of sin when the Holy Spirit of God regenerates that person spiritually. Here are some supporting passages.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Matthew 7:13 "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. 15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. (like Carleton Pearson?)

....21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' (like Carleton Pearson?) 23 And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'

Matthew 25:31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.


Matthew 25:41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' 44 Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' 45 Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."