- Dec 13, 2015
- 5,265
- 4,255
- 37
- Country
- United States
- Faith
- Calvinist
- Marital Status
- Married
For those of you who dont know who Charles Spurgeon is, he was one of the greatest minds and Pastors who ever lived. Even people who didnt subscribe to Reformed theology loved his great mind and ferocity when he preached back in the mid-late 19th century.
I wanted to talk about Spurgeon because I wanted to talk about his most controversial statement ever. It was controversial when he said it and it's still highly controversial today. Thats his famous statement that since there was such a vast multitude of people in the book of life (See Genesis 15:5, Revelation 7:9) that he believed there are going to end up being more people in Heaven than in Hell.
So was Spurgeon right? Are the multitude of people really so vast that it could even surpass our wildest dreams?
I say perhaps. I mean after all, Reformed theology (and Protestant theology in general) is growing at a now alarming rate. Nearly one tenth of today's global Protestants are in fact, Reformed. Not that Reformed theology or Protestantism saves I'm not trying to claim that. Salvation is purely a work of God and God's sheep come from all across the globe. I'm just saying that more and more people are accepting the gospel and are ever evolving on the right interpretations of scripture than ever before in history. Either the five points of Calvinism or the five points of Arminianism are the dominating theologies of Protestantism today. More and more Christian's are accepting the five Solas whether they identify as Protestant or not. Things are just growing at such an alarming rate that its unbelievable.
So yes, it's possible that one of the greatest minds of all time could be right. There could be more people in heaven than in hell. But it will always be speculatory as it is impossible to completely know for sure until we get there. But, what do you think?
I wanted to talk about Spurgeon because I wanted to talk about his most controversial statement ever. It was controversial when he said it and it's still highly controversial today. Thats his famous statement that since there was such a vast multitude of people in the book of life (See Genesis 15:5, Revelation 7:9) that he believed there are going to end up being more people in Heaven than in Hell.
So was Spurgeon right? Are the multitude of people really so vast that it could even surpass our wildest dreams?
I say perhaps. I mean after all, Reformed theology (and Protestant theology in general) is growing at a now alarming rate. Nearly one tenth of today's global Protestants are in fact, Reformed. Not that Reformed theology or Protestantism saves I'm not trying to claim that. Salvation is purely a work of God and God's sheep come from all across the globe. I'm just saying that more and more people are accepting the gospel and are ever evolving on the right interpretations of scripture than ever before in history. Either the five points of Calvinism or the five points of Arminianism are the dominating theologies of Protestantism today. More and more Christian's are accepting the five Solas whether they identify as Protestant or not. Things are just growing at such an alarming rate that its unbelievable.
So yes, it's possible that one of the greatest minds of all time could be right. There could be more people in heaven than in hell. But it will always be speculatory as it is impossible to completely know for sure until we get there. But, what do you think?