Pope Says Hell Is Empty / Alistair Begg Compromises on "Gay Marriage"?

Hello in this video we're going to be covering two major stories in Christian news first the

Pope talks about his belief that hell is Actually empty of course if this is really what he believes that makes

Pope Francis a Universalist more on that in a moment, but the second bombshell story that came out this one is a little more shocking

I mean the Pope being a universalist That's probably what people already figured

But this is unexpected pastor Alistair Begg is now encouraging his church members to attend

Gay weddings. I know that's shocking some of you probably don't believe me

But I'll play the clip in a moment where you can hear him in his own words But first this story about the

Pope here is what the head of the Catholic Church Said he said and I quote what

I will say is not a dogma of faith, but something personal I like to think of hell as Empty I hope it's

Reality the headline of the article where I pulled this quote from is the dissenter so this website is

Disntr .com if you want to check it out the headline reads the the Roman Pope embraces a heretical universalist view of hell and Eternity and I can already hear people saying no.

No that that's not what he said. He isn't saying that's what he believes He's just saying he wishes that was the case now normally

I would agree if the Pope was Orthodox in this theology and Let's say for years.

He preached a clear gospel that a person must repent and trust in Christ for salvation

If that were the case, and he just made these remarks in passing or off -the -cuff then sure you know fine

I mean, I still think it's dangerous for a Christian leader to say something like that it sends mixed messages, but Just making that statement by itself right that wouldn't prove that the

Pope is a universalist, but there is a context here before I get into that just to define the term a

Universalist or someone who believes in universal reconciliation as it's sometimes called

I did a whole podcast titled Universal reconciliation so you can check that out if you want, but basically

Universalism is the belief that everybody goes to heaven no matter what no matter what you believe no matter what you do

Hell is empty Everyone is saved or you know in the end everyone

Will be saved there are different variations of universalism Universal reconciliation, maybe you remember was like ten years ago

Rob Bell who was popular within Evangelical circles he made waves with his book titled love wins

And this has really been a growing trend this idea that they'll say well

Jesus died for everyone therefore Everyone is saved or Maybe people have to go to like a purgatory type place for a while But in the end they say

God's love wins people over or you know just people automatically Go to heaven again different variations, but it's all in the end the same thing

Universalism so because God is a God of love no one goes to hell everyone goes to heaven now that might sound nice But clearly the

Bible teaches the opposite Jesus himself said in the gospel of John chapter 3 verse 3

Jesus said most assuredly I say to you Unless one is born again.

He cannot see the kingdom of God and then Jesus gives the Apostle John a vision

Wrote down it's called the book of Revelation Where in chapter 20 it's very clear

Revelation 20 11 through 15 Makes it very clear at the end of the the end of the ages

Revelation 22 15 also. I mean that right at the very end of the whole story Jesus says that the wicked as well as all unbelievers.

They are cast into the lake of fire So that's what scripture teaches Jesus and John 3 36

I mean just you could list verse after verse after verse, but no

Pope Francis apparently thinks hell is empty And again someone will say no no he isn't he isn't declaring that he isn't teaching that he just says

I hope that's true. I mean after all you know in the quote. He said this is not dogma, right?

He can't say that it's dogma Because the Catholic Church and their teachings are set in stone right the

Pope and the Catholic Church They claim to be infallible So if something has been

Catholic dogma for centuries the Pope technically can't just come out and change it

That would make him an antipope So he asked to play this little game, and this is what the Pope has been doing for years like officially the church is against Homosexuality, but the

Pope comes out and says you know well who am I to judge or officially the church is against Gay marriage, but the

Pope just you remember a couple weeks ago. I did a video on this, too The Pope told his priests that they can now bless same -sex

Unions so yeah officially on paper the Catholic Church is against all that but the

Pope He does he doesn't say you can bless gay marriages. He says you can bless gay unions

So that's sort of like a way of getting around it. It's like a lawyer You know getting someone off on a technicality so the the

Pope will the church teaches one thing officially But then the Pope will say the opposite But there's always plausible

Deniability so that's the game that false teachers and heretics Play clearly the

Pope is expressing What he truly believes in a bigger context we know he said other things like this so Someone defending the

Pope can say well technically he didn't declare as dogma Yeah, but everyone knows this

Pope and the way he is remember years ago here Here's the context that makes me pretty much convinced that the

Pope is a Universalist remember years ago that child that little child came up to Pope Francis at one of his events and The little kid he told the

Pope that his father had died But he was an atheist But he had his son this little kid baptized

So the child came up to the Pope and he told the Pope all this my dad's what my dad was an atheist

But he had me baptized he he asked Pope Francis will my father be in heaven and of course it's this

Tear -jerking moment and the Pope didn't say yes your father is in heaven.

He didn't say yes It's Catholic dogma atheists go to heaven to the

Pope didn't outright say that He can't Because that would go against official

Catholic doctrine But what did the Pope say he responded by asking a deconstructionist type question and the

Pope said? Would God really? Refuse a man like that in other words the

Pope said the atheists went to heaven without actually saying it See that that's how he does it he has plausible

Deniability yet at the same time everybody knows what he's saying And by the way that whole incident with that little kid it was staged you have to understand that this stuff doesn't just happen

And I don't mean it was staged as in it didn't happen or it was fake I mean the the boy really came up to I'm sure his dad really was an atheist

But here's the thing you can't just get an audience with the Pope it has to be pre -arranged right

There's security checks and everything else so this little kid It was determined.

Okay. Here's what we're gonna do this little kid is gonna approach you and he's gonna ask you this question and the

Pope knew what he was gonna say and Then it was gonna leak out to the press and it was all done

Intentionally to send a message while at the same time Not changing

Catholic dogma because the church catechism says one thing but the Pope is saying something completely

Different so With that as a context and things like that happening so many times throughout the years when the

Pope comes out And he says you know I hope it's a reality that hell is empty we know What he's doing the

Pope is helping to spread Universalism in preparation for the one -world religion of the end times

Now speaking of same -sex unions because the Pope Made major news when he

Told Catholic priests a few weeks ago. You can now officially bless not same -sex marriage

But you can bless same -sex unions. You know give me a break, but speaking of that subject and gay marriage quote -unquote

Here's the second big story of the day. I saw the video this morning from the

YouTube channel evangelical dark web Their video said quote

Alistair Begg Compromises on gay weddings, and I thought oh no

Because once you have a big evangelical leader a supposed.

You know conservative Evangelical leader once you have guys like Alistair Begg starting to say things like this

Starting to approve or even suggesting recommending that Christians attend gay weddings

Once a guy like Alistair Begg does that the damage has already been done

Now you have taken that next step towards full Affirmation now to be clear

Alistair Begg as far as I know he is Orthodox in his theology He is not affirming homosexuality

But he did tell a woman that a Christian woman that it's okay to attend a gay wedding

He said in fact you should go and you should buy them a gift Because if you don't his reasoning his logic is that if you don't go it's just gonna reinforce their belief that all

Christians are bigots etc Now again some of you don't believe me. You know you think I'm making this up.

I never say anything without Proof okay, so here's the clip listen to a

Alistair Begg says you and I know that we field questions all the time that go along the lines of my grandson is about to be married to a transgender person and I don't know what to do about this, and I'm calling to ask you to tell me what to do

Which is a huge responsibility and in a conversation like that just a few days ago

And people may not like this answer, but I asked the I asked the grandmother

Does your grandson understand your? Belief in Jesus yes does your grandson understand that your belief in Jesus makes it such that you can't countenance in any affirming way the choices that he has made in life

Yes, I said well then okay as long as he knows that Then I suggest that you do go to the ceremony, and I suggest that you buy them a gift.

Oh she said What she was caught off guard. I said well. Here's the thing

There you're not going to your your love for them may catch them off guard But your absence will simply reinforce

The fact that they said these people are what I always thought judgmental critical unprepared to countenance anything

Okay, so I mean I sympathize with this woman. I mean it has to be difficult if a

Christian woman or a man you know was torn and they ended up going please understand

I'm not condemning anyone, but my friends you have to understand by attending that gay wedding it will be seen as affirmation

It's at least a step in that direction. It's like they say actions speak louder than words

So just understand once the big -name preachers start saying things like this

Local church pastors are going to follow suit and then if a pastor says to his church members

No, you should not be attending gay weddings someone will say yeah well Alistair Begg says we can and he knows the

Bible better than you and I mean this type of thing is going to lead to serious problems and division within the body of Christ so For Alistair Begg to tell this woman to attend no matter what she believes on paper, right?

No matter what she technically believes by attending. Yeah actions speak louder than words it will be seen as Affirmation or again at least a step in that direction because nobody goes from solid

Bible -believing Christian one moment to full -blown LGBT rainbow flag

Affirmation the next like it happens in incremental steps. It's like deconstruction.

It happens one step at a time So not only will the gay couple view this as a form of affirmation

I mean you're going you're buying them a gift that implies that you're going to be you know Smiling and at least on the surface going along with it to some degree that's

That's going to be seen not just by the couple, but what about other people other

Christians other family members? They're just people looking at the situation. It seems like affirmation but With the woman going the worst thing about it in my view is is the pastor?

Telling you to go like that's the worst part and I've had reservations about Alistair Begg for a long time

I have to admit that his preaching has always seemed Solid everything I've heard from Alistair Begg seems good but Alistair Begg I Also know is a council member for the gospel coalition and that never really sat well with me

I'm going to release a video about the gospel coalition maybe tomorrow maybe next week, but The gospel coalition one of their writers just recently he said that the church

Should change and take the position that Noah's flood was not a worldwide flood

He said instead in order to improve our witness with the unbelieving world

We should say that the flood was only a regional flood And this is what the gospel coalition and people who work for them.

This is what they do This is their whole deal. They take what the world thinks You know the flood is ridiculous.

That's what the world thinks about that They take what the world thinks and they take what the Bible says and it's like let's try to find some middle ground which is compromise

Gospel coalition or TGC members have also advocated that the church embrace evolution in the form of theistic evolution and now this with Alistair Begg that well technically

Homosexuality is wrong, but you know you as a Christian You should go to the gay wedding, which the wedding is a celebration of the couple coming together

Not only can you go Begg says you should go You know

What if you go and the minister says during the ceremony if anyone has any reason why this couple should not get married let them

Speak now or forever hold their peace then what's the lady supposed to say Alistair Begg has put her in a very bad

Situation Again, I know that must be very difficult for a woman with a grandchild and like I get it

It's gonna be really hard but for a pastor to give that advice

I Don't care what you say That's compromise on his part. So in conclusion, what's the takeaway?

I don't want to leave you discouraged, but you know these issues These issues need to be addressed and we need people to respond to this stuff with Clarity because you know the

Pope and his statements and Alistair But this is just muddying the water and that's what the devil wants to do.

He wants to muddy the water So we need to speak with absolute clarity on the issue.

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