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 10 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 atheist 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 wasn't 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 it's 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 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 wedding. 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 then 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 beg 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 going to 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. 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. That's what i'm trying to do. So if you found this video helpful. Consider subscribing click thumbs up that helps it to get out to more people.

And just know you're not alone. There are other like-minded believers out there. So we need to stick together. Amen, and we need to support each other. So thanks for watching and until next time may the lord be with you.

And have a great day.