churchmousec (http://churchmousec.wordpress.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Intrepid WELS Members and Pastors Supporting Justi...":
Timothy Buelow said it best in that exchange, and this is what clergy really should be emphasising:
'... unbelief is not simply some little thing, viz. the lack of belief. It is an active, militant, ungrateful, offensive, disgusting, miserable active sin of rejecting what Christ has done for them. God is most just in sending to hell whoever dares to spit in the face of Christ by not appreciating what he has done, and believing in Him who is Love personified and defined, and trusting in the atonement he has attained at the cost of His own innocent blood.
'Again: Unbelief is not the lack of faith. It's the active sin of spitting God in the face, deeming Christ's sacrifice useless, telling the Holy Spirit to take a hike, mocking the revealed will of God in Scripture, etc., etc., etc. And THIS is not worthy of damnation?!!'
How many 'damnation' or 'condemnation' verses are there in the New Testament? Many. I used some in one of my posts about Rob Bell earlier in the year. Have come up with more since in my study of John's Gospel. Also, blaspheming the Holy Spirit is grounds for damnation.
So, how anyone can come up with universal justification is beyond belief.
In other news, I read on an Anglican discussion board the other day this gem: 'We all know that NO ONE goes to hell!' They were serious.
To these people I say, 'Folks, pull out your Bibles and start reading! When you've finished, start again.'
