Postmortem Preaching and Primopetrine Polemics

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Wooden, Anselm Asaph. Postmortem Preaching and Primopetrine Polemics. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/c9350110-5cac-49d6-8f36-2e3680c96e06.

W. A. Asaph. Postmortem Preaching and Primopetrine Polemics. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/c9350110-5cac-49d6-8f36-2e3680c96e06

Wooden, Anselm Asaph. Postmortem Preaching and Primopetrine Polemics. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/c9350110-5cac-49d6-8f36-2e3680c96e06.

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What happens to those who die without ever having heard the Gospel? A number of theologians, both ancient and recent, have suggested that these will have an opportunity to hear the Gospel after they die and that those who repent and trust in Christ for salvation in response to this message will be saved. In support of this view, proponents have put forward several Bible passages, but the case depends on the interpretation of 1 Peter 3:19 and 4:6. On close examination of these verses within their cultural and literary context, neither of them supports the view which has been alternatively been called “postmortem evangelism,” “future probation,” or “divine perseverance.” Since the Biblical case for this view depends on 1 Peter, it seems that there is no Scriptural warrant for it. Since there is no Scriptural warrant for it, Christians ought not to teach such a view.

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