If Grace Is True
Why God Will Save Every Person
by Philip Gulley & James Mulholland
Summary
Midway through reading this book, I made the decision to live as if the authors’ belief in universal salvation is true for six months. I have been struggling to settle into the belief ever since, facing the same fear as one of the people the authors describe in their book. That the idea of limitless grace somehow dishonors God and that believing it will make Him angry with me. The authors pose a question worth considering: “Do you really think God would damn you to hell for overestimating His love?”
The book raises another important question. Why is it so hard to accept the idea that God wants to save all of His children. We say that God is making all things new and that nothing is impossible for Him. Yet, we have been taught to believe that human free will can prevent God from doing the thing what He most desires—restoring us to intimate relationship with Himself.
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If Grace is True - By Philip Gulley and James Mulholland
Favorite Quotes
“If grace is true, it is true for everyone.”
“My experience with God and my examination of Scripture have convinced me that God delights in getting his hands dirty, lifting men and women from the gutter and cleansing them. True holiness delights in restoring the impure.”
“Perfection is demonstrated not by moral purity, but by extravagant love. We are like God not when we are pure, but when we are loving and gracious.”
“Eternal punishment contradicts even the harshest concepts of justice. It defies God’s commitment to restoring all things.”
“God’s love will be the reason, not the reward, for our repentance.”
“Nothing in all of creation can separate us from the love of God. Not even us.”
“In the crucifixion we said no to God, but in the resurrection God rejected our rejection. This is the triumph of grace.”
“Jesus believed in a God who seeks the lost until he finds them…This is tremendous news for those who’ve been taught that death is the final word, that grace is a temporary offer, that eternal punishment awaits those who die without accepting Jesus. God will not be satisfied until every seat at his table is filled.”
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