The above words of Christ taken from the Gospel according to St. Matthew were interpreted in a way that justified the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ not only as the obedience of the Son to the will of his Father, but also that the Father was satisfied by the death of his Son to make up for the sins of the elect. In his Epistle to the Romans, St. Paul writes "But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, though testified to by the law and the prophets the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. for there is no distinction; all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God. They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3: 21-24).
In the 20th century, a German theologian, Jurgen Moltmann, wrote his book "The Crucified God" in which he stated his conviction in salvation through Christ's death. There, Moltmann wrote that the Father suffered with his Son on the Cross. Jesus Christ died for humanity and not only for the few elect. The Father, who loves all his creation, desires that all be with him in his kingdom. In God's eyes, everyone is unique. everyone is precious...Pope Saint John Paul II wrote that God never damns anyone to hell. In his respect of the person's freedom, God lets us decide whether we want to live with him in an eternal state of love, or not with him in an eternal state of self-closed creature. Bishop Robert Barron explained hell here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8zhnooySk4&t=68s
Yes. God desires that all shall be saved (Luke 12: 32). It is why Christians have a responsibility to show Christ to non-Christians by the way they live and behave so that they too may convert/have, in Christ, the possibility of being saved (Matthew 5: 43-48).
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