The Bible plainly explains that Christ is the intermediator between God and man (Heb. 9:15). Likewise the Scripture offers no other alternative to Christ as Savior (John 3:18). This act was only needed to be done once and He will return for those who are waiting on Him (Heb. 9:28). One distinctive of restrictivists is the urgency to preach the Gospel message. Feeling that time is limited, they are convinced they must proclaim a gospel message, as there is no other option for securing their eternity. Biblically they understand that the distribution of the message is central to the commands of Jesus and the teachings of Paul (Matt. 28:16-20; Rom. 10:13-15). In addition, they comprehend that Jesus taught that only a limited number of people would enter heaven (Matt. 7:13-14). Dr. Ramesh P. Richard expounds that Jesus is the only solution to all “spiritual, intellectual, emotional, existential questions that humanness, in all its dimensions, causes people to ask.” These questions are common among all people, cultures, and all religions. The problem with other perspectives is that none of them offers solutions to their “ultimate redemptive search.”
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It maintains the need for God and punishment for sin, but now for those who have the desire to find God will eventually be provided the means to do so. Universal Opportunity supporter Robert P. Lightner claims that when people live in a place where the gospel is not heard but reaches a point through general revelation where they can respond to God, they are no longer ones who cannot believe. From that point those people are responsible for what they do and what they know. No one who has the capacity to meet God’s condition of accepting Christ through faith will be banished to an eternal