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The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

If God Loves Everyone, Why Doesn't Everyone Go to Heaven?

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.97.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

"If not everyone is going to heaven, then I don't want to be there." Is this sentiment honorable? Or misguided? Fr. Mike addresses the mystery of heaven and hell and gets to the core of what it means to be with God... or without him.

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0:00.0

Okay, I'll try it again.

0:01.2

I'll try this, you know, as it.

0:03.5

Hi, my name is Father Mike Smiths

0:04.6

and this is the sentient presents.

0:05.9

So I heard from a gentleman not too long ago

0:09.3

who brought something up that I thought was

0:12.8

really compelling dilemma he was facing

0:16.2

and that dilemma was, here's the message of the gospel.

0:18.4

Here's the message that Jesus Christ has come to us

0:22.1

so that we can have eternal life,

0:23.8

that he sent us Holy Spirit

0:25.2

so that we can have this encounter with God in a real way

0:29.0

that Jesus through his life, that the resurrection

0:31.0

has opened up the gates to heaven,

0:32.6

has made access to the Father not only possible,

0:35.4

the Holy Spirit makes it actual.

0:36.7

We have this incredible promise of new life

0:39.1

and we actually can go to heaven when we die.

0:42.5

He had heard the gospel and he was maybe raised Christian

0:45.1

or raised Catholic at some point,

0:46.7

but then he said he says,

0:47.6

but I know a lot of people,

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