Evidently I do not understand the point you are trying to make.Dear friend. I never said you have not been consistent in all that you have posted. Consistency does not equal accuracy.
You stated that the implication of the verse (2 Thessalonians 1:8) is that if one does not want to be lost in flaming fire facing God's vengeance then one must obey the gospel of Christ.
I simply asked you if the implication of that verse was possibly that they shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power....WHICH IS THE NEXT VERSE, VERSE #9.
Verse #9 clearly IMPLIES what will happen. You couldn't even agree with it. Instead you kept reverting to your bloviating. My point is, Scripture must be taken in context. Not cherry picked.
Mary
My point from 2 Thess 1:8 is that the verse logically makes "obeying the gospel of Christ" a necessity if one does not want to be lost in flaming fire. Verse 9 therefore implies those who have NOT obeyed the gospel of Christ are the ones who "shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord." Nothing is being 'cherry picked'. If there is any "bloviating" it would be by those denying the necessity of water baptism in how it is the means by which "obeys the gospel of Christ" per 2 Thess 1:8.