Episkopos Well-Known Member
Greetings to all. I think that most Christians do not fear hell as a possible outcome for their choices in life.....after all...didn't they already make the right choice by deciding to believe in Jesus Christ?
Now, I grant that there is merit to this lack of fear since the bible says that those who believe in Jesus will never die.
But the biblical position holds out another possibility to those who believe but do not obey...and that is to be rejected from the kingdom into an eternal darkness...and this in a "saved" condition.
Can we ignore the warnings of Jesus Christ that He will reject us unless we live IN Him? In holiness!!!! We have been warned that without holiness we shall NOT see God. We have been warned to DO the commandments of Christ or else He will send us away. We have been warned that He will spit us out of His mouth unless we DO what pleases Him.
I think that we moderns have a far too superficial view on things eternal. We tend to strain out all the difficult truth in order to swallow what goes down easier for the unregenerate man. In other words we tend towards slackness when it comes to the high calling in Christ.
We are saved by believing INTO Jesus Christ...INTO HIS holiness and light. The promise of a slack believer's continuing carnality...is rejection into outer darkness.
Striving to apprehend that for which I have been apprehended by Christ Jesus.
נתהלך באור
Walk in the Light!
Episkopos,
Jan 15, 2013
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Proverbs 9:10
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.