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1 | psalms... judgement chapter 1 verse 5 | Rev 20:15 | EdB | 225671 | ||
First let me make one little comment. I to support the idea that doctrine needs to be established in scripture but we must be careful we don't simply "proof text" ourselves to death. That said let us begin a thought process. Romans 3:23 (NASB) 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Haven't all of mankind been judged already based on this statement? If the righteous died we believe them to be present with the lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8 (NASB) 8 we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. And do we not believe the unrighteous that die go to a holding place called Hell or Hades where there is a hot dry place. Luke 16:19 passage Again doesn't that tell us there has been a judgment? Or this? John 3:18 (NASB) 18 "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. What then keeps us from eternal damnation? John 3:16 (NKJV) 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Neither our works nor our sins condemns us what condemns us is our failure to accept salvation through Christ Jesus. Revelation 20:15 (NKJV) 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. So when I say the Unrigtheous aren't judged I mean because of the fact that all mankind has already been judged and found guilty and condemned to eternal damnation there is no judgement needed only the sentencing of those that failed to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. |
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2 | psalms... judgement chapter 1 verse 5 | Rev 20:15 | Beja | 225684 | ||
EdB, I suppose it would be good for me to give an example of the clearly stated scripture. Acts 17:30,31 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead. A clear statement that there is a FUTURE specific date of judgement for the whole world. Here is another from Paul teaching Felix about the Christian Faith. Acts 24:25 And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgement, Felix was alarmed and said... Do you see that Paul taught a COMING day of judgement? Your thought process is in error. The root of your error is that you are failing to see that the judgement has a both now and yet to come aspect just as our salvation has a now and yet to come aspect. If you do a search on the word "salvation" sodzo in the greek. Then you will find it is sometimes spoken of past, sometimes ongoing, and sometimes as a future event. The judgement upon us is in much the same way. God has judged the world, is pouring out restrained judgement on the world now, and will one day finally judge it. In Christ, Beja |
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3 | psalms... judgement chapter 1 verse 5 | Rev 20:15 | EdB | 225685 | ||
Beja Who is Acts written to? Pagans sure they can read it but it was written to the Christians and yes there will be a judgement of our lives. We are told our works will be thrown into the furnance and all stubble will be burned off and what will be left is pure gold. I believe at the BEMA Seat of Judgement each Christian will have his works judged as per all the places you cite in scripture. However for those that rejected Christ, there is no need to judge God has already declared them to be in sin as is all the world, what is left if you will is the actual excution of the their sentence which is to be thrown into the lake of fire. If a comdemned man is sentenced to die what is the point of judging all the sins that got him sentenced? One sin is no worst than another and to have any sin that is not under the blood of Christ means your name isn't in the book of life and the sentence is the Lake of Fire. What you are doing is proof texting your answer by supplying all the referenced to Judgement but you are missing the big point. We were all guilty of sin and the judgement of sin is death. That Judgement is over. But Jesus died for our sins and therefore to secure forgiveness of our judgement we must accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and trust that His death did pay for our sins. In other words we must have our names written in the book of life. Now if you want to believe looking in the book of life for our names is judgement okay I will go with that. But that's what it is going to come down for those that don't accept salvation through Christ Jesus. |
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4 | psalms... judgement chapter 1 verse 5 | Rev 20:15 | Beja | 225686 | ||
EdB, Be very careful of what you are doing. You say "what would be the point?" But because you can not see the point shall we ignore them? I think I will let God be God and if He sees fit to have a judgement at the end in order to place that judgement on display in a some clear final sense, I will not critique his choice with my ability to see whether or not it is fitting. I see, and have shown, that scripture very very clearly states that he has chosen to do so. At that point it is no longer my roll as sitting underneath scripture to argue whether or not it is, but to only understand that God has seen fit, and then to apply my mind to understanding perhaps why. If you wish to not hear or see these exceedingly clear scriptures, then I intend to spend no further effort trying to show you. Only take care with how your handle and read the word of God. For if we are to give an account of every idle word we speak, how much more so will we give an account for how we handle His words? Let us always be ready to let scripture correct us. In Christ, Beja |
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