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NASB | Mark 4:12 so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 4:12 so that THEY WILL CONTINUALLY LOOK BUT NOT SEE, AND THEY WILL CONTINUALLY HEAR BUT NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT TURN [from their rejection of the truth] AND BE FORGIVEN." [Is 6:9, 10; Matt 13:11-15] |
Bible Question: Who are the group of people that are being excluded from God's Kingdom? Is it God that's excluding them or their own willful rejection of the truth? If God is excluding them, why? |
Bible Answer: Rom 2:5 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, Rom 2:6 who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: Rom 2:7 to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; Rom 2:8 but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation. God condemns sinners for their willful rejection of the truth. Sinners don't condemn themselves. Just as forgiveness in the verse of this thread (Mark 4:14) is the sole prerogative of God, so is condemnation. God is the only one who can pardon to eternal life or justly give the sinner his due. Rev 20:15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. It seems that some would have us believe that the Bible teaches that the sinner walks to the brink of the lake of fire and throws himself in! Yes, God excludes people from the kingdom. They don't put themselves out. They want in, but God puts them out or keeps them out! Matt 8:11 "I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; Matt 8:12 but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Matt 22:12 and he *said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless. Matt 22:13 "Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' Matt 25:11 "Later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.' Matt 25:12 "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.' The point is that God is not passive in the exclusion of those from His kingdom, and the sinner does not condemn himself. Only God can do that. |
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