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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:30 That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death]. |
Subject: Why would we be undone? |
Bible Note: Rowdy, If I may interject here:-) Opinions do not matter, nor should we be concerned with them. Once again, "being undone" is NOT Biblical terminology. We must define terms before throwing them out there. Otherwise we have what I call "warm fuzzies". What you are advocating is (maybe) being saved by grace, yet being kept by works! Without trying to be cavalier, the Lord is not some Mafioso Boss who'll "rub us out" or "put us on ice" if we "leave His service"! It's not serve-to-the-end-or-you'll-be-eliminated! You're misunderstanding the MOTIVATION behind our service. In conclusion here are 3 verses that may or may not serve to clarify: "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age," (Titus 2:11-12) "For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf." (2 Cor. 5:14-15) "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." (Eph. 2:10) Rowdy, I serve the Lord because of my LOVE for Him, and because He has blessed me so abundantly! Not because I'm doing so under compulsion or because He's going to somehow "undo me". I would hope that you'd see the difference- because it's HUGE! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |