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NASB | Revelation 22:19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 22:19 and if anyone takes away from or distorts the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away [from that one] his share from the tree of life and from the holy city (new Jerusalem), which are written in this book. |
Subject: Does Rev 22:19 teach loss of salvation? |
Bible Note: Two points. One I have known people that were born again and lived it and after many years just went back into the world of obvious wicked living. These people are not going to heaven according to Paul when he said, be not decieved brothers (christian brothers) they that practice (unrepenting) drunkenness, fornication etc are not going to inherit the kingdom of heaven. Therefore I know that these people were born again, we were very close and they once lived in holiness and spoke intimately of the truths of Christ in them. But now they are drunkards and fornicators. You can construct all the twists and turns around scripture but Paul says they are not going to heaven unless they repent. You can say they were not born again but that is far worse sort of judgement on your part than agreeing with Paul that people that live like that are not going to heaven. Or you can say they are going to heaven but loosing rewards, but that is to confuse ministry works with wicked lifestyle. You can say the kingdome of heaven is seperate than eternal life, but that is trying too hard to dodge what Paul said. Now I do not understand how one that is born again and has known the joy of walking with God can live in sin any length of time without suffering a nervous breakdown. I know that christians will sometimes fall. I know that they are not unsaved if they fall. Having fallen before and experienced the misery of it I have no fear of losing my salvation. I understand that he that is born of God cannot sin, or cannot stay in sin becuase it is too hard for him. He will be too miserable because of the Word of God in him. If you are born again of the Word of God you will not be able to stay in sin. If someone does stay in sin and you know they have been born again, do not comfort them with lieing words that they are going to heaven anyway. All the apostles wrote and preached about it as though eternal damnation waits for those that do not repent. Let us preach the same way. Point 2 I love the book of Revelation and I am glad the KJV scholars kept true to the language when they used words like angel in Rev 2-3 which by doing so brings out truths that changing it to messenger would have ruined. |