Subject: "Sons" of perdition? |
Bible Note: Love Fountain: You wrote: "Joe, I do believe Johns pen inked John and Pauls pen inked 2Thes, however I do not think the words written were Pauls nor Johns, do you?" Yes I do. The word written were of the human authors, with their own style. We see a very different style and syntax between the gospel of John and his epistles, and those epistles that Paul penned. What the doctrine of inspiration holds is not that the Holy Spirit took possession of the hands of human beings, making them some kind fo "automatic writers." Rather, The Holy Spirit supernaturally superintended the writing of Scripture to keep it from error and to reveal what God wasnted to reveal. Therefore, we can say that the words of 2 Thessalonians are indeed Paul's words, and at the same time say that it is the infallible message of God. You wrote: "This is new to me, I have only seen one being sentenced(judged), to eternally perish within the whole context of Scripture, please show me who else is judged to eternal spiritual death besides satan,within Scripture." Everyone who is not in Christ: "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." --John 3:36 "Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die." --Ezekiel 18:4 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life." --John 5:24 "Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?" --Romans 6:16 "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." --Romans 6:23 "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death." --1 John 3:14 "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." --John 3:18 Lastly, please note that I did not say that the term "son of perdition" as used in John and Thessalonians could refer to anyone. As I previously stated, they refer to specific individuals. But neither of these individuals are Satan, and they are not the same individual. --Joe! |