Sunday, July 23, 2006
Fundamentals (Point 4)
"The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, 'The LORD is just.'" (2 Chronicles 12:6 NIV)
Because God is just. The sinner must be punished. But more seriously, God cannot be in the presence of sin.
"But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear." (Isaiah 59:2)
Therefore,
"Depart from me [God], you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ... Then they will go away to eternal punishment ..." (Matthew 25:41, 46)
So now what? Are we all doomed to eternal punishment? No, because:
"For God so loved the world that he ..." (John 3:16a)
You'll see.
Because God is just. The sinner must be punished. But more seriously, God cannot be in the presence of sin.
"But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear." (Isaiah 59:2)
Therefore,
"Depart from me [God], you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ... Then they will go away to eternal punishment ..." (Matthew 25:41, 46)
So now what? Are we all doomed to eternal punishment? No, because:
"For God so loved the world that he ..." (John 3:16a)
You'll see.
# posted by Wesley Son of Cornelius @ 11:00 PM 
