Eternal judgment
of both the saved and the unsaved is the final doctrine of Christ.
Where will you spend eternity. Will it be
with your Creator in Heaven?
John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they
shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
2Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather
to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
1Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord.
Or will you spend eternity in a lake of
unquenchable fire of the soul with a resurrected body that cannot die?
Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand
before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is
the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were
written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in
it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were
judged every man according to their works. 14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second
death. 15 And whosoever was not found
written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Isaiah 66:24
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have
transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire
be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Paul then makes an astounding statement that
reverberates down through history. If you were saved and could then be lost you
could never be saved again as that would require crucifying Christ again. So,
the argument here is that you cannot lose your salvation because, if you could,
you could never be saved again.
What we will see in Hebrews is that many
people will claim to be saved but will not be because there is no truth in
their profession and once you are saved you cannot get unsaved, losing your
salvation. That a Christian can lose their salvation is not logical because to
get saved again would require crucifying Christ again. The only other answer
would be unthinkable, that if you sinned after you were saved or rejected
Christ after you had professed to be a Christian you would be hopelessly lost
forever. There would be no coming back. The very fact of Peter’s denial of
Christ at Christ’s trial and how he was forgiven denies this idea of losing
your salvation.
Look at verses 7 and 8. Have you really
received Christ? What evidence is there of that to others? Paul said in
Galatians;
Galatians
5:19 Now the works of the flesh
are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders,
drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I
have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall
not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against
such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's
have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let
us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of
vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
What is the evidence of your faith? Are you
fooling yourself? Because you are not fooling God.
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