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Well, today marks six years since I have been saved, and I wanted to draw this to commemorate that wonderful day and to thank the Lord Jesus for saving me. In the picture, that's supposed to blood of Christ, and it's covering a book that contains every sin I've committed, and every sin I will commit in the future. The Bible verses in the drawing is from Colossians 2:13-14.If you aren't saved, or aren't sure if you are saved, and you would like to be saved, I have the instructions on how to do so on my profile page in the box I have titled, "How to Get SAVED." In short, it's this --->
1. Your sins separate you from God, and the wages of sin is death.
2. God is holy, and cannot allow sin in His presence. Hence, there is no sin in heaven.
3. God provided a way for mankind to go to heaven, and that way is through Jesus Christ alone.
4. Jesus Christ paid the eternal penalty of our sins when He took our place on the cross.
5. He rose again on the third day following His crucifixion for our justification.
6. You must put your faith in Jesus Christ and His finished work on the cross in order to get saved from hell and be guaranteed heaven in the future.
Note: Your good works CANNOT save you, it is by grace through faith alone (Ephesians 2:8-9).
If anything is unclear here, or if you have any questions about the gospel and how to get saved, feel free to ask me; I'd be more than happy to help. Thank you, and God bless
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 --->
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Romans 5:8-11 --->
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Ephesians 2:8-9 --->
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Acts 16:30-31 --->
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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Hebrews 6:4-6 and 10:26-31 are about a believer during the time of Jacob's trouble who falls away and loses their opportunity to enter into the Millennial Kingdom. The book of Hebrews is meant to encourage and strengthen Israel to endure the Tribulation and look forward to their kingdom.
Hebrews 2:3
"How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;"
Hebrews 3:6-8
"But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:"
Hebrews 3:12-15
"Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation."
Hebrews 13:14
"For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
That last verse is why the book of Hebrews contains language about enduring; they have to wait patiently for Christ to return and deliver them into their promised land and kingdom (also, see how this is repeated in James 5:7-11, since that epistle is talking about the same thing).We read in Revelation 14:9-11 how any who will worship the beast and his image, and take his mark, then he or she will have eternal torment. This is the willful sin that will deny someone entrance into eternal life; worship of the Antichrist and attributing to him the status and identity of God. They are attributing his evil, satanic actions to God, and this was something Christ warned Israel about when the Pharisees attributed Christ's work as the devil's.
Matthew 12:31-32
"Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come."
This following passage shows what happens when a believer at that time turns away from God. Matthew 24 is about Christ telling His disciples what to expect in the time before end comes.
Matthew 24:48-51
"But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Understanding how one can lose out on entering the kingdom, Matthew 25:1-13 will make sense in the context of Jesus' preaching.
"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."
The foolish virgins didn't "endure," like Hebrews and James exhorts. Hebrews 6:4-6 and 10:26-31 exist to warn those future believers from becoming like those unwise virgins.
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Do you think Outer Darkness is the Lake of Fire/Gehenna? I think not. I think Zane Hodges, Charles F. Stanley and Bob Wilkin all were partially correct by refuting Outer Darkness as Hell.
"But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 8:12)
"The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one" (Matthew 12:38)
So it's pretty clear those ones being thrown into Outer Darkness are the GOOD seed. It would be strange if God threw the righteous into hell. However, who are the children of the Kingdom? The Body of Christ or Israel?
"And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy: go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 22:1-13)
We can see the person entered a place in the kingdom where he was not supposed to be because he had no entrance. Was he supposed to go to hell? I think not. The Bible makes it clear a lost man will immediatly go to Hell/Sheol/Hades after his death.
"And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom." (Luke 16:22-23)
And of course this one...
"And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence." (Luke 16:26)
Therefore from hell there is no way back to heaven. In that case that man in Matthew 22 was saved, but without great inheritance. Here the final mention of "outer darkness":
"His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 25:26-30)
I think this makes it clear that this man was saved if God has given him a talent. Many think he died spiritually and lost his salvation. But luckily this verse can be explained with the verses above.
Of course the term "weeping/wailing and gnashing of teeth" can refer to hell too:
"The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 25:41-42)
One great explaination used by Stanley and Wilkin is that this is an area at the Judgement Seat of Christ for unfaithful Christians who even fell away from the faith and completely drifted away from their grace walk.
"If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." (1 Corinthians 3:15)
The experience will be lot of shame and flowing tears. God will not punish them in any way, but they will feel deep regret and sorrow for what they missed.
This is even more interesting:
"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie." (Revelation 22:14-15)
We know that the New Jerusalem is "only" a city and therefore will not be around the whole world. So it somehow could be that some people are saved, but cannot enter the New Jerusalem. I do not think that the Lake of Fire is right before the Gates of the city.
A good friend of me on Facebook also claimed that this famous passage has nothing to do with salvation:
"Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." (Matthew 7:22-23)
Could this just mean they will lose inheritance? Then that passage would fit into this situation too:
"Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last." (Luke 23:13-20)
I am a bit confused.
This sermon from Pastor Dennis Rokser also is interesting:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGTiJY…
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I don't think the Outer Darkness is the lake of fire, but I do think it is hell. I don't believe hell, and the lake of fire, are the same things. In Revelation 20:14, we read:
"And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."
I think the lake of fire is a completely different place than hell, since that is where hell is being cast.
In Matthew 12:38, I don't think those children of the kingdom are the same ones in Matthew 8:12, as the contrasting phrase, "children of the wicked one is used." Both God and Satan have kingdoms/domains
Mark 3:34-26
"And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end."
Colossians 1:13
"Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:"
We also know that not a single word spoken by Christ as He was on earth was directed at the body of Christ. He ministered to Israel, at a time when there was a division between Jew and Gentile.
Matthew 10:5-6
"These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Matthew 15:22-28
"And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour."
The body of Christ was a mystery first revealed to Paul.
Ephesians 5:32
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Ephesians 3:1-6
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
The body of Christ is not mentioned anywhere before Paul, so we can conclude that believing Israel in the book of Matthew were the ones who would be getting the kingdom. Matthew 19:28 also specifies who this kingdom is for.
"And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
I do think the wicked servant in Matthew 25 did die unsaved; even unfaithful Christians aren't going to be weeping and gnashing their teeth (I mean, they're still going to heaven, aren't they?) Paul tells us what will happen to Christians that deny Christ, and he doesn't bring up any of that imagery from Matthew 25.
2 Timothy 2:12
"If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:"
Since we believe in eternal security, we know that's not talking about loss of salvation. There will be denial of some reward or inheritance, but nothing amounting to wailing and gnashing of teeth, which suggests pain (though maybe regret, like you said).
I do know about the New Earth and New Jerusalem; perhaps there will be saved people who don't live in the city. However, the city does have massive dimensions (as described in Revelation 21:15-17), and could possibly hold every believer under the prophetic program (remember that us in the body of Christ are seated in heavenly places, not New Jerusalem).
"And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel."
Thus, I think Matthew 7:22-23 is talking about unsaved religious do-gooders. If they were saved, Christ wouldn't be telling them to depart from Him.
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A saved man can be wicked tho, see 1 Corinthians 5
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That's true, but that doesn't mean Christ was talking about the same judgment as He told us through Paul in 1 Corinthians 3. The judgment of the wicked believer who falls away during the Tribulation will stand in the judgment of the nations (Matthew 25:31-46 and Joel 3:2) and be cast into everlasting fire. The wicked man from 1 Corinthians 5 is never warned about something like that, and Paul never writes about any believer, faithful or not, having to experience some kind of beating or gnashing of teeth. He writes about how those Christians are simply "denied" by Christ, and will be saved as though by fire. The two judgments are different, and should not be conflated.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIICqI…
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Love the Pic! Also love all the Bible verses you have here, too! Good job!
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thats cute... i wish i believed in god so i could connect
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Thank you
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Someone who doesn't believe in the existence of God, or any god.
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Beautifully presented, and very much true. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you very much, and praise be to God ^^
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Another good thing about america.
Barely anyone is an atheist.
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Most of America might believe in God, but it doesn't mean that they're saved.
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Nice artwork! Hmm... I don't recall the exact date in which I was saved. Then again, there are other people in my life that tell me I never was saved to begin with. :/
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Thanks ^^ Hm, why do they say that?
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I get into a lot of disagreements from catholic family members/acquaintances. I also manage to irritate most Christians since I believe both in creationism and evolution. There are other things such as interpreting verses differently yet follow the same instructions you mentioned on your deviation.
I shouldn't really care what they think I know that I am saved. But still it can be discouraging at times.
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Yeah, that can be rough. I know I have probably irritated other Christians on this site over various doctrines, and there was one professing Christian who implied that I was going to go to hell (or was at least at risk of going there) because I like Pokémon. Well, the Bible does tell us to put on the "helmet of salvation," because people will come along and try to determine your eternal destiny based only off of things they can see, and not what's in the heart, which is what God cares a lot more about.
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Amen to that!!! It's almost been 6 months since I've been saved. Truly God is wonderful to save a wretch like me! God truly deserves praise! Praise Jesus Christ!
I saw the cross you used on the bottom and it reminded me of the song, "The Old Rugged Cross." If you haven't heard it I recommend greatly! Beautiful hymn!
Heres a link: youtu.be/rOmipqhQBOM
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That's a great hymn ^^ And yes, God is so wonderful to save wretches like us. We were dead in our sins and trespasses, and He has quickened us together with Christ. He is ever merciful!
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Awww, that's pretty <3
I love the verses you chose!!
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Thank you ^^ I love them too
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No, he's smiling in the picture. That's a tear of happiness.
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ah,my bad
btw,i'm not so religious,but i respect it if you are
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You're welcome, Ppaise God ^^
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