To: Canticle_of_Deborah
***no fornicator, no unclean or lustful person has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God......***
[1] This describe people whose lives are characterized by such, not people who have a single incidence, would you agree? If not any person once lusting or doing anything unclean is hell bound (including David).
[2] Just because a person says they are a Christian and attends church (even the 1st century church at Ephesus) does not mean they are genuinely believers. 1 Cor. 5 describe "so called brothers" who are immoral. Paul tells believers to avoid them. He instructs the church to put them out of the church.
My discussion has been regarding genuine believers, no pseudo-sheep.
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05/05/2003 4:29:18 PM PDT by
drstevej
To: drstevej
I would generally agree with both of those points, however the specifics lead me back to conduct. In Revelations 20 we are specifically told that people will be judged according to their conduct. Those who are not inscribed in the book of the living will be cast into the pool of fire. It doesn't mention anything about levels of reward in Heaven (although I have read non-canonical Scriptures which do). It also makes no specific mention of belief or profession of faith at the time of judgement but rather the end result of faith, conduct.
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