THE UNRIGHTEOUS shall not inherit the kingdom of God! BE NOT DECEIVED: neither (PORN)icators, nor idolaters…NOR DRUNKARDS…SHALL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD! –1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (KJV)–
(Blessed is he who has got His transgressions forgiven And his sins hidden)
Blessed is the man whom the Lord Will not ascribe his misdeeds And is without deceit in his spirit
Buried it deep inside But soon a sprout came forth It kept on growing I couldn’t hide
When I kept it to myself Slowly my bones corroded And my vitality vanished Left in the summer to dry
Too many people living this life Who alone can take their guilt away? Their minds are rotting And causing endless pain Soon they are demented and put away
I confessed my sins to You And did not hide my guilt I said, “I want to confess my Misdeeds to You” And he took my sins and guilt
Each Commandment reminds them that God requires moral accountability. God isn’t first in the sinner’s affections. He embraces the god of his own imagination. He uses God’s name in vain. He violates the Sabbath by not setting aside one day in seven to rest and honor God. He dishonors his parents, harbors hatred and unjust anger, and burns with unlawful sexual desire (see Matthew 5:27–28 LSB, which says, “everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart”). He has stolen, lied, and coveted—and yet he chooses to remain in sin. When the Bible says that the wages of sin is death, the Law is the paymaster (see Romans 2:12; James 2:12). It calls for his blood.
As surely as the plagues fell upon Egypt and finally brought about the death of the firstborn, so also the Law will fall upon sinners on Judgment Day. Jesus said it will grind them to powder (see Matthew 21:44). When something is ground to powder, a thorough job is done. And God will thoroughly judge the wickedness of every human being—perfect justice will be done.
Yet He is rich in mercy and provided a Savior in Jesus. We broke God’s Law—Jesus paid the fine. That means God can legally take death off us and let us live forever, all because of the death and resurrection of Jesus. All that is required of us is to repent and trust in Him. Repentance means to confess and forsake our sins. The Bible says, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity” (2 Timothy 2:19). Jesus says to us as He said to the woman caught in adultery, “Go and sin no more” (John 8:11). And if we do sin, we have an Advocate in the presence of the Father. God promises that if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).
I remember the first war The way the sky burned The faces of angels destroyed I saw a third of Heaven’s legion banished And the creation of Hell I stood with my brothers and watched Lucifer fall But now, my brothers aren’t my brothers
Turned away by a Misrepresentation
Stained glass and white washed tombs The hearts of those who spoke to you Were never homes The God tried, they shun Him
They spoke out of Prejudice and ritualism
They themselves were lost Angels fold their wings
Angels fold their wings and weep Along with us, watching you Shun Christ’s sacrifice Shunning sacrifice
Angels fold their wings And weep along with us Watching you
Shun Shun
–Zao, “Ravage Ritual”–
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The denominations that are the most likely to have preachers of eternal punishment in Hell with conviction and urgency, are the independent Baptists (IFB)–Dr. John R. Rice and Sword of the Lord, the Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC)–Dr. Carl McIntire, the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster–Dr. Ian Paisley, the FIRE Churches (independent Reformed), the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC)–J. Gresham Machen and his book Christianity and Liberalism, and the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)–P&R Publishing and a confusing mix of preachers such as R. C. Sproul who rejected a literal Hell, Timothy Keller who downplayed preaching against sin, and Drs. Robert Peterson and John Gerstner who absolutely affirmed the Hell of the Bible.
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Dr. Robert Peterson, Hell On Trial: The Case for Eternal Punishment (P&R, 1995), ch. 9.
Dr. Christopher Morgan, Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment (Zondervan, 2004), ch. 9.
Dr. John Gerstner, Repent or Perish: With a Special Reference to the Conservative Attack on Hell (SDG, 1997).
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