Dear Smithy: Unfortunately you refuse to state the qualifications for "everlasting punishment/aionios kolasis " according to the Master the Lord Jesus Christ! Just dig deep and do it and then we will discuss the pure virgins, the Master's investors, and the two clean animals of sheep and goats.
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There is one (1) passage of Canon for “everlasting punishment” (Matt.25). This one single verse is the cornerstone for the proponents of unending punishment.
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Matthew 25 and ONLY the context, please fill in the empty lines.
The foundation for “everlasting punishment” Matt. 25=
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I will repeat this one last time.
There is only one way, not to go to Eternal Punishment.
If you lie. your a liar
If you create your own god. Then you broke the first commandment. to have not other gods, before Jehovah God.
If you worship idols. Whether it be an object or a person. Then your and idolator
If you dishonor your parents. Then you are a shame to them.
If you steal. Your a thief, no matter how much or where you get it from.
If you look at someone with lust. You are an adulterer.
If you hate your brother. You are a murderer and there is no eternal life in you at all.
If you kill or murder. Then you are a murderer.
If you covet. Then you have done all that is above. Coveting covers a huge spectrum of things you aught not do.
Most of all.
If you do these things. You break the one that these things hinge upon.
You break.
You should love your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength
The second is you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.
If you are at fault with just one of these commandments. You are at fault with all of them.
These are the things you aught not do. These are the sins that are covered under the lust of the flesh and pride of life.
If you do these things, then you have transgressed God's law. The very definition of sin.
And you live in darkness without the light.
Yet there is hope, there is salvation.
You must repent, place your trust in Christ, the same as having confidence in Him that He will do exactly as He said He would do. Forgive you of your sins. Justify you through His righteousness. Cleansing you with His Blood that was shed on Calvary.
There is only one requirement for Eternal life. Jesus Christ.
There is only one requirement for Eternal punishment. Rejecting Jesus Christ.
You can be the nicest person in the world, donate all the money you have, build homes for all the poor, Yet if you don't have love. You have nothing at all. If you don't have God, who is love and is Christ.
You have nothing.
So I gave you more than the five you wanted. Because some of those people did obey the commandments of God. 1st, Got invited to the wedding feast. 2nd, Was obedient and spread the Good news of the Master and was rewarded according to their deeds. and 3rd. Obeyed the commandments and feed, clothed and loved their neighbors as themselves. They were rewarded according to their deeds.
Those who disobeyed were shut out, cast out, and sent out to eternal punishment.