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Men who are living (have the blood of their life), and choose to keep their life (blood), (not crucified with Christ), shall lose their life forever.
Luke 17:
[33] Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Lose it, but for how long? Not forever:
1 Cor.15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
How are people not in Christ, after their bodily death, becoming "in Christ" ?
Force?
Is God going to FORCE a physically dead man to believe in Him, love Him, submit to Him?
"That God may be All in all" (vs. 28)
v.22 "in Christ" they are to be made alive. The words "in Christ" indicate salvation:
1 Cor.1:2a To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus
There was once a man who was a serial killer. He tortured men & women, Christians, forcing them to blaspheme. How did Christ save him?
There was once a follower of Jesus who saw Him perform many miracles. He was with Him for years, in His inner circle. After His resurrection other disciples told him the Lord is risen, just as He Himself taught them all. But he refused to believe unless he see with his own eyes, like many atheists today. Not believing in the resurrection means one is not saved (1 Cor.15). Why didn't God strike him dead there & send him to burn in hell? Yet later Jesus walked through the wall into the room where this disciple, Thomas, was, & he believed. How many of the billions of unbelievers through history would also believe were they in Thomas' shoes? Such as Hitler.
You didn't answer the question.
The question was about physically dead men.
You give an answer about physically alive men.
How a physically alive man is saved is not the challenge.
Physically dead men have no life in them. How are they going to make a decision to submit to belief in the Lord?
Is God going to FORCE a physically dead man to believe in Him, love Him, submit to Him?
Those are your words.
The Scriptures i gave do not use the word "physically":
"That God may be All in all" (vs. 28)
v.22 "in Christ" they are to be made alive. The words "in Christ" indicate salvation:
1 Cor.1:2a To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus
Those are your words.
The Scriptures i gave do not use the word "physically":
"That God may be All in all" (vs. 28)
v.22 "in Christ" they are to be made alive. The words "in Christ" indicate salvation:
1 Cor.1:2a
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus
There was once a man who was a serial killer. He tortured men & women, Christians, forcing them to blaspheme. How did Christ save him?
There was once a follower of Jesus who saw Him perform many miracles. He was with Him for years, in His inner circle. After His resurrection other disciples told him the Lord is risen, just as He Himself taught them all. But he refused to believe unless he see with his own eyes, like many atheists today. Not believing in the resurrection means one is not saved (1 Cor.15). Why didn't God strike him dead there & send him to burn in hell? Yet later Jesus walked through the wall into the room where this disciple, Thomas, was, & he believed. How many of the billions of unbelievers through history would also believe were they in Thomas' shoes? Such as Hitler.
Every one WILL believe when they SEE the Lord. That is not news.
However the ONLY ones who shall be forgiven are the ones WHO believe and submit, (by faith, without seeing)
while they are alive in their own life (which is their own blood).
How do you know this? What is it they will believe? The gospel that saves?
Scripture? So believing doesn't count if you see signs, wonders & miracles?
Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Isa 45
[23] I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
In God.
Correct - WE can not SEE Him.
That doesn't say everyone will believe in Jesus when they see Jesus in the afterlife. It doesn't even say they will see Him.
Many non Christians - Jews, Muslims, etc - already believe in the existence of God. So seeing Jesus won't affect that.
BTW, did you notice v.22. The context is about salvation:
22"Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.
How do we know some haven't see Him? Many claim to.
But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Rev 1
[7] Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Isa 45
[23] I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Well, Scripture says He is in Heaven, and has not yet descended, because when He descends, ALL shall see Him.
Do these occur simultaneously?
If He's in heaven, then what does Mt.28:20 refer to?
What you don't recognize IS - Men WHO HAVE invited the Lords Spirit to be WITHIN them. (physically DEAD, or Physically ALIVE), Will NOT ONLY SEE the Lord Coming in the clouds - BUT WILL BODILY be LIFTED UP, by His POWER, to MEET the Lord "IN THE CLOUDS", to receive "their" physical "BODILY" change.
Lose it, but for how long? Not forever:
1 Cor.15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
By your statements and gospel you post and agree with.
What gospel?
(Victorious Gospel of Jesus Christ, Ultimate Reconciliation, Universal Salvation, Apokatastis, Apocatastasis, Universal Redemption, The Larger Hope, The Greater Faith, The Victorious Gospel of Jesus Christ, Paul's Gospel, Glorious Gospel, the Gospel of Grace, Universal Restoration, Universalism, No Hell Gospel, Universal Reconciliation, Doctrine of Inclusion)
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