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A good tree cannot produce bad fruit.
What makes the tree a good tree?
You may have to ask the gardener?
A good tree cannot produce bad fruit.
What makes the tree a good tree?
You may have to ask the gardener?
You already implied that if a Christian simply has sinful thought, and gets hit by a bus before he confessesses it, he's going straight to hell.
So you can skip the "grievous sin" or "mortal sin" part. And say any single sin whatsoever will send a born again Christian straight to hell.
Your interpretation / teaching of the Gospel is that any single unconfessed sin will send a born again Christian straight to hell.
Your interpretation / teaching of the Gospel is that any single unconfessed sin will send a born again Christian straight to hell.
Why do you apply an interpretation to the scripture?This does not mean a believer can sin and still be saved because they have a belief alone on Jesus. Jesus did not say that the bad fruit we do is now good fruit because we believe on the finished work of the cross. The Bible does not use such immoral words. It literally means if Christ abides in you, then good fruit (righteous acts) and not bad fruit (grievous sin*) will follow. The good tree is Jesus. We have been changed and the Lord shines His light through us. In context (if you were to accept it), says that everyone who does not do what He says is like a fool who built his house upon the sand and when a storm came, great was the fall of that house (Matthew 7:26-27). It's why Jesus told those believers to depart from Him in Matthew 7:23. Yes, they did wonderful works (Matthew 7:22), but they also worked iniquity or sin, too. So doing both good and evil did not help them. Jesus said depart from me you that work iniquity. This is why Jesus did not know them (See: 1 John 2:3-4). For to break God's laws or commands is sin (1 John 3:4), and we have to know God in order to have eternal life (John 17:3). For the one who says they know the Lord and they do not keep His commandments is a liar and the truth is not in them (1 John 2:4). What truth is not in them? Jesus. For Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).
For we know that everyone who does righteousness is born of Him (1 John 2:29), and he that commits sin is of the devil (1 John 3:8).
Side Note:
*Grievous sin is any exceptionally serious sin that the Bible specifically warns with warnings of hellfire and or condemnation if a person does not repent (i.e. they refuse to confess and forsake their sin). Examples would be Matthew 5:28-30, Matthew 6:15, Matthew 12:37, Matthew 19:17-19, Matthew 25:31-46, Luke 9:62, Luke 10:25-28, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21, 1 John 3:15, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:14-15). For Proverbs 28:13 in part basically says that the person who confesses and forsakes sin shall have mercy. Many of these truths in Scripture simply go ignored by most of Christianity today. They are not reading and believing all of their Bible and they are only picking and choosing what parts of the Bible they want to believe in (Based on maintaining their current lifestyle).
His interpretation is the anointed interpretation. All who disagree will burn.So to summarize:
You believe a single unconfessed sinful thought will send a born again Christian to fiery hell. And you believe you have a special anointing of discernment most Christians lack which enables you to come to your conclusions. And you believe that only you and handful of others with your special anointing will get through the narrow gate.
True unless they repentSo you can skip the "grievous sin" or "mortal sin" part. And say any single sin whatsoever will send a born again Christian straight to hell.
True unless they repent
If we know to good and do it it not RepentAnd if they fail to take into account one of many sins of commission or omission, even the most obedient Christians commit all the time, they're toast.
If we know to good and do it it not Repent
You already implied that if a Christian simply has sinful thought, and gets hit by a bus before he confessesses it, he's going straight to hell.
Yes, because that is how God establishes the truth of how things work in regards to sin and salvation. The reason for this is that we have to actually be sorry over our sin to have forgiveness. If God were to take a life before they had a chance to confess it, this means that God knows their future and He knew they would just end up justifying sin and evil their whole lives and they really would not want to fully surrender their lives to God. They made sin their real god instead of the One true GOD.
If it is not of faith repentEh? We are usually not doing the good we should be doing. And our best isn't good enough. We always fall short. And our sins, especially the ones of omission, are too numerous for us to keep track of. We can't save ourselves.
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