Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12)
"And then I will confess to them, 'I never knew you! Depart from Me, you who work iniquity!'" ... Jesus - Matthew 7:22
You don't have to be perfect to be saved. None of us are. Except for Christ, no man has ever lived perfectly on this earth. But amongst the imperfect, there are those who fear God and those who do not fear Him. Those who fear God hate evil and understand that there are certain strong consequences for disobedience to God's Word - both now and for eternity. Among those who do not fear God, there are both Christians and non Christians.
We know that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but by Him. But of those who say that they have received Jesus, we are allowed to ask: how many of these show the marks of a follower of Jesus?
Jesus said: "He who follows Me will not walk in darkness." This implies that whoever lives a life characterized by disobedience, hidden sin, iniquity and shameful things is not following Jesus. Those who habitually commit sin are the slaves of sin, according to Jesus, and will not remain in God's House forever (John 8:34,35).
Jesus and the apostles taught both repentance and faith towards God. Without repentance, you are walking in darkness, you are not following Jesus, you are a moral fool in the eyes of God, you are a slave of sin. And in these perilous times, it is really easy to fall into this category. Just be like everyone else, just drift with the tide, and you're there.
No big deal? Listen to God's eternal Word which was written to spirit-filled Messianic believers in the Book of Hebrews.
Hebrews 10:26-30
For if we sin willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery zeal being about to devour the adversaries.
Anyone disregarding the law of Moses dies without compassions on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
By how much worse punishment, do you think, will he be deemed worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, and has regarded as common the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The LORD will judge His people."
This passage is written to the people of God - it says "if WE sin willfully". This passage is talking about the judgment of God on HIS PEOPLE - "The LORD will judge His people". This passage is warning people who have been sanctified by the Blood of Jesus. It is warning people who by words and actions INSULT the Spirit of Grace. It is talking about being DEVOURED by fire.
There are lists of those who will be excluded from God's presence.
1Co 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
1Co 6:10 nor covetous, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor abusive people, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
I've been financially ripped off by so-called ministers of the gospel. I suppose they believe th
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