Good question, Elder Epley. Who CAN be lost? I thought about helping you out by going thru the Bible to list the many verses that tells us who will be lost, but, to save time and space, I found one verse that sums it all up. This one verse will answer your question:
Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Sorry, though, I won't be able to tell you whose names are, or are not, written in the Book of Life. Thats a job I think we should leave up to the Judge.
Bump for Elder Epley.
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Waiting for the Lord is easy... Waiting patiently? Not so much.
[QUOTE=OneAccord;605041]Good question, Elder Epley. Who CAN be lost? I thought about helping you out by going thru the Bible to list the many verses that tells us who will be lost, but, to save time and space, I found one verse that sums it all up. This one verse will answer your question:
Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Sorry, though, I won't be able to tell you whose names are, or are not, written in the Book of Life. Thats a job I think we should leave up to the Judge.[/QUOT
This is very true.
"I would rather get to the Pearly Gates with a full bucket and have Peter tell me that I have to empty some out than to get there will only half a bucket full and not have enough to get in"
Perfect.
(For a legalist)
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"Resolved: That all men should live to the glory of God. Resolved, secondly: That whether or not anyone else does, I will." ~Jonathan Edwards
"The only man who has the right to say he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ." ~Dietrich Bonheoffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Preachers who should be fishing for men are now too often fishing for compliments from men." ~Leonard Ravenhill
Right it's perfect IF a bucket full of goodies is what it takes to get a ticket!!
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I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
There are many lost, but thankfully the True Shepard of the sheep, will leave the 90 and 9, to go and find the one, or last stray.
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I don't think it's a "sin". However, I see it as unhealthy; just like eating a quarter-pounder value meal from McDonald's for lunch every day is unhealthy.
When asked about smoking being a sin or not I've often said, "Smoking may not keep you out of Heaven, but it just might cause you to end up in Heaven sooner than you planned, and with far more suffering in the process."
I don't think it's a "sin". However, I see it as unhealthy; just like eating a quarter-pounder value meal from McDonald's for lunch every day is unhealthy.
When asked about smoking being a sin or not I've often said, "Smoking may not keep you out of Heaven, but it just might cause you to end up in Heaven sooner than you planned, and with far more suffering in the process."
And you'll have to smoke in designated areas, only.
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