ETERNAL SALVATION AND DOOM?

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Andrés Marcos Nehoda

There is a concept that is spreading the evangelical world, which emphasizes the benefits here and now, despising the eternal benefits of the work that Jesus Christ did on the cross of Calvary in complete and perfect form. So much so, that a believer writes: "The Church has been concerned with the question, 'What happens to the soul after death?'. As if the reason for the coming of Jesus is summed up well, that 'Jesus seeks to bring more souls to Heaven, so they do not go to Hell after they die!'. I do believe that a clear reading of the Gospels rule out this possibility. "I do not think the full message and life of Jesus can be summarized with this conclusion." (Brian McLaren cited on PBS Special on the Emerging Church (Religion and Ethics Weekly, July 15, 2005). We can not unless horrified at these words.

Jesus says: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned; but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. " (John 3.16-18).

Indeed, the knot of the Gospel is eternal salvation or eternal damnation; no gray areas in the evangelical proclamation. There must be an eternal salvation because "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are the most miserable [compassion, pity] all men". (1 Corinthians 15.19).

God clearly says in His Word that if there is true repentance, no forgiveness; and this, solely on the basis of the Perfect Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the Cross. It's that simple. God will make no exception: no one will enter Heaven without being truly repented without going through the Cross.

True repentance involves a change of life; if no change of life, no true repentance. Just as the eternal and transcendent character of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God is denied, and also seeks to minimize the appearance as clearly stated in the Word of God for Eternal Damnation.

In a television interview conducted by Larry King Live Joel Osteen, the following conversation took place: King: What if you're Jewish or Muslim, and do not accept Jesus Christ at all?

Osteen: "You know, I have very careful to say who can or who can not go to heaven. I do not know ... "

King: If you think you have to believe in Christ, they are wrong, is not it?

Osteen: "Well, I do not know if I believe they are wrong. I think this is what the Bible teaches and this is what I think about the Christian faith. " The Word of God says in Matthew 25.46: "And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Again, in another part of the story:

King: What about an atheist?

Osteen: "You know what, I'll let someone ... I'll let God be the judge as to who goes to Heaven or Hell.I just, once again, I present the truth, and I say it every week. And you know, I think it is a relationship with Jesus. But you know what? I will not walk around saying to everyone else, if they do not want to believe that, what will be your decision. God has your own heart, and God knows that. "

God's Word has already been issued on this subject: "Whoever believes in him is not condemned; but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. " (John 3.18). Eternal Damnation is not a state of destruction of the soul and spirit in the Lake of Fire, where no longer suffer because they have ceased to exist.

The Holy Bible clearly says: "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet; They will be tormented day and night forever and ever ... and that has not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire ". (Revelation 20.10, 15).