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Raptor · 02-22-2023, 05:34 PM

In several passages, the Lord makes a distinction between believers, whether they are faithful or not, whether they are wise or not, etc., and mentions the consequences of their lives and actions. He uses parables and "characters" in the storylines, like servants, virgins or guests at a wedding. Some readers who do not believe the Lord will discipline believers, quickly and erroneosuly assign the status of "unbeliever"

to those unfaithful servants, foolish virgins or guests without a wedding garment. Yet context, common sense, and other verses throughout the entire Bible clearly indicate they are in fact, true, genuine believers.

To eliminate any doubt, in a similar passage, the Lord mentions a servant who can be either faithful and wise OR wicked. Same servant, clearly a believer. On one hand, the faithful servant (a believer), who has a Master, (the Lord), is put in charge of all His possessions, (rewarded at the Lord´s coming back). And then He says, "But suppose that servant is wicked"....,The parable depicts the same servant, the same believer, (not an unbeliever) as an evil believer who dismisses the Lord´s coming, mistreats other believers and sins with worldly people. He is then disciplined severly at the Lord´s coming back. So we see a believer with two possible outcomes, depending on how he lives his life after being saved. One outcome is reward, the other discipline. This discipline is not losing salvation, not being cast into the lake of fire; the believer has been forgiven eternally and that cannot be revoked or lost. But the wicked believer is still responsible for individual sins that are not confessed, nor repented of, and he will be dealt with accordingly.

Matthew 24:45-51
"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the Master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time? 46Blessed is that servant whose Master finds him doing so when He returns. 47Truly I tell you, He will put him in charge of all His possessions. 48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ 49And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50The Master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. 51Then He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

It is very clear, yet still so many will read into the Word and change that status of the wicked servant to an unbeliever in order to conform it to their misunderstood concepts of going to heaven, eternal salvation, hell, lake of fire, reward, discipline, the judgement seat of Christ and the judgemnt of the great white throne.

02-22-2023, 05:34 PM	#2
Raptor Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 414	Wicked Servant In several passages, the Lord makes a distinction between believers, whether they are faithful or not, whether they are wise or not, etc., and mentions the consequences of their lives and actions. He uses parables and "characters" in the storylines, like servants, virgins or guests at a wedding. Some readers *who do not believe the Lord will discipline believers, quickly and erroneosuly assign the status of "unbeliever" to those unfaithful servants, foolish virgins or guests without a wedding garment. Yet context, common sense, and other verses throughout the entire Bible clearly indicate they are in fact, true, genuine believers. To eliminate any doubt, in a similar passage, the Lord mentions a servant who can be either faithful and wise* OR wicked. Same servant, clearly a believer. On one hand, the faithful servant (a believer), who has a Master, (the Lord), is put in charge of all His possessions, (rewarded at the Lord´s coming back). And then He says, "But suppose that servant is wicked"....,The parable depicts the same servant, the same believer, (not an unbeliever) as an evil believer who dismisses the Lord´s coming, mistreats other believers and sins with worldly people. He is then disciplined severly at the Lord´s coming back. So we see a believer with two possible outcomes, depending on how he lives his life after being saved. One outcome is reward, the other discipline. This discipline is not losing salvation, not being cast into the lake of fire; the believer has been forgiven eternally and that cannot be revoked or lost. But the wicked believer is still responsible for individual sins that are not confessed, nor repented of, and he will be dealt with accordingly. Matthew 24:45-51 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the Master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time? 46Blessed is that servant whose Master finds him doing so when He returns. 47Truly I tell you, He will put him in charge of all His possessions. 48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ 49And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50The Master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. 51Then He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." It is very clear, yet still so many will read into the Word and change that status of the wicked servant to an unbeliever in order to conform it to their misunderstood concepts of going to heaven, eternal salvation, hell, lake of fire, reward, discipline, the judgement seat of Christ and the judgemnt of the great white throne.