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Originally Posted by micah6v8
According to the teachings of the Lord’s Recovery,
• “half-hearted” Christians will be disciplined for 1000 years, while the “over-comers” will reign for 1000 years.
• After that, they both will be with the Lord forever and eternally.
Conceptually, “eternally” means forever. It means more than even 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000++ years.
In the grand scheme of things, the “half-hearted” Christians don’t miss out on much. Sure, they miss out on 1000 years. But what is 1000 years compared to zillions of years?
One motivation for the saints in the Lord’s Recovery to live a Christian life is that a 70-year human life-span is incomparable to a 1000 years since 1000 years is more than 100 times greater than 70 years. However, given that a zillion years is billion times greater than 1000 years, isn’t a 1000 years a small price to pay for being a half-hearted Christian?
Let me draw an analogy. $1000 is more than $70. One would be better off having $1000 than having $70. But if you and I knew that we were going to be trillionaires, I really would not care much about having a thousand dollars less than you.
It is my opinion that the Lord’s Recovery teaching is flawed since it leads to such an absurd result. I submit that the other Christian teachers are right: “if you are a half-hearted Christian, you do not spend a thousand years being disciplined before returning to be with the Lord; you simply are deemed a false believer and get condemned to hell”. (Matt 7:21-23)
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This whole post totally loses sight of mercy, grace and the fact that salvation is a free gift. The post makes sense if salvation is to be earned, but that's not what the Bible says.
As far as "half-hearted Christians" getting deemed "false believers," this is easily refutable by simply reading 1 Corinthians 3:14-15
"If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames."
Presumably, a Christian whose work will be burned was half-hearted, at least to the extent of finding out what kind of work he should do and how he should do it. Yet, the Bible says such a person will be saved.
Actually, 1 Cor 3:15 is to me one of the strongest verses showing salvation cannot be lost, because if it can be lost, it seems having a life work that is worthy of being burned would be a good reason to lose it. But, not so, the Bible says!
Best stick with the Bible.