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Originally Posted by Drake
A 1000 years in outer darkness is a very long time. Even a 20 year earth time jail sentence is a Very long time... multiply that x 50 and suddenly it has your attention.
Compound that with the incarceration definition that LofT prefers... not with a jailer... but a torturer. That should cause every believer to pursue the Lord and His interests, with purity of heart and forgiveness toward one another, diligent in all things and not slothful, redeeming the time as the day draws near, all the days of our lives.
If you think it is a fearful concept, then it is a healthy one for you to have. As Evangelical says, some of you are overplaying the fear aspect. Yet, whether you believe it or not does not change that there will be a judgement and the consequences are laid out in the Scripture there for us to consider. Furthermore, you heard it here so you will be without excuse. I myself do not live in fear and I do not know anyone that does... however, there are times it needs to brought to remembrance and the Spirit within nudges me back with grace and life.
Drake
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Brother Drake 1000 years is a long time from our human earth perspective, but is nothing when compared to heavenly time.
As far as there being healthy fear? I remember when growing up every now and then we'd invite a hell fire preacher ... you know, like Jonathan Edwards', of the perchance infamous, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Boy he'd scare the beejeebies out of us. I'm not sure if it was healthy or not, but that's what they did. As I grew up I saw thru belief based upon fear.
But fear was used to keep me in the LC. I was told of brothers that left, and how God punished them with death, or some such, for doing it.
So don't tell me that fear isn't used to keep people in the LC. I guess those hell fire preachers must of inoculated me, cuz I'm an example that fear doesn't work.
Christianity based on fear is bad Christianity, and is not scriptural (as one brother has quoted).