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Originally Posted by byHismercy
Does anybody else feel this LC doctrine is completely incorrect?
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I personally feel this teaching is very correct. There are
too many verses and too many warnings concerning what kind of walk we should have after we are saved and the possible consequences. Once saved, eternally saved, YES!...that was settled on the cross and when we believed. But whether our walk will be well pleasing to the Lord or not is something He will settle at His judgement seat and is a matter of reward
and yes....some kind of punishment or discipline
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I actually appreciate this teaching, it is fair, righteous and sobering. Without getting into any verses, just imagine, two people who believe and get saved at the same time. Both are forgiven, born again, genuine believers. One follows the Lord, denies his self, loves Him, serves Him, grows in the knowledge of God and keeps the faith until the end
. The other, goes back into the world, lives in sin, forgets about the Lord, and refuses to hear Him
. When the Lord comes back, will the Lord consider them the same? Will He grant them the same inheritance?
Even more...consider this: I have had too many experiences that show me that even in my current walk with the Lord, when I have sinned, (and depending on the seriousness of the sin), I lose the presence of the Lord. Sometimes very painfully so, and end up deadened and in some kind of dark condition. Not until I thoroughly confess and even sometimes have to wait for His timing, does He come back with His presence and joy. Imagine living a whole life that displeases Him.
The teaching is solid food when you get into all the details and verses. But on the other hand, we should not give ground to any abnormal fears caused by unbalanced understandings or the devil's accusations. The Father is pleased in giving us the Kingdom, Luke 12:32, "Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom".....and His yoke is easy, the burden light.
Will the punishment be literally 1,000 years?
That is what WL taught. I understand that the reward is to rule and reign with Christ for 1,000 years, but we may lose it, and that it is made equivalent to the wedding feast, yet we may miss it
. But I have not seen any verses that actually say outer darkness is for 1,000 years, neither where it says that it is not.
This is a big subject.