Outer Darkness?

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by A little brother

Did Paul mention anything about outer darkness? How is this verse related?

I am not referrng to the use of light to reform. I was referring to God's presence.

The verse shows God's punishment for believers is temporary. So we can know that outer darkness as a punishment for believers, is temporary.

If we believe otherwise we cannot believe in eternal security. If the servant does not return from outer darkness, then eternal security is false. Now you could say that such a servant was not a true servant in the first place, but that is harder to prove than proving that outer darkness is temporary, because it would make God's Word a lie if the word servant does not actually mean a true servant.