Reformingstudent
Puritan Board Junior
Question: When someone thinks of them self as a true believer in Christ but deny the truth of the scriptures such as imputed righteousness, Salvation by grace alone by faith alone in Christ alone to the glory of God alone, does God reveal His truth to them when they die or do they pass onto the next world in outer darkness thinking that Christ failed them? In other word's does God show them that their supposed good works are in fact filthy rags in His sight.
I am thinking of those who make a sincere profession of faith in Christ and are really trying to live to please Him but have never truly been made alive by Christ and are trying to do all they can to live by God's moral law in their own strength. I know a lot like that and I fear that they will be in for a shock when their time to leave this world behind comes. What makes it sad is the fact that some turn a deaf ear to the truth and do not wish to know any thing except what they have already been taught.
I maybe wrong here but I find it hard to think the Lord would let some think Christ failed in the work that He was appointed to accomplish, namely Salvation. Of course Christ did not fail to save those that are His but these others who think they belong to Him but end up in the lake of fire will wonder why He did not save them. After all, they played by the right rules and accepted Him as their Lord and Saviour.
[Edited on 6-2-2005 by Reformingstudent]
I am thinking of those who make a sincere profession of faith in Christ and are really trying to live to please Him but have never truly been made alive by Christ and are trying to do all they can to live by God's moral law in their own strength. I know a lot like that and I fear that they will be in for a shock when their time to leave this world behind comes. What makes it sad is the fact that some turn a deaf ear to the truth and do not wish to know any thing except what they have already been taught.
I maybe wrong here but I find it hard to think the Lord would let some think Christ failed in the work that He was appointed to accomplish, namely Salvation. Of course Christ did not fail to save those that are His but these others who think they belong to Him but end up in the lake of fire will wonder why He did not save them. After all, they played by the right rules and accepted Him as their Lord and Saviour.
[Edited on 6-2-2005 by Reformingstudent]