Pocket Evangelist

[Beetow]

The disturbing scene depicted at Rev 20:11-15 will be presided over by none other
than the sweet little babe away in a manger.

● John 5:21-23 . . Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all
judgment to the Son

● Acts 17:31 . . He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the
man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the
dead.

Misogyny was given quite a bit of negative press during former US President
Trump's administration; while misandry was condoned as if acceptable. But malice
is unacceptable with God on any level; and I think we have to accept the possibility
that there are just as many, if not more, man haters on the wrong side of the
netherworld as there are woman haters.

● Rom 2:9-11. .There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does
evil: For God does not show favoritism.

Women are not a protected species with God; nor is their gender a mitigating
factor. They will be judged solely on the basis of their lives just the same as men.

● Rev 20:12-15 . . I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and
books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead
were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea
gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were
in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. . . And
whosoever's name was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of
fire.

* I would really hate to be a woman infected with militant misandry because in the
end, it will be a man that casts angry women into the lake of fire and permanently
ruining any chances they might have had for happiness in the future. For all
eternity, condemned man haters will grind their teeth with hot tears and white
knuckled fury that they ultimately lost out on everything because of one lone male's
obsessive control over their lives.
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[Hekuran]

I've noticed that you've not really mentioned Jesus in your evangelistic guides. Is that a conscious choice?

 

[Beetow]

Some years ago, a two-bit substitute Sunday school teacher wasted the hour by
sitting us thru a Hollywood version of Joseph's life. At the conclusion of the "show"
I raised my hand and asked the teacher if he thought Joseph was born again.

The man's reaction was not good as his mind instantly went into oscillating vapor lock
trying to understand what I meant. He was baffled by my question.

Well; I explained, Jesus said that no one can enter the kingdom of God sans the
Spirit birth he spoke of at John 3:3-7. The language and grammar of his statement
strongly suggests there are no exceptions, viz: the birth isn't optional, rather, it's
mandatory-- not just mandatory for some, but for everyone.

One day I asked an experienced Jehovah's Witness if he was born of the Spirit. He
answered no, and added that he did not expect to undergo a Spirit birth in either
this life or the next because his hope isn't in Heaven.

The JW was somehow unaware that Jesus' discussion with Nicodemus wasn't about
things in Heaven, rather, things on Earth.

● John 3:12 . . . If I have told you earthly things and yet you do not believe, how
will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

In other words: the kingdom of God, and the Spirit birth requirement, pertain to
Messiah's theocratic world down here on the ground rather than the supreme
being's celestial world up in the sky.

It's both tragic and ironic that the Watchtower Society's rank and file missionaries
go worldwide advertising a kingdom that they themselves will never be allowed to
enter: not because they didn't work hard enough to deserve it, but simply because
they were led to believe themselves exempt from the Spirit-birth requirement.
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[Beetow]

The love that God extends to mankind in general per John 3:16 is a nondescript
love that anybody can practice because it's merely benevolence, e.g. kindness,
sympathy, generosity, tolerance, charity, courtesy, and keeping a civil tongue in
one's head.

The love that God extends to His son's friends per John 16:27 goes beyond
benevolence. It's an emotional love that expresses itself in feelings like fondness
and affection.

The love per John 3:16 is typically extended without passion or prejudice; whereas
that of John 16:17 mirrors 1Sam 18:1 & 2Sam 1:26.

I grew up in a dysfunctional home. Consequently the thought of God actually liking
me, instead of only tolerating me as a nuisance and/or an inconvenience, is nigh
unto impossible for me to comprehend.
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[Beetow]

● 1Tim 5:24-25 . . Some people lead sinful lives, and everyone knows they will be
judged. But there are others whose sin will not be revealed until later.

Some folks are so shamelessly, unabashedly, outrageously, and defiantly wicked
that there's no doubt in any rational person's mind that those kinds of people are
headed into really big trouble down the road. Whereas others haven't a clue that
not only will their good conduct be evaluated for flaws, but so will their sensibilities;
which are typically influenced by customs and culture rather than molded into
suitable condition by the supreme of all beings.

I think it can go without saying that some very decent folks are going to be very
surprised to discover that many of their concepts relative to good and evil were evil
quite often and they didn't know it.
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[Beetow]

FAQ: Was it really necessary to restore Jesus' crucified dead body to life? Why
couldn't it remain deceased and him taken Heaven in spirit form?

REPLY: Jesus' crucifixion was an adequate atonement for people's sins, but by itself
wasn't enough for someone to obtain exoneration.

● Rom 4:25 . . He was delivered over to death for our sins, and was restored to life
for our justification.

The Greek word translated "justification" is dikaiosis (dik-ah'-yo-sis) which means
acquittal; defined as an adjudication of innocence.

People merely forgiven still carry a load of guilt; viz: they have a criminal record.
The resurrection of Christ's crucified dead body allows God to wipe their records
clean so that on the books, it's as though they've never been anything but 100%
innocent so that when the books are opened per Rev 20:11-15 there will be nothing
found in them with which folks may be accused.

● 1Cor 15:17 . . If Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

This clearing of one's guilt that I'm talking about is obtained via the kindness and
generosity of God through belief in the resurrection of Christ's crucified dead body.
If the Devil can succeed in convincing people that Jesus' crucified body is still dead
or, even better yet, make them question whether the man even existed at all; then
they will fail to obtain an acquittal, and consequently end up coming out on the
wrong side of things.
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[Beetow]

● Matt 6:33 . . But seek first . . . . His righteousness,

The righteousness of God is humanly impossible to obtain because He's set the bar
too high.

● Rom 3:23 . . For all . . . come short of the glory of God.

In other words: God has made His own personal sinless perfection the standard by
which everyone is evaluated. Obviously then; no one among the Jews or the
Gentiles-- except for Christ --has ever, nor will ever, measure up; not even the
holiest people that one can imagine, e.g. Noah, Daniel, or Job; and those were
some very righteous guys. (Ezek 14:12-20)

The thing is: Christ's crucifixion and resurrection satisfies justice for people's sins,
and gives them a rating of innocence and exoneration that they could never in a
million years attain on their own. But if the plan of salvation were to be wrapped at
that point, they would still be short of the glory of God, viz: the ultimate goal of
salvation is God's own personal sinless perfection which, again, is something that
people could never in a million years attain on their own.

Now with justice satisfied and out of the way by means of Christ's crucifixion and
resurrection; the supreme being is at liberty to become extremely benevolent with
a remarkable act of God that when fully completed will equip folks with a personal
sinless perfection comparable to His own.

● 2Pet 1:3-4 . . His divine power has given us everything we need for life and
godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and
goodness. Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so
that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the
corruption in the world caused by evil desires. (cf. Ezek 36:24-27)

I think it can be agreed without debating that divine nature is a whole lots better to
work with than human nature.
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[Beetow]

Jesus' crucifixion, and the subsequent resurrection of his dead body, are sometimes
called substitutionary. But according to the Bible, he took people along with him
into those events, which makes his crucifixion and resurrection joint actions
wherein his believing followers participated.

● Rom 6:3 . .Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ
Jesus were baptized into His death?

● Rom 6:6 . . Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him

● Gal 2:20 . . I am crucified with Christ

● Col 3:1-4 . . For you died when Christ died

● Rom 6:4-5 . .We are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ
was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should
walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his
death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection

● Eph 2:6 . . God raised us up with Christ

● Col 2:12 . . Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him

It's no doubt possible to allegorize the above passages, but I strongly suggest
taking them as-is. I don't know how God went about making Jesus' followers joint
participants in his crucifixion and resurrection, but then to this day I still haven't a
clue yet how God went about making Adam's posterity joint participants in the
forbidden fruit incident per Rom 5:12-21.

There is an obvious benefit to all this. Jesus went to the cross bearing guilt, but was
restored to life without guilt (Rom 6:10-11). So then, all those unified with Jesus in
his death, burial, and resurrection are also back from the dead without guilt, i.e.
they came back with him 100% innocent.

● Rom 8:34 . .Who then will condemn us? Will Christ Jesus? No, for he is the one
who died for us and was raised to life for us.
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[Beetow]

● Heb 4:14-16 . .Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone
through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we
profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our
weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are;
yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with frankness, so
that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Now the thing is: the high priest in Heaven despises rote. So it would be wise to put
prayer books away in storage, step away from the Wailing Wall, and voice one's
concerns from the heart with free, candid, forthright, and sincere expression
because frankness stresses lack of shyness or secretiveness or of evasiveness from
considerations of tact or expedience; ergo: frankness implies transparency, i.e.
unbridled freedom of speech and the liberty to speak your mind without fear of
ridicule, shame, disgrace, retribution, or retaliation, viz: with Messiah on the job,
people may speak to Heaven just as we'd speak with their wives and/or their best
friends, like this:

"Come now, let us discuss this-- says The Lord. No matter how deep the stain of
your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if
you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as wool." (Isa 1:18)

That promise is just as good today as it was back in Isaiah's day; made possible by
Jesus' crucifixion.

"He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the
punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are
healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way;
and The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all." (Isa 53:5-6)
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[Beetow]

FAQ: Do animals go to Hell?

REPLY: No.

FAQ: Why not?

REPLY: Because mankind was created in the image and likeness of God whereas
animals weren't.

FAQ: So?

REPLY: The image and likeness of God implies personal responsibility combined
with a sense of good and evil. The animal kingdom, on the other hand, is amoral;
defined as having or showing no concern about whether one's behavior is morally
right or wrong.

The image and likeness of God also implies a sense of justice, i.e. an inclination to
honor good by penalizing evil.
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[Beetow]

● Luke 16:29-31 . . Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets; let
them hear them. And he said: No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from
the dead, they will repent. But he said to him: If they do not hear Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.

* The man's protest suggests that his brothers weren't exactly what we might call
conscientious students of the Bible.

Anyway; I've seen a few movies relative to the so-called Rapture. They all leave out
a very showy portion of that future event wherein 2,000 years of Christians will
return from death to join those living so that all together can ascend to meet Christ
up in the sky all at one time. We're talking about an event wherein Christians won't
just vanish at the snap of the fingers like Hollywood typically portrays the Rapture,
but instead the entire scene will be an activity easily observed by everyone all
'round the world as millions of Christians of all ages, races, and genders rise in the
air like a cloud of passenger pigeons.

I expect quite a few Christians will be taken up from interior locations like office
buildings, factories, mines, garages, homes, schools, vehicles, and malls, etc.
Nobody will bump their heads on the way out because, according to John 20:19 and
John 20:26, He who created all things can easily manipulate the structure of solid
objects to allow the human body to pass thru unimpeded.

Point being: I can't help but wonder about the effect this event is going to have
upon unbelieving folk around the world who observe it; especially when 2,000 years
of deceased Christians suddenly make an appearance alive. Well; I think it will
make unbelievers nervous at first, but I kind of suspect it won't suffice to change
their minds.
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[Beetow]

FAQ: Atheists have plenty of logical reasons for rejecting Christianity and the Bible.
What logical reasons do you have for accepting those things?

REPLY: None.

FAQ: How it is that you trust Christianity and the Bible without knowing for sure
whether they're true?

REPLY: My conscience insists Christianity and the Bible are true, viz: it's an intuitive
conviction that I am unable to shake off.

Why does anybody believe what they believe? Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Bahá'í,
Hare Krishna, Jehovah's Witness, Mormon, Catholic, Baptist, Judaism, Voodoo,
Wiccan, Jain, Druze, Native American, etc, etc, etc. The answer? Because it grips
their heart-- the core of their being --which is very different than persuading
someone with logic and reasoning.

When folks are persuaded to buy into a religion by means of logic and reasoning,
they can be just as easily persuaded to give it up by logic and reasoning. But
someone whose heart is gripped by their religion is not easily removed regardless
of how strong, how sensible, how convincing, nor how logical the opposition's
argument. In point of fact, one of the prerequisites to salvation is believing with
one's heart rather than one's head. (Rom 10:8-9)

FAQ: Are you suggesting people end up in Hell merely because their intuition failed
to convince them that Christianity and the Bible are true?

REPLY: My personal opinion? I think atheists are not entirely honest. They profess
very sensible reasons for rejecting religion while down deep inside they're a mite
worried.

Mark Twain once said he didn't believe in an afterlife; nevertheless expected one.
Twain likely meant that for humor, but it's actually a pretty realistic statement.
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[Beetow]

● Heb 5:4-6 . . Christ did not take upon himself the glory of becoming a high priest.
But God said to him; "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek." (cf. Ps
110:4)

Melchizedek was God's high priest in Abraham's day. (Gen 14:18-20, Heb 5:10)

Mel's authority held sway in his region quite a few years prior to the covenant that
Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy. (a.k.a. Moses' law)

The thing to note is that none of the curses listed in Moses' law are retroactive.
(Deut 5:2-4 & Gal 3:17)

In a nutshell; when your high priest is patterned after Melchizedek, then you are in
no danger of being cursed for failure to comply with Moses' law; which includes, but
isn't limited to, the Ten Commandments.

That was quite an advantage for Mel's constituents, They were at liberty to follow
God another way because they weren't covenanted with God to comply with Moses'
law, and seeing as how Jesus is Christianity's Melchizedek, then his followers are at
liberty to follow God another way too
_

 

[Beetow]

Webster's defines "penance" as an act of self-abasement, mortification, or devotion
performed to show sorrow or repentance for sin.

Extreme forms of penance include things like donning sackcloth and ashes,
malnutrition, hermitage, celibacy, walking around with a pebble in one's shoe,
privation, self flagellation, the wearing of garter belts studded with metal spikes,
and ascending flights of stairs on one's knees, et al.

Those types of calculated pain and/or suffering are usually meant to convince God
of one's sincerity.

Spikes and stones and whatnot may seem logical to a humanistic sense of piety;
but actually Christ's believing followers can get by just fine without all that because
his crucifixion did for them what no amount of their own personal suffering will ever
in a million years accomplish.

● 1John 2:2 . . And he himself is the propitiation for our sins

Webster's defines propitiation as: pacify, appease, assuage, conciliate, mollify,
placate, and/or sweeten.

● Isa 53:5 . . He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our
iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him.
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[Beetow]

When people are desperately clinging to treetops, with murky flood waters roiling
around them, just inches away from death and the hereafter, the last thing they
need is somebody coming by to discuss America's border crises and/or the ongoing
coal mine fire in Centralia Pennsylvania when what they really need is a National
Guard helicopter to lower a harness down and pull them up from that treetop.

When someone awakens at night in a burning home and finds themselves trapped
in their room; that is not the time to talk to them about Covid 19 and/or the war in
Ukraine when what they really need is firemen to break thru the flames and get
them outside to safety.

Wouldn't it be nice if it were possible to dial 911 for emergency assistance when
someone comes to the realization they are in grave danger going to Hell and see no
hope of ever escaping it on their own?

Born and raised in the Catholic religion, it was never once suggested to me that the
primary purpose of Christ's crucifixion was to rescue folks from a fate worse than
death.

● Rom 5:5-10 . .While we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the
ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good
man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward
us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

. . . Much more then, having now been justified by his blood, we shall be saved
from the wrath of God through him. For if while we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God through the death of His son, much more, having been
reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
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[Beetow]

● 1Tim 2:5-6 . . Christ Jesus, who gave himself as ransom for all.

One of the New Testament Greek words for redemption is apolutrosis (ap-ol-oo'
tro-sis); which means: to ransom in full.

Another is lutrosis (loo'-tro-sis); which means: a ransoming.

Ransoms can be defined as considerations paid or demanded for the release of
someone or something that's stuck in a grave situation; e.g. overwhelming debt
that a debtor cannot possibly ever pay off, and or slavery from which the slave
himself hasn't, nor will ever have, the means with which to buy himself out.

The thing is: were it not for Christ's crucifixion, the best that God would be able to
offer anybody is a reprieve: defined as a temporary suspension of the execution of
a sentence especially of death, i.e. delay. In other words: there's coming a day
when the demands of Heaven's criminal justice system will finally be given its
pound of flesh, and that day would be humanly impossible to circumvent were it not
for Christ's crucifixion per Isa 53:5-6.

That's one aspect; there's yet another:

● 1Pet 1:18-19 . .You were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your
ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood
of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb.

"futile conduct" is no doubt relative to human nature-- every natural-born human
child comes into the world a slave to it; even the best of us; for example the
apostle Paul.

"So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For
in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the
members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a
prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am!
Who shall rescue me from this body of death? (Rom 7:15-24)

FAQ: God created mankind with a nature that's bad to the bone?

REPLY: In the beginning, God evaluated His work and graded it not just good, but
very good, i.e. excellent. (Gen 1:31) Then came the forbidden fruit incident
whereby mankind's characteristics underwent a remarkable transformation from
their excellent condition to a corrupted condition; due in part to the Serpent's
handiwork. He has the power of death (Heb 2:14) and the ability to tamper with
the human body and the human mind in ways not easily detected. (e.g. Luke
13:16, Mark 5:1-5, and Eph 2:1-3)

The Serpent's power is binding; so that nothing less than Christ's intervention could
liberate mankind from it.

● John 12:31-33 . .The time of judgment for the world has come, when the prince
of this world will be cast out. And when I am lifted up on the cross, I will draw
everyone to myself.

* What some may not know is that this ransom is available to everyone merely by
consent and an RSVP to Christ letting him know they want in on it.

● John 6:37-40 . . Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will
not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do
my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who
sent me: that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should
raise it [on] the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees
the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him [on] the
last day.
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[Beetow]

Folks on the wrong side of things in the afterlife should not get their hopes up by
expecting to be given a second chance.

● 2Cor 6:1-2 . . As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in
vain. For He says: In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I
helped you. I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.

● Heb 3:8 . .Today, if you hear His voice, do not stiffen your resolve.

As a case in point; the Pharaoh of Egypt was given ample opportunity to comply
with Moses' demands until the night when an angel came thru Egypt slaying all the
land's firstborn sons; even the firstborn among livestock.

Another case in point is the Flood when Noah warned of an impending deluge year
after year until the day came when all not aboard the ark were slain; including
moms, infants, and elder citizens.

Compare the parable of the ten maidens wherein five weren't thinking. They let
themselves be distracted with a trifle and by doing so missed the party.
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[Beetow]

● Heb 10:26-27 . . For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of
the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful
expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.

That passage is basically a reiteration of Num 15:30-31 which is codified in the
covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,
and Deuteronomy. (For the purposes of a letter that specifically addresses Jews, a
"knowledge of the truth" would of course be relative to that one particular
covenant.)

Now the thing is: that covenant's rules and regulations are not retroactive. (Deut
5:2-4) Therefore they wouldn't be binding upon priesthoods established prior to
Aaron's.

Melchizedek (Gen 14:18) was exempt from the rules and regulations of that
covenant because he was the Almighty's high priest something like +/- 400 years
before Aaron. (Gal 3:17)

Jesus' priesthood is patterned after Melchizedek's. (Ps 110:4 & Heb 5:10)

Therefore, seeing as how Jesus' priesthood isn't subject to Num 15:30-31, then
neither are any of the people unified with him.

● Acts 13:37-40 . .Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through him
forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and through him everyone who believes is
freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.

* The word "freed" is translated from dikaioo (dik-ah-yo'-o) which basically means
just and/or innocent, i.e. acquitted: defined as an adjudication of innocence due to
a lack of evidence to convict. An acquittal is far and away better than a pardon
because it leaves nothing of record in one's personnel file to discuss in court.

NOTE: On the night of Jesus' birth, an angel announced good news of great joy.
Well; speaking for myself, as someone who had a lot to answer for, the availability
of an acquittal for willful sinners was very joyous news indeed.
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[Beetow]

"Moral Hazard" can be defined as a situation in which a party is incentivized to risk
causing harm because another party is obligated to remedy the consequences of
the harm caused.

For example; financial services like investment banks, mortgage lenders, and credit
rating firms, are emboldened to practice irresponsible methods because they know
the government will bail them out with public money when their schemes blow up.
Though the stability and the futures of their customers will be ruined and/or
jeopardized by their methods, the services themselves will survive. (e.g. the 2008
housing bubble)

There is of late a new player in the moral hazard world called carbon capture.
Let's say a manufacturer releases six tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere per
annum. So to "offset" their CO2 release they pay a carbon capture company to
remove an equal amount from the atmosphere; and that way they can claim a net
zero production process. (It's only a matter of time before the carbon capture world
becomes another "cap & trade" industry.)

Folks "in Christ" enjoy a similar moral hazard. In a nutshell; passages like those of
John 5:24, Rom 6:3-11, and Eph 1:13 guarantee them that they will never again be
in danger of eternal suffering no matter who badly they conduct themselves from
here on in; hence the enjoiners:

● Rom 6:1-3 . . What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may
increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

● Rom 6:12-14 . . Do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil
desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness,
but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to
life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.

● Gal 5:13 . .You, my brethren, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom
to indulge the sinful nature.
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[lentz]

● Rom 6:23 . .The wages of sin is death

That rule is very serious because, at most, people have only two lives to forfeit for
sin-- the life they have now, and the one they'll have later at their resurrection; but
unfortunately, their current life has already been forfeited due to Adam's
disobedience in the garden of Eden so they can't use this life to atone for any of
their own disobedience.

And when they're resurrected to stand trial at the Great White Throne event
depicted at Rev 20:11-15; that'll be their last life because according to Dan 12:2
and John 5:28-29 there's only one resurrection allotted per person.

That's at least one of the reasons why no one is coming back from the second
death depicted at Rev 20:11-15
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A lost person will die twice

A believer will die only once…..unless the Lord returns first