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The two ways God sorts us:
Judgment & Forgiveness.
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JESUS PREACHED BOTH
JUDGMENT & FORGIVENESS
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JUDGMENT TO COME
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BELIEF GOD FORGAVE
US ALL
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Without mentioning Forgiveness,
Jesus said the following:
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Without mentioning Judgment,
Jesus said the following:
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God will accept or reject
any of us
according to
what we have done.
He’ll let no-one off
of anything.
We earn our way into Heaven.
Heaven is a reward.
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God will accept or reject
any of us
according to
our belief in Jesus.
He’ll let believers off
of everything.
We are freely let into Heaven.
Heaven is not a reward.
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God will, in the end, choose
only those who, in this life,
humbly did good & not bad.
This is regardless of
their religion or lack of it.
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God will, in the end, choose
only those who, in this life,
believed God Forgave us all.
This is regardless of
the good or bad they’ve done.
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SCRIPTURES THAT SUPPORT
THE ABOVE STATEMENTS
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SCRIPTURES FOR
JUDGMENT:
WE NEED ONLY DO GOOD
TO GET INTO HEAVEN
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SCRIPTURES FOR
FORGIVENESS:
WE NEED ONLY BELIEVE
TO GET INTO HEAVEN
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Matt c13 v24-30 &
v36-50:
Everyone who does good
goes to Heaven.
Everyone who does bad
goes to Hell. my abbreviation
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John c3 v14-18 &
v36:
Everyone who believes in Jesus
goes to Heaven.
Everyone who doesn’t
goes to Hell. my abbreviation
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Matt c7 v15-23:
Beware
of wolves in sheep’s
clothing: whose fruit is bad;
who, actually, are bad fruit trees.
They are full of themselves
& boast even of miracles.
They are trees that will be
cut down & burned in the fire.
my abbreviation
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John c5 v24:
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me,
hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed
from death unto life. KJV
(Also read v22-23.)
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Matt c25 v31-46:
Helping the needy
leads to eternal life.
Ignoring the needy
leads to eternal punishment.
my abbreviation
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John c6 v40:
And this is the will of him that
sent me, that every one which
seeth the Son, and believeth
on him, may have everlasting
life: and I will raise him up
at the last day. KJV
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John c5 v28-29:
Marvel not at this:
for the hour is coming,
in the which
all that are in the graves
shall hear his voice,
and shall come forth;
they that have done good,
unto the resurrection of life;
and they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection
of damnation. KJV
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John c11 v25-26:
Jesus said unto her, I am the
resurrection, and the life:
he that believeth in me,
though he were dead,
yet shall he live:
and whosoever liveth
and believeth in me
shall never die.
Believest thou this? KJV
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Rev c20:
We will be Judged according to
what we have done. my abbn
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John c6 v47:
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on me
hath everlasting life. KJV
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FORGIVE US AS
WE …
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Matt c18 v23-35: my abbn
Jesus said “A king cancelled
a servant’s giant, unpayable,
debt. But that servant then
showed no mercy to a fellow
servant who owed him
a small, yet unpayable, debt.
So the king imprisoned
the first servant
until he paid his giant debt.
That’s how God
will treat you
unless you forgive others
from your heart.” my abbn
Matt c6 v12 (Luke c11 v4):
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive
our debtors. KJV
Luke c6 v37:
Judge not, and ye shall
not be judged:
condemn not, and ye shall
not be condemned:
forgive, and ye shall be
forgiven: KJV
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WHY IS THE ABOVE
IN THIS JUDGMENT COLUMN?
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Answer: because the concept:
‘God
Forgives us
as we forgive others’
is conditional Forgiveness
which is nonsense.
Forgiveness means
letting someone off, for free;
without them having
to do anything.
So the concept:
‘God Forgives us
as we forgive others’
is, actually, Judgment.
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John c20 v31:
But these are written,
that ye might believe that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God;
and that believing
ye might have life
through his name. KJV
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Luke c7 v36-50:
A sinful woman had her
many sins Forgiven
by faith alone. my abbn
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Luke c15 v1-10:
We are: God’s lost sheep,
God’s lost coins. my abbn
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Luke c23 v40-43:
Jesus promised paradise
to only the repentant
criminal. my abbn
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Luke c15 v11-32: my abbreviation
God is like a father
who loved his two sons.
One son asked for his
inheritance in advance
but then wasted it all
on wild, immoral, living.
Hungry, he returned home
to apologise deeply. But his
father’s very warm welcome
drowned out his apologising.
The other son, although his
inheritance was still intact,
was angry at his father’s
welcome for his brother.
His father tried to reassure him:
told him that he loved them
both, equally, unconditionally.
But the son wouldn’t have it,
didn’t understand such love,
saw only that he should be
loved, not his brother.
His isolation from
his father & brother
had become vivid. my
abbn
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SOME CHRISTIANS MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT
THE ABOVE LEFT COLUMN
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Some Christians may say:
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“Surely,
all scriptures in the above left column
should be in the above right
column.
Surely, Jesus never said:
“Do good in order to get yourself into
Heaven”.”
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But I say:
“The scriptures in the above
left column
tell of our actions
without
any mention of:
belief in Jesus,
the crucifixion,
God’s Forgiveness,
etc.
So the scriptures in the above left column:
cannot define a Christian,
cannot be about Forgiveness,
must be about
Judgment.
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Nor
is there the possibility of hidden messages:
Jesus was not speaking
to believers or the learned.
He was speaking
to mixed crowds
that included
farmers, fishermen, etc.
Farmers and
fishermen are as important as anyone.
So Jesus had to
speak plainly:
to the heart, but
plainly.
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To
conclude: as well as preaching:
getting to Heaven by believing in him,
Jesus also preached:
getting to Heaven by doing good.
Mind you, it’s humbly
doing good,
not proudly
doing good.”
,, ,, ,, ,, More about motives in the next section.
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REGARDING JUDGMENT:
GOD ALSO CONSIDERS MOTIVES
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Regarding Forgiveness:
God does not need to
consider motives.
It shows you
are already humble, to the extreme,
to forever put your own
righteousness to one side
and forever boast of only
Jesus’ work, for you, on the Cross.
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But regarding Judgment:
God considers motives.
Admittedly, sometimes
Jesus says that God will
Judge us
according to only our actions:
John c5 v28-29:
Marvel not at
this:
for the hour is
coming, in the which
all that are in
the graves
shall hear his
voice, and shall come forth;
they that
have done good,
unto the
resurrection of life;
and they
that have done evil,
unto the
resurrection of damnation.
KJV
, There are more such
references in the left column
, of earlier section:
SCRIPTURES THAT SUPPORT
THE ABOVE STATEMENTS.
But, at other times,
Jesus adds that God will
take great notice of our motives,
of why we did those
actions:
Matt c6 – c7:
Don’t be like those who are unlike God:
‘religious’, all for show,
hypocrites, slow to forgive;
interested, actually, in only
the things of this life;
keen to Judge people’s
errors;
picturing God according to
their own standards (mean
& limited);
producing nothing good. my abbreviation
Matt c23 v1-34:
[Jesus said] Don’t be like those
who are unlike
God:
burdening others with laws
but
offering no help to keep them;
‘religious’, all for show,
hypocrites;
conceited, self-serving;
not going into the kingdom of
Heaven themselves
and stopping others from going in;
materially possessive;
praying only for show;
worthy of Hell;
oblivious to God & his heart
& his will;
white on the
outside
but like a rotting corpse on the
inside;
posing as Godly
but, actually,
are enemies of the Godly. my abbn
, See:
, C.S.
Lewis on What It’s Like to Meet a Truly Humble Person
, and:
, Screwtape on Humility., , , ,
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Motives are in the mind.
And
not, as you might suppose, in the emotions.
(Emotions are mere tools of the
mind.
Perhaps see later webpage: The emotions.),,,,,
In unbelievers:
good and bad
genes
culture
education
upbringing
environment
circumstances
influences from
people
temptations from
demons
encouragements from God
mould the mind
which contains motives.
Whereas, in believers:
the
good heart/spirit
& the
indwelling good Holy Spirit
mould the mind
which contains motives.
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In the world:
Some discouraging non-biblical sayings
such as:
“He meant well. (Shame it all went wrong.)”
“The road to Hell is paved with good
intentions.”
“Etc.”
all seem right to us.
But that’s only because we
notice outcomes
more than we notice motives.
God notices motives
more than he notices
outcomes.
God’s
vision is on full zoom
as far as motives are
concerned.
See: 1 Cor c13 NIV.
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If God wanted outcomes
he can do his own outcomes.
Matt
c3 v9 (Luke c3 v8):
and think not to say
within yourselves,
We
have Abraham to our father:
for I say unto you, that
God is able
of these stones
to
raise up children unto Abraham.
KJV
,, ,, ,, See context. Matt c3 & Luke c3 v1-22 , , .
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This place is not about outcomes.
, See third cell
(starting This place is merely
temporary)
, of earlier section: WHY IS THE UNIVERSE
SECOND CLASS?.
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THERE IS NO THIRD
WAY
THAT GOD SORTS US
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It may seem
that there’s a third way
that God sorts us for Heaven or Hell.
It may seem that there’s not only:
1) Judgment.
and:
2) Forgiveness.
but also:
3) Those who feel at home here
stay here.
Hence, for them, this
place, one day,
becomes Hell.
&:
Those who don’t feel at
home here
don’t stay here.
And the only place they
can go
is Heaven.
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But the truth is that:
not feeling at home here
is just another way of viewing:
Judgment and Forgiveness.
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Judgment:
If an unbeliever’s life
is a life of humbly earning
your way to Heaven,
then giving away
time/money/effort
will make you feel,
materially, not at home here.
, While you are humbly doing good you probably don’t think about
, the reward of going to Heaven.
You probably just do it out of self-expression.
, Hence, when you go to Heaven, it will be a surprise reward.
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Forgiveness:
When believers give away resources . .
Luke c14
v33: Indeed, perhaps see
all of Luke c14.
So likewise, whosoever he be of you
that forsaketh not all that he hath,
he cannot be my
disciple. KJV
. . God replenishes them.
Matt c6 v33 (Luke c12 v31):
But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness;
and all these things
shall be added unto you. KJV
, , , , Perhaps see all of: Matt c6 v24-34.
However (unlike unbelievers)
believers suffer persecution.
And that would make you feel not at home here materially.
Mark c10
v29-30 (Luke c18 v29-30):
And Jesus answered and said,
Verily I say unto you,
There is no man that hath left house, or brethren,
or
sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children,
or
lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
but
he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time,
houses,
and brethren, and sisters, and mothers,
and
children, and lands,
with
persecutions;
and
in the world to come eternal life. KJV
, God will reward
all believers who were persecuted;
, though later, in Heaven, not here. Matt c5 v10-12 Luke c6 v22-23, , , ,
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Also,
becoming a Christian:
Not only brings
you persecution
so that you
don’t feel at home here materially.
It also means
that you change
so that you don’t feel at home here materially.
John c12 v25:
He
that loveth his life shall lose it;
and he that hateth his life in this world
shall keep it
unto life eternal. KJV
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John c2 v15-17:
Love not the world,
neither the
things that are in the world.
If any man love the world,
the love of the
Father is not in him.
For all that is in
the world,
the lust of
the flesh,*
and the lust of
the eyes,
and the
pride of life,
is not of the Father,
but is of the world.
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: **
but he that doeth the
will of God abideth for ever. KJV
, *Lust is sex with everything else (notably love) missing.
, High sexual appetite is not the same as
lust.
, **Notice it’s not:
, , , , , You passeth away, the world continues.
, It’s:
, , , , , The world passeth away, you continue.
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EVENTUALLY,
FORGIVENESS WILL BE NEEDED
BY ALL.
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Someone destined for Heaven because of Forgiveness:
means that they have God’s
Spirit, here & now,
so, if they renew their
mind,
they can command miracles.
, , Perhaps see earlier
section:
, , WHY GOD’S WORDS HAVE POWER,,,,,
Someone destined for Heaven because of Judgment however:
has none of that,
can do none of that.
, Perhaps see earlier webpage:
, , The two ways God sorts us: Judgment &
Forgiveness. ,,,,,
This shows how:
while Judgment can get you into Heaven,
once there, in order to also
function,
you’ll still need Forgiveness:
still need to repent of all your sins/wrongs,
still need to believe the Cross is God’s Forgiveness.
John c14 v6:
Jesus
saith unto him,
I am the way, the
truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me. KJV
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