The Narrow Path Ministries

Interesting that Jesus seems to be speaking to believers who did good works and those that did'nt. "Aion" is translated into eternal here and "pur" is translated into fire IMHO to support the theology of eternal damnation. I think that "aion" means age to be determined by God and "pur" is the base o...

My previous reply was'nt meant to imply that there is any way to eternal life other than faith in Christ. Only that God in his sovereignty may have designed a plan beyond the obvious for his own reasons. In Romans 11.25 Paul calls this process a mystery which seems to mean that it was hidden frm sig...

Are the jews any better or worse than anyone else? Of course not so then why do they almost uniformly reject Christ? Romans 11.8 " just as it is written, God GAVE THEM a spirit of stupor,eyes to see not, and ears to hear not,down to this very day." Rom 11.11 " I say then, they did not stumble SO AS ...

Hi Ben, You may be right but on the other hand scripture does'nt say demons will acknowledge "Jesus as Lord" and "confess it with their mouth." According to Paul you can only do this with the assistance of the Holy Spirit ,yet if that's true than the "kingdom of God" would be indwelling a person at ...

Parables never mention a name in a parable? Mark 4.15 mentions Satan Matt 13.37 mentions the Son of Man Matt 13.39 mentions the Devil Matt 15.13 mentions God the Father Luke 4.23 Jesus applies Physician to himself I think that since Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees and had just relayed 4 consecut...

My own 2 cents is that "the lake of fire" is God who is a consuming fire. If you accept the possibility that there are ages that exist than that would reconcile universalism with destruction since everyone is raised to judgement even if they are destroyed. Universalism does'nt mean salvation isn't n...

To my understanding "Jacob" always refers to natural Israel not spiritual Israel and "they are enemies for your sake" also seems to me to be natural Israel. Plus the contrast Paul is making between disbelief of the gospel verses "I will take away their sins" indicates natural Israel. This type of te...

Hi, since my name is also Steve i'll give it a shot. The " Rich Man" is the jewish nation because Abraham was only their father and they were rich because they were the only ones given "Gods Word." Lazarus or the gentiles were poor because they did'nt have the knowledge of Gods word. The jews would'...

I don't believe God would tell us to love our enemies yet torment people eternally. It just does'nt make sense and there is no rationalization to explain it. The word translated as eternal is "aion" which means age not eternal yet everyone seems to unquestionably assume it means eternal. It's a time...

Considering the word translated as eternal in scripture is "aion" which actually means age why does hell have to be eternal. There are dozens of verses state Christ came to save "all" or through Abraham "all the families of the earth will be blessed" or Christ died for the sins of the world. Traditi...