Re: Why is UR harmful?
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:29 am
That was their chance and they refused to change. It was their choice. God is full of compassion and will forgive all your sins using His own blood, but you must repent and accept, and it seems urgent because you may grow too hardened ay some point. The Bible uses real people, in real situations to demonstrate this message over and over.
First with regards to UR and how dangerous it is. I can't imagine anyone ever preaching UR in a gospel message to unbelievers. I was asked recently by a new believer about "those who never heard" and i said God is just and he will take everything into consideration and make righteous judgments. If she would have asked me about postmortem repentance , I would have answered "all things are possible with God", but i would not go further then that. If UR is true it is only because of God's will and purposes and not because of man's goodness.
All people are raised to judgment (Rev 20)( John 5) and both greek words "krino" and "krisis" clearly allow for reconciliation IMHO. Whether it happens and to what extent it happens is entirely up to God and exactly what it is he is going to do.
None of us know , all we can do is weigh the other parts of scripture and judge (if we are interested) which view seems to carry more substance. The UR gives more substance to God's will,purposes and character as revealed by Jesus. The other views give more substance in God's warnings of urgency and punishment.
It seems to me will will never know for sure on this side of judgment and we should simply accept the fact that we just can't figure everything out.
First with regards to UR and how dangerous it is. I can't imagine anyone ever preaching UR in a gospel message to unbelievers. I was asked recently by a new believer about "those who never heard" and i said God is just and he will take everything into consideration and make righteous judgments. If she would have asked me about postmortem repentance , I would have answered "all things are possible with God", but i would not go further then that. If UR is true it is only because of God's will and purposes and not because of man's goodness.
All people are raised to judgment (Rev 20)( John 5) and both greek words "krino" and "krisis" clearly allow for reconciliation IMHO. Whether it happens and to what extent it happens is entirely up to God and exactly what it is he is going to do.
None of us know , all we can do is weigh the other parts of scripture and judge (if we are interested) which view seems to carry more substance. The UR gives more substance to God's will,purposes and character as revealed by Jesus. The other views give more substance in God's warnings of urgency and punishment.
It seems to me will will never know for sure on this side of judgment and we should simply accept the fact that we just can't figure everything out.