Originally posted by Timothy
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Throughout the Bible, the penalty for sin is said to be death, destruction, perishing, . . .
. . . being burnt up, being turned to ash and blown away, and being no more.
. . . That is what I believe.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. True or False?
2 Thessalonians 1:9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might. True or False?
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. True or False?
Matthew 3:12 "His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." True or False?
Malachi 4:1 For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. True or False?
Psalm 37:10 In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there. True or False?
None of the holy scriptures are at issue. Our differing understanding of them is at issue. Do you not think I'm in error?
Believe whatever you want to believe, I don't care. I can only tell you what the Bible says. I can't make you accept it. I've proven that the Bible says each thing that I have said. You are just unwilling to accept it. So believe whatever you want to believe. Reject the Bible if you want to, and you can face Jesus Christ on Judgment Day, having rejected the truth of the Bible. Good Luck with that. But I will not change back from believing the truth of the Bible to your false view, a view that I once held but rejected because of what the Bible says. But you can do whatever you want. Reject the truth, if it makes you feel good. I wish you well.
Do we not agree that the word of God does not teach the immortality of the soul? [Ezekiel 18:4. James 5:20.]
We do disagree as to what the eternal destruction of the soul entails. Do we not?
I'm asking of you is for you to carefully make your case that it is not eternal suffering. And that you merely understand why I do believe it is continuous without end.
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