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<p>Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6) </p>
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<p>Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: (I Peter 4:12) </p>
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<p>Which takes more love, to forgive your child or to forgive your child and then take however much time and strength is required to train him or her so the offense is not repeated? </p>
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<p>All is moving like clockwork. Can we lose our appointed place by neglecting our calling? Most assuredly we can according to the Scriptures. We must be careful not to make our own "therefores." We must study the Scriptures inductively, not deductively, exclaiming "Amen" over each and every verse whether or not we can reconcile the seeming contradictions. </p>
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<p>Your child will be very happy to receive your forgiveness. He or she may not be as willing to be disciplined in order to correct his behavior. </p>
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<p>The Gospel was preached to those who are dead. Period. This is a fact. Whatever conclusions we draw from this must not conflict with any other verse or we have drawn the wrong conclusion. </p>
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<p>The Gospel is often presented as forgiveness alone. We humans want to be forgiven so we can escape punishment. But if forgiveness were all there is to salvation there would be no Kingdom of God, no new Jerusalem, no Paradise of righteousness, love, joy, and peace. Would there? </p>
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<p>Doesn't it state that it is appointed unto men once to die and after this the judgment? Yes, it does. It is appointed to every individual to die. After this he will be judged according to the light he has had. Those who have had great understanding of God's program will be greatly responsible to have responded in terms of their knowledge. Those who never heard of the Bible, Israel, or Jesus Christ, will be judged according to the light they did have. </p>
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<p>Suppose your child on several occasions has stolen money at school. Suppose every time he did so you forgave him and did nothing else. What would you be doing? You would be making him a thief. </p>
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<p>Only God in Christ, and sometimes in the saints appointed to be judges, will determine whether an individual is to be brought into the program of redemption, including suffering to remove worldliness, lust, and self-will, or whether the person is lost, barred from the Kingdom of God, cut off from the redemptive working of Divine grace. </p>
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<p>If God kept on forgiving our sins and did nothing more about it He would be contributing to our sinful, rebellious nature. </p>
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<p>"Brother Thompson, how can we have worldliness or lust once we die and leave this world?" </p>
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<p>You have to tear yourself away from your business and pleasure, sit down with the child, and find out why he is stealing money. </p>
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<p>Don't you realize worldliness and lust are spirits? They have become part of your personality. In the day of resurrection they will again inhabit your body unless Jesus Christ removes them as part of your salvation. A person can be in the spirit realm and still be bound with all sorts of things according to the visions of the saints. And why not? </p>
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<p>There may be a logical reason, something that needs to be corrected. In any case the child must be convinced he is being treated fairly, it is unacceptable to steal, and if he does there will be serious consequences. This is called training up a child in the way he should go. </p>
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<p>Do you have a jealous spirit? Do you imagine this spirit will leave you because your body died? The spirit of jealousy did not originate in your flesh but in Satan. He is the author of all jealousy, all lying, all murder, all lust, all spite, all envy, all violence, and everything else that is destructive. </p>
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<p>If you do not correct this behavior at an early age the police will deal with him or her later on. </p>
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<p>He who commits sin is of the devil according to the Apostle John. </p>
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<p>So it is with God. God forgives us and then sets about to correct the problem, understanding that if He does not the Lake of Fire is in the wings. Maybe the Christian churches of our day do not understand the seriousness of sin in God's children and the possibility of deadly consequences, but God does. </p>
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<p>We who love Jesus are pressing on the upward way. We suffer various afflictions but the good Lord delivers us from them all. Our afflictions are a judgment of God on the worldliness, lust, and self-will in our personality. We are purified by the baptism of fire. </p>
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<p>We are to arm ourselves with a mind to suffer because suffering drives from us our worldliness, our lusts, and our self-will and stubbornness. We cannot bring these into the Kingdom of God. We cannot bring these into the new Jerusalem. We cannot bring these into the Paradise of God nor will we be given to eat of the tree of life which is in the midst of the Paradise of God. </p>
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<p>Seeing this is true, let us rejoice in the Lord always and riotously. He is worthy of extreme adoration. </p>
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<p>One aspect of the problem of judgment, suffering, and sin in the Christian life is our belief that dying physically will automatically make us eligible for the new Jerusalem, or when the Lord comes we will be transformed magically. These fond beliefs of ours have no scriptural basis whatever. </p>
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<p>The day will come soon enough when the cross is lifted from our back and we enter glory unimaginable in the present hour. Our greatest joy will be to look back and see that we trusted and obeyed God through the many dangers, toils, and snares of our pilgrimage. </p>
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<p>Sin began in the Paradise of God and is spiritual in nature. We are not wrestling against flesh and blood but against unclean, rebellious spirits. </p>
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<p>Difficult, yes. But through the Lord Jesus entirely possible. (from Salvation Through Judgment and Suffering) </p>
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<p>When we die we will not be changed. What we are, we are. Rather, after death comes judgment. </p>
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<p>Continued. [[Salvation Through Judgment and Suffering]] </p>
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<p>We are not changed by dying. We will not be changed in personality when the Lord appears, except that those who have been totally diligent in overcoming the obstacles set before them will proceed to great glory. They have been faithful in the lesser and they will be assigned the greater. </p>
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<p>Continued. [[Salvation Through Judgment and Suffering 3]] </p>
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Latest revision as of 13:21, 18 October 2020

Salvation Through Judgment and Suffering 12

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: (I Peter 4:12)

All is moving like clockwork. Can we lose our appointed place by neglecting our calling? Most assuredly we can according to the Scriptures. We must be careful not to make our own "therefores." We must study the Scriptures inductively, not deductively, exclaiming "Amen" over each and every verse whether or not we can reconcile the seeming contradictions.

The Gospel was preached to those who are dead. Period. This is a fact. Whatever conclusions we draw from this must not conflict with any other verse or we have drawn the wrong conclusion.

Doesn't it state that it is appointed unto men once to die and after this the judgment? Yes, it does. It is appointed to every individual to die. After this he will be judged according to the light he has had. Those who have had great understanding of God's program will be greatly responsible to have responded in terms of their knowledge. Those who never heard of the Bible, Israel, or Jesus Christ, will be judged according to the light they did have.

Only God in Christ, and sometimes in the saints appointed to be judges, will determine whether an individual is to be brought into the program of redemption, including suffering to remove worldliness, lust, and self-will, or whether the person is lost, barred from the Kingdom of God, cut off from the redemptive working of Divine grace.

"Brother Thompson, how can we have worldliness or lust once we die and leave this world?"

Don't you realize worldliness and lust are spirits? They have become part of your personality. In the day of resurrection they will again inhabit your body unless Jesus Christ removes them as part of your salvation. A person can be in the spirit realm and still be bound with all sorts of things according to the visions of the saints. And why not?

Do you have a jealous spirit? Do you imagine this spirit will leave you because your body died? The spirit of jealousy did not originate in your flesh but in Satan. He is the author of all jealousy, all lying, all murder, all lust, all spite, all envy, all violence, and everything else that is destructive.

He who commits sin is of the devil according to the Apostle John.

We who love Jesus are pressing on the upward way. We suffer various afflictions but the good Lord delivers us from them all. Our afflictions are a judgment of God on the worldliness, lust, and self-will in our personality. We are purified by the baptism of fire.

Seeing this is true, let us rejoice in the Lord always and riotously. He is worthy of extreme adoration.

The day will come soon enough when the cross is lifted from our back and we enter glory unimaginable in the present hour. Our greatest joy will be to look back and see that we trusted and obeyed God through the many dangers, toils, and snares of our pilgrimage.

Difficult, yes. But through the Lord Jesus entirely possible. (from Salvation Through Judgment and Suffering)

Continued. Salvation Through Judgment and Suffering

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