What? Paul says virtually nothing about punishment at all. The only time he even uses the term hell its hades and he says it will be defeated. Oh death where is thy sting, oh grave, (hades,hell) where is thy victory.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again...
7 Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 If the ministry...
Calvinism- God could save all He simply does not want to.
Arminianism- God wants to save all He simply cannot.
Neither are biblical. They are correct in what they affirm and incorrect in what they deny.
Both however can be taken from the Bible.
I'd say not, since he never mentions hell, well Hades once, Gehenna, Tartarus or Sheol.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
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55 O death, where is...
I just read this, This explains salvation better than I can.
"Once we experience God as Unconditional Love and Lover and realize there is no reason to be afraid, then we also realize that it is a waste of time trying to manipulate others or use others for our advantage or to use God to...
I battle, but its not against flesh and blood. Only those who are saved from this present evil age can wage real war against it. Fighting, but fearless. Its like being on a sinking ship and you have on a life vest.
Saved from this present evil age. I don't have to let it control who I am. I am not what you or society say I am. Think of it this way. Like a saved document. A document of truth. I can't be altered, edited or deleted. I am who God says I am. I don't have to struggle or fight to be anything. I...
I am a heterosexual, non-feminist, and I work with kids. I have been a teacher and coach for 25+years. I also took and take an active duty in the raising of my children. I got up nights and fed and changed and rocked and sung to my kids and do the same now for my grand children. I consider...