Because of a misunderstanding of the Apostle Paul we believe Christ will come and reject those who do not believe and accept those who do believe even though their behavior is sinful. This is an enormous error in thinking.

The purpose of our believing in Christ is that we may have our sins forgiven and then be delivered from foolish, careless, wicked, lazy behavior. When our belief in Christ is not bringing forth a new righteous creation then our belief is useless to God and to His Kingdom.

The Scripture cannot be broken. When the Lord comes He will remove the weeds from the wheat. The weeds are those in whom Satan has sown his death. The wheat are those in whom Christ has sown His Life. There are numerous believers today in whom Satan has sown his death. If they do not work with the Holy Spirit in the removal of this spiritual death, then, at the Lord's coming, they will be removed from those who have been delivered from sin.

The Scripture cannot be changed to conform to our traditions. Those who do evil, Christian or not, will be thrown into the fiery furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

We have the authority to enter the Kingdom when we put our faith in the atoning blood of the Lamb. We have the power and wisdom to enter the Kingdom when we receive the Spirit of God. After this we must learn to live and behave in the Spirit of God. By so doing we become part of the Kingdom of God.

It is not at all true, although believed universally today, that we can become part of the Kingdom of God while we continue to sin. No sin is permitted in the Kingdom of God.

No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. (I John 3:6 NIV)

The teaching of today that Christians are doomed to continue to sin but they are covered by an unconditional amnesty is definitely against the Scripture. It is error and has destroyed the moral strength of the Christian churches in the United States.

Referring back to Matthew (above), everything that causes sin and all who do evil will be thrown into the fiery furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. This includes Christians. There is no such thing as a "state of grace" that makes the Word of Jesus Christ of no effect.

God is ready and able to deliver from worldliness, lust, and self-will all who call upon Him for freedom from these evil chains. The time is now. Every believer can be delivered in preparation for the return of Christ to the earth. But those churchgoers who insist on maintaining their own way, trusting in the current grace-rapture-Heaven error, may find themselves one day thrown into the fiery furnace. I prefer to believe the Word of God. How about you? I do not trust the current traditions for they are denied by the Scriptures.

"Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father."

To be continued.