As for those who stress "once saved always saved" because they are fearful, there are several Scriptures that assure us Christ will save us if we serve Him diligently and faithfully. No power in Heaven above, on the earth beneath, or in the dark regions under the earth can possibly remove us from the protection of God. Christ will finish what He has started in us, but only if we keep serving Him to the best of our ability.

But if we do not serve Christ diligently and faithfully, Christ's remarks in the Gospel about how He will deal with His unfaithful servants then apply to us. How could it be otherwise? Have the writings of the Apostles outdated the Word of Jesus Christ in the Gospels as some have imagined? Do you believe this? I certainly do not!

To those who insist Christ will continue to bless them even if they do not serve Him to the best of their ability, we reply that you are mistaken and your future indeed is bleak. You are trifling with the King!

As for God's love, it took Jesus Christ to the cross. No person can fathom the depth of God's love. It also is true that no person can fathom the depth of God's wrath. No punishment or torture ever inflicted on a human being by other human beings can approach in horror endless existence in a lake that burns with fire and brimstone. We can escape pain by fainting or death. There is no escape in the spirit realm!

The next time someone says to you that no matter what a believer does he can never be lost, ask him about the parable of the talents; ask him about the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Ask him or her why Jude reminds us that the Lord having saved the people out of Egypt afterward destroyed those who did not believe. If this incident of history is not applicable to the Christian salvation, why did Jude as well as the writer of Hebrews use Israel's history to point out the danger of not pressing forward with God?

There is a snake, an evil spirit, working in Christian theology. It tells us no matter what we do we shall not surely die. It prevents devout, intelligent believers from perceiving what is plainly stated in the unchanging Scriptures.

We have lost the fear of God in America and therefore we are not wise. God in His goodness is speaking to us today to repent, to turn away from our worldliness, bodily passions, and self-will and personal ambitions. If we turn to the Lord Jesus Christ and begin to serve Him as we should we will save ourselves and our nation. But if we continue to disobey Christ's commandments, stubbornly maintaining that no matter what we do we cannot be lost to the program of redemption, we will place ourselves in very great spiritual jeopardy and our nation will experience a holocaust worse than that of Israel.

Please don't wait to see if I am correct.

To be continued.