How could God allow people to have genuine free will, and yet have a way to righteously exclude them from His everlasting Kingdom if they decided to be evil? By establishing a decree long before He ever created mankind, God provided for humble and loving people to have a wonderful everlasting future. This teaching also shows that those who are not saved will be annihilated in the Lake of Fire, not tormented forever.
Verses: Rom. 2:9-16; 6:23; 9:22; 10:9; Isa. 14:12-15; 32:4; 66:22-24; Gen. 2:16-17; 3:1-5, 22; John 3:16; Rev. 20:10, 14; Ps. 9:17; 37:10, 20; 92:7; Prov. 10:25; Job 20:9; Mal. 4:1; Matt. 3:12; 7:19; 10:28; 13:40-43; 25:46; 2 Pet. 2:6, 12; 3:7; Phil. 3:19; Heb. 10:27; Acts 3:23; 2 Thess. 1:9; Mark 9:43, 45, 47, 48
Teacher: John Schoenheit
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