Right, but "distance" - stubbornly maintained through persistent denial of the Holy Spirit's attempts to close it - will inevitably increase to the point of "separation" from which there is no return - the Unpardonable Sin.
"There is a line, unseen by us,
that crosses ev'ry path;
The hidden boundary between,
God's mercy and His wrath".
Thus its why men like paul would warn and remind the church to CONTINUE TO THE END
that we are made partakers of CHRIST , IF , IF we hold our confidence FIRM TO ...................THE END
THIS is why paul often warned as did peter , as DID JESUS HIMSELF
And if we look at the message to the seven churches we see this as well .
This is why paul told the church not to be HIGHMINDED but to fear
yet today , if i do so , or you , or others , we got told WE DONT TRUST IN GOD OR IN CHIRST .
Rather odd though , ITS HIS OWN WORDS
and rather odd they dont seem to TRUST IN THEM but rather in an teaching that came of MEN .
This will destroy folks .
Exhort one another daily , while it is today , LEST any of you becomes hardened by the deceitfulness of sin
lest any root of bitterness springs up and defiles you .
FOR we are made partakers of CHRIST ...............................IF
THEY Made this very clear .
And those words they spoke were inspired by GOD , BY THE SPIRIT .
yet today men twist these reminders unto their own destruction just as they do the other scrips .
