Or in other words, the cowardly, and those who do not have faith in Christ. You can disagree with what the Bible says if you want, but that verse is very clear.
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The Bible is very clear on your opinion of what it means? Wow.
How can you justify your claim?
cowardly = those who do not have faith in Christ
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The anxious will burn in hell ?????
As a UR, if you're an evil person, you're forced to be good against your will so you can enter heaven based on your goodness that you were forced into against your will (which also makes it about what you've done, rather than what Jesus did).
Do you have reading comprehension issues? Let's read the Strong's definition for the THIRD time.
Note on "acknowledge" in Philippians 2:11 from Strong's Concordance
S1843 eksomologéō (from 1537 /ek, "wholly out from," intensifying 3670 /homologéō, "say the same thing about") – properly, fully agree and to acknowledge that agreement openly (whole-heartedly); hence, to confess ("openly declare"), without reservation (no holding back).
Where's the justice in that?
Most people are in the church because of spiritual extortion. Believe or burn. Where's the justice in that?
Where's the love in being forced to be good?
Most people are in the church because of spiritual extortion. Believe or burn. Where's the love in that?
Why is Jesus' atonement necessary if people are cleansed by the fire?
Salvation is in the atonement. The purifying fire is for personal preparation. Correction and restoration.
Why did God give us free will, only to ultimately force us to be on good behaviour, else we get put into the refining chamber again?
More reading comprehension issues? Did the coal from the altar burn Isaiah's lips? (Isaiah 6:6)
Unless you mean to say that sin can enter heaven?
In the book of Job, Satan has an audience with God. Did sin enter heaven?
What happens if you're wrong about UR: you burn in hell because you never trusted in Jesus' sacrifice for you to get you into heaven. Rather you believed that being tortured into good behaviour (by going through purgatory and realising you were wrong, thus forcing you to be good) earns you a ticket into heaven.
More reading comprehension issues?
Everyone who has knees to bow and a tongue to speak, in heaven and on earth and under the earth (in the realm of the dead), will whole-heartedly, and without reservation, acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord. No one can say that “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” you will be saved. Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. (the reason for the bodily resurrection)
What happens if I'm wrong about UR: I get corrected when I die
Jesus said you would be better off without that eye or hand that makes you sin.
I wouldn't assume that your correction will pleasant. Neither is heart surgery, but it will save your life.
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