Truth101, said The only thing that has seperated anything is you attempting to seperate and corner Gods love for selfrighteous people like you, while all others you (not God) assign everyone else to an eternal bath of misery.
Lets again go to the bible to see if your comments will hold any validity when compare to the truth of Holy Scripture. I am so glad we can go to the WORD OF GOD for our understanding.
Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory. And all the holy messengers with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory;
The context is Judgment day.
Verse 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall SEPARATE them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep;
Again we find the same truth throughout the bible. Christ is separating the SAVED from the UNSAVED.
Verse 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Christs sheep whose sins he paid for, the SAVED are on his right hand, but the goats the UNSAVED, whose sin were never atoned for are on the left.
Verse 34 Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you are blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Christ the King say's to his sheep, the washed sinners, They are Blessed by God, because God out of his own free will chose whom he would to be save, They inherit the kingdom, notice it was prepared before God created the world. God prepared a Lamb that would pay for the sins of His sinful sheep. This lamb was prepared from the foundation of the world.
Verse 39 Nothing shall be able to separate us from the LOVE of GOD, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Since Christ was prepared from the foundation of the world, nothing shall separate His people from the LOVE OF GOD.
John 10:26 But you dont believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish; neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Fathers hand.
Nothing shall be able to separate Christs sheep from the Love of God; nothing shall be able to pluck them out of my Fathers hand. From the foundation of the world My Father, which gave them me, they were given eternal life and they shall never perish,they would never come under the wrath of God for their sins, because the Father gave them to His Son.
Back to Matthew 25: verse 41 Then shall Christ say also to them on the left hand, depart from me, you are cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers.
The UNSAVE goats are cast into everlasting fire, again it agrees with the whole of scripture. The goats sins were never paid for by Christ, thats why they are cursed, meaning they are still under the law.
Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
The goats because they like all of mankind have been disobedient to Gods Law, but the only thing that is different is that Christ was made a curse for His People.
Verse 14 Christ hath redeemed (paid for the sins) us (His People) from the curse of the law (everlasting fire, eternal punishment) being made a curse for us (again Christ was the Lamb slain for the sins of His People) for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:
Indeed Christ was guilty for our sins when he hung on the cross. The only reason the sheep are not cast into the lake of fire is because Christ was made a curse for them. If Christ paid for the sins of the goats they too would have been spared.
Back to Matthew 25: verse 46 And these (are the goats) shall go away to everlasting punishment; but he righteous into life eternal.
The righteous (they are not righteous of themselves) the sheep are righteous because the Shepherd is RIGHTEOUS. Christs righteousness was reckoned to His sheeps account.
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
The Saved sheep have been given the Robe of Christs Righteousness to cover their sin, God see the Saved sheep as righteous because the are wearing the imputed Righteousness of Christ. In and of themselves they are naked full of sins; they need a covering that would pay the demands of the law. That covering was found in Christ, He fulfilled all Righteousness.
Truth101, said: We both labor and suffer reproach because we trust in the living God who is the Savior of all men ESPECIALLY (not exclusively) of those that believe.
The word ALL doesnt necessarily mean every last single person, it could in some cases, however, when interpreting scripture the words are always condition by the context. Example with the word All in Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that ALL THE WORLD should be taxed.
Obviously every single person in the entire world wasnt going to be taxed. This is a good example for anyone that would insist, because when they see the word ALL in the bible, they immediately assume that its referring to every last person in the entire world. So if they carried that presupposition here they would be in error in their interpretation. No the word ALL found here can be understood to mean ALL of the known world of that time that was part of the Roman Empire of that day. It surly doesnt mean every person throughout the world including the American Indians or the Mayans.
Lets again go to the bible to see if your comments will hold any validity when compare to the truth of Holy Scripture. I am so glad we can go to the WORD OF GOD for our understanding.
Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory. And all the holy messengers with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory;
The context is Judgment day.
Verse 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall SEPARATE them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep;
Again we find the same truth throughout the bible. Christ is separating the SAVED from the UNSAVED.
Verse 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Christs sheep whose sins he paid for, the SAVED are on his right hand, but the goats the UNSAVED, whose sin were never atoned for are on the left.
Verse 34 Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you are blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Christ the King say's to his sheep, the washed sinners, They are Blessed by God, because God out of his own free will chose whom he would to be save, They inherit the kingdom, notice it was prepared before God created the world. God prepared a Lamb that would pay for the sins of His sinful sheep. This lamb was prepared from the foundation of the world.
Verse 39 Nothing shall be able to separate us from the LOVE of GOD, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Since Christ was prepared from the foundation of the world, nothing shall separate His people from the LOVE OF GOD.
John 10:26 But you dont believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish; neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Fathers hand.
Nothing shall be able to separate Christs sheep from the Love of God; nothing shall be able to pluck them out of my Fathers hand. From the foundation of the world My Father, which gave them me, they were given eternal life and they shall never perish,they would never come under the wrath of God for their sins, because the Father gave them to His Son.
Back to Matthew 25: verse 41 Then shall Christ say also to them on the left hand, depart from me, you are cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers.
The UNSAVE goats are cast into everlasting fire, again it agrees with the whole of scripture. The goats sins were never paid for by Christ, thats why they are cursed, meaning they are still under the law.
Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
The goats because they like all of mankind have been disobedient to Gods Law, but the only thing that is different is that Christ was made a curse for His People.
Verse 14 Christ hath redeemed (paid for the sins) us (His People) from the curse of the law (everlasting fire, eternal punishment) being made a curse for us (again Christ was the Lamb slain for the sins of His People) for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:
Indeed Christ was guilty for our sins when he hung on the cross. The only reason the sheep are not cast into the lake of fire is because Christ was made a curse for them. If Christ paid for the sins of the goats they too would have been spared.
Back to Matthew 25: verse 46 And these (are the goats) shall go away to everlasting punishment; but he righteous into life eternal.
The righteous (they are not righteous of themselves) the sheep are righteous because the Shepherd is RIGHTEOUS. Christs righteousness was reckoned to His sheeps account.
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
The Saved sheep have been given the Robe of Christs Righteousness to cover their sin, God see the Saved sheep as righteous because the are wearing the imputed Righteousness of Christ. In and of themselves they are naked full of sins; they need a covering that would pay the demands of the law. That covering was found in Christ, He fulfilled all Righteousness.
Truth101, said: We both labor and suffer reproach because we trust in the living God who is the Savior of all men ESPECIALLY (not exclusively) of those that believe.
The word ALL doesnt necessarily mean every last single person, it could in some cases, however, when interpreting scripture the words are always condition by the context. Example with the word All in Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that ALL THE WORLD should be taxed.
Obviously every single person in the entire world wasnt going to be taxed. This is a good example for anyone that would insist, because when they see the word ALL in the bible, they immediately assume that its referring to every last person in the entire world. So if they carried that presupposition here they would be in error in their interpretation. No the word ALL found here can be understood to mean ALL of the known world of that time that was part of the Roman Empire of that day. It surly doesnt mean every person throughout the world including the American Indians or the Mayans.