It's not your job to prompt us. You aren't Jesus.
It's my job to be a messenger. It's an assignment given to all of Jesus' disciples, to "preach the good news of the kingdom in all the inhabited earth as a witness to all the nations" before the foretold "end" of the devil's world rulership comes. (Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:19-20) Who else is doing this? Jesus' Jewish disciples called on their Jewish neighbors. (Matthew 10:11-15) We call on our Christian neighbors.....and anyone from any other faith who will listen. (John 15:20)
Romans 10:13-15....
"For “everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.” 14 However, how will they call on him if they have not put faith in him? How, in turn, will they put faith in him about whom they have not heard? How, in turn, will they hear without someone to preach? 15 How, in turn, will they preach unless they have been sent out? Just as it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who declare good news of good things!”
One of the wonderful things about the Kingdom is that it will be free of false religious beliefs, divisions and hypocrisy. There will be one united brotherhood of man....all worshipping the same God, with one set of beliefs, and enjoying God's creation in peace and security. That is "the good news of the kingdom".
It's not all about going to heaven because that is not where God ever intended for humans to live. The fact that he selected a pre-determined number to fill the ranks of a heavenly government that will bring redeemed mankind into reconciliation with God, is good news for those who have by nature a desire to live in paradise, which was originally right here on earth. God's purpose for the human race never changed. (Isaiah 55:11) The Kingdom is how God brings us back to him.
A special anointing is required to give certain "chosen ones" a desire to go to heaven......as Paul said, it is a "heavenly calling" (Hebrews 3:1) Not all have it.
Please stop with the "building a sense of urgency into the client" used car sales pitch. This isn't a "72 Buick -- its the Gospel.
The sense of urgency has been there from the beginning of the Christian ministry.
2 Timothy 4:2-4...Paul's words to Timothy....
"Preach the word; be at it urgently in favorable times and difficult times; reprove, reprimand, exhort, with all patience and art of teaching."
Why was it urgent? Why the need to "reprove, reprimand" and "exhort" ?
"For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the wholesome teaching, but according to their own desires, they will surround themselves with teachers to have their ears tickled. 4 They will turn away from listening to the truth and give attention to false stories."
1 Timothy 4:16
"Pay constant attention to yourself and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you."
Paying constant attention to what we are taught is essential. Always compare what we believe with God's word. You can tell the ones who don't because they only know a smattering of scripture that has been distorted to support their beliefs. What does the Bible in its entirety teach? It's one story from beginning to end. It never contradicts its own teachings.
The Jews didn't think that they were opposers of their God, did they? They thought that they had the true faith and that the Christians were the opposers.....remember?
The ones Jesus rejects at the judgment time don't believe that they are opposers either. (Matthew 7:21-23)
Opposers taught what was NOT in God's word and according to Paul's warning above, false teachers were to slip into the Christian congregation and turn people away from the truth to misleading things and false stories. It didn't happen recently.
People have no idea how far from Christ's teachings those false teachers have led them. The Jews didn't either. What was taught was a distortion, but it was all they knew. Christianity suffered the same fate....but it was foretold, so how can you deny that it happened? How can you be so sure that you teach the truth?
I believe that Christendom is a counterfeit....the worthless "weeds" sown by the devil. It's pathetically divided state is proof of that. (1 Corinthians 1:10) It fails to uphold the teachings of Christ in all the important areas of worship. It is a force for nothing of value because it has no answers to the hard questions that people want to know. I was one of them once....frustrated because of all the inconsistencies. All my questions are answered now...straight from the Bible.
Jesus told us to expect that he was going to prepare a place for us, that he wouldn't leave us comfortless, that he expected us to LOVE ONE ANOTHER, not pick each other apart.
Who was Jesus going to prepare a place for? Every Christian? That is not what the Bible teaches at all. He was addressing those who were parties to the new covenant that he instituted on the night of his arrest. These were "the elect"...the chosen ones whom he said would be "kings and priests" with him in his Kingdom. (Revelation 20:6) This "little flock" (Luke 12:32) was going to have the role of bringing redeemed mankind back to God. (Revelation 21:2-4) They are chosen by God, not men.
Kings need subjects and priests need sinners for whom to act as priestly intercessors....so in your scenario...who are these subjects and sinners? Those in heaven do not need priests because they are no longer sinful. And do kings rule other kings?
Jesus also said that
"the meek will inherit the earth"....how can they do that if everyone goes to heaven?
Great! Now you're twisting one of the most beautiful passages of scripture to justify hurting other people. Mark 9:42.
Am I?
Mark 9:42...
"But whoever stumbles one of these little ones who have faith, it would be better for him if a millstone that is turned by a donkey were put around his neck and he were pitched into the sea."
In context, who is Jesus addressing here? It is his own apostles. They have just witnessed a man expelling demons by the use of Jesus' name and they wanted to prevent him. But Jesus acknowledged that this man was doing so in faith, so they were not to stop him, which would be faith destroying to him.
Correcting people's wrong ideas is not stumbling them. Jesus did not hold back the truth because he might offend someone.
A case in point was when he spoke about 'eating his flesh and drinking his blood'.....something his Jewish audience found shocking! They left in disgust! When Jesus asked the apostles (who were equally shocked) if they wanted to leave too, Peter answered "
Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life" So instead of walking off in a huff like the rest, they stayed because they knew he would explain his words to them. (John 6:48-67)
In verse 63 he said....."
The sayings that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life." He was speaking spiritually, not literally.
Since no one can understand anything pertaining to God's purpose through his son without it being granted by the Father, (John 6:65) then that would also explain why Christendom is so fragmented in her beliefs.
God will "draw" those to his truth who really have a desire to learn it. He will protect his own and reveal his truth to them.
“It is not a desirable thing to my Father who is in heaven for even one of these little ones to perish.” (Matthew 18:14)
I find your posts and the attitude they display despicable, vile, and harmful.
That is your prerogative....perhaps you should put me on ignore, since you find my posts so offensive.
I will never apologise for telling the truth. I hold no animosity towards you personally, but I strongly believe that you have been misled, just as you believe the same about me.
I came out of Christendom a long time ago....grateful for the freedom and knowledge it opened up to me. (John 8:32)
All I wish for you and all those deceived into accepting Christendom's beliefs, is the truth. It is truly liberating.