If saying God allows rapists, thieves and murderers into heaven, when they don't repent and are not sorry for their crimes, just because they believe in Jesus isn't heresy, I don't know what is! Maybe it is for the best. It may not make a dent in the hard core OSAS believers, but that kind of doctrine has to be a turn off to those on the fence. I guess it must qualify as doctrine that "conforms" to their beliefs.
Instead of twisting the doctrine of the man on the cross who JESUS saved which many do .
MANY need to pay attention to what that REPENTANT THIEF and MURDERER actually said .
HE told the other to stop mocking JESUS , that they were in the same condemnation of death that He was , AND then he said , AND WE RIGHTLY SO
YET this man has done no wrong . TALK ABOUT A REPENTANT HEART . THE MAN KNEW what he did was evil and wrong and was sorry he did it , AND THEN CRIED TO JESUS , to REMEMBER HIM .
They forget that man actually repented FOR HIS EVIL and cried OH LORD Remember me .
GOD only can lead one to repentance ,
SO as many like to accuse of trying to make repentance into a work ,
INSTEAD let them realize , REPENTANCE is a work all right , ITS THE WORK OF GOD .
THUS if men don't repent of the evil , GOD WAS NOT AT WORK ON THIER HEART and their eND IS death .
GOD LEADS US to CHRIST , to repentance . And HIS SPIRIT leads any lamb that errs , back to repentance .
But if one repents not , THEN WHERE was the work of GOD in them .
THE THING is , that SIN is what will harden the heart . THAT is why we must always have that firey fast correction like the early church did .
Cuase if one takes off heeding the SPIRIT , if one takes of CONTINUING in HIS GOODNESS , SIN WILL HARDEN THAT HEART and overcome them and if they die in that unrepentant state ,
ITS WORSE for them .
SEE How serious peter was about NOT FALLING AWAY , so was paul . HE warned , they all warned to go and not sin , to not let it once be named among you as becometh saints .
And do you all know what my number one thing I get opposition from , ITS WHEN I SIMPLY say GO and sin no more , or let it not be once named
ALL I hear is a dumbed down generation that says , OH we can sin a thousand times a day , OH etc etc .
BUT HOW COME the early church , NOR JESUS , ever once allowed anyone to ever have that kind of mindset with sin .
IN fact very opposite . IF ya handcauses you to sin , CUT IT OFF , etc , better to enter life maimed than to enter hell fire whole .
HOW come paul said , LET IT NOT ONCE be named among you . ANd to exhort daily lest anyone did become hardend through sin .
HOW come .
WHY so different today . and what has this mindset caused , churches so full of sin , YET THINKING THEY SAVED . IT DESTROYED .
WE need the original pattern and warnings back . And here is one from JESUS to start with .
BUT HE that endures TO THE END , THE SAME shall be saved .
Heres one from paul . FOR WE are made partakers of CHRIST , IF we hold our confidence in HIM FIRM TO THE END .
TO the what . TO THE END .
HERES a few reminder from GOD to a few churches .
YOU Doing a lot of good things , testing apostels , finding them liars and etc
BUT you have left the LOVE YOU had at first , Sounds like they had good love but were starting to FALL AWAY
HE THEN says , the most hated words to this generation . REPENT OR ELSE . folks no likey the REPENT WORD .
BUT GOD says it for our good . I MEAN HE DONT DESIRE US to perish , but mark my words , IF ONE DONT REPENT , GOD KNOWS THEY WILLL and we better know it too .