A
depiction of final judgment where those who inherit the kingdom of
GOD with Christ are sheep on the right hand, those denied are goats
on the left.
Today,
reply is on describing the character and nature of people on the
earth as that of covenant believers and sinners, rather than that of
builders or destroyers. It is written: Malachi 3: 13-18, King
James Version (KJV): 13 Your words have been stout against me, saith
the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against
thee? 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what
profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have
walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? 15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are
set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. 16 Then
they that feared the LORD spake often one to
another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it,
and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared
the LORD, and that thought upon his name.17 And
they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in
that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man
spareth his own son that serveth him. 18 Then shall ye return, and
discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that
serveth God and him that serveth him not. A writer in the “Yahoo!
Answers” public forum on Religion & Spirituality who uses the
ID “Luminous” (Level 2 with 595 points) posted the following:
Are
there only TWO kinds of people?
Builders
and Destroyers....People who bring out the best in you...or the
worst.
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: For ye are not come unto the mount that might be
touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness,
and tempest, And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words;
which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not
be spoken to them any more: (For they could not endure that which
was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall
be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: And so terrible was the
sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) But ye
are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the
general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in
heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men
made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to
the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of
Abel. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped
not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we
escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from
heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised,
saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those
things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things
which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom
which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God
acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a
consuming fire. (Hebrews 12: 18-29, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Judge Not The Appearance (01/12/2020); The Judgment
For Rewards (01/10/2020); The Place to Start (12/23/2019); Counsels
On Shunning Sinners (05/03/2019); On Diversity and Equality
(05/22/2018); Destruction of the Adversary? (01/06/2017); Sheep of
His Pasture (09/09/2016)
“Luminous”,
here are some points I can share: The major distinctions mature
Christian believers acknowledge among people are those presented in
the holy writings. Black and white, Jew or non-Jew, rich and poor,
educated and uneducated are less relevant, for the focus should be on
the spirit makeup and substance one displays through their attitude,
behavior, lifestyles and living relationships. Creation and the
entire universe are to be shown respect as expressions of divine
prerogative, eternal purpose, and the sovereign will of GOD. Mankind
is to make visible and present the same divine fullness (we also say,
divinity; the Godhead; the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit) on the
earth that exists in the heaven. Humanity is to bear the image of
GOD, and is to resemble, reflect, and reveal the character and
likeness of Jesus Christ. The operations of sin oppose the continued
existence of divine law, the Lawgiver, and the earth as a sphere of
life. While sin is no spirit object or substance put forth by
divinity, sin may dominate awareness and self-will (willpower) within
the living. Where Christians acknowledge the teaching that all have
sinned, and must be recovered by operations of GOD through Jesus and
the Holy Spirit, the distinction is made that there are 2 kinds of
sinners: unrepentant and penitent. The perpetual covenant grounded
in sacred law that was provided to benefit all mankind through the
prophet Moses is not the same as the covenant of grace provided
through Jesus as Savior and as the Son of GOD. Consider again the
following that uses language from the Bible, and a selection from the
music ministry of Sandi Patty:
(1.)
John 3: 1-7, King James Version (KJV): 1 There was a man of the
Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to
Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a
teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou
doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a
man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his
mother’s womb, and be born? 5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom
of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which
is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
(2.)
Matthew 12: 30-35, KJV: 30 He that is not with me is against me;
and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 31 Wherefore I
say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto
men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall
not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against
the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this
world, neither in the world to come. 33 Either make the tree
good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his
fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O
generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man
out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:
and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
(3.)
John 10: 10-12, KJV: 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly. 11 I am the good
shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But
he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are
not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and
the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
(4.)
Romans 4: 13-16, KJV: 13 For the promise, that he should be the
heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through
the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if they
which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the
promise made of none effect: 15
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is
no transgression. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it
might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all
the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also
which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
(5.)
Galatians 3: 13-28, KJV: 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse
of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is
every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 That the blessing of Abraham
might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might
receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I
speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s
covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or
addeth thereto. 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises
made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to
thy seed, which is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the
covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which
was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it
should make the promise of none effect. 18 For if the inheritance be
of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it
to Abraham by promise. 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It
was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to
whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in
the hand of a mediator.
(6.)
Romans 8: 5-9, KJV: 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind
the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the
things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death;
but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the
carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in
the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in
the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any
man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, (7.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcC2x0go5R8.)
Even
so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according
to your faith.
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