Sermon
Lake of Fire
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To my live stream this evening. It is very good
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to be with you and I'm very grateful that you
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decided to show up to my live stream here in
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North Dakota as it's, well, follows upon us. It's cloudy,
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pretty chilly breeze out. It's like 58 degrees last time
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I checked. So kind of chilly. Got a very important
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topic for us today, the Lake of Fire. So Let's
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get right into it. The different, well, theological myths that
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tries to dispel this biblical truth, but that is what
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it is. So anyway, God bless everybody. Matthew Miller here
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from Maranatha Ministries. We here are going to take a
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biblical look at the lake of fire, the eternal punishment. So,
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You have to realize that, I'm just going to reiterate
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this again, we are Biblicists. There's only two types. There
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are Biblicists and there are Rejectionists. Those who reject the
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Word and supplant it with their own traditions. These traditions
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are theological myths. They have no basis in the eternal Word.
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They have no basis there. So, take note. When you
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bring this up to Lake of Fire, many many many
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rejectionists will say no there's no eternal punishment like the
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bible says you get annihilated well we have to dispel
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that right from the get-go because you need to understand
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that the greek word for annihilation is in the new
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testament and that's never what is used so take note
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that here in hebrews chapter 8, verse 13, in that
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he says a new covenant, praise God, the blood of
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the new covenant. There's only one way through the Lord
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Jesus Christ, whether you be a Judaist or a Gentile.
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So let me just begin again. In that he says
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a new covenant has made the first obsolete. Now what
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is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
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This is the Greek word for annihilate. That's never what
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is used. That's never what comes out of Jesus Christ's
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mouth when he speaks of it or when the words
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separately in different chapters and verses and books speak about this.
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So take note. Please write this down. I need to
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encourage you. The only way for you to escape these
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cunningly devised fables, these theological myths, is to saturate your
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psyche with the word. You need to read it. When
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you're not reading it, you need to study the Hebrew
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and Greek. And when you're not doing that, you need
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to listen to it. You need to saturate your psyche
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with the word. So in your Strong's Concordance, this is G854,
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to annihilate. So let's take a listen to this, and
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I'm going to continue doing this in hopes that you
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all get the hang of it, realizing that you can
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even learn how to pronounce these Greek words. So take
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a listen. to G854 from the Blue Letter Bible. It's
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very easy to do. Strong G854. Afanismos. Afanismos. Afanismos. Afanismos.
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That means to annihilate. Now, not only is it here
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in the New Testament. Take note that it is also
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in the Septuagint. So it's not only in the New Testament,
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it's in the Septuagint as well. And you need to
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realize that we could go into lengthy discussion with this
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because it is there in the Greek Old Testament 51
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times in 49 verses. So obviously we don't have time
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to talk about that. But we have dispelled this theological
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myth that no, there's not eternal punishment. You get annihilated. No,
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that is an outright lie. That's a lie. That's what
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these traditionalists do. That's what these rejectionists do. They reject
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the eternal word. There is the word. So, with that
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in mind, let's take a look at the five times
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where the lake of fire is referenced. It's all in
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the book of Revelation. Let's read these verses, Revelation 19
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verse 20. Then the beast was captured and with him
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the false prophet who worked signs in his presence by
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which he deceived those who received the mark of the
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beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were
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cast alive into the lake of fire, burning with brimstone.
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Next chapter in verse 10, Revelation chapter 20 verse 10.
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The devil who deceived them was cast into the lake
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of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false
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prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night
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forever and ever. So take note. If you hear some
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pastor or some priest or some Bible teacher talking that
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you're annihilated, they're lying to you. There's no way around
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the Greek. I mean, you can avoid it. You can
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say that it's saying something that it's not saying. But
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the word always says what it means. And because God's
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word is so highly dynamic and polysemic, make no mistakes
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about it, it not only says exactly what it means,
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it means more than one thing. So if you reject
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what it says, you are left in oblivion. Because you
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have no hope in the Trinity. in the traditions of men.
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You just quite simply have no hope. So, next verse
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is that same chapter in verse 14. So, Revelation chapter 20,
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verse 14. Then death and haze were cast into the
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lake of fire. This is the second death. The very
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next verse, verse 15. And anyone not found written in
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the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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The next chapter in verse 8. So, Revelation chapter 21,
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verse 8. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the abominable, murderers,
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the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have
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their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone,
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which is the second death. It's very important that you
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realize this is why Jesus Christ incorporated this and it's
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important that you realize that Jesus Christ come right out
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and said this. We all know that when he comes
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into his kingdom, he does this. Looking right here at
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Matthew chapter 25 and verse 41. Then he will also
Matthew 25 chapter mention
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say to those on his left hand, Depart from me,
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you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and
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his angels. So now you know, if you live like
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the devil and profess the name of Christ, you're trampling
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the Son of God. Please write this down. Hebrews chapter 10,
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verses 26 through 29. It's talking about churchgoers who practice iniquity.
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A list of those there in the verse in Revelation.
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So take no offense to what the Bible says, because
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it means what it says. You just have to accept reality.
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God-given reality is in the Word. It can be found
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not in the traditions of men, not in theological myths
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or cunningly devised fables. It can only be found in
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the Word. So, We could elaborate on this, but now
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you have a rhyme and a reason as to why
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this place was created. It was created for the devil
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and his angels. And all those who follow him, all
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those who live like the devil, will join them in
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the lake of fire. Because if you're not written in
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the book of life, you're going into the lake of fire.
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So not only do we have this dynamic here of
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now we know, well, Now we know why it was prepared.
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It wasn't prepared for people. People are made in God's image.
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We're supposed to follow and worship the Lord. So, take note.
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This place also has a proper name. In Greek, it's
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called Guyana. Now, write this down. Okay? Write this down.
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It is G-10-1. 67 in the Strong's Concordance. You need
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to perform Seth edification. You need to learn how to
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use the word. You need to learn how to get
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to the word. The word is not in a translation.
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You need to look at the Hebrew and the Greek.
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You're going to find out this word actually comes from
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the Hebrew. It means it means the valley of the
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son of Haman. That's what it actually means. This is
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the valley outside of Jerusalem where they would take all
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the refuge, all the garbage, and would burn it. So
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this lake has a proper name. It's called Guyana. That's
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what the Lord Jesus Christ himself called it. That's what
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he called it. So take note. And let me just
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give you those. In the Strong's Concordance in the Hebrew,
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that's H1516 coupled with H2011. It's the proper name and
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then valid. These two things are put together. In the Greek,
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it just forms one word, kiana. So let's take a
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look at these. It's pretty important that you categorically understand.
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This is why it says what it says. This is
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completely different from Hades. Completely different from Hades. Matthew chapter 5,
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verse 22, 29, and 30. It's three verses here in
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Matthew chapter 5. But I say to you that whoever
Matthew 5 chapter mention
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is angry with his brother without a cause shall be
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in danger of judgment. And whoever says to his brother, Raka,
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shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says,
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you fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Here,
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it's Giana of fire. That's the proper name of this lake. So,
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down in verse 29. If your right eye causes you
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to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you.
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For it is more profitable... that one of your members perish,
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then your whole body to be cast into Giana, the
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eternal lake of fire. And the next verse, verse 30.
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And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut
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it off and cast it from you, for it is
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more profitable that one of your members perish than your
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whole body to be cast into hell. So now we're
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going to jump over to Matthew chapter 10, verse 28.
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And do not fear those who can kill the body
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but cannot kill the soul, but rather fear him who
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is able to destroy both the soul and body in hell. Here,
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once again, Iana. That's what's being referenced here. Matthew 18,
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verse 9. And if your eye causes you to sin,
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pluck it out and cast it from you. It is
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better for you to enter life with one eye rather
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than having two eyes, be cast into hell fire. Matthew
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chapter 23, verse 15. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
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For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte,
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and when he has won, you make him twice as
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much a son of hell as yourselves. Here, Gianna. On
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down in that same chapter in verse 33, serpents brought
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of vipers. How will you escape the condemnation of hell? Here,
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it's not Hades, it's Guiana, the eternal torment. So take note,
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where are these scribes and Pharisees, these hypocrites right now?
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Right now they're in Hades. They're going to go from
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Hades to Guiana. you might want to consider being born again.
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So Mark 9, 43 and 45 and 47 basically reiterates
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the same things that we've read about if your hand
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causes you to sin or having two feet causes you
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to sin. But it's important that we read Mark 9,
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45 because there it says we'll never be quenched. So
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And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off.
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It is better for you to enter life lame than
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having two feet be cast into hell into the fire
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that shall never be quenched. Here the Greek is very exacting.
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This one verse proves once again that annihilationalism is a
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theological myth. It's a cunningly devised fable made by those
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people Who have fulfilled the role of. And are in
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the shoes of. The scribes. The Pharisees. And the hypocrites.
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They've just taken over. Because they are Judaist. In that
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they follow Judas. They follow Judas Iscariot. And into perdition
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they will go. So. Luke chapter 12, verse 5, it
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says it a little bit different way. But I show
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you whom you shall fear. Fear him who, after he
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has killed, has power to cast you into hell. Yes,
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I say to you, fear him. So take note. This
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branches off into the simple fact there's no such thing
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as this theological myth of eternal security. There's no such thing.
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The Old Testament is redundant in saying that the fear
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of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. This is
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why they come up with this theological myth of penal substitution.
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Jesus Christ did not take on your sin on the cross.
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That's blasphemy. That's blasphemy. He sacrificed himself to be a
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ransom for your sins. That's what the word says. Thus
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saith the word. That's what the word says. You need
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to hold to the word, not to the traditions of men.
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James chapter 3, verse 6. And the tongue is a fire,
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a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among
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the members that it defiles the whole body and sets
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on fire the course of nature and is set on
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fire by hell. Here, not Hades, Guyana. It's Guyana. So
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we could have really extrapolated and expanded on especially Matthew
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chapter 25, verses 31 through 46, where he comes right
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out and says here that where the final destination of
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the goats is. He plainly says, depart from me, you cursed,
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into everlasting fire. prepared for the devil and his angels.
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Annihilationism is a lie. It's a cunningly devised fable to
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trick you into continue sinning in hopes that the spirit
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will be quenched and you will insult the spirit of grace.
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We can go there right now and existentially prove that.
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I've already given you the verse. Hebrews chapter 10 verses
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26 through 29. What happens once you've been water baptized?
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What happens once you've taken the bread of communion? Once
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you've taken the bread of the Eucharist? Do you continue sinning? No.
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If you do, Instead of being baptized by the Holy Spirit,
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it will be inverted. You will insult the Spirit of
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grace and you will just remain in your sins. This
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is what goats are. This is what tares are. It's
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what they are. So, categorically, here we go. For if
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we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of
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the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
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but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation
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which will devour the adversaries. Anyone who has rejected Moses'
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law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or
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three witnesses. Of how much worse punishment do you suppose
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will be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of
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God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which
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he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit
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of grace? That's why it's these people who will make
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martyrs out of those of us who've been born again.
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This is why. This is why they're going to take
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part in the great apostasy. This is why. So you
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need to come to grips with this. Whenever you hear
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these cunningly devised fables and something being spoken of from
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the pulpit or some teacher talking about those things, just
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go to the Blue Letter Bible. Or go to the
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Strong's Concordance if you have one in hard copy. You
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have to investigate these things. You have to invest. them.
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They are easily and readily dispelled just by the exact
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words of the Lord Jesus Christ himself. You must be
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born again or you will be destroyed forever. You've got
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one of two choices. This is what the word says.
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You can either live forever or you can die forever.
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There is no such thing as annihilationism. That's a lie.
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That's a cunningly devised fable by these theologians who want
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you to continue in your sins. Once you've been water baptized,
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You need to go to Matthew chapter 26. Verses 26
Matthew 26 chapter mention
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through 29. When you take the bread. That's symbolic of
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being water baptized. When you take the blood. And the
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blood is the life. That's symbolic. Of being baptized in
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the spirit. You must be born again. Thus saith the
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word of God. Those of you who have been born again,
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I ask you to please and kindly, if you have
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any encouraging words or prayers, please put those in the comments.
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And please like and share the video and please subscribe
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to the channel. If you have not been born again,
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I'm not trying to disparage you. I mean you no
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ill will at all. I am no longer preaching to
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Water baptized church goers. To repent anymore. I am warning.
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Those that have been born again. I'm warning them. Of
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the great danger. The apostasy will happen. Just like Jesus
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Christ said it would. And these water baptized church goers.
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Are going to make martyrs out of us. And they're
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going to make martyrs out of us. Over the word
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and the word alone. Thus saith the word. In Revelation
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chapter 6 verse 9. Revelation chapter 22 verses 18 and 19.
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This is why they make martyrs of us. So those
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of you that have been water baptized. And are in
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a congregation. I'm not trying to disparage you at all.
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I'm not attacking you. I'm not. We. Quite simply don't
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have time for that anymore. So. Get ready. If Jesus
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Christ was crucified in 30 AD. It's going to come
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at us like breakneck speed. And nobody's going to see
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it coming. Until next time ladies and gentlemen. God bless. Godspeed.