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Originally Posted by Raptor
Then the parable would indicate that salvation is of works, not faith. It would mean that the first two servants did works and were accepted by the Lord, the unfaithful one (not born again) did not and was rejected.
That is not scriptural, and has no basis in the word of God.
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Or the unfaithful one was presented with the gospel, but did not accept it. They were presented with salvation but logged it away.
The whole point of this line of discussion is that, the idea of 1000 year punishment is built upon an extremely shaky foundation. Why doesn’t Jesus or anyone else come out and just say it? They talk about how elders should act in a church, surely they would articulate to all believers that there’s 1,000 years of punishment.
Why would Jesus give us John 3:16, but leave out that those who are saved may face punishment?
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life, and if he would gain X amount of faith during his life to avoid 1000 years of punishment”
Oh wait, the verse doesn’t say that, and nowhere does the Bible explicitly say that.