Andy Anderson on the "Overcomers"

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Originally Posted by OBW

Did I somehow say something different from this?

Please tell me where I did. Anyone?

This has been my point. This is a simple statement. It is (arguably) right there in the scripture. (I say arguably because there are some that think it is not quite so clear. But so far they have not been persuasive.)

You don't need to understand where it is, precisely, that you go upon death and before the resurrection. You don't even need to understand the nature of the body you will receive upon resurrection. But if I have to say anything about it, I will stick to what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15. I will not try to read more into the limited things said than what was written.

I will not comment specifically on the other "what if" kind of things you bring up.

To All:

I will provide another post in a moment that will underscore my base. Where I am coming from. And if you really can't tolerate it after that, then I realize that there is a problem here that makes my participation nearly worthless.

There is no verse anywhere in scripture that says everyone who does not believe in Jesus will go to hell.

The closest verse you can get is to say that the "unbelieving" will be cast into the Lake of fire. But, as you have been so vehemently arguing you cannot assume that this must be equivalent to something spoken in another book. Especially since within the same context of the consummation of all things in Revelation it says that "the nations will bring their glory into the New Jerusalem". And in several places it says that the believers will "rule and reign" over the nations.

There are too many verses in the New Testament that would cause you to question that, for example the verse I already gave you, 2Peter 2:20-21

If every non believer is cast into the lake of fire how could it be "better" for someone to have never believed than after having believed to turn back from the right way?