Bible Questions Answered:
“...I am so glad that love coverth
all sins and that whatever we pray for in faith is ours....”
Bert/ Dallas, Texas U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
You presume too much.
Love covers a multitude of sin, and God
loves the sinner, and those who repent, are received, but if one
comes to Christ and then turns and looks backs as Lot's wife did,
there is not God's love but His judgment!
If we had been at Sodom, our prayers
would not have saved them!
God does not cross the barrier of
ones choices.
And they had chosen against the things
of God.
They had Godly Lot, to know The Truth,
but that was not what they were interested in, they were interested
in sexual perversion.
And as often has been said, what is
true of men is true of nations as well, as was the case with Sodom.
The Lord told Jeremiah not to pray
for Judah.
Jeremiah 14:1-12 NLT
` This message came to Jeremiah from
The Lord, explaining why He was holding back the rain:
2 “Judah wilts; commerce at the city
gates grinds to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning,
and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.
3 The nobles send servants to get
water, but all the wells are dry. The servants return with empty
pitchers, confused and desperate, covering their heads in grief.
4 The ground is parched and cracked for
lack of rain. The farmers are deeply troubled; they, too, cover their
heads.
5 Even the doe abandons her newborn
fawn because there is no grass in the field.
6 The wild donkeys stand on the bare
hills panting like thirsty jackals. They strain their eyes looking
for grass, but there is none to be found.”
7 The people say, “Our wickedness has
caught up with us, Lord, but help us for the sake of your own
reputation. We have turned away from you and sinned against you again
and again.
8 O Hope of Israel, our Savior in times
of trouble, why are you like a stranger to us? Why are you like a
traveler passing through the land, stopping only for the night?
9 Are you also confused? Is our
champion helpless to save us?
You are right here among us, Lord. We
are known as your people. Please don’t abandon us now!”
10 So this is what The Lord says to His
people: “You love to wander far from Me and do not restrain
yourselves. Therefore, I will no longer accept you as My people. Now
I will remember all your wickedness and will punish you for your
sins.”
11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do
not pray for these people anymore.
12 When they fast, I will pay no
attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain
offerings to Me, I will not accept them. Instead, I will devour them
with war, famine, and disease.”
Jeremiah 15:1-3,6 NLT
1 Then The Lord said to me, “Even
if Moses and Samuel stood before Me pleading for these people, I
wouldn’t help them. Away with them! Get them out of My sight!
2 And if they say to you, ‘But
where can we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what The Lord says:
“‘Those who are destined for
death, to death; those who are destined for war, to war; those who
are destined for famine, to famine; those who are destined for
captivity, to captivity.’
3 “I will send four kinds of
destroyers against them,” says The Lord. “I will send the sword
to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and
the wild animals to finish up what is left.
6 You have abandoned Me and turned
your back on Me,” says The Lord “Therefore, I will raise My fist
to destroy you. I am tired of always giving you another chance.
Stop and read the blog postings:
Hebrews
6:1-6 Once
Saved Always Saved
Mark 9:23 KJV
Jesus said unto him, If thou
canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Jesus was talking to a father that
asked for help in the healing of his child.
Faith can move mountains for God's
people who are doing God's work, but "all things possible,"
does not mean "carte blanche," does not mean a
“blank check” to whatever comes to mind, for prayer!
We cannot pray everyone to become a
Christian, that just isn't going to happen!
It's not that we don't have faith, it's
because many don't want to. And that is (human choice) the biggest
sin of all, that is the barrier that cannot be crossed by God
Himself!
Mark 3:28,29 KJV
28 Verily I say unto you, All sins
shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith
soever they shall blaspheme:
29 But he that shall blaspheme
against The Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is
in danger of eternal damnation.
True of men and
nations:
Hebrews
6:1-6 KJV (The Apostle-WAS talking to Christian people!)
1 Therefore leaving the principles
of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying
again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith
toward God,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and
of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of
eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God
permit.
4 For it is impossible
for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly
gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of
God, and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to
renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to
themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
I John 5:16 NLT
16 If you see a
Christian brother or sister sinning in a way that does not lead to
death, you should pray, and God will give that person life. But there
is a sin that leads to death, and I am not saying you should pray
for those who commit it.
17 All wicked
actions are sin, but not every sin leads to death.
The Apostle Paul,
speaking to the Galatians, warned believer not to “turn back,”
from a life of faith in Christ, to a false belief of salvation by
works.
Galatians 3:1-5
NLT
1 Oh, foolish Galatians! Who has
cast an evil spell on you? For the meaning of Jesus Christ’s death
was made as clear to you as if you had seen a picture of His death on
the cross.
2 Let me ask you this one question:
Did you receive The Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of
course not! You received The Spirit because you believed the message
you heard about Christ.
3 How foolish can you be? After
starting your Christian lives in The Spirit, why are you now trying
to become perfect by your own human effort?
4 Have you experienced so much for
nothing? Surely it was not in vain, was it?
5 I ask you again, does God give you
The Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law?
Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about
Christ.
So what is the
lesson of all this?
I Corinthians
9:27 KJV
But I keep under my body, and bring
it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to
others, I myself should be a castaway.
Galatians 5:1
NLT
So Christ has truly set us free. Now
make sure that you stay free..."
Philippians
3:12-14 NLT
12 I don’t mean to say that I have
already achieved these things or that I have already reached
perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which
Christ Jesus first possessed me.
13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I
have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the
past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
14 I press on to reach the end of
the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ
Jesus, is calling us.
Hebrews 10:26-31
NLT
26 Dear friends, if we deliberately
continue sinning after we have received knowledge of
The Truth, there is no longer any
sacrifice that will cover these sins.
27 There is only the terrible
expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume
His enemies.
28 For anyone who refused to obey
the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of
two or three witnesses.
29 Just think how much worse the
punishment will be for those who have trampled on
The Son Of God, and have treated The
Blood Of The Covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and
unholy, and have insulted and disdained The Holy Spirit who brings
God’s mercy to us.
30 For we know The One who said,
“I will take revenge. I will pay
them back.”
He also said, “The Lord will judge
His own people.”
31 It is a terrible thing to fall
into the hands of The Living God.
II Peter 1:10
NLT
So, dear brothers and sisters, work
hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and
chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.
