Damned
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Mark 16:16 KJV
Lest we forget our place, let us remember Jesus words. He did not come to condemn, because He didn’t have to. We already were, all of us (John 3:17, Romans 3:23). Lest we lose our moorings, let us remember the foundations of our faith. One of the foundations upon which all else is built upon is Eternal Punishment (Hebrews 6:2). Without these things, we are in error, and we cannot grow into maturity in the things of faith.
None of us can boast about our place in God, for no one is righteous on their own merit. Paul wrote, “Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded.” Romans 3:27. Even in evangelism, while it is true that we have what everyone else is looking for, and we must not get into fruitless debates, it remains upon the finished works of the cross. We tell others that they are sinners and condemned to hell, not because we are righteous in our own merit, but because of the very hope we preach.
