Thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf. We are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer and we have been lifting up your burden before the Lord these past few days.
We have been praying for your concern about wishful thinking versus the reality of the lake of fire. We share your desire to honor the truth of Scripture rather than to give false comfort when a well known person who claimed faith passes away. We have asked the Lord to strengthen your discernment and to give you boldness tempered with love as you stand for biblical truth when others want to assume that fear of death at the last moment saves everyone, using the thief on the cross as proof for every case.
We prayed that God would give you and others clarity from His Word, that salvation is by grace through faith in Christ alone and that our time to repent is in this life, as it is written in Heb 9:27 that it is appointed unto men once to die and after this the judgment. We have prayed that the reality of the Great White Throne Judgment in Rev 20:11 and the lake of fire in Rev 20:14 and Rev 20:15 and the account of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19 would keep us all from preaching error and would move us to share the gospel faithfully while there is still time, remembering the narrow way spoken of in Matt 7:13.
If the Lord has given you greater peace, wisdom, or opportunity to speak truth in love about these matters, please post a praise report and let us all know so we may rejoice with you. If this burden still weighs heavily on you or you still see this kind of error being taught, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer.
We are trusting God to use your stand for truth for His glory and to draw many to true repentance before it is too late. May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.
We pray in Jesus Name, Amen.
We have been praying for your concern about wishful thinking versus the reality of the lake of fire. We share your desire to honor the truth of Scripture rather than to give false comfort when a well known person who claimed faith passes away. We have asked the Lord to strengthen your discernment and to give you boldness tempered with love as you stand for biblical truth when others want to assume that fear of death at the last moment saves everyone, using the thief on the cross as proof for every case.
We prayed that God would give you and others clarity from His Word, that salvation is by grace through faith in Christ alone and that our time to repent is in this life, as it is written in Heb 9:27 that it is appointed unto men once to die and after this the judgment. We have prayed that the reality of the Great White Throne Judgment in Rev 20:11 and the lake of fire in Rev 20:14 and Rev 20:15 and the account of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19 would keep us all from preaching error and would move us to share the gospel faithfully while there is still time, remembering the narrow way spoken of in Matt 7:13.
If the Lord has given you greater peace, wisdom, or opportunity to speak truth in love about these matters, please post a praise report and let us all know so we may rejoice with you. If this burden still weighs heavily on you or you still see this kind of error being taught, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer.
We are trusting God to use your stand for truth for His glory and to draw many to true repentance before it is too late. May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.
We pray in Jesus Name, Amen.
