Questions pour in about what we said, well, not what WE said, but what the apostle Paul says in Romans 5:
(a) “Yes, Paul does say that because of His sacrifice, Christ has given ‘every man’ a ‘judicial verdict of acquittal’” (Rom. 5:15-18, NEB).
(b) “But does that mean that every man is going to be saved eternally?”
(c) No, because “every man” has the power of choice, and some [sorry, many] refuse the much more abounding grace of the world’s Savior and actually prefer to be lost.
(d) To reject that “much more abounding grace” is the most terrible sin humans can make themselves guilty of.
(e) Fast forward to Revelation 20:5, 12, 14. There we see the “second resurrection,” when all the lost come out of their graves and face the final judgment when “the books [are] opened” (vs. 12).
(f) The opening of the “books” is the final judgment; every lost person will come face to face with the full reality of what his life has been.
(g) He will at last see the full dimensions of his rebellion against the King of the universe and the Savior of the world; the lost at last will realize fully the horror of their lifelong re-crucifixion of the Son of God.
(h) The realization will be so utterly overpowering that each will cry to the rocks and mountains, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb” (cf. Rev. 6:16).
(i) So if you have thought that the Lord Himself is throwing these “rocks” down on them, it’s not true; they ask for it. All they need is to look into the eyes of the world’s Savior whom they have life-long despised and rejected, and they won’t need to be thrown into the Lake of Fire; they can’t wait to jump in.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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