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I believe that God speaks truth. I believe that He loves truth. I believe that He speaks truth to His enemies. I believe that if those who have been His enemies start to believe the truth, they have, in believing the truth, become His friends. I believe that if you know the truth, you are “set free” like Jesus taught in John 8:31-32. I believe this applies to humans and to any creature in all of creation.
I believe that God loves His enemies. I believe that God loves all people that exist with charity love. He blesses… and He reaps what He sows. I believe that’s how He teaches people to live in His Kingdom. Love Him with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. Love your neighbor as yourself. Be about the business of doing good works. Any good work is a good work. God teaches people how to do this. His Kingdom people do good works. The Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17). I like to follow this up in my thinking with the thought that, in 2nd Corinthians 5:21, it says that God made him “who knew no sin to be sin[i] for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” Those who have been reconciled to God (2nd Corinthians 5:20) have become the righteousness of God to the extent that they are reconciled to Him. I believe that eternal life that is promised to those who are presently believing in Jesus (John 3:16)… to those who persist in doing good (Romans 2:6-7). I believe that to continue in eternal life, they have to continue in good faith (Romans 1:17). I believe that all creatures have choices that they make. I believe that God has wrath against people who are practicing evil doing. I believe that He calls them to repentance. I believe that Jesus taught that eternal life was to be granted to the righteous and eternal punishment was to be rendered to the wicked. I also believe that even though God and His Kingdom render eternal punishment to the wicked, God still calls the wicked to repent. I believe that the idea of eternal is that of perpetualness, but in some cases a perpetualness that could conceivably come to an end. It can also mean perpetual in such a way that I’m not sure it always means that it will come to an end eventually. I have been searching the Bible and other avenues and praying for a number of years now concerning these subjects. I have reasons why I say these things. I mentioned some of them. If you read this and have questions, you can leave a question on my CONTACT / COMMENT SUBMISSION page on this website. You can also leave a comment below this blog. ------------------------------------- [i] I have an NIV translation that has footnotes that say “Or a sin offering”
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