God's Obligations To the Backslider (Cont'd.)

QUESTION: "What is the difference between a GODLY LIAR and a LOST LIAR?"

ANSWER: "There is NO DIFFERENCE ... they are both condemned to hell by God! Ezekiel 33:12, 13 says: IF A RIGHTEOUS man trusts to his righteousness and commits INIQUITY, he shall DIE for his iniquity! " Ephesians 5:6-12 clearly says: "Let no man deceive you with VAIN WORDS: for BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS cometh the wrath of G0D upon the children of disobedience! HAVE NO FELLOWSHIP with the unfruitful works of darkness! but rather REPROVE THEM!"

"God hates a lying tongue!" (Proverbs 6:17). "Put away lying!" (Ephesians 4:25 and Revelation 21:8, 27). Revelation 22:15, 18, 19 forever settles where ALL LIARS shall go!

"Once Saved, Always Saved" Quotes Again:

Copied from "The Bible Says - Bible Answers to Your Questions", compiled by the World Prophetic Ministry Research Department from the writings of the late Dr. Howard C. Estep, Dr. Dave Breese, and other:

"QUESTION: Are all Christians who are alive at the time of the Rapture going to participate in it? Won't carnal Christians be left behind?

"ANSWER: The "partial Rapture" theory is one that has been heard often of late. It holds that only those who are committed to Christ, or only those who are filled with the Spirit, or only those who have received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, will go in the Rapture.

"There is simply no Biblical justification for a partial Rapture point of view. If you know Jesus Christ as personal Savior, you have perfect righteousness by imputation, and therefore, you are taken with all the rest of the saints. "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:5).

"The same criteria that apply to salvation also apply to the Rapture. The Rapture is the removal of all Christians from the world prior to the beginning of the Tribulation. Hence just as there is nothing we can do to merit salvation, there is nothing we can do to merit the Rapture. It is based on the finished work of Christ on Calvary's cross that we benefit from both. Moreover, in none of the Bible passages associated with the Rapture, such as 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 or 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, is any mention made of a partial Rapture.

"Finally, when discussing the partial Rapture theory, the determination of "who goes and who stays" seems to be made by the proponent of the theory, rather than by the Word of God. How "carnal" does a Christian have to be, to get left behind? Which "works" are necessary to go in the Rapture? Twenty different voices could undoubtedly yield twenty different answers...."