Thursday, December 05, 2013

Who Gets Thrown Into The Lake Of Fire


And he said, Friend, how did you come in here without putting on the [appropriate] wedding garment? And he was speechless ([muzzled, gagged). Matthew 22:12

When our Father comes to the Wedding Supper, we are told that the guests of the wedding are judged. Everyone who has ever lived is at the Wedding Feast at this time and Jesus tells us that all of the guests are judged. Notice that the Bride is not judged when she comes, only the guests are judged. Also notice that out of a room full of guests in Jesus’ parable,  only one person is judged not worthy to be there. If it were such a given that so many people are to be thrown into the Lake of Fire, why wouldn’t Jesus have said that many who were not appropriately dressed? We are shown in Revelation that when our Father comes to the earth, everyone who has ever lived is here and yet Jesus only tells us that only one was found not worthy to stay.

This is a great topic to study. I have always been taught that far more of us will be thrown into the Lake of Fire than won’t be thrown into it. Yet Jesus doesn’t allude to that in this parable at all and Jesus used this parable to tell us what the kingdom of Heaven is like. Jesus tells us here that a very small amount of people are thrown out of the Wedding Feast. Jesus does tell us that there are people who will be thrown into the Lake of Fire, but He doesn’t tell us that it is a majority of the guests at the Wedding Feast or even many of the guests at the Wedding Supper.

There is only one unforgivable sin according the Bible and that sin is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. The ones who commit this sin will have no defense and they will be unable to defend their actions. This is why Jesus tells us in the parable that the man was speechless.

And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Matthew 12:31

If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that. All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death. 1 John 5:16-17

There is only one sin that leads to being thrown into the Lake of Fire and that sin is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has John write that there are sins that do not lead to death, or being thrown into the Lake of Fire, and those sins are every other sin other than blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Every sin will be forgiven except blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.  

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