Why Do The Lost Choose That State?

My lovely wife has asked me a number of times through the months how the lost could still be angry and hateful toward God after passing from this life to be judged. You see, I had mentioned to her a comment I had heard from another minister that many will still be cast away while shaking their fists at God and His Throne. She found that so hard to believe. She even asked why Satan doesn't just simply give up, knowing he's going to be defeated in the end.

Over a period of months, I had been thinking about all this, and seeking the Spirit of the Lord for His Ways and His Thoughts on all this, and so I wanted to share with you the things that have come to me from the scriptures and whatever other means the Lord does His wondrous ways of revealing His truths to us.

For starters, Satan, like all other angels, are subject to their natures. Satan, however, is special, in that he continues his drive to destroy the works of God because...well, that's just his nature. He's a creature bound to the depths of his own evil. Without any other avenues for escape or redemption, he's without hope, and so it's just who he is to continue doing his mischief among the nations, doing all that the Lord knew he would do, and always under the watchful Eyes of the Lord, and the Power the Lord exercises over all.

Now, the lost; what can we say about them? Well, the only way to express the seemingly inexpressible is to observe some things about their state of being in this life and after their death in sin:

Romans 5:20-21
20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The power of the Law is the curse of death, and in that death sin reigns. In other words, the unbeliever chooses, up to the point of death to this world, to keep their sin upon themselves, and so it is their sin that keeps their names from the Lamb's Book of Life, and that they must try to atone for in the fiery lake. When they stand before the Great White Throne, they still have their sin nature within and upon them, just as they were here on earth, although they will be imbued with knowing as they are known. Because they were never born again from above, they retain their sinful nature, and are governed by that nature throughout eternity since they, in this life, never chose to call upon the name of the Lord for salvation and new birth...thus laying the penalty of their sin upon He who alone atoned for sin.

So, if we consider that they are unregenerate in their lost state, still filled with all the sin they had in this life as they look upon their Creator, they will know and fully understand the ramifications of their chosen state. Those out there who teach that all in Hell will one day be released to dwell in Heaven...they will have to explain how mortal man, by way of any measure of suffering, could possibly match the Power of the Blood of Christ Jesus, who alone is Divine rather than His creations.

As we gain more understanding of the things pertaining to the Lord and the realities He created, we draw even closer to Him in our hearts and minds through His revelations of Himself. The seemingly unjust things about His judgments begin to fade away one after another as we begin to see more clearly the reality of sin and its effects, both here in this life and the one to come. Sin is the power that separates the sheep from the goats in this life. The only life everlasting with the Lord offered to anyone is through the Blood of the Father's only begotten Son. It's a simple choice, really. The Lord doesn't force anyone into Heaven to be with Him who don't want to be there. The vast majority choose to keep their sins and sin nature.

My wife asked about the deceptions of sin. I could see where that was leading, and so I pointed out once again Roman's 1 where it is written that ALL are without excuse. Deception is a state into which one enters only because they choose to ignore the Light of Truth. Again, it's a choice, not a state of being in and of itself, with that choice never having been made by someone else for them. God's Justice demands righteousness, and the lost simply refuse that gift of righteousness, and for reasons at which we can only guess, but in vain.

Thoughts?

MM

The answer is wheat is wheat tares are tares
sheep are sheep goats are goats
doves are doves vipers are vipers

What are platypuses?

My lovely wife has asked me a number of times through the months how the lost could still be angry and hateful toward God after passing from this life to be judged. You see, I had mentioned to her a comment I had heard from another minister that many will still be cast away while shaking their fists at God and His Throne. She found that so hard to believe. She even asked why Satan doesn't just simply give up, knowing he's going to be defeated in the end.

Over a period of months, I had been thinking about all this, and seeking the Spirit of the Lord for His Ways and His Thoughts on all this, and so I wanted to share with you the things that have come to me from the scriptures and whatever other means the Lord does His wondrous ways of revealing His truths to us.

For starters, Satan, like all other angels, are subject to their natures. Satan, however, is special, in that he continues his drive to destroy the works of God because...well, that's just his nature. He's a creature bound to the depths of his own evil. Without any other avenues for escape or redemption, he's without hope, and so it's just who he is to continue doing his mischief among the nations, doing all that the Lord knew he would do, and always under the watchful Eyes of the Lord, and the Power the Lord exercises over all.

Now, the lost; what can we say about them? Well, the only way to express the seemingly inexpressible is to observe some things about their state of being in this life and after their death in sin:

Romans 5:20-21
20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The power of the Law is the curse of death, and in that death sin reigns. In other words, the unbeliever chooses, up to the point of death to this world, to keep their sin upon themselves, and so it is their sin that keeps their names from the Lamb's Book of Life, and that they must try to atone for in the fiery lake. When they stand before the Great White Throne, they still have their sin nature within and upon them, just as they were here on earth, although they will be imbued with knowing as they are known. Because they were never born again from above, they retain their sinful nature, and are governed by that nature throughout eternity since they, in this life, never chose to call upon the name of the Lord for salvation and new birth...thus laying the penalty of their sin upon He who alone atoned for sin.

So, if we consider that they are unregenerate in their lost state, still filled with all the sin they had in this life as they look upon their Creator, they will know and fully understand the ramifications of their chosen state. Those out there who teach that all in Hell will one day be released to dwell in Heaven...they will have to explain how mortal man, by way of any measure of suffering, could possibly match the Power of the Blood of Christ Jesus, who alone is Divine rather than His creations.

As we gain more understanding of the things pertaining to the Lord and the realities He created, we draw even closer to Him in our hearts and minds through His revelations of Himself. The seemingly unjust things about His judgments begin to fade away one after another as we begin to see more clearly the reality of sin and its effects, both here in this life and the one to come. Sin is the power that separates the sheep from the goats in this life. The only life everlasting with the Lord offered to anyone is through the Blood of the Father's only begotten Son. It's a simple choice, really. The Lord doesn't force anyone into Heaven to be with Him who don't want to be there. The vast majority choose to keep their sins and sin nature.

My wife asked about the deceptions of sin. I could see where that was leading, and so I pointed out once again Roman's 1 where it is written that ALL are without excuse. Deception is a state into which one enters only because they choose to ignore the Light of Truth. Again, it's a choice, not a state of being in and of itself, with that choice never having been made by someone else for them. God's Justice demands righteousness, and the lost simply refuse that gift of righteousness, and for reasons at which we can only guess, but in vain.

Thoughts?

MM

What are platypuses?

Jesus summed it up succinctly when he said:

John 3:19-21

"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."

For those who hate the light, and Jesus is the light of the world, and love darkness, outer darkness will be their eternal punishment. God will ultimately reward us all based upon who/what we love.

You are a very thoughtful person.

My lovely wife has asked me a number of times through the months how the lost could still be angry and hateful toward God after passing from this life to be judged.

What are platypuses?

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,
but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
1 Cor 1:18-19 ESV

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I once heard a minister tell the story of a fictional busload of Hell's inmates
who were given a 30 day furlough for some R&R in Heaven. They all came
back the first night because God's world was such a bore.

There were no wild parties, no clothing-optional beaches, no bars, no night
clubs, no porn, no escort services, no pigging-out at buffets, no fights, no
profanity, no ribaldry, no free sex, no vulgar late-night comedy, no exotic
dancers, no X-rated movies, no junk food, no tobacco, no marijuana, no
meth, no ecstasy, no LSD, no hunting for sport, no fishing for sport, and no
casino gambling.

And the hellsters didn't particularly care for the isolation. None of the good
folk in Heaven wanted to associate with them: they were ostracized, they
were segregated, and they were quarantined.

Heaven is a pleasant utopia. It's etiquette, its dress code, and its rules of
conduct and civility; were way too constraining for the hellsters. Especially
suffocating is the mandatory self control everyone has to exercise in their
choice of words to avoid hurting people's feelings.

Take for example Wall Street barracudas. Do you really think they'd be
happy in Heaven? Or sweat shop operators? Or influence peddlers? Or
lobbyists? Or J-walking pedestrians? Or LGBTQ? Or greedy businessmen like
Phil Knight, Bill Gates, and/or Jeff Bezos? Or unscrupulous social networking
moguls like Mark Zuckerberg? Or cheap politicians? Or Communists? Or
bookies? Or hoarders? Or black marketeers? Or militant activists? Or Critical
Race theorists? Or 1619 Project proponents? No. No. No. You see many of
the interests that concern Hell's people are unacceptable in Heaven; and in
point of fact, none of Heaven's people even want to hear about that stuff.
For them that scene is over and they don't want it back.

You know what else is lacking in Heaven? Religious tolerance. There is only
one religion up there. What's that tell you? Well; it tells me that the
establishment clause of the US Constitution's first amendment doesn't fly in
Heaven. The theocratic monarchy in Heaven insists upon dictating
everyone's religious preference.

In other words: Heaven's utopian society, coupled with its 24/7 Big Brother
oversight, universal surveillance, and strict morality, was just simply too
much to ask in exchange for some time off. To the hellsters, Heaven held
little more appeal for a get-away than one of North Korea's prison camps.
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I do not see any indication in Scripture that the lost are necessarily angry and hateful toward God as they pass from this life. Those attitudes are shown in Revelation by those who are still alive on earth, and being judged with severe judgments.

At the same time, since God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance, it would mean that every lost person has several opportunities along the way to be saved. And it is only between God and that person. There have even been credible reports that Christ has personally appeared to Muslims in order to save them. But from God's perspective, the very existence of creation means that they are all "without excuse". No human being would draw that conclusion, but it is right there in Romans 1:20. So ultimately people either choose darkness or light as noted above.

"In other words: Heaven's utopian society, coupled with its 24/7 Big Brother
oversight, universal surveillance, and strict morality, was just simply too
much to ask in exchange for some time off."

Do you really believe this is what "Hell" is?

I guess I must be going to hell then, this does not excite me in the least.

1 Corinthians 1:18-19

My lovely wife has asked me a number of times through the months how the lost could still be angry and hateful toward God after passing from this life to be judged.