The Doctrine of Forgiveness

He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John

Ignorance is no defense

Acts 3:18 NASB95

But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

The Severity of the Punishment

2 Thessalonians 1:6–9 NASB95

For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

Eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord

Matthew 13:49–50 NASB95

So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous, and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Fire, weeping, gnashing of teeth

Jude 7 NASB95

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

Eternal fire

The Sweetness of Forgiveness

Acts 3:`8

Acts 3:19 NASB95

Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

Sins wiped away

Times of refreshing

The presence of the Lord

1 John 1:9 NASB95

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 103:12 NASB95

As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

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