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aktikt:
Darren,
 
You wrote,
--- Quote ---"Once again, not by ourselves but by the grace of God.

Finally (and please don't tell me this is a question I shouldn't ask)

Just how righteous is our God if he punishes one person harder than another, when in truth they were doing His will 100%. Will those who died prior to Christ be judged differently?

Just some loose ends that need to be tied.

Thank you Joe,

Darren
--- End quote ---
  Joey is not saying that the people being judged did the evil acts of their own free will, however, he is saying they did them.  The Lord Jesus speaks of few and many stripes in Luke12:47-48 as though there are going to be differences in how people are judged.

Luk 12:47  And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not [himself], neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes].


 Luk 12:48  But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

The reason for the difference in the severity of the judgment is because it is what is required to make the person righteous.  The more evil a person is the more severe a judgment is required to make the person righteous.  The Lord is not out to get somebody.  His judgment is Righteous because He's making things right.

aktikt

Deborah-Leigh:
Hi

To clarify and tie up the loose ends I am quoting Ray here.....

"....distinguish between God's "will" and God's "plan" to achieve His "will".  God's will is live righteously. His plan, first live UNrighteously to be humbled in our utter inability to do God's perfect will. Repent of weakness and wickedness. Understand we sin vulunterily from our hearts. So it is only right and good that we should be punished and converted into the Imageo of God's Son.

God does NOT MAKE OR FORCE ANYONE TO SIN!!!  God made man SPIRITUALLY WEAK. Man volunteers to sin. God does not FORCE him to sin.  On God's part making man weak He has also a plan to MAKE HIM SPIRITUALLY STRONG. With God the end ALWAYS JUSTIFIES THE MEANS. God will RIGHT EVERY WRONG."

This explaination once and for all tied up all the loose ends for me ;D... and hope it does for you.

Arcturus :)

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