Meee, Now, I believe what you gave is speaking of dying spiritually. Marques, gave you some good scriptures. We know that the elect will be judged during this age and the others in the white thone judgement.
What, I find the Lord doing with me is judgement. He shows me things in my heart that are not right. The heart can even deceive us. But, people for the most part do not know what is in your heart. In my life so far, God has dealt with me one on one. I might think I can deceive someone by cleaning up the outside, but he knows the heart. He cleans up the inside. When , he shows us what we are and we begin to hate those things we are dying to them day by day. When, I was a babe he showed me a little at a time, so as not to choke me. He wants us to endure correction now. I find I have a battle within me. I want to do right, but sometimes the sin in me causes me to do what I hate. It is a process of overcoming. He knows, exactly how to correct us.
But, there are others either do not believe or do not ever understand .
They want to take the grace , but they do not want to let go of self. God is there to help us die to self. Or it is an unbeliever who just does not see or beleive . Babylons churches teach half truths. We can never learn righteousness with out the whole truth. God will show us ourselves and aid us to overcome. Good post Daywalker!
1 Peter, Chapter 4 verse 12
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you
1 Peter Chapter 4 verse 17 For the time is come that judgement must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God.
The Lord is judging his church now.
If, we see our sin and ask god to help us overcome it, that is dying to self. That, is the spiritual death that changes us. We take on Christ.
1 Peter verse 18 And, if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
There is a battle going on inside us to do right. We have to die to self. The outward things man can see, but the heart things man can hide, but not when the Lord is judging. So, we either die to self now or in the white throne judgement.
Remember we are the beast and it has to die.
John Chapter 2 vers 15 Love, not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Verse 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Revelations Chapter 2 verse 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
It will be the same for the others they will have to overcome in the lake of fire . I personally pray that I do not have to endure harder trials then I am facing in this life time. But, they will be in safe hands. Not, in the hands of a maniac like Babylon teaches.
In His Love,
Marlene