Without Doubt

By Bill Whitmire

There is no doubt about it, God's purpose is to save the world and He has a plan to accomplish it in Christ. Everyone who believes Him seeks understanding without biases. Anyone who denies it is the Antichrist.

Praise God that He will save every soul that we love. Praise God that He will save every soul that we despise. Praise God that He will save us all. Praise God that His justice is the salvation of an unjust world. Praise God that His mercy, and His grace cannot be compromised by the sins of men.

He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment--to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will. (Eph. 1:9-11 NIV)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685176877

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Without Doubt

Bill Whitmire

Copyright © 2022 by Bill Whitmire

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Table of Contents

His Promise

Lies of the Antichrist

His Purpose

His Eternal Justice

Punishment

God’s Love for Man

Eternal Living

The Nature of God

Man’s Love for God

Death

Things Eternal

The Conversion of the Apostle Paul

God Never Said That

Free Will

Love and Punishment

God Is Love

Holy, Holy, Holy

Belief unto Salvation and the Especially Saved

Eternity

Freewill and Free Will

Holy, Holy, Holy

Conventional Wisdom

1

His Promise

Do you believe in God? Do you believe God? Do you fear God or does He scare you to death? Do you believe that God wants to save the world, but because man chooses sin over Him, He will save a few souls and send the vast majority of souls into eternal torture?

Do you believe or even take pleasure in believing that eternal torment is justice for those who do not believe there is a God? Do you believe that souls have free will God can do nothing about? Do you believe that God can do anything that He desires to do? Do you believe that there is an eternal hell? Do you believe that the wrath of God is eternal? Why not believe that God can save every soul? Why don’t you believe that God will save every soul?

Would you believe it if He told you that He could? Would you believe Him if He told you that He will?

He can and He did. It requires a mind open to explore the word of God for truth beyond the limits of traditional doctrine and a heart willing to trust His spirit for guidance. The Word of God proclaims His awesome love for every soul and His plan to accomplish His purpose. The promise and purpose of God is to bring all things to unity with Himself through and to the glory of Himself through His son, Jesus Christ.

When asked, Christians often profess our belief, saying, I believe in the Bible or I believe in God or I believe in Jesus. Believing in the Bible is an acknowledgement of its existence as the Word of God. But believing the Bible is much more important. The soul who believes in the Word of God can use it to prove what he or she already believes.

The soul that believes the word of God is more likely one who turns to it for increased knowledge and understanding beyond his or her present knowledge and understanding with a willingness to accept its truth. The soul that believes the Word of God seeks truth, not proof. In order for a soul to accept the truth, it is necessary for that soul to believe the God who gave it. Through His word, our God has given us a description of Himself that must be understood in harmony with the truth about Him. The gift of our holy God is eternal life in the spirit (salvation).

Eternal living is the believer in the flesh knowing his destiny by the grace of a holy God through His Son, Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. Eternal living is living with complete confidence in the promises of God.

Eternal living is life and the way we live it in anticipation of something wonderful at the end of our journey. Eternal living is somewhat like the life of a child during those long days before Christmas. It’s exciting, it’s joyful, it’s with expectation of the greatest time of the year. We just can’t wait for it to get here. When we believe the word of God, we experience that same joyful and exciting expectation of something wonderful to come at the end of our lifelong journey. When we believe God, we are confident that He will be true to His promise that He will save all people at the end of time just as He tells in the following verses.

Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. (Rom. 5:16 NIV)

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. (1 Pet. 5:10 NIV)

For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. (1 Cor. 15:22 NIV)

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9–11 NIV)

Paul’s words here are a citation back to the prophet Isaiah’s prophecy. The prophet does not seem to have any doubt about whether every knee should or would bow.

By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear. (Isa. 45:23 NIV)

If we believe God will keep His promises, we will pursue our Bible studies with our minds, open to understanding these verses in harmony with all scripture. If we choose to believe that God promises damnation, we will inevitably seek to prove that these verses do not mean what they say. We will search out and misinterpret scripture regarding God’s promise to punish the unrighteous.

God does promise punishment for the unrighteous, but it is the Antichrist that denies His promise of salvation for all of God’s children. It is the Antichrist that uses scripture to prove the eternal damnation of most of God’s children.

2

Lies of the Antichrist

Eternal living is not living in fear that we weren’t good enough to get any presents this year. Eternal living is not