Salvation Plain and Simple by Dr. Curtis Hutson

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This Infinitely Holy God Says That We Are Already Condemned

The Bible says in John 3:18,"He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." Some have an idea that we are going to die and go to a judgement. At that judgement God is going to weigh our good works against our bad works. If the good outweighs the bad, He is going to allow us into Heaven, but if the bad outweighs the good, He will condemn us to Hell. However, that teaching is not in the Bible. The Bible teaches that we are already condemned. John 3:18 "He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." The condemned criminal is the one who has been arrested, tried, found guilty, and sentenced. Maybe he has been sentenced to die in the electric chair. He is in death row awaiting the date of execution. He is already condemned.

According to what God has said, I am a sinner, my sins demand a payment, and that payment is death, the second death in the lake of fire. This is not a sentence that is going to be given me. It is a sentence I am already under if I'm not trusting Jesus Christ as my Savior.

The person who is not trusting Jesus Christ completely for salvation is already condemned. He is living under the sentence, waiting only for his heart to stop beating, and the moment the heart stops, the soul and the spirit leave the body and go immediately to Hell. The Bible says of the rich man in Luke 16:22,23, "The rich man also died, and was buried: And in Hell he lift up his eyes, Being in torment..."

The infinitely Holy God says all men are sinners, sin must be paid for,and sinners are already condemned.

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