Chapter 41
God's Theology
of Sin and Sinners and Salvation
IT IS WRITTEN...
He that overcometh,
the same shall be clothed in white raiment;
and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life,
but I will confess his name before my Father,
and before his angels.
And whosoever was not found
written in the book of life
was cast into the lake of fire.
For God hath not called
us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
And holiness, without
which no man shall see the Lord.
For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the victory
that overcometh the world, even our faith.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light,
lest his deeds should be reproved.
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
that his deeds may be made manifest,
that they are wrought in God.
Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying, I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.
He that committeth sin is of the devil;
for the devil sinneth from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
that he might destroy the works of the devil.
In this the children of God are manifest,
and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth
not righteousness is not of God,
neither he that loveth not his brother.
For if we sin wilfully
after that we have received the knowledge of the truth,
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment
and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and his ears are open unto their prayers:
but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake:
but he that shall endure unto the end,
the same shall be saved.
Whosoever transgresseth,
and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,
hath not God.
He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ,
he hath both the Father and the Son.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked:
for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world
through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
they are again entangled therein, and overcome,
the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.