GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

380 God’s Work46). So those who are not continually “FAITHFULLY GROW-ING SPIRITUALLY” until Jesus returns, will be evaluated as notbelieving God or His Son. They will be just as “atheists.”What happens to these “weak Christians?” Christ will appointthem to the same penalty as unbelievers (Verse 46). How clearand simple this is. They will, also, be thrown into The Lake ofFire (Revelations 21:8). Those thrown into this Fire will be beatenwith stripes, just as Christ had received. The stripes, in man, depictthe penalty for disobedience. Consequently, Christ’s stripesheal all Christians. In short, Christ went into the fire for you.Purpose For StripesHow long will those individuals who are thrown into the fire remainthere? First of all, there is no identifiable 100-year periodfor those who didn’t know Christianity at this time. Jesus said:And that servant, which knew his lord’s will,and prepared not himself, neither did accordingto his will, shall be beaten with many stripes(Luke 12:47).Those who knew better will be placed into The Lake of Firefor a very long time. Now examine the following contrastinginstruction:But he that knew not, and did commit thingsworthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.For unto whomsoever much is given, of himshall be much required: and to whom men havecommitted much, of him they will ask the more(Luke 12: 48).