Here is a list of scriptures that most Christians do NOT believe.
Are you ready to be challenged? You may think you agree with all scripture. But what about these?
John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
If you believe that Jesus is God, then Jesus disagrees with you. He inferred that the only true God was the Father because he said that the only true God sent Jesus and we know from scripture it was the Father that sent his son into the world. Clearly, Jesus is the son of God and he said that the only true God was the Father. Do you believe him, or does he oppose your doctrine?
Matthew 16:15-18
15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
Jesus built his Church on Peter’s confession as to who Jesus said he was. But most Christians go to a Church whose foundational doctrine and creed is the Trinity which teaches that God is made of 3 persons, and Jesus is one of the persons of God and is also fully God. But the Church that Jesus builds is based on the truth that Jesus is the son of God and the messiah. Those who deny this are antichrist as well according to scripture. So which Church do you belong. The one that was built by Jesus and has its foundation as the truth that Jesus is the son of God and the messiah, or do you belong to another Church, one built by man and whose doctrine is that Jesus is God? If not the former, then you do not believe many scriptures.
1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; ….
1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
1 Timothy 6:15-16
15 which God will bring about in his own time, God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.
If you believe that Jesus Christ is God, then you disagree with the three scriptures above. The truth is that God is invisible and no man has actually seen him, yet many have seen Jesus Christ. Of course if the Father is the only true God as Jesus taught us, then yes we know that God is invisible because the Father is the invisible God. Paul taught us that Jesus is the image of the invisible God and the first born of all creation, thus Jesus is not the invisible God mentioned in the Bible. Believing that Jesus is God himself, denies these scriptures and truths because God is not an image and he is not visible. So if you believe that Jesus is God himself, then you disagree with Paul and John when they said that God is invisible and no man can see him..
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
I can almost hear you saying, “Your kidding, right. this is the most quoted bible verse ever, so how exactly do most Christians not believe it”.
Well John 3:16 says that the righteous will inherit eternal life. I know that most if not all Christians would believe that. It is the first part that they don’t really believe, the part that says the wicked will perish. Perish means that they will be destroyed which means that they won’t have life. Let me explain further. Most Christians actually believe that the wicked get eternal life too, only that their eternal life is spent in Hell, while the Christians will be in Heaven. So their view is that the wicked also get eternal life, but in a different place. Scripture is very clear about the fate of the wicked however and they do not inherit life.
Scripture teaches that certain things will happen to the wicked that contradict the popular belief that the wicked will exist for all eternity in Hell. Some are listed below in red, with my comments in black:
- God spared man the fate of living forever (as a sinner) just after Adam and Eve sinned. I never hear anyone preach this, but it is clearly there for anyone to see. Genesis 3:22-24
And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
- Hell is cast into the Lake of Fire thus proving that Hell is not eternal. The Lake of Fire is the second death, It is also the same fire that destroys the current Heavens and Earth. See Revelation 20:14-15
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
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2 Peter 3:7
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. - The wicked will be destroyed. There are multiple scripture claiming this. Destruction in scripture is used of other things and it clearly means to be destroyed, such as 1 Corinthians 5:5
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Now read how the wicked will also be destroyed in Matthew 7:13
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. - The wicked will perish, there are multiple scriptures claiming this including John 3:16 as we have already read. The word perish is also used of other things that will be no more, such as the current Earth and heavens. See Hebrews 1:10-12
He also says, “In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
Now read about the wicked perishing in 2 Peter 2:12. It says that they will perish like animals. Do animals go to Hell to suffer forever?
But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
Eternal judgement simply means a judgement that is eternal. Yes Hell is real, but it is not eternal. Neither are the wicked, and this current heavens and earth. See 2 Peter 3:11-13:
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
For more information about eternal judgement of the wicked and Hell, see this writing: