![]() Recent confusion about the believer’s place in the coming kingdom has led some in the free grace movement to posit the unscriptural view that believers who suffer loss at the judgment seat of Christ will suffer some degree of sorrow and possibly exclusion from the Kingdom during the Millennium. May God use this book to correct errant teaching and give hope and peace to all believers.Īuthor of The Judgment Seat of Christ and Facing Life’s Greatest Challenges Each of the writers has presented his case with clarity, insight, grace, and respect. This is a scholarly study, yet easy to read, follow, and understand. This book is a must read for any and all Christians who have fears and questions about what will happen as a result of appearing before Christ at the Bema. There is nothing left of sin’s punishment for Christians to pay for. He has forgiven us for ALL of our sins (Col. This is untrue and is an assault on God’s grace, as well as on the secure position every Christian has in Christ, Who provided the full payment for all of our sins past, present, and future. The writers take on the false teachings that say unfaithful, carnal Christians will experience punitive judgment at the Judgment Seat of Christ. False teaching is addressed directly, definitively, but in kindness, clothed in Christian grace. Pastors Dennis Rokser, Tom Stegall, and Kurt Witzig have provided a carefully researched and courageously written book that is biblically based in all of its argumentation and refutation. There is so much errant teaching in print and from the pulpit on the Judgment Seat of Christ. I am so glad that this book has been written for such a time as this. But in closing, having considered the many negative claims made against the book thus far, you may wish to consider the following endorsements by several godly and grace-oriented Bible teachers and leaders that paint a very different and much more positive view of the book. The previous fourteen examples of Wilkin’s claims contrasted with our responses demonstrate that the book Should Christians Fear Outer Darkness? has been badly misrepresented by Bob Wilkin in his review in the Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society. Now for comments at end of "A Reply to Bob Wilkins Review of the book Should Christians Fear Outer Darkness" (found at the above site.) This determination will influence our attendance at the Wedding Ceremony, the Marriage Feast, and where we will spend the Millennium.10ĭear friend, I ask you, does this sound like “good news” for the believer in Christ? Are these conclusions consistent with the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the grace of God? What saith the Scriptures? All will be in the kingdom, but some will occupy positions of honor and glory, while others will occupy positions of shame and disgrace. They are in the kingdom, but they will be cast out from experiencing the joy of the Lord, thrown into the outer darkness (or the darkness outside) where they will experience weeping and gnashing of teeth9. He is a castaway-he was cast out of fellowship.8 The unprofitable servant can see what is going on in the other region, but he cannot enter in. It’s a place outside the room where the obedient servants are enjoying God’s presence, but evidently contiguous to it. It’s another region or another area outside of where the joy of the Lord was being experienced. It’s simply the darkness outside the light of God’s presence. It’s a separate place, another room or region outside of the light of the presence of the Lord.7 It’s the place where the unfaithful and disobedient believers will dwell during the Millennium while they learn sanctification. “Outer Darkness”-This does not speak of “hell.” Nor is it a place where unbelievers go (1 John 2:9-11). He even proposes a kind of “Kingdom suburb” for unfaithful Christians. Chuck Missler is another Bible teacher that has jumped on the bandwagon of “outer darkness” being for unfaithful Christians.
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