Article 13

Articles of Faith -Article 13

We believe in the everlasting punishment of the wicked and the eternal happiness of the righteous.

Matthew 25:13-46 KJV

(13)  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

(14)  For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

(15)  And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

(16)  Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

(17)  And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

(18)  But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

(19)  After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

(20)  And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

(21)  His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

(22)  He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

(23)  His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

(24)  Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

(25)  And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

(26)  His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

(27)  Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

(28)  Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

(29)  For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

(30)  And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

(31)  When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

(32)  And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

(33)  And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

(34)  Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

(35)  For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

(36)  Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

(37)  Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

(38)  When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

(39)  Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

(40)  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

(41)  Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

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(42)  For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

(43)  I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

(44)  Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

(45)  Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

(46)  And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

 

John 5:39 KJV

(39)  Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

 

Romans 2:1-11 KJV

(1)  Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

(2)  But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

(3)  And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

(4)  Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

(5)  But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

(6)  Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

(7)  To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

(8)  But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

(9)  Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

(10)  But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

(11)  For there is no respect of persons with God.

 

Romans 6:23 KJV

(23)  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 KJV

(17)  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

(18)  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

 

2 Corinthians 5:1 KJV

(1)  For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 KJV

(13)  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

(14)  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

(15)  For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the

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coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

(16)  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

(17)  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

(18)  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

 

Hebrews 5:9 KJV

(9)  And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

 

Hebrews 6:2 KJV

(2)  Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

 

Hebrews 9:12 KJV

(12)  Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

 

1 John 2:25 KJV

(25)  And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

1 John 5:12 KJV

(12)  He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

 

Jude :7 KJV

(7)  Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

 

Revelation 14:11-13 KJV

(11)  And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

(12)  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

(13)  And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Revelation 20:10-15 KJV

(10)  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

(11)  And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

(12)  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

(13)  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

(14)  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

(15)  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

 

2 Peter 3:7 KJV

(7)  But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.