That is not our problem. And we certainly don't get to say who will be or remain lost at the end. Many former friends thought I would be lost forever and were surprised to find that I was a Christian.
Were you planning on checking in your Bible?
Funny how I continue to read and believe:
Matthew 16:18 "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
God predicted victory for the church from the very beginning. He will come back for a glorious church.
Ephesians 5:27 "That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."
The "gates of hell" have just that - "gates". That is not an offensive position. It is a defensive position. The enemy wants us to feel like the victim, which you have portrayed in your post. However, the church plays offense, if they can understand that, and because of that position - we will win.
Matthew 16:19 – “ I will give you the keys (authority) of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth [a]will have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth [b]will have [already] been loosed in heaven.” (Amplified)
The first thing we can "loose" is His name - Jesus. Hallowed be thy name.
Participating with God in prayer, because it is already His will, we have the authority to say - Father, I loose the power of God, the Word of God, the Spirit of God, and the name of Jesus to be manifest in this world, to the point that the name of Jesus will be recognized among all of this earth as being above every name.
“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”
Matthew 6:10
Jesus said, "When I cast out devils, by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God has come unto you”. When I pray this, I am loosing the manifestation of the Spirit of God on the earth that He would take dominion and authority over the powers of darkness in the earth, that He would loose the lost of their blindness in their hearts and minds and loose the faith of the people of God to manifest the power and authority of God In this earth.
Unless God says it is over, it is not over. We have things to say and do. No time to be negative about it all.
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