THE COROLLARY OF REJECTION BY STEVE FINNELL
The corollary of rejecting positive commands always results in negative outcomes.
EXAMPLE: If you are commanded to eat food and drink water so you may stay alive; the inference is if you do not eat and drink you will die.
THE COROLLARIES OF SALVATION!
Acts 16:30-31 and after he brought them out, he said. "Sirs, what must I do to be saved ?" 31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.
The positive command: Believe in the Lord Jesus to be saved.
The corollary: If you do not believe you will remain lost.
Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
The positive statement: Endure to the end to be saved.
The corollary: Those who do not endure will be lost.
Mark 16:16 ....and has been baptized shall be saved.....
The positive statement: Has been baptized shall be saved.
The corollary: Those who have not been baptized will not be saved.
John 10:9 I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
The positive statement: Jesus said enter through Him and you will be saved.
The corollary: If you do not enter through Jesus you will be lost.
Acts 2:21 'And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
The positive statement: Everyone who calls on the Lord will be saved.
The corollary: If you do not call on the Lord you will not be saved.
Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead. you will be saved;
The positive statement: Confess Jesus as Lord and believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus and you will be saved.
The corollary: Fail to confess and believe and you will be lost.
Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
The positive statement: Repent and be baptized and your sins will be forgiven and you will receive the gift the the Holy Spirit.
The corollary: Reject baptism and fail to repent; and your sins will not be forgiven and you will not receive the indwelling gift of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 5:1-5.....I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan, for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
The positive statement: If the church disciplines immoral church members and they repent they will be saved.
The corollary: If the church fails to discipline immoral church members and they fail to repent they will be lost.
Act 3:19 Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
The positive statement: If you repent of your unbelief and sin, and turn toward God your sins will be wiped away.
The corollary: If you do not repent your sins will remain on your record.
2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with all the deception of the wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
The negative statement: Some men will not be saved because they did not love the truth.
The corollary: If you love the truth you will be saved.
1 Peter 3:20-21...safely through water. 21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you---not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience---through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
The positive state: Baptism saves you because of your appeal to God.
The corollary: If you do not appeal to God through water baptism, then, baptism cannot save you.
THE COROLLARIES OF SALVATION!
Acts 16:30-31 and after he brought them out, he said. "Sirs, what must I do to be saved ?" 31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.
The positive command: Believe in the Lord Jesus to be saved.
The corollary: If you do not believe you will remain lost.
Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
The positive statement: Endure to the end to be saved.
The corollary: Those who do not endure will be lost.
Mark 16:16 ....and has been baptized shall be saved.....
The positive statement: Has been baptized shall be saved.
The corollary: Those who have not been baptized will not be saved.
John 10:9 I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
The positive statement: Jesus said enter through Him and you will be saved.
The corollary: If you do not enter through Jesus you will be lost.
Acts 2:21 'And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
The positive statement: Everyone who calls on the Lord will be saved.
The corollary: If you do not call on the Lord you will not be saved.
Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead. you will be saved;
The positive statement: Confess Jesus as Lord and believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus and you will be saved.
The corollary: Fail to confess and believe and you will be lost.
Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
The positive statement: Repent and be baptized and your sins will be forgiven and you will receive the gift the the Holy Spirit.
The corollary: Reject baptism and fail to repent; and your sins will not be forgiven and you will not receive the indwelling gift of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 5:1-5.....I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan, for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
The positive statement: If the church disciplines immoral church members and they repent they will be saved.
The corollary: If the church fails to discipline immoral church members and they fail to repent they will be lost.
Act 3:19 Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
The positive statement: If you repent of your unbelief and sin, and turn toward God your sins will be wiped away.
The corollary: If you do not repent your sins will remain on your record.
2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with all the deception of the wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
The negative statement: Some men will not be saved because they did not love the truth.
The corollary: If you love the truth you will be saved.
1 Peter 3:20-21...safely through water. 21 Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you---not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience---through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
The positive state: Baptism saves you because of your appeal to God.
The corollary: If you do not appeal to God through water baptism, then, baptism cannot save you.
Hmm, I never thought of these verses in that way. Gives me a new way to look at the Bible.
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