Unbelief is the main reason people are condemned.
Scripture and Les Feldick's teaching agree that the decisive issue is refusing to believe what God has provided. Les emphasizes that Christ paid the sin debt for every person and that the only thing separating anyone from God is rejecting that pardon through unbelief.
Hebrews 3:18 — This verse asks who could not enter God's rest — the answer is those who believed not, showing unbelief as the exclusion.
2 Corinthians 5:19 — Paul says God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, which supports the teaching that the sin debt was paid for everyone.
The Bible passages Les highlights place the issue on believing rather than on the works or words of a person. In 2 Corinthians 5:18, Paul writes: "And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation." Then in 2 Corinthians 5:19: "To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation." Hebrews 3:18 asks the direct question: "And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?" And Hebrews 3:19 answers: "So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief." These verses show that the boundary is faith versus unbelief, not the amount or severity of an individual's sins.
Les Feldick teaches that the one thing that condemns a person, Jew or Gentile, is unbelief. He insists that Christ's death paid the sin debt for every human being, so the whole world has already been pardoned in that sense. The only reason someone does not receive that pardon is that they refuse to appropriate it by faith. Les repeatedly uses the illustration of a murderer on death row who was pardoned by the governor but tore up the pardon. The man died because he rejected the pardon, not because he had committed murder. In the same way, Les says, people will not go to eternal doom because of their sins — they will go because they refuse to believe the gospel that everything is already done. He also connects this to the unpardonable sin. Les teaches that the only unforgivable sin is unbelief: when people refuse to believe that Christ died for them, paid their sin debt, and rose from the dead, their doom is sealed. Israel's failure to enter the Promised Land, as recorded in Hebrews 3, is his biblical proof that unbelief, not some other failure, is what keeps people out.
Les Feldick explains that the unpardonable sin is not a particular spoken word or deed. The only sin that condemns anyone is unbelief. He says God can forgive the vilest sin except one — refusing to believe the gospel that Christ died for them, paid their sin debt, and rose from the dead.
Les teaches that although the sins of every person were atoned for and paid for, those who do not believe the gospel will stand before the Great White Throne. They will stand there in unbelief and also give an account of every word and deed done in a life of rebellion. Their judgment does not happen because the sin debt was not paid; it happens because they never appropriated the grace of God by faith.
Les tells the story of a convicted murderer who was pardoned by the governor but angrily tore up the pardon. The man went on to the gallows because he rejected the pardon, not because the murder was unpardonable. Les applies this directly to sinners: the pardon is already offered through the cross, but those who reject it will spend eternity regretting that they did not receive it.
The Torn Pardon
Les illustrates the whole issue by telling about a murderer who received a governor's pardon but tore it up; he died because he rejected the pardon, not because of the murder.
A Pardon Already Accomplished
Les teaches that every human being has been pardoned by the work of the cross, and the only reason people do not receive it is that they will not appropriate it by faith.
Unbelief Is the Only Condemning Sin
Les states plainly that the only thing that will condemn a person is unbelief, not any particular word or deed.
The Regret of Rejection
Les says the lost will regret for all eternity that they rejected their pardon, and he points to Hebrews 3:18 as the proof.
Israel's Unbelief and the One Unforgivable Sin
Les shows that Israel could not enter God's rest because of unbelief and that God can forgive every sin except the refusal to believe the gospel.
The Great White Throne: Unbelief Plus Works
Les explains that people stand at the Great White Throne because they did not believe the gospel, even though their sins were atoned for; they are also called to give account of their words and deeds.
The Sin That Rejects a Paid Debt
Les teaches that the only sin that puts a person into eternal doom is rejecting the gospel, since the sin debt has already been paid once and for all.
The Sole Reason for the Lake of Fire
Les says lost people are not going to the lake of fire because of sins like drunkenness or adultery; they are going because of their unbelief — refusing to believe that everything is already done.
2 Corinthians 5:18: And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
Les reads this from the passage about reconciliation and says it was not just for believers but for the world.
2 Corinthians 5:19: To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
This verse shows that God's work in Christ paid for the sin debt of the whole world.
Hebrews 3:18: And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Les quotes this verse to prove that unbelief, not moral failure, was the reason Israel was excluded from God's rest.
Hebrews 3:19: So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
This verse directly concludes that unbelief kept Israel out, and Les applies the same principle to eternal condemnation.
Yes. Hebrews 3:18-19 shows that Israel could not enter God's rest because they did not believe. Les Feldick applies the same principle to eternal condemnation: the one thing that condemns is unbelief.
According to Les Feldick, the unpardonable sin is unbelief. He teaches that God can forgive every other sin, but when people refuse to believe that Christ died for them and rose again, their doom is sealed.
Yes. Les teaches that Christ paid the sin debt for every human being and that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. The pardon is already accomplished, but it must be received by faith.
Les explains that although sins were atoned for, people who do not believe the gospel will stand before the Great White Throne in unbelief and give an account of every word and deed. Their judgment is not because the sin debt was unpaid, but because they rejected the pardon.
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