People go to eternal doom because they reject the gospel in unbelief — not because their sins are unpaid.
Les Feldick teaches that Christ paid for every person's sin on the cross, so no one is lost because of unpaid sins. Rather, people go to eternal doom because they refuse to believe that everything necessary has already been done. The only sin that puts a person out into eternal doom is rejecting the Gospel.
2 Corinthians 5:19 — This verse shows God reconciled the world to Himself without imputing trespasses, which Les ties directly to why unbelief—not sin—is the cause of doom.
Hebrews 9:12 — Christ obtained eternal redemption once for all, supporting Les's point that the sin debt has already been fully paid.
2 Corinthians 5:19 says, "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 declares that God is not charging people's trespasses to them, because reconciliation has been accomplished in Christ. Hebrews 9:12 says, "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." Together these verses show a completed redemption and a world reconciled to God through Christ's finished work.
Les Feldick teaches that when Christ died on the cross, He took on Himself the sin of every human being who has ever lived — not just the sins of believers. Because the sin debt has been paid and finalized once and for all, no one goes to eternal doom because of their individual sins. The only reason a person ends up in the lake of fire is that they reject the gospel and refuse to appropriate by faith the pardon that God has already provided.
Les explains that although every human being's sins were atoned for, the lost do not appropriate the grace and love of God by believing it for salvation. All they have to do is believe the gospel, and God takes care of the rest. But if they refuse to believe, they stand before Him in unbelief and will give an account for a life of rebellion.
Les Feldick is emphatic that there is only one sin that will put a person out into eternal doom: rejecting the Gospel. Because the sin debt has been paid, even those who are good in human terms will stand before the Great White Throne if they did not believe. Their sin is unbelief — they could not believe what God said concerning the work of the cross.
To reject the gospel is to refuse to believe that God has already done everything necessary for salvation. Les describes it as rejecting the pardon. It means not appropriating by faith what Christ accomplished so that a person may live eternally in God's presence. Instead, by rejecting the gospel and being disobedient, a person lives forever separated from God — which Les defines as the second death.
Christ Paid for Every Person's Sin
Les teaches that Christ took on Himself the sin of every human being, so unpaid sin is not what condemns anyone — only failure to receive what He did.
Rejecting the Pardon
Les says those in the lake of fire are there because they rejected their pardon; they could have escaped if they had believed, and God has already reconciled the world to Himself.
Belief Is the Only Requirement
Les teaches that everything necessary has already been done on the lost person's behalf; the only requirement is to believe the gospel, not to clean up one's life first.
Only One Sin Damns: Rejecting the Gospel
Les says even the most vile person's sins are already paid for; the sole sin that puts anyone in eternal doom is rejecting the Gospel.
Unbelief Before the Great White Throne
Les says people stand at the Great White Throne as lost people because they did not believe the gospel or appropriate God's grace — not because their good works were insufficient.
Separation as the Second Death
Les teaches that rejecting the gospel is disobedience that results in living forever separated from God, which is the second death.
The Hidden Wisdom of God — 1 Corinthians 2:6-9 Explained
We hear almost nothing of the lake of fire, the eternal doom. But you know it's gotten to the place where we don't even hear much more about heaven in some real definitive terms, do we? We just hear of it as some place we'll go when we die if we're saved. But listen, this verse gives us again a whole train load if we'll just think on it. There has never entered into the thoughts of man.
Good People's Sin Is Unbelief
Les explains that even good people before the Great White Throne will be lost because their sin is unbelief — they could not believe what God said about Christ's finished work, and they did not appropriate the pardon by faith.
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 underlies Les's point that God is not imputing trespasses — sin has been dealt with in Christ.
Hebrews 9:12: 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.
Christ's one-time entrance with His own blood obtains eternal redemption, supporting why Les says all was already done.
No — Les teaches that Christ paid the sin debt for every human being, so sin itself is not the cause. The only reason a person goes to eternal doom is rejecting the Gospel and refusing to believe that everything necessary has already been done.
Rejecting the Gospel. Les says because the sin debt has been finalized once and for all, unbelief is the only sin that will put a person out into eternal doom.
Yes. Les says many good people will stand at the Great White Throne because they did not believe the gospel; their sin is unbelief. Good works and a moral life do not replace faith in Christ's finished work.
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