Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Twenty-one examples of beings fallen from grace: [1] Lucifer. He was sinless and walked in the ways of God perfectly until he sinned (Ezek. 28:11-17). He fell from God’s favour and was cast out of heaven (Isa. 14:12-14; Luke 10:8). He became sinful and lustful (John 8:44) and destined to eternal hell (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 20:10). [2] Holy angels. Over one-third of God’s holy angels rebelled with Lucifer (Rev. 12:3, 7-12) and became destined to hell with satan (Matt. 25:41; Isa. 24:21). Many of these committed the additional sin of fornication and are now in hell (2Pet. 2:4; Jude 1:6-7). Angels are sons of God (Gen. 6:1-4; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:4-7), and yet those who sin are to be punished forever in hell, so sonship is no unforfeitable guarantee of heaven. [3] Demons. They were also created sinless and in God’s grace and favour before the fall of man and lived on earth under Lucifer’s reign (Ezek. 28:11-17). That they sinned and are doomed to eternal hell is clear from their own admission of being worthy of punishment (Matt. 8:29; Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28-32; Jas. 2:19). Many of them are now in the abyss (Rev. 9:1-21). [4] Pre-adamites. According to Genesis 1:2; Isaiah 14:12-14; Jeremiah 4:23-26; Ezekiel 28:11-17; 2Peter 3:5-8 and other scriptures, Lucifer ruled the earth before Adam and caused all the people of his kingdom to lose God’s favour and be destroyed in the flood of Genesis 1:2 and 2Peter 3:5-8. Not one person, animal, city, or plant was left alive (Jer. 4:23-26).
To be continued…
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