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We're close but you still want to condemn those you think haven't measured up

I think a bit of context is needed here, you DO realize that in my post #60, I was referring to those who insisted on attacking Trump and being a detriment to the greater goal of stopping Hillary, as "deserving to be zotted", don't you? I wasn't speaking in terms of eternity and I'm not sure how someone could make such an assumption from that post.

NOBODY gets what he deserves in this life. Jesus got it instead whether or not they have received him or measure up to what others think they should be or do. Jesus' death on the cross was a blank check to the whole world written and signed in His blood.

"this life" is nothing more than the lobby for the "next life". And I think a creditable argument can be made that occasionally, some miscreants DO "get what they deserve" and rightly so. Take the infamous Subway spokesman Jared Fogle, he had every kind of success going for him, lots of money, but he blew it and now that he's in prison, I would say that "he got what was coming to him". Now on the eternal side of the coin, that has yet to be determined, that will depend on whether or not he has (or develops) a relationship with Jesus Christ and repents of his sins.

But although the sins of the world have been paid for, God doesn't force anyone to accept and write their name on the blank check. Salvation is a free gift but for anyone who dies refusing Him and His free gift, it is as though Jesus never died for them and they are lost eternally sadly and needlessly.

Again, we're on the same page as I see it.