-- What is the state of all people after death?
5. To be justified and at peace with God. 6. To be empowered by God to resist all temptations.
Q: What is faith?
A: Faith is the belief that those things which we genuinely desire, God will grant them for the sake of Christ.
VI: What is the state of all people after death?
VI. Q: After a person has lived a short life in this world, what follows?
A: Death, which is the separation of the body and soul.
Q: Why do wicked people and unbelievers die?
A: So that their bodies may return to the earth, and their souls may be cast into hellfire.
Q: Why do the righteous die?
A: So that their bodies may rest for a while in the earth, and their souls may immediately enter into heaven.
Q: What follows after death?
A: The day of judgment.
Q: How can one distinguish this day from others?
A: Heaven and earth will be consumed by fire just before the arrival of the Judge.
Q: Who will be the Judge?
A: Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Q: What will His coming to judgment be like?
A: He will come in the clouds with great majesty and glory, accompanied by an infinite company of angels.
Q: How will all people be summoned to judgment?
A: At the sound of a trumpet, the living will be transformed in an instant, and the dead will rise with their own bodies. All will be gathered before Christ, and then the righteous will be separated from the wicked, with the former on His right hand and the latter on His left.
Q: How will Christ examine and judge each person's case?
A: The books containing the deeds of every individual will be opened, and each person will be judged by their actions during their lifetime, as these deeds are clear and manifest indicators of faith or unbelief.
Q: What verdict will He deliver?
A: He will pronounce a sentence of salvation for the elect and the righteous, while declaring a sentence of damnation against unbelievers and reprobates.
Q: What will be the state of the righteous after the day of judgment?
A: They will dwell forever in the highest heaven in the presence of God, enjoying full fellowship with Christ Jesus and reigning with Him eternally.
Q: What will be the state of the wicked after the day of judgment?
A: They will experience eternal perdition and destruction in hellfire.
Q: What does that entail?
A: It involves three main aspects: 1. A perpetual separation from the comforting presence of God. 2. Association with the devil and his angels. 3. Horrific torment and suffering, both in body and soul, arising from the experience of God's complete wrath poured out on the wicked, forever and ever.
------
MONERGISM BOOKS
The Foundation of Christian Religion by William Perkins, Copyright © 2023 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
Conventions. By downloading this eBook, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of Monergism Books.
ePub, .mobi & .pdf Editions December 2023 Requests for information should be addressed to: Monergism Books, PO Box 491,
West Linn, OR 97068