@rajk999 said
The very last words of Christ: in the bible
[i]And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without ...[text shortened]... ORKS
Those who do his commandments get life
Others are destroyed
Not a single word about faith.
Not a single word about faith, huh?
What’s this verse mean?
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
(Hebrews 11:6)
And how about this passage:
“And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.“
(Mark 5:24-34)
And these verses directly following that passage:
“While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.”
(Mark 5:35-36)
Do you seriously want me to go through the Gospels and identify all the times Jesus Christ talked about the importance of faith and belief?
There aren’t enough hours in a week for that.
And in that quote from Revelation, those people outside the gates are those who sinned so repeatedly (and therefore remorselessly) that their sins defined them - that they were identified by their sins.
Those are not Christians who committed a sin, were genuinely remorseful and repented afterwards.