Anathema: 1Corinthians 16:22 "If
anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be
Anathema."
Anathema... the
meaning of... 'Let him be cursed, excluded from the kingdom of GOD. To be
banned or excommunicated'.
Have you ever seen two Bible verses, back to back, which
say essentially the same thing? No? Well, here are a pair...
Galatians 1:8, "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a Gospel to
you other than that which we have preached to you, let
him be Anathema."
Galatians 1:9, "As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone preach a
Gospel to you other than that which you have received, let him be Anathema."
Now, why do you suppose St. Paul repeated himself in Gal 1:8-9? Why does
anyone purposely repeat him or herself, except to drive home a very important
point? We humans are usually good at hearing, but are sometimes poor at
listening. St. Paul stressed the very important point, that if you do not
preach the truth, you
have separated yourself from the kingdom of GOD.
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