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FAQ # 87
QUESTION 87 : You said Justification is summed
up in this verse, "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without
which no man shall see the Lord..." (Hebrews 12:14). Does this mean
that if I don't have peace with my brethrens, I will not see the Lord;
especially when he said, "If it be possible…" (Rom 12:18)?
The sentence was based and started on having peace
with all men, but like most expository sentences, it went on to give an
addition: "and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord."
In other words, the "without which no man shall see the Lord"
was meant for the word holiness also, more so than any other part of the
verse. Because we can't always be at peace 100% of the time with all men,
you yourself quoted Rom 12:18. But holiness can be had all the time
because it is given by the Lord and preserved by the Lord for all eternity
(Heb 10:14).
A similar sentence goes like this:
Contemporary Musicians are
Kirk Franklin and Donnie McClurkin, who wrote "We fall down."
Who wrote "We fall down?" Donnie McClurkin
allegedly did, but if the same rhetoric was held from your question, it
would seem that Kirk Franklin and Donnie McClurkin wrote the song. No,
it gave two contemporary musicians then made an addition to the end of
the sentence about the last one. Similarly, Hebrews 12:14 gave two notions
or 'instructions' then made an addition to the end of the last one. Without
holiness we shall not see God, not necessarily following peace with all
men. This is not to say 'following peace with all men' is not desirable
or encouraged, but most often it is improbable all the time.
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