{"number":84,"question":"How is the kingdom of heaven opened and shut by the preaching of the holy gospel?","answer":"Thus: when according to the command of Christ, it is declared and publicly testified to all and every believer, that, whenever they receive the promise of the gospel by a true faith, all their sins are really forgiven them of God, for the sake of Christ’s merits; and on the contrary, when it is declared and testified to all unbelievers, and such as do not sincerely repent, that they stand exposed to the wrath of God, and eternal condemnation, so long as they are unconverted:— according to which testimony of the gospel, God will judge them, both in this, and the life to come.","segments":[{"text":"Thus: when according to the command of Christ,","proofs":["Matthew 28:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 28:19","osis":["Matt.28.19"]}],"note":null},{"text":"it is declared and publicly testified to all and every believer, that, whenever they receive the promise of the gospel by a true faith, all their sins are really forgiven them of God, for the sake of Christ’s merits;","proofs":["John 3:18, 36","Mark 16:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 3:18, 36","osis":["John.3.18","John.3.36"]},{"printed":"Mark 16:16","osis":["Mark.16.16"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and on the contrary, when it is declared and testified to all unbelievers, and such as do not sincerely repent, that they stand exposed to the wrath of God, and eternal condemnation,","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 1:7–9"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 1:7–9","osis":["2Thess.1.7-2Thess.1.9"]}],"note":null},{"text":"so long as they are unconverted:— according to which testimony of the gospel, God will judge them, both in this, and the life to come.","proofs":["John 20:21–23","Matthew 16:19","Romans 2:2, 13–17"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 20:21–23","osis":["John.20.21-John.20.23"]},{"printed":"Matthew 16:19","osis":["Matt.16.19"]},{"printed":"Romans 2:2, 13–17","osis":["Rom.2.2","Rom.2.13-Rom.2.17"]}],"note":null}],"section":31,"relations":{"aoc1680":["93"]},"diffs":[{"source":"aoc1680","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"Thus:","position":null},{"text":"according to","position":1},{"text":"command","position":null},{"text":"declared and","position":1},{"text":"testified","position":1},{"text":"believer, that, whenever they receive the promise","position":null},{"text":"gospel by a true faith,","position":null},{"text":"really forgiven","position":null},{"text":"sake","position":null},{"text":"Christ’s merits; and on","position":null},{"text":"contrary, when it","position":null},{"text":"declared and testified","position":null},{"text":"unbelievers,","position":null},{"text":"such as do not sincerely repent,","position":null},{"text":"they stand exposed to","position":null},{"text":"and eternal condemnation, so long","position":null},{"text":"are unconverted:—","position":null},{"text":"both","position":null},{"text":"and","position":9}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}