Q174. Is that not a deeply troubling condition?
It is; but that is not the whole picture. Their present unbelief binds them over to wrath by locking them under the law. It also draws them away from God and will drag them into everlasting damnation, unless the grace of God intervenes.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
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Galatians 3:23
“But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.”
Hebrews 3:17-18
John 3:36
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”