Who are the liars in Revelation 21:8?

"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8.

In God's reckoning, “liars" and doers of all the sins in this verse refer to anyone who does not have the Lord Jesus Christ as his utter Source of righteousness and strength. We know this from Romans 5:9 which tells us how God sees all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ -

"And there is still much more to say of His unfailing love for us! For through the blood of Jesus we have heard the powerful declaration, “You are now righteous in My sight.” And because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you will never experience the wrath of God."

Only the blood of Jesus suffices for God to declare any righteous. In Him, God sees us as righteous, "even though we are guilty of many sins"-

"And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins." Romans 5:16.

According to God's Wisdom, this is not so that we should carry on sinning with reckless abandon as antichrist pastors and their followers love to imply. Antichrist pastors "exalt themselves against the knowledge of God" by decrying this truth (God's word) as license to sin; such try to keep the flock focused on the attainment of godliness (be like God) by human effort as Satan did to Eve; but the word of God whose ways and thoughts are higher than man's says differently:

"And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins. 17 For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and His gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one Man, Jesus Christ."

When your believing is right, right living will follow. None of self; all of Christ- even for salvation from sins. This is the Good News. Saviour from sins (including those sins highlighted in Revelation 21:8) is His job description-

“She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21.

This is Grace- undeserved, unearned, unmerited favour.

Some respond to God's saving Grace with questions such as: “So you are saying once we are saved, because the righteousness of Christ covers us we should continue to sin as we like?”

But how can one continue to live in sin when He has and utterly depends on Grace Himself (Jesus Christ) who came to save us from every kind of sin as his Saviour?Those who reinforce such “So we should sin because of Grace?” narratives unwittingly expose their unbelief in Jesus Christ and His power to save His people from their sins.They disbelieve the power of Christ to transform the vilest offender who believes to godliness but trust in their human effort (arm of flesh) at curbing sins to make them godly. These are the “unbelieving” in Revelation 21:8. Let's take our blessed brains to church. God's Grace is a Person. His name is Jesus Christ. Titus 2:11 says of Him:

"God’s marvelous grace has manifested in person, bringing salvation for everyone."

Verse 14 of the same Titus 2 says: "He gave His life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us His very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds."

Saviour from sins is Christ's job description. How on earth can you utterly believe in Jesus Christ as your Saviour from sins and continue to live in sins? What is Christ doing in your life then, if you can be righteous by clenching your teeth to avoid sins? These verses show up those antichrist comments from even some pastors e.g. "You can't walk with God if you have sins" or "So you are saying once we are saved, because the righteousness of Christ covers us we should continue to live in sin?”- as being utterly clueless about God's saving Grace. He is salvation from sins. Without Him, there is no salvation from sins. And our human/arm of flesh-driven contribution to this salvation is zero. The arm of flesh (human effort at attaining godliness as Adam and Eve tried to do) will fail. Only believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and even this is a gift of Grace as we see in John 6:43-46 (MSG) where

“"Jesus said, “Don’t bicker among yourselves over Me. You’re not in charge here. The Father who sent Me is in charge. He draws people to Me—that’s the only way you’ll ever come. Only then do I do My work, putting people together, setting them on their feet, ready for the End."”

To such who peddle that antichrist lie that says God will turn the helpless sinner away or pour our His wrath on the believer for the same sins that He sacrificed His own Son to save us from, we ask:

"How does having cancer (sins) disqualify the sick and the weak (helpless sinner) from freely receiving treatment (salvation from sins) from the best Oncologist ever who just happens to be his own Father that loves him eternally?”

Also, take a look at a cross-section of the reputation of those who followed Jesus Christ (the same yesterday, today and forever) everywhere when He walked the earth over 2,000 years ago- Mark 2:15-

“15 Later, Levi invited Jesus and His disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) 16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw Him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with such scum?”

17 When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.””

By default, all of mankind fall in this category of "sick," no matter how good we think we are. All who trust in their ability to curb sins are like Peter before he denied Christ- not realising the “sickness” within them because God has not allowed Satan to sift them like wheat. We need Christ to make us well- to save us from our sins and the fate of sinners in Revelation 21:8.

No amount of good works or clenching one's teeth in a bid to curb sins counts before God. Only the blood of Jesus suffices for Him to declare any righteous. And in Him, we who agree with His assessment (regarding our utter helplessness to save ourselves from our sins and our utter need for Him as our Physician aka Saviour from sins) never remain the same because this is what Christ came to do:

“She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21.

This is the power of God's saving Grace- He transforms even the vilest offender to a life of godliness and moral excellence as we see in the John 3:14–17 faith picture that Christ Himself gave of the Israelites that were made whole and given life through utter dependence on the bronze serpent that Moses lifted up in the wilderness. The bronze serpent is a picture of Christ lifted up for our salvation from serpent’s sting (sin nature inherited from Adam) and its deathly symptoms (acts of sin that lead to death.)