Be encouraged. Sometimes the days seem dark but hold on.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
A Loving God Send People to Hell?
The Bible doesn't say that a loving God sends anyone to hell, and yet they do go to hell. But they don't go there because God sends them; it's the only place for those who have rejected Jesus Christ and have no capacity for God whatsoever.
When you say that He's a loving God, you've only described one part of God. God also is righteous and just and holy. And if you think that you can violate all the different attributes of God and then depend on His love to save you, you're entirely wrong. Because you cannot insult and blaspheme against God. He's told us that we're sinners and cannot come into His presence, that we do not seek after God, that we're alienated from Him.
Do you think He's going to bring you into His presence when you have ignored Him and turned your back upon Him? No. He is a holy God. He had to give His Son to die on the cross for our sins, and if you're going to reject the only way He could work out for your salvation then you must understand that this is the place for you.
Don't say that a loving God sends people to hell. Say that there is a holy God, and when you do not meet His standard you cannot go into His heaven where He is. That ought to be very obvious to you. In your home I'm sure that you have a standard and there are certain people that you would not let come in. God does the same thing. You have to meet His standard if you're going to heaven.
There's only one place for the lost who have rejected the Lord Jesus Christ and that's with the devil and his demons. Don't say that a loving God is going to send you to hell - He's not. The thing that's going to send you to hell is that you're a sinner and you don't want to admit it. That's the problem with the human family. It's a self will, a desire to want to go their way. Yet God has provided a way for you to come. And any time you want to make the turn, a loving God will save you.
When you say that He's a loving God, you've only described one part of God. God also is righteous and just and holy. And if you think that you can violate all the different attributes of God and then depend on His love to save you, you're entirely wrong. Because you cannot insult and blaspheme against God. He's told us that we're sinners and cannot come into His presence, that we do not seek after God, that we're alienated from Him.
Do you think He's going to bring you into His presence when you have ignored Him and turned your back upon Him? No. He is a holy God. He had to give His Son to die on the cross for our sins, and if you're going to reject the only way He could work out for your salvation then you must understand that this is the place for you.
Don't say that a loving God sends people to hell. Say that there is a holy God, and when you do not meet His standard you cannot go into His heaven where He is. That ought to be very obvious to you. In your home I'm sure that you have a standard and there are certain people that you would not let come in. God does the same thing. You have to meet His standard if you're going to heaven.
There's only one place for the lost who have rejected the Lord Jesus Christ and that's with the devil and his demons. Don't say that a loving God is going to send you to hell - He's not. The thing that's going to send you to hell is that you're a sinner and you don't want to admit it. That's the problem with the human family. It's a self will, a desire to want to go their way. Yet God has provided a way for you to come. And any time you want to make the turn, a loving God will save you.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Are Men More Generous Than God?
The idea of freedom has become muddled in meaning over the years. Everyone is hailing freedom whether from oppressive governments, ideology, religion and even Jesus.
I have read an article recently about "What I Gained Losing Hell." The author, a former pastor, claimed to have gained immense freedom from hate and hypocrisy because he no longer believes that mankind, who blatantly reject and disregard the blood sacrifice of Christ, would be punished eternally.
His thoughts on punishment : In Matt. 25:46, those who are raised up to take part in an “age of punishment” are most likely being confronted with truth. They are being made perfect in love.
God punishes because he is just. If we read Mathew 25: 1-46 in context we would realize that Jesus was teaching about inheriting the kingdom and while teaching he gave warnings and these warnings are not a mere stint in a grave. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25&version=KJV. Whenever Jesus speaks of life everlasting he also spoke of the eternal damnation of the disobedient.
This former pastor now feels free from the fear that his friends that don't hold the belief is safe. http://chadholtz.net/2011/03/16/what-i-gained-losing-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-6653. additionally he thinks we cannot fully embrace grace or trust in God if we fear hell. Should we abandon fear? No! The beginning of wisdom is to fear God. We can believe in hell and still trust Christ. We can trust God with our eternal fates because He is just and gracious. Faith is trust. This freedom of trust should not depend on discarding the doctrine of Hell.
For the time 'has come' when people are not enduring sound teaching, but having itching ears they are accumulating teachers to suit their own passions, and are turning away from listening to the truth and wandering off into myths” (it's worded in present tense because it is happening as we speak).
The stage is being set with a growing apostasy in the church like never before. Seemingly, believe it or not, it's tied to punishment. No one wants to suffer for the penalty of sin; It is too cruel. Yet they reject Jesus who knew no sin whom suffered so we don't have to.
What do you think? What are your thoughts on this subject
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