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1 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Kickingguru22 | 122115 | ||
Our understanding of language now and then can get confused. I do not have a full comprehension of all of its compexities. I think you need to begin a conversation about hell with the things we do know. 1. We are transformed into a different being when we die. We are no longer flesh and blood, but have a new form. Will fire burn our new bodies or will there even be physical pain? I really don't know for sure. I just have my opinions on that one. 2. There will be extreme suffering in hell. This will be a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth. It is the place you realize you are separated from your Creator for eternity. You will have the eternal feeling of being wrong (One of the worst feelings humans have), and either will be weeping, or take the prideful gnashing of teeth route and be angry and revengeful. A complete emptiness of life throughout eternity. 3. We choose to go there. God will not force us in to heaven. If we choose to not have a relationship with God, he will let us feel the consequences of that decision. This is the perfect love of God. He allows us to make volitional choices and will not interfere even if it is for our own good. 4. We must do all we can to allow others to choose God and not hell. This is an interesting balance of our choices and life working in with God's will for eternity and who is there. We are called to go and share, yet does that mean that we are responsible for people going to heaven? Not at all, God works His perfect will through others. This is something our feable, finite mind cannot fathom. My two cents worth... Josh |
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2 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Aixen7z4 | 122121 | ||
It is interesting to consider what type of body unbelievers might have and what type of fire hell might have. It was also interesting to consider the different reasons for weeping and gnashing of teeth. The fact that we should do what we can to persuade people to seek heaven and to shun hell is clear (2 Cor 5:11). What attracted me in Jud's question was the issue of fear of hell in the heart of a believer. Does a believer have to fear going to hell? I think not. There is no chance. Jesus said, "I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish" (John 10:28.. |
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3 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Kickingguru22 | 122127 | ||
The beleiver has no fear of Hell. Yet a believer must fear that for others sake. Some today either do not believe in hell or think that a loving God would not send people to that place. This is in many liberal ideas of Christianity. EX. A pastor once expressed to me that he would rather some one stay neutral or as is about God than possibly turn them off by sharing the Good News with them. This pastor did not fear the idea that many in his own congregation may experience hell. He seldom if ever challenged them to evaluate their own relationships with God. Messages were feel good, this is what the text is saying messages with no real application to real life. I felt many who attended did not understand a saving faith. The pastor would never find out in fear of "Turning them off". As is everything in life, a proper balance is in order. We have blessed assurance and need to allow others to find it. |
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