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1 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Jud | 122074 | ||
Is Hell a literal fire that people burn forever and ever? What scares me that it is possible for any of us to go there even if we are believers. Even it their is a one percent chance, that alone scares me. Can you help me out please? | ||||||
2 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Aixen7z4 | 122075 | ||
Jesus had a way of saying, “Fear not”. It is another way of saying that we should trust in him. Jesus says that hell is forever. He spoke of a fire “that never shall be quenched” (Mark 9:44). He says that we should avoid that place at all cost. It is a place “where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched”. What drastic measures we need to take to avoid that dreadful place! “If thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched”. There are some who will explain these words away, distinguishing between “literal” and not “figurative”, and it may take all fear of hell away. But Jesus seems to be saying that hell is a place to be feared. The interesting thing is that believers in the Lord Jesus Christ have no fear of hell at all. The reason is that he says he will make sure we don’t go there. We have to believe him and trust him. He says he will take us to heaven (See John 14). Again there are those who will drain that promise of all the joyful anticipation that Jesus built into it. But that was his promise. Like that helicopter over the volcano, like the bridge over troubled water, like the baby in the arms of his mother, we can trust and feel safe. But these are poor comparisons. In Jesus, we are safe because he is true and able. We trust in his promises. “He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25). He is able (2 Timothy 1:12). So we can trust in him completely and have no fear at all. God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:9). We are in him, and he will not go to hell. Fear not, therefore. There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ. Let not your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in Jesus. In his Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, he would have told us. He has gone to prepare a place for us. And he will come again, and receive you unto himself; that where he is, there you may be also. |
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3 | 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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4 | 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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5 | 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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