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1 | The Purpose of Hell? | Rom 9:20 | Horripilation | 29789 | ||
I had a question concerning the purpose of Hell, or, more specifically, what God hopes to achieve by damning a person to Hell. Also, was there another purpose for the creation of Hell other than to hold Lucifer and his daemons? I've been thinking about this a lot recently, perhaps too much, and have come to a (perhaps ill-drawn) conclusion that God may have had alterior motives in the creation of Hell (motives other than just creating it for Lucifer). I think that perhaps God created Hell so that He might instil a certain degree of fear into the peoples of the world, that they might seek Him and be saved, etc. The reasoning for this is why would anyone desire to get into heaven when there is no fear of eternal punishment? Sure, a few would undoubtedly still seek to be with Him, yet the majority would not, and would, instead, revel in all of that which the world does provide, as there are no consequences. As I understand it, Hell is a place of punishment. Now, when one is punished isn't the punishment applied for the sole reason of ensuring that the crime/sin/"bad thing" will not occur again? If this is correct, then Hell's whole existence is in a way contradictory (not sure if this is the right word), for what lessons will be learned and applied when the punishment is eternal? Hopefully you have some answers to these questions. |
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2 | The Purpose of Hell? | Rom 9:20 | Rom831 | 29839 | ||
Although Joe's answer was great, I want to throw in a little as well. god doesn't damn anyone to hell. God desires that we all come to Heaven. The problem is, sin cannot enter Heaven and we are all sinful. When we choose sin, we can no longer go to Heaven because God cannot look upon sin. So what is the option? Someplace where God is not, a place where sin is put for eternity; a place that totally is without God, and therefore, without anything good. Since we all deserve this, God had to provide a way for us. That way was Jesus. If we merely accept God's forgivness through fiath in Jesus, our sins are covered by His blood and we are cleansed. If we reject this, we cannot enter Heaven. This isn't God's punnishment. He doesn't condemn those people to Hell. The choice is ours and we cannot blame God for our choice. Bless...ArtS |
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3 | The Purpose of Hell? | Rom 9:20 | Reformer Joe | 29866 | ||
Art: God did not HAVE to provide a way for us. He chose to do so out of the kind intention of His will (Ephesians 1:4,11). While it is true that those condemned to hell cannot blame God for their choice, it is indeed God who condemns them for their rebellious choice. He is very much the one who acts as righteous Judge and damns the sinner to hell: "A good man will obtain favor from the LORD, But He will condemn a man who devises evil." --Proverbs 12:2 "But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." --Matthew 12:36-37 "But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world." --1 Corinthians 11:32 "For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds), then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment." --2 Peter 2:4-9 God is the one who justly condemns people. Sinners seek to justify themselves. God is the one who will actively judge. The sin is the sinner's, but the verdict and sentence is God's. To say anything else does not glorigy God in His justice. --Joe! |
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4 | The Purpose of Hell? | Rom 9:20 | Rom831 | 29868 | ||
I agree. What I was poorly trying to say is that God doesn't just sit in heaven, point to some random person and say "condemned". We are saved or condemned based on if we have accepted Christ. The choice is ours. If WE believe, we are given God's grace and are saved. If WE do not, we are condemned because of that choice. Not simply because God picked us to suffer. Bless...ArtS |
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5 | The Purpose of Hell? | Rom 9:20 | Lionstrong | 29928 | ||
Hi Art, I'm glad for your presence in the forum. You write, "We are saved or condemned based on if we have accepted Christ." This is not quite right either. The basis for salvation and condemnation are different. True, if we don't believe in Christ we are condemned already (John 3:18, 36), but the reason we're already condemned is not because of our lack of faith, but our lack of righteousness, that is, our sin. So, while the basis of our salvation is God's grace through faith, the basis of our condemnation is God's justice and our sin. Peace, Lionstrong |
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6 | The Purpose of Hell? | Rom 9:20 | Rom831 | 30026 | ||
I'm going to have to post a seperate thread I guess. This brings up a long standing question on God being just. Hope you look fo it... Bless...ArtS |
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