Bible Question: I need scripture verses to answer my son in laws question " How could a loving God send anyone to hell?" His best friend is a Buddist and he can't imagine this nice guy needs Christ as a Saviour, when he already has his own belief system. |
Bible Answer: Hi mil and welcome to the forum, Here is a hypothetical question that you can ask your son. If someone is swimming in the middle of the ocean, because their boat just sank, and a luxury liners comes by and offers them a ride, and the person absolutely refuses their services; who’s fault is it when the persons drowns? That’s pretty obvious don’t you think? The reason that all the religions of the world are off base is because they can’t pay the price that God demands for sin; separation from Him! The Bible says, and the “all” covers everyone of us. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; We “all” inherited a nasty trait from our great grandpa Adam, Sin! 1 Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Everybody knows what wages are; that’s what we have earned! Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. A gift is something that can’t be earned or it wouldn’t be a gift! God set the price for sin and condemned us all, and then came down to earth, in the body of Jesus, and paid the very price for sin that He demanded. That’s why everyone has to come to God through the person of Jesus, God’s perfect sacrifice for sin! 2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him “Jesus” to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. That’s why Jesus said what He did in, John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. God only had to do this one time, it’s a take it or leave it situation for us! Any one that doesn’t want to accept what God did for them, in the person of Christ, in essence is saying that what they can personally do, is better then what God did, and that doesn’t go over too well with The God made everything! When ever anyone stands before God in judgment, guess who it is that they are standing in front of? John 5:22-25 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: [23] That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. [24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. [25] Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. As the saying goes, “Dead and don’t know it”, that’s all of us, until we trust in Jesus and what he did for us; and that includes everyone on this big ball that we are walking on, even your son’s Buddhists friend. These aren’t my ideas, this is what God’s Word says. 1 John 5:10-13 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. [11] And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. [13] These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Have a great day, CDBJ |