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NASB | John 5:24 ¶ "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 5:24 ¶ "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the person who hears My word [the one who heeds My message], and believes and trusts in Him who sent Me, has (possesses now) eternal life [that is, eternal life actually begins--the believer is transformed], and does not come into judgment and condemnation, but has passed [over] from death into life. |
Bible Question: 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? |
Bible Answer: As I had said, I don't think we should question whether or not it is literal, but rather is it spiritual or physical. Not believing something is literal is not believing it at all. Then it would be a fairy tail, no? In Matthew 13, the Lord refers to hell as a fiery furnace and the evil doers that are cast therein as weeds. Weeds in this case are symbolic of evil persons. Question is, can the fiery furnace also be symbolic of something? In Luke 16, the rich man desired water to alleviate his torment. 24 So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' I hardly doubt he was seeking regular ole wet water as we know it. Could be that he needed what was actually symbolized by water. After all, we're talking about eternal hell. I've a feeling that he needed the Spirit of Life that Jesus was speaking about to the woman at the well in John 4. 14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." At any rate, I do believe that hell is literal, and more terrible than we could imagine. I don't believe it's a place where any of us would want to end up. Bendiciones! Aspilos |