4 Truths About Hell

Ligonier ^ | 9/18/15 | Tom Ascol

[SoFloFreeper]

Hope this helps someone today.

[metmom]

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[ConorMacNessa]

Wonder what Lord Russell's take on Hell is now that he's had a few decades to see it up close and personal?

[HiTech RedNeck]

And yet as Christ might put it today, you cannot drive with your eyes affixed to the rear view mirror. (He who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is not fit for the kingdom of heaven.)

Threats of damnation and punishment are not exclusive to Christianity. More details on it are, including the information that it is a place of enslavement. To say that the devil is “unlike God” is in one sense accurate, but in another sense naive. The devil apes God as best he can, but without any of the blessings, it is all to the devil’s glory.

In the only account we have of an individual soul in hell, that soul never asks to leave it. Ponder that for a while. That is exactly what you would expect out of an utter enslavement.

[HiTech RedNeck]

If indeed his soul never saw the contrast between Christ and vanity even on the way out of the earth.

People sometimes like to crow up Hell as if it was the final taunt they could deliver. That is, however, to briefly step to Satan’s side.

[DouglasKC]

Who, according to Jesus, is EVERLASTING FIRE prepared for?

[HiTech RedNeck]

The devil and his angels.

It was a choice left up to people whether they would participate in that. As things currently are post-Fall, if people will not accept the rescue of Christ, they will. As slaves of Satan.

People should choose wisely.

[Zionist Conspirator]

I'm all for religion on Free Republic but for some reason this is on the news forum. Shouldn't it have been posted on the religion forum?

[Bethaneidh]

Haha! I have heard various descriptions of the nature and function of Hell. My take is: Which defenition will inspire one to act right and not seek loopholes, and philosophic consolation for one’s crimes?

[LaineyDee]

As Reverend E.V. Hill used to say....”Why am I a Christian? Because I I don’t want to go to hell! There are no exits. You can’t go just visit to see if you like it or not.”

[Jeff Chandler]

Shouldn't it have been posted on the religion forum?

It sure as hell should have been.

[DouglasKC]

So Jesus said that EVERLASTING fire was prepared for the devil and his angels. In your view though it was also prepared for people.

Do you take these literally? And are they related?

Mal 4:1 "For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says the LORD of hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch.

Mat 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

[plain talk]

For sinners to be consigned to anything less than the horrors of eternal punishment would be a miscarriage of justice.

Really? Does anyone really think like that? Just curious. God made us, right? God made imperfect sinful creatures with free will. I can understand that we have no business spending eternity with God if we don't even accept that He exists. I get that. But I have never understood people that believe sinful people SHOULD be tortured (not just separated from God) but tortured for eternity.

I don't think any of us have a clue how any of this works and best leave the details in the hands of God.

[steve86]

You can believe in God and Jesus’ Sacrifice and read the Bible until hell won’t have it and claim born again and still end up in hell if you die with with your soul in a state of mortal sin. Hope this helps someone.

[Salvation]

Needs to be on the Religion Forum, right?

[ViLaLuz]

This reminded me of Bill Weise’s 23 Minutes in Hell. It’s a harrowing experience.

http://www.amazon.com/23-Minutes-In-Hell-Torment/dp/1591858828

[elcid1970]

As a Catholic I am terrified of the prospect of winding up in Hell. Mortal sin is just what it means & can be committed by the merest thought, never mind the deed.

But no prayer that I have offered up to my Savior has gone unanswered. I know that my Redeemer liveth.

[BipolarBob]

Good response.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Perhaps this will help clarify it. Those who choose to refuse God still exist, and He honors their choice by sending them somewhere He is not. But because He continues to love them, He doesn't want them to be attacked by the other residents--yet they don't want Him there to protect them. So, He surrounds each one by just enough fire to prevent them from breaking through to their neighbors--Hitler has a roaring conflagration around him, while dear old unbelieving Aunt Minnie needs just a few hot coals. The amount of fire is determined by their character, so it's completely just. They've earned it, but they haven't earned any more.

[planter]

In fact, the most prolific teacher of hell in the Bible is Jesus, and He spoke more about it than He did about heaven.

That is False!