If there was no Hell ? or Enternal punishment ? then ? would it be logical to say that there would have been no need for Jesus to have come to earth and save us ?I'm not saying there is not a hell. What I'm saying is that Jesus didn't give his life so we wouldn't go to hell. He gave his life so we could go to heaven.
That's what all of John 3 is saying, especially John 3:15: "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life."
Hell wasn't created for us. It was created for Satan and his demons. If we don't choose to love God and receive the gift Jesus offers, then after we die we become Satan's and must reside in his domain, i.e.: hell.
To save us from that fate, God sent Jesus into the world as the sacrificial lamb so that His blood would be the atonement for all our sins and we can then receive our Eternal inheritance.
But, like the prodigal son, God has given us the freedom to choose our own fate. If we choose to come home, then we will receive God's love.
" I'm not saying there is not a hell. What I'm saying is that Jesus didn't give his life so we wouldn't go to hell. He gave his life so we could go to heaven. "
Wait, wait, wait a min....
Feel like we are in a revolving door.
I agree with you.. Jesus came to save us and keep us from God's judgement and going to hell.
The point I was trying to make were to those whom do not beieve that there is no hell.... not directly to you.
If ? there was no hell ? then ? there would have been no reason for Jesus to have come to die on the cross to save us.... therefore ? no fall of man, therefore ? no hell.
Those who teach and preach that there is no hell can't have it both ways.