"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
Matthew 7: 13-14
Christ was very serious about speaking about hell. Why did He do this? To warn people, in no uncertain terms, that damnation in hell is real.
Moreover, Christ warned people like the scribes and Pharisees (who rejected Yeshua). He asked them rhetorically, how could they expect to escape hell itself?
"You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation of hell?"
Matthew 23:33
Unless Rodger McFarlane gave his life to Christ before he died and repented of his sins (statistically 'death bed' conversions are almost nil, but for his sake I hope he did); then his fate should serve as a warning. God will not be mocked.
"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap."
(Galatians 6:7)
Christians are not to judge self righteously, but they are also not to be door mats to false teachings, or not to discern what is evil and what is good.
Judge not! What does that mean?
Also, be careful about misinterpreting the "Judge not!" mantra without the context that Christ gave it. It is a scourge of our generation, and an enemy of the truth.
How 'Judge not' is destroying America
As I said in my post, it is sad that the least of McFarland's problems now are his back and his heart issues. Unless he was saved by the Grace of Christ by accepting Him, then according to every biblical teaching and scripture, McFarland is damned.
It is not a thing to be celebrated. But, it is a reality of sin. Sin is so terrible to God that He had to send His only son to be tortured, mutilated, and murdered to pay our penalty.
[18] And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
[19] And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
[20] Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
[21] And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
[22] Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing:
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What was the one thing the man was lacking?
Do you lack that one thing?