“George Tiller is going to Hell for killing 60,000 babies.”
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This is partially true but not complete. The Bible teaches that all (including me and you) have sinned and have come short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). Tiller, like everyone else, was a sinner even before he performed his first abortion.
However, the Bible does teach that man can store up a “sin account” of God’s wrath based on what they have done in this life. If they die in their sins, their punishment in hell will be subject to God’s wrath based on their sins (Rom 2:4-6). From what I understand, there will be varying degrees of punishment in hell for each person there. Hitler’s hell will be great compared to an average person who, while trying to live a good life, still died in their sins. In all likelihood, Tiller died in his sins and is in hell. 60,000 abortions (as well as being an influence for others to abort) has been added to his account; God’s wrath will be proportional to Tiller’s sin account that he unrepentently stored up.
Now, I cannot end on such a dire note. I must end this post with Good News. Jesus died for ALL of our sins. Accept him as your Lord and Savior and your sin account will be expunged. Instead of hell, you will go to heaven!
While there are different interpretations of doctrine, this was not the point of the exercise. The point is that loudly it be stated that Tiller is in Hell, for the purpose of dethroning the spiritual relativism that hides behind Christian doctrine for the purpose of undermining that doctrine.
In other words, Tiller’s supporters like to pretend that what he did was somehow, through convoluted logic, morally ambivalent. This assuages their guilt, rationalizes their spiritual revulsion, and allows them to justify murder. They utterly reject that a fetus is in any way human, because if that realization is made, doubt is cast on their moral superiority in their own minds.
But to come out and say that Tiller is in Hell is confronting them head on. Bringing their doubts to the fore. Throwing into question their own complicity, and suggesting that they, too, may be condemned.
So while Christians could discuss the truth of the matter endlessly, for any of them to just come out and say it, and not back down, and to reject other Christian leaders opinions who would give redemption the benefit of the doubt, is to achieve a breakthrough against those that support abortion.
Because any of them have the credibility of life behind them. If they say that George Tiller is in Hell, then who would believe the killers who defend their actions as being somehow moral?