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The Disappearance of Hell
ligonier.org ^ | 2/1/14 | John MacArthur

Posted on 02/09/2014 8:05:52 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

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To: .45 Long Colt

Christ descended into Hell to free the captives from the Old Testament. Haven’t you read in the Gospel where they then wandered around Jerusalem, visible to only the believers?


121 posted on 02/09/2014 1:36:53 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

David Jeremiah did an excellent sermon and series on this subject. Google him. Well worth the effort.


122 posted on 02/09/2014 1:38:08 PM PST by codder too
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To: SoFloFreeper
And now for the truth:

The Hell There Is – A Homily for the 26th Sunday of the Year
Are most Catholics in America going to hell? [OPEN THREAD]
Pope: it's wrong to think our enemies must go to hell
Jesus, Who loves you, warned of Hell – A Catalogue of Jesus’ Warning texts
Vatican corrects infallible pope: atheists will still burn in hell
Where is Jesus After He Dies? A short Reflection on the Harrowing of Hell
"To Hell With It" - Dorothy Day (Kinda interesting article from the *bad* NCR)
The Hell of It. A Short Teaching on Hell
Dream of Saint John Bosco: to Hell and Back

Archbishop Chaput addresses the reality of Satan
Letter from Beyond
Catholic Word of the Day: GEHENNA (Hinnom, 10-17-11
To hell with Hell?
Gehenna
Hell Has to Be
The eternity of hell
Hell Is Not Empty and Pedophile Priests Will Go There" (Why Preaching on Hell is Salutary)
The Eternity of Hell
The Four Last Things: Hell

Catholic Caucus: HELL EXISTS AND WE MIGHT GO THERE!
John Calvin’s Worst Heresy: That Christ Suffered in Hell
Natural Calamities Divine Threats & Four Gates of Hell The four Principal Gates of Hell : I Hatred
Pope speaks with priests from his diocese about Heaven and Hell
Whatever Became of Hell? (HAS THE UNQUENCHABLE FIRE BEEN QUENCHED )
One Man's Visit to Hell
A Brief Catechism for Adults - Lesson 11: Hell
A Question Of Hell (One Minister Questions Its Existence)
Pope says hell and damnation are real and eternal
The fires of Hell are real and eternal, Pope warns

The Early Church Fathers on Hell - Catholic/Orthodox Caucus
IS THE NEW MASS ‘SOFT ON HELL’?
Heaven and hell seem to be forgotten
Which circle of Hell do You belong in?
"To Hell with Hell!": The Spiritual Dumbing Down of the Generations
Reflecting on Hell: Sermon for the First Sunday in Advent
The Reality of Satan and the Victory of Jesus and Mary (an Exorcist speaks out)
Beware the Serpent’s Promises
Americans Describe Their Views About Life After Death(Only One 1/2 of 1% Think They Are Hell-Bound)
Sister Faustina's Vision of Hell

123 posted on 02/09/2014 1:42:47 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: stanne

Since you prefer we stay on topic, which Catholic priest is it who still preaches on Hell? The traditional Latin Mass priest or your culture-embracing modernist one? Hint: Modernism is incompatible with quaint Catholic ideas like absolute morality and eternal consequences.


124 posted on 02/09/2014 1:46:08 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: steve86

All of the many whom I see in confession


125 posted on 02/09/2014 2:00:42 PM PST by stanne
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To: angryoldfatman
A smug attitude combined with preaching hellfire and brimstone doesn’t serve the Great Commission at all.

The reality of hell seemed to serve Jesus, John, Paul, Luther, Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards quite well.

I'll take their word over yours.

126 posted on 02/09/2014 2:04:57 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Albion Wilde

yeah I really liked that. :)


127 posted on 02/09/2014 2:05:51 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: stanne
OK, I have to confess I overstated my case a bit earlier when I questioned the validity of the New Mass (or of the Holy Eucharist by implication). It is likely I will be dropping off my kids and mother at a contemporary Mass this evening, which I wouldn't do if I really believed it was invalid. We have no Latin Mass in the area today.

I'll not argue further. Good evening.

128 posted on 02/09/2014 2:06:03 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: elcid1970
Luke 17:3-4

Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

129 posted on 02/09/2014 2:07:44 PM PST by lonevoice (We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality)
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To: Salvation; .45 Long Colt
>> “Christ descended into Hell to free the captives from the Old Testament.” <<

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Absolute nonsense from start to finish!

No scripture says Yeshua descended into Hell, it says that he was three days and three nights in the Earth, not hell.

Yeshua preached the “Old Testament” every day of his life here on Earth. Each and every doctrine he preached is found in the OT scriptures, and that is why he said “It is written” before presenting his doctrine.

Matthew 5:

[17] Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
[18] For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
[19] Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

By Yeshua's words, we have 1000 more years of his Old Testament commandments to live by.

Where did you get the idea that he would lead anyone away from his commandments? They are the most blessed words on Earth.

130 posted on 02/09/2014 2:10:28 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: steve86

I was comparing wacky to people who run around claiming to know unattributed quotes from the blessed mother

We are not allowed to believe in the medgegorje apparition. The Vatican states this clearly

They have not approved it and there are many priests I know who preach on this fact, some after having gone there

I find people who do lean to believing medgegorje, many very well educated, to be critical of the Holy See as you are


131 posted on 02/09/2014 2:12:40 PM PST by stanne
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To: CatherineofAragon
What exactly is [Christ] saving you from, if Hell is a myth?

Hell, IMHO, simply represents a permanent separation from God.

What could be worse than that?

Being separated from the presence and love of God is worse punishment than any physical metaphor that man can imagine...

132 posted on 02/09/2014 2:16:04 PM PST by sargon (I don't like the sound of these here Boncentration Bamps!)
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To: sargon

You are being dismissive of God’s word.

The Revelation says plainly that those that serve the beast will be tormented for eternity in the Lake that burns.


133 posted on 02/09/2014 2:22:44 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: steve86

When the priest drives me crazy with contemporary politics and treating the Mass as if its a show, along with the congregation, promoting Girl Scouts or amnesty, I just remember that he transubstantiate regardless of their personal state of grace or iniquity and I just go for that reason

Hopefully they’ll eventually correct their misinterpretation of Vatican II and bring reverence back

But until they do I’m not going to make up my own religion

Bringing perpetual adoration to the parish can be very effective and is done by the laity with assistance from the priest


134 posted on 02/09/2014 2:29:58 PM PST by stanne
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To: CatherineofAragon
Yes, it wasn't the content of his opinion that was laughable, it was the attitude with which it was expressed....

Just clarifying that I didn't agree whatsoever with the content of his opinion; just his general right to have one.

135 posted on 02/09/2014 2:39:57 PM PST by Albion Wilde (The less a man knows, the more certain he is that he knows it all.)
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To: stanne

No one is “making up religion”; we are simply following the Church and liturgy as it was for well over a thousand years.

I thought I read a recent article stating that Medjugorje was on a fast track to be approved (after the apparitions cease), which surprised a lot of people and disappointed a lot of orthodox Catholics. I hope the article was false or misleading or I am recalling incorrectly.


136 posted on 02/09/2014 2:43:49 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: editor-surveyor
>>Yeshua preached the “Old Testament” every day of his life here on Earth.<<

Until His death and resurrection then there began a new covenant. The covenant of grace. No longer the dispensation of law but the dispensation of grace.

Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

You wouldn’t want to nullify the death of Christ would you?

Gal. 2:21, I do not nullify the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.

137 posted on 02/09/2014 2:48:43 PM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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To: steve86

Papal documents and legitimate journals and reporters such as on catholic exchange and cath register and EWTN are where to go for informatio because as you have to admit. People’s me a lot if things up

Anytime you say or hear ‘I thought someone said, or I heard...’ That’s making stuff up

And it is perfectly acceptable as Catechesis in most circles. But it is most definitely people making stuff up

To deny that is not reality


138 posted on 02/09/2014 2:49:21 PM PST by stanne
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To: editor-surveyor; Salvation; .45 Long Colt; metmom
>>Yeshua preached the “Old Testament” every day of his life here on Earth.<<

Until His death and resurrection then there began a new covenant. The covenant of grace. No longer the dispensation of law but the dispensation of grace.

Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

You wouldn’t want to nullify the death of Christ would you?

Gal. 2:21, I do not nullify the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.

139 posted on 02/09/2014 2:49:42 PM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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To: steve86

Papal documents and legitimate journals and reporters such as on catholic exchange and cath register and EWTN are where to go for informatio because as you have to admit. People’s me a lot if things up

Anytime you say or hear ‘I thought someone said, or I heard...’ That’s making stuff up

And it is perfectly acceptable as Catechesis in most circles. But it is most definitely people making stuff up

To deny that is not reality


140 posted on 02/09/2014 2:52:15 PM PST by stanne
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