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A Hell to Shun
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| Bob Deffinbaugh
Posted on 06/06/2007 6:13:02 AM PDT by HarleyD
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Jonathan Edwards explained it this way, "The glory of God is the greatest good; it is that which is the chief end of creation; it is of greater importance than anything else. But this is one way wherein God will glorify Himself, as in the eternal destruction of ungodly men He will glorify His justice. Therein He will appear as a just governor of the world. The vindictive justice of God will appear strict, exact, awful, and terrible, and therefor glorious." Every sin exalts the sinner over God. For God to look past or leave a sin unpunished would to be for Him to say He does not mind that His glory is second place and that a idol is exalted over Him. God's justice and holiness cannot allow this. God will vindicate His name and display the glory of His wrath and justice in hell.
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posted on
06/06/2007 6:13:05 AM PDT
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HarleyD
To: HarleyD
Book marked for a long read later.
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posted on
06/06/2007 6:20:54 AM PDT
by
Between the Lines
(I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
To: HarleyD
“After all, such a fact would have dramatic implications!”
There are no facts that show hell does exist...just beliefs.
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posted on
06/06/2007 6:36:34 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: stuartcr
Yes, I would have to agree with you there are no facts to support the existence of hell. In fact, it’s not even a popular thing to talk about any longer. But it’s something I would try to make sure didn’t exist.
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posted on
06/06/2007 11:34:19 AM PDT
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HarleyD
To: HarleyD
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:17:55 PM PDT
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stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: HarleyD
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posted on
06/06/2007 6:29:55 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(When someone burns a cross on your lawn the best firehose is an AK-47.)
To: HarleyD
“If I knew God I’d be Him.”
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posted on
06/06/2007 7:54:15 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: stuartcr
How would you do that? I would read the scriptures with an attitude of wanting to understand and praying with an attitude of wanting to be shown.
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posted on
06/07/2007 10:46:37 AM PDT
by
HarleyD
To: HarleyD
"I would read the scriptures with an attitude of wanting to understand and praying with an attitude of wanting to be shown."
Yep, and it works best if you do that praying right before you start the reading.
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posted on
06/07/2007 11:25:59 AM PDT
by
joebuck
To: HarleyD
How would that help make sure hell did not exist?
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posted on
06/07/2007 12:06:34 PM PDT
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stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: stuartcr
It’s through God and the faith that He instills in us that He reveals these truth to us. Can I point hell out? Not any more than I can see radiation. But I know radiation exists because of study. I can tell you the principle of radiation. I might see and point out some indications of radiation. I can even caution you against going into a room full of radiation. But you could ask me the same question, “How would my yakking about radiation help you to make sure that radiation really existed?” and off you would go into a room fill with it.
I’ll never convince you in the existence of hell with logic or reason. This type of wisdom is silliness. You will need to ask God if it is so and to lay it upon your heart. I am confident He will do so. If hell really exists, don't you think it's folly not explore all avenues to find out for sure?
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06/07/2007 4:02:40 PM PDT
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HarleyD
To: HarleyD
I believe that radiation and it’s effects can be measured and viewed repeatedly, by different people, with the same results.
If there is no logic or reason available, then what makes anyones’s belief, any more or less valid than anothers? I believe God speaks to each individual as He sees fit.
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posted on
06/07/2007 6:14:08 PM PDT
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stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: stuartcr
I believe that radiation and its effects can be measured and viewed repeatedly, by different people, with the same results.
Not necessarily. You have people who 1) believe in radiation and its effect, 2) understand about radiation but don't care, 3) understand and wish to use it for their own devices, and 4) don't believe in it. Even our federal government will deny claims to cancer-ridden people who have been exposed to radiation leaks simply on the grounds that there is no direct evidence that radiation caused their illness. If radiation's effects were so obvious, there shouldn't be any disagreements.
If there is no logic or reason available, then what makes anyoness belief, any more or less valid than anothers?
Who's argument is more logical or reasonable; the person who has been exposed to radiation and is dying from cancer or the lawyers with their statistical data fighting claims? Would you use that same argument with someone dying of cancer; that the lawyers arguments are just as valid as the cancer patient? Is it really true? There is logic and reason available. Even the cancer patient with 20 malignant tumors on his kidneys knows the source even if he can't prove it. It just a matter of what he knows to be true based upon what has been revealed to him.
I believe God speaks to each individual as He sees fit.
Perhaps He's speaking to you now.
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06/08/2007 5:28:29 AM PDT
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HarleyD
To: HarleyD
You said you would never convince me of the existence existence of hell with logic or reason. We’re not really talking about cancer or lawyers.
Yes, I believe God is talking to all of us, all the time...that is why we do what we do...that is how He created us.
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posted on
06/08/2007 8:42:10 AM PDT
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stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: stuartcr
Yes, I believe God is talking to all of us, all the time...that is why we do what we do...that is how He created us. And what do you base that on?
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posted on
06/08/2007 9:50:53 AM PDT
by
HarleyD
To: HarleyD
It’s just the way I believe, I guess it could be called instinct and a sense of self-evidence. I believe that’s the way God made me.
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posted on
06/08/2007 10:04:20 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: stuartcr
Yes, I agree with you. I believe, and the scripture tells us, that God puts into every one of us the knowledge of Him. There is an instinct in us to long for God. The problem is, by nature, we rebel against this instinct, not wishing to explore and come to the truth.
If God is talking to us all the time, as you suggest and I agree with, than surely God is telling us what is right and where we have fallen short of what he wanted us to do. How do we correct those areas where we have fallen short of God’s standards and what happens to those people who refuse to comply with what God is telling them?
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posted on
06/08/2007 11:46:47 AM PDT
by
HarleyD
To: HarleyD
I disagree, in that I do not believe we really rebel against God. I think we all do as He has planned for us, it just appears that we rebel. That is why we have different religions.
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posted on
06/09/2007 7:18:17 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: HarleyD
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Perish = apollumi
apollumi
ap-ol'-loo-mee
From G575 and the base of G3639; to destroy fully (reflexively to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively: - destroy, die, lose, mar, perish.
To: HarleyD
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Eternal life is a gift given by God. We don't already HAVE eternal life.
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