Posted on 05/01/2014 6:46:08 AM PDT by NYer
" Today, I was led by an Angel to the chasms of hell. It is a place of great torture; how awesomely large and extensive it is! The kinds of tortures I saw: the first torture that constitutes hell is the loss of God; the second is perpetual remorse of conscience; the third is that one’s condition will never change; the fourth is the fire that will penetrate the soul without destroying it, a terrible suffering, since it is a purely spiritual fire, lit by God’s anger; the fifth torture is conditional darkness and a terrible suffocating smell, and despite the darkness, the devils and the souls of the damned see each other and all the evil, both of others and their own; the sixth torture is the constant company of satan, the seventh torture is horrible despair, hatred of God, vile words, curses and blasphemies. These are the tortures suffered by all the damned together, but that is not the end of the sufferings. There are special tortures destined for particular souls. These are the torments of the senses. Each soul undergoes terrible and indescribable sufferings, related to the manner in which it has sinned. There are caverns and pits of torture where one form of agony differs from another. I would have died at the very sight of these tortures if the omnipotence of God had not supported me. Let the sinner know that he will be tortured throughout all eternity, in those senses which he made use of to sin. I am writing this at the command of God, so that no soul may find an excuse by saying there is no hell, or that nobody has ever been there, and so no one can say what it is like. I, sister Faustina, by the order of God, have visited the abysses of hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence. I cannot speak about it now; but I have received a command from God to leave it in writing. The devils were full of hatred for me, but they had to obey me at the command of God. What I have written is but a pale shadow of the things I saw. But I noticed one thing: that most of the souls there are those who disbelieved that there is a hell. When I came to, I could hardly recover from the fright. How terribly souls suffer there! Consequently, I pray even more fervently for the conversion of sinners. I incessantly plead God’s mercy upon them. O my Jesus, I would rather be in agony until the end of the world, amidst the greatest sufferings, then offend You by the least sin. (Diary 741).
Visions of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven according to St. Faustina
So.. she spent a weekend in Chicago?
**But I noticed one thing: that most of the souls there are those who disbelieved that there is a hell.**
An interesting line from St. Faustina.
BUMP to send to a godless liberal...
C.S. Lewis - The Screwtape Letters
“Cards are as good as murder, if cards to the trick.”
Meaning, the sin need not be spectacular, as long as Satan wins the soul.
I don’t think God sends anyone to hell.
I think we send ourselves there when we reject God and God’s love, and commit sins against Him, especially sins against charity. And I believe people who are Hell-bound also experience that here in earth as they create a hell around them.
And I think the WORST part of Hell is the total absolute absence of God. The only thing that gives me hope for myself is that God is all forgiving as well as all just, and if you try to lead a decent life, avoid committing sins and seek forgiveness for those you do commit from God, He will save you.
There is more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 100 who have no need of repentence.
Satan’s greatest lie: “I do not exist.”
True enough. People orchestrate their own trips to hell by declining salvation and therefore going to the evil they — we — all had embraced in the original sin.
God is rightly angry — wrathful — at hell. But the evil in it is so deep that its occupants would rather be there than to yield to God and become heavenly and go to heaven. They despise God.
The idea that any entity other than God could be self sufficient is the idea that ends up creating a hell. Because it is untrue. Management of your life by anyone other than God is a disaster in the end.
If you’re scared of hell then that means you haven’t yet lost the touch of God. If you lose that touch enough not only won’t you be scared of hell, but hell will thrill you.
That’s frightening.
president obammy will surely end up in hell.
He is a mooselimb, not a Christian who has accepted Jesus as his savior and the son of GOD,
He’s going that way now, to all appearances.
Will he always? Only God knows the answer to that question. There have been wickeder people saved.
You still have the touch of God. The truest reprobate would say bring it on, I love the torment.
No sin can go into heaven otherwise sin would overtake heaven and God will not have that. Even one sin, not dealt with, would keep one from heaven. That is why we need the Savior - The Lord Jesus Christ. And believing He died for all ones sins and following Him brings assurance of heaven. There is no other way.
**No sin can go into heaven otherwise sin would overtake heaven and God will not have that. Even one sin, not dealt with, would keep one from heaven.**
That’s why there is a purging place called Purgatory — so the souls can atone for the reparation they did not do on earth.
Lol!
You really believe people make the an informed and rational decision to march into eternal agony?
The thought process that would cause someone to believe that is fascinating to me.
A loving God would not force a person to remain in His presence FOREVER if that person chooses not to.
**You really believe people make the an informed and rational decision to march into eternal agony?**
Yes, think of all the people that you have talked with who are more comfortable with remaining in their sin than changing their lives and focusing on the Lord.
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