I completely disagree. Hell is for those who reject God in this life, and thus will live without Him in the next. We condemn ourselves to Hell by choosing to reject God’s will, in favor of our own, as well as our unwillingness to love our neighbor.
Fortunately, the Eternal Sacrifice of Jesus on the cross has redeemed all mankind, for eternity, but requires us to accept that gift, freely given.
I will save Purgatory for another day.
Yep. Hell is a choice and we all have to make that choice. This tripe is from someone that says, “God is love and no loving God would ever do something so cruel as to send someone to hell forever.” That God is love is certainly true. But that is not all that God is. God is absolute justice as well and that is the basis for the possibility of eternal hell. He explicitly gave grounds for someone to be consigned to hell. Among them is the one sin that God will not forgive, ever. That is a final, irrevocable rejection of what God offers us - His Son as our saviour, lord and master.
I completely agree with this… Salvation requires a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and Christianity provides many ways to achieve this..
At its root this argument is not a new one and is simply a denial of the existence of Satan and his minions (his oldest and most successful lie) If there is no Hell, then the father of lies that has dominion over the lost is a figment of medieval artists ( his article even hints at this) It is a classic pseudo enlightened argument that there is no fallen angel who wills the destruction of man. We are only subject to our own foibles that we can can talk ourselves out of if given a sufficient time of reflection.
The author of this piece appears to be greatly deceived by the oldest lie in the book and even worse is trying to lead any souls who will believe him down the road to perdition.
I completely disagree. Hell is for those who reject God in this life, and thus will live without Him in the next.
Be careful. Those who die in their sins, even though they will be 'resurrected unto damnation' (Daniel 12:2, John 5:29), will NEVER 'live' again. They will exist, but the Bible uses the word live/life (eternal life) for those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in this life.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24)
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:25,26)
The believer 'never dies' (his spirit lives, though the flesh dies). The unbeliever's dead spirit is resurrected and that damnable creature, fully deserving of the just punishment God will impose, will be tormented forever in the lake of fire. See Revelation 20, 21.
We condemn ourselves to Hell by choosing to reject God’s will, in favor of our own, as well as our unwillingness to love our neighbor.
God's will is that we all come to the knowledge of the truth and trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ. Those who trust in their own righteousness to save them (and there are many we perceive as 'good people' who are sadly trusting in their own works) will spend eternity in hell with Hitler and Judas.
We should love our neighbor. But that doesn't mean we are to love those who hate God. God will chastise us for that error.
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. 2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. 3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God. (2 Chronicles 19:1-3)