A Loving God would NOT send people to

A Loving God would NOT send people to Hell can’t possibly be real, c’mon!

Hell is only by a SINNER’S Death. Psalm 9: 17 is ETERNAL Darkness. Matthew 22: 13 is ETERNAL SUFFERING Matthew 25: 46 Is NO REST. Rev 14: 11 is “the fire never goes out. ” Mark 9: 43 is “weeping & gnashing of teeth. ” Matthew 25: 30

“Hell…. ’tis dreadful, ‘tis awful. . . but ‘tis true. ” Rev Jonathan Edwards

“That the reason why they are not fallen already and do not fall now is only that God's appointed time is not come. For it is said, that when that due time, or appointed time comes, their foot shall slide. Then they shall be left to fall, as they are inclined by their own weight. God will not hold them up in these slippery places any longer, but will let them go; and then, at that very instant, they shall fall into destruction; as he that stands on such slippery declining ground, on the edge of a pit, he cannot stand alone, when he is let go he immediately falls and is lost. ” Rev. Jonathan Edwards

God is Love I John 4: 8

Love: giving to meet the needs of the cherished object with no expectation of return.

God is JUST Deut. 32: 4

Just: acting or being in conformity with what is morally upright or being what is merited.

Love & Justice are NOT Mutually Exclusive, nor do they conflict. They are PARADOXICAL: a set of statements that appear to contradict themselves but are in fact both true.

God is HOLY Man is SINFUL The consequences of SIN is Death. Eternal separation from God in HELL.

God is good, gracious, righteous, & merciful. The entire GOSPEL is couched in His loving kindness and mercy toward us. With abundant GRACE He offers forgiveness & redemption for our natural condition of opposition to Him.

Heaven is mentioned or alluded to 600 times. * Hell is only mentioned or alluded to 50 times. *

II willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful, rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on theinside. All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock it is opened. And yourself, in a dark hour, may will [a grumbling] mood, embrace it. Ye can repent and come out of it again. But there may come a day when you can do that no longer. Then there will be no you left to criticize the mood… —excerpted from The Problem of Pain and The Great Divorce, by C. S. Lewis (1898 -1963), included in The Quotable Lewis, 1989 Tyndale

In a sense, the concept of hell gives meaning to our lives. It tells us that the moral choices we make day by day have eternal significance, that our behavior has consequences lasting to eternity, that God Himself takes our choices seriously. The doctrine of hell is not just some dusty theological holdover from the Middle Ages. It has significant social consequences. Without a conviction of ultimate justice, people's sense of moral obligation dissolves, and social bonds are broke. Charles Colson

• God does not want us to go to HELL. II Peter 3: 9 • Rev 20: 11 -15 clearly affirms the reality of HELL. • Jesus affirmed the reality of HELL. Matthew 25: 31 -46 • Deny & the Inspiration of Scripture is jeopardized. • Hell is intricately tied to Person & Work of Christ.

It is folly to expect that you or I can trifle with the Lord Jesus & not have a penalty attached to it. We expect penalties for doing much less. Life is just built that way. You jump off a high building, the law of gravity will take care of you. You might say, “God is love, ” all the way down, but you're still going to get splattered when you hit the bottom! Fire burns. Gravity kills. Water drowns. And you can say, "God is love, " until you're blue in the face. But water will still drown you, fire will burn you, and gravity will kill you, and sin will damn you no matter how much you say about a loving God set up life that way. He set up rules. He set up laws by which we are to live & if we break those laws, they break us, & we pay the consequences. Christiananswers. net

God’s just nature demands wickedness be punished. His Perfect Holiness requires separation from SIN. All who fall short of God’s righteousness deserve HELL. And all it takes is one sin. James 2: 10

Man does NOT seek God, Man flees from God because of SIN. Blaine Pascal (Fr. Philo & Mathematician) All who seek God will find Him, Not all find God. Therefore, (despite appearances) Not all really sought GOD. Molded in God’s image we are FREE to withhold or express our LOVE: Volition.

In the Day of Judgment condemnation does not come from lack of hearing about Jesus. They will be condemned because they violated the clear moral standard that they really did know yet chose to reject. Romans 2: 12 -16

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be 12 judged by the law; 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another; ) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. 16

Rejecting GOD’s infinite love merits deserved eternal punishment.

Choosing SELF & SIN over REDEEMER & RESCUE

“Some will not be redeemed. . . it has the full support of Scripture, & specially of our Lord’s own words; it has always been held by Christendom : and it has the support of reason. If a game is played, it must be possible to lose it. ” C. S. Lewis

Romans 1: 20 King James Version For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Romans 1: 20 English Standard Version For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that So they are without excuse. have been made.

Jeremiah 29: 13 -14 “And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you. ”

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