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Myth #1: Hell is a place to be united with unbelievers. There is widespread belief among non-Christians that hell is a place where they will be united with their unbelieving friends and drink beer ...
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. done good. Luke 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. Romans 2:6-10 Who will render to every man according to his ...
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But is it true?Do those in hell suffer eternal conscious punishment? The church throughout its two-thousand-year history has thought so, but many today do not. And we shouldn’t wonder why: this is personal to us. I write keenly aware that the memories of deceased loved ones who departed in apparent unbelief hover over shoulders reading along. What ...
Of all topics that feel crude to abridge, this must be atop the list. Much has been written on this topic that fly past the scope of this article. Resources I found helpful include Hell Under Fire, Grudem’s Systematic Theology, and chapters in Gagging of God (13) and Let the Nations Be Glad(4). That said, I would like to give brief answers to commo...
Conditionalists (those who believe the wicked will eventually cease to be, based on the fact that the soul is not inherently immortal but becomes so as they meet certain conditions, and in particular through union with Christ) and annihilationists (those who believe the wicked will cease to be because, although the soul would have otherwise prolong...
Scripture often employs terms such as “destruction” (Matthew 10:28), “perishing” (John 3:16), and “death” (Revelation 20:14) to describe the judgment of God on those in hell. These terms, some argue, entail complete annihilation, not continuing anguish. As Stott memorably put it, “It would seem strange . . . if people who are said to suffer destruc...
Another critique, more philosophically argued, is that it is unjust to earn an infinite duration of punishment for finite sins. The punishment doesn’t match such a crime, it is alleged. To this, we may respond as follows. Crimes Against the Infinite God A man can commit such gross crimes against his fellow humans that he could earn ten life sentenc...
A bird could not, by the painstaking removal of a world full of sand, move us one step closer to eternity with God. Time will not amend all wounds, nor stop God’s righteous punishment. Nor will death hide the wicked, though they seek annihilation, calling on the mountains to crush them to hide them from Christ’s wrath (Revelation 6:15–17). But what...
Mar 25, 2024 · But we ourselves will be saved through our union with Christ. The fires will be cleansing rather than penal. Beyond all deserving or even our most daring hope, Jesus, who set the impossible standard, is also “Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come” (1 Thessalonians 1:10). Hell cannot be excised from Scripture.
Feb 25, 2020 · The answer is no. There are important distinctions between the universalist position and the “dare we hope” view, and anyone trying to collapse these views into a single, easily dismissible position is guilty of sloppy analysis, whether intentional or out of ignorance. The distinctions matter, and must be recognized.
Dec 11, 2022 · Hebrews 10:26 would imply an apostasy of sinning first and foremost. But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.” Hebrews 10:39 is obviously not a Fact but a speech in hope. @FaithMendel Sounds like an “argument from silence” on your part.
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It seems, therefore, that there can be unformed hope in the damned. 3. Again, no man after death is credited either with a merit or with a demerit which he did not have in life, according to Eccl.11:3: "and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be."
