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Is it Wrong to Think About Hell All the Time?

In the literal Words of God..
Rom_6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Are the wages of sin death?
 
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Rom_6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
 
Jethro Bodine said:
I would say it signifies something wrong in the believer's spiritual life if they think about hell all the time.
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Maybe it's just plain arrogance. A sense of superiority that these people are suffering and I won't be because I'm saved. Which is pretty stupid as I don't know for a fact that I'm saved.
 
KevinK said:
Maybe it's just plain arrogance. A sense of superiority that these people are suffering and I won't be because I'm saved. Which is pretty stupid as I don't know for a fact that I'm saved.
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All the more to pass the true literal Word of God to as many as you can.I will feel Blessed if I keep one person from entering hell.
 
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Jethro Bodine said:
TimothyW, I really do want you to explain how you get 'eternal, conscious torment' out of the argument that 'people seal their own fate and in effect send themselves to hell when they reject the truth'. I'm serious.
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My point always was that "People send themselves to hell" is not written anywhere in the Bible. And It Is Not. Period. End of Story.
 
turnorburn said:
According to what bible? Jesus says in verse 41 its eternal fire.. maybe your using another version? What does your version say?

Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

tob
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What do you think the fire does? What kind of fire doesn't burn up what is put into it? Why do you assume that the fire doesn't burn? Why do you ignore all of the passages that say that the wicked will be destroyed? Why do you think that saying they will go into fire proves that they won't be destroyed by the fire?
 
Who said anything about temporal fire like the kind at a campfire sure you can put those out, but Jesus didn't say that did he? what did he say Tim what kind of fire?

Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

tob
 
turnorburn said:
Who said anything about temporal fire like the kind at a campfire sure you can put those out, but Jesus didn't say that did he? what did he say Tim what kind of fire?

Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

tob
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He says "eternal" fire. He didn't say "non-destroying" fire. The eternal fire consumes whatever is put into it. The destruction of Sodom is an example of something that has been destroyed by eternal fire, and the Bible says that is an example of the coming destruction of the wicked on the day of judgment. Jude 1:7
This also agrees with what Jesus said in Matthew 10:28 where He said that the the body and soul would be destroyed in Gehenna.
This also agrees with what Jesus said in Matthew 7:13 where He said that the road is wide that leads to destruction.
This also agrees with what Jesus said in Luke 13:3 where He said unless you repent, you will likewise perish.

Isn't it nice how God doesn't contradict Himself unless you assume that the eternal fire is a special weird kind of fire that doesn't destroy anything?

Let me make it even more clear, by putting it into the very same words that the Bible itself uses:
"For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction."
 
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If it doesn't last forever, are there any guesses on how long the weeping and gnashing of teeth will be for those who do not inherit the kingdom of God?

For anybody taking a misguided comfort out of believing that the weeping and gnashing of teeth lasts only for a while, remember, it is still the weeping and gnashing of teeth, nonetheless.
 
TimothyW said:
My point always was that "People send themselves to hell" is not written anywhere in the Bible. And It Is Not. Period. End of Story.
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Some people choose to not believe and be conformed to the truth. That is how they send themselves to hell:

"10 Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him. 11 You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned." (Titus 3:10-11 NASB)


Just as there are those who choose to believe the truth and who save themselves:

40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation. 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized" (Acts 2: 40-41 NASB)


There, the argument has been explained to you from the Bible. So, if you want to continue to twist the argument to mean something that is not being said then you will be in deceit.
 
TimothyW said:
He says "eternal" fire. He didn't say "non-destroying" fire. The eternal fire consumes whatever is put into it. The destruction of Sodom is an example of something that has been destroyed by eternal fire, and the Bible says that is an example of the coming destruction of the wicked on the day of judgment. Jude 1:7
This also agrees with what Jesus said in Matthew 10:28 where He said that the the body and soul would be destroyed in Gehenna.
This also agrees with what Jesus said in Matthew 7:13 where He said that the road is wide that leads to destruction.
This also agrees with what Jesus said in Luke 13:3 where He said unless you repent, you will likewise perish.

Isn't it nice how God doesn't contradict Himself unless you assume that the eternal fire is a special weird kind of fire that doesn't destroy anything?
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Jethro Bodine said:
If it doesn't last forever, are there any guesses on how long the weeping and gnashing of teeth will be for those who do not inherit the kingdom of God?

For anybody taking a misguided comfort out of believing that the weeping and gnashing of teeth lasts only for a while, remember, it is still the weeping and gnashing of teeth, nonetheless.
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Don't forget that the gnashing of teeth and all of the weeping is followed by destruction in the furnace. Perhaps that it why Jesus never said how long the wicked will be gnashing before they are destroyed??? I don't "take misguided comfort out of believing that the weeping lasts only for a little while", since the weeping is followed by destruction. Who would do this? Do you think people would say, "Oh Goody I will be destroyed in 5 minutes, that means my weeping will only last for a little while!"
 
Jethro Bodine said:
Some people choose to not believe and be conformed to the truth. That is how they send themselves to hell:

"10 Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him. 11 You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned." (Titus 3:10-11 NASB)


Just as there are those who choose to believe the truth and who save themselves:

40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation. 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized" (Acts 2: 40-41 NASB)


There, the argument has been explained to you from the Bible. So, if you want to continue to twist the argument to mean something that is not being said then you will be in deceit.
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Those verses do not say "People send themselves to hell". Look at them yourself. Hell is not even in the verses you quoted.
Please do not be divisive. Please do not be divisive.
 
Your trying to teach another gospel Timothy and its not the gospel of Jesus Christ..

Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

pay close attention here "shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."

the lake of fire is eternal its forever and ever

tob
 
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