Give me scripture that says God will pull you out of Gahanna
I certainly do if He can't be trusted.
He's the king, he clearly can be trusted and knows what he is doing
So they didn't make it to the eschaton.
No, the nations are Jugded and condemned there
It says 'their worm shall not die'. Whose worm? It could be speaking of your soul. Nobody can agree as to what this phrase means, it's idiomatic metaphor.
Does your soul eat your flesh?
The death of unbelief, cowardice, sin etc - see the list. You and I are on it.
Of course, but we have been saved from our sins and there wages.
Because it's not a literal fire.
Give me scriptures that say it's not literal
Luke 16:23-24
"In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. "And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame."
(Sounds literal, and that's just lower Sheol)
By the grace of God Almighty.
The grace is only extended to those who trust in Jesus
Because I follow Jesus, who warns us of the prodigal brother, the disgruntled day labourers, those who compare themselves to their neighbour. How will you escape the wrath to come?
I plan escaping it the same way as you, through the grace of our savior Jesus Christ. If we are being honest, I try not to compare myself to others, because most people are more righteous than me. If me and you are saints, then you are probably ten times the saint I am. I am the worse sinner I know In my own eyes, no matter how hard I try not to. So, no I can't compare myself to others, because I can't match their righteousness without Jesus. I spent my entire youth in sin, but I have been saved by Jesus, and now he is my only hope.
With respect, that's the wrong perspective. It's not being good to buy ourselves out of hell. That's simony and wrongheadedness.
I'm sorry if I can off way, that's not what I was trying to say, rather why believe and please God if you get the reward of the righteous anyway.
No. But I get that a lot. JWs are annihilationists.
Ah thank you for the info, I'm guessing you don't subscribe to any named theology, am I right?
Well I can back mine up with weight of scripture, for starters.
We've been feeding you scriptures for awhile but if you insist:
2 Thessalonians 1:5-10
5 It is a clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering, 6 since it is righteous for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you 7 and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels, 8 taking vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from His glorious strength 10 in that day when He comes to be glorified by His saints and to be admired by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.
James 2:13 13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
(So we can see that there is no mercy for the merciless)
Matthew 7:13
"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
(The broad gate clearly doesn't lead to good things)
37 He replied: “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; 38 the field is the world; and the good seed—these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. 40 Therefore, just as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather from His kingdom everything that causes sin and those guilty of lawlessness. 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Anyone who has ears should listen!"
(Weeds don't come out of the furnace, also why would God want the seed of the devil in his kingdom)
Like 12:5
"But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!