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Hell is such a blessing! Everytime sexual sins tempt me I only remind myself of hell and the torments that await those who do those things and the temptation vanishes away.

A brother said to an old man, 'What shall I do? Evil thoughts are killing me.' The old man said to him, 'When a mother wishes to wean her child, she rubs her breast with quills, and when the child comes to suck as usual, the bitterness repels it. Do you likewise use quills.' The brother said to him, 'But what are the quills I ought to use?' And the old man said to him, 'The remembrance of death and the punishments of the age to come.' - The Desert Father

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icxn said:

Hell is such a blessing! Everytime sexual sins tempt me I only remind myself of hell and the torments that await those who do those things and the temptation vanishes away.

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Guess What? " icnx, that's the most beautiful association for keeping yourself from the lake of fire I have ever stumbled upon."you shall be in Paradise.

constance said:

Blades - what does "Fact" mean? I think you and I may have differing opinions on the definition.

I'm eager to read your scriptural evidence of "ergo there is no hell" statements.

Constance

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This is how scripture reads from the Bible

All things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them (2 Corinthians 5:18-19).

The whole world is already reconciled back to God with trespasses not counted against anybody, we have the ministry of reconciliation.


If there was a Hell this is how Scripture would have read.....

All things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of eternal damnation, namely, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, however still counting their trespasses against them (2 Corinthians 5:18-19).

In regards to the Rich Man and Lazerus it was a Parable....

The purpose of the parable is to teach the Pharisees a lesson about how they treat publicans and sinners. If you take the Rich Man parable literally (which apparently you do), you have to throw out everything the rest of the scriptures have to say about death.

Grace and Peace to you always

Blades - what about Ghenna? What about the Lake of Fire in Revelation? What about the Keys of Hell? What about the Sheep and the Goats?

In your world view, what happens to those who are not reconciled -- or are you a universalist who believes everyone is saved?

Constance