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It's easy to assume that only really bad people are in Hell. But according to Mtt 7:23-27, John 3:3-8, John 3:14-20, John 3:36, and Rev 20:11-15, anybody can be there; both the good, the bad, and the average bikers, bakers, lawyers, welders, actors and actresses, housewives, bankers, heavy equipment operators, loggers, convicts, celebrities, homeless bums, clergy, prostitutes, drug lords, postmen, Presidents, Kings, Queens, statesmen, astronauts, school teachers, scientists, nurses, doctors, chemists, machinists, carpenters, waiters, hotel managers, cops, judges, nuns, priests, Popes, deacons, salesmen, Miss Americas, news anchors, weathermen, birdwatchers people from every walk, every career, every craft, and every status: they're all down there. Because when you strip away their titles, and stand them before God naked; people are only flesh and blood creatures, human wildlife, naked apes, just human beings; and human beings are thoroughly sinful beings.
. Gen 8:21 . . Man's thoughts and actions are bent toward evil from childhood.
Frequent Objection: Nobody is going to a Hell. The Lord promised in John 3:16 that he would save "the World"
That objector is obviously referring to a Lord that is absolutely foreign to the Bible because according to the New Testament Jesus' testimony as an expert witness on matters pertaining to the afterlife, the majority of the human race has not been making it to safety.
. Mtt 7:13-14 . . Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
. Mtt 22:14 . . For many are invited, but few are chosen.
The apostle John was given a glimpse of the future, and in the glimpse he actually saw people whom he labeled as The Dead being thrown alive into a reservoir of liquid flame.
. Rev 20:14-15 . .The lake of fire is the second death. Whoever's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Yes, The Bible's Jesus came into the world to rescue it from the wrath of God. But not everybody in the world is going to be rescued because according to the very passage the objector quoted, disbelief will cause many of the world to miss out. According to the Bible's Lord, only the people who accept Christ's message benefit from his crucifixion. The rest abide in a condition of Death; and can only look forward to a day in court at the Great White Throne of Rev 20:11-15.
. John 5:24 . . I assure you, those who heed my message, and rely upon God who sent me, have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from Death into Life.
Within the context of John 3:14-18, anybody who has yet to fully depend upon Jesus' crucifixion to protect themselves from the wrath of God is an unbeliever; ergo: they're already condemned, no delay, and no waiting period.
. John 3:16-18 . .For God was so concerned for the world that He donated His one and only son, that whoever relies upon him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but to rescue it through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever disbelieves stands condemned already because he has not relied upon the name of God's one and only son.
. John 3:36 . .Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disbelieves the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him.
. Rev 21:8 . . The unbelieving shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Frequent Objection: The Lord is compassionate and would never run an eternal torture mill for his lost sheep.
Yes, that's true. The sheep of the Bible's Lord's are perfectly safe.
. John 10:27-28 . . My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
But only believers qualify as the sheep of the Bible's Lord; the rest of the world is quite damned; including, but not limited to: Bahai, Confucians, Jains, Shintoists, Sikhs, Spiritists, Taoists, Zoroastrians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Universalists, Scientologists, Hindus, Atheists, Agnostics, Unitarians, and Mormons.
. Eph 1:13 . . And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit
According to that passage, and the next two, people do not get sealed for salvation until they believe.
. Eph 1:16-19 . . I cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe
. Mrk 16:15-16 . .And then he said to them; Go into all the world and preach the good news everywhere to everyone, Anyone who believes and is baptized will be spared; but everyone who disbelieves will be damned.
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