Hi there,
So there is very little about this, in the Bible: evolving in to Hell - but there are scriptures which point in its direction. Mark 9:43 "if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you, for it is better to enter into life lame or maimed, than to be cast into Hell". The point being that your body can have a life of its own, for sin or for good - and if sin, then so much so that your fear of Hell can bring it to life with a desire to be destroyed. This whole animating question then, is of great significance to Evolution, since it is what we are becoming that is believed to be the difference.
The difference, even so, becoming something better, but for the wrong reasons, can bring your body to life with a life of its own, for destruction. Just like a woman gets a desire for a man, or fire gets a desire to blaze (proverbs), these things can create destruction, when there is no God to guide it beyond its current state. The opposite is true, if we believe, but only if we believe. It is no good saying, I will evolve myself and trust God to take up some of the slack - when He does not have pride of place, there is no reason for Him to save anything. This is the extreme we see at the cross, where Christ cuts everything off for the sake of the glory to come.
Taking chances with your eternity, is something that the Bible never encourages us to do: we are bound to make something our god, whether we like it or not - enough rope may hang a man, but it may even put the idea of hanging in a man's head, whether he thinks it is a good thing or not. The truth is, unless we cut off the Evolution that is not helping, it will drag us into Hell, where we will suffer, even greatly evolved, for all of eternity. If we suffer for all of eternity, there will be no reason to come back and try again, we will have been cut off for good. Better to be humble and accept the standard Christ gave as our example.
I'm not saying a hand that becomes a better hand, is not a good thing: I'm saying a hand that becomes a better hand at sinning, is not a good thing, is a bad thing. We have to be wary of this, lest it destroy us. That said, it can be difficult to be mindful of where our adaptations are taking us - for this reason God sends the Holy Spirit: to remind us of Jesus and everything that He said to do, to ensure our adapting was not for nothing. In doing this, trusting the Spirit and trusting the works He inspires us to do, we ensure that our adaptations are more and more glorifying to God. If God is glorified, He is greatly pleased.
In all this, we remember what Jesus said "come to me all you who are weary and carry heavy burdens for I will give you rest" - it is not up to us to be more evolved than the next guy, but to rest in Jesus and trust that in time, we will evolve together. If we evolve together, surely our name will be great and if our name is great, then God's will be the greater!
EDIT: It's just a fact: the more responsible you think you were, the more you needed to repent.
So there is very little about this, in the Bible: evolving in to Hell - but there are scriptures which point in its direction. Mark 9:43 "if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you, for it is better to enter into life lame or maimed, than to be cast into Hell". The point being that your body can have a life of its own, for sin or for good - and if sin, then so much so that your fear of Hell can bring it to life with a desire to be destroyed. This whole animating question then, is of great significance to Evolution, since it is what we are becoming that is believed to be the difference.
The difference, even so, becoming something better, but for the wrong reasons, can bring your body to life with a life of its own, for destruction. Just like a woman gets a desire for a man, or fire gets a desire to blaze (proverbs), these things can create destruction, when there is no God to guide it beyond its current state. The opposite is true, if we believe, but only if we believe. It is no good saying, I will evolve myself and trust God to take up some of the slack - when He does not have pride of place, there is no reason for Him to save anything. This is the extreme we see at the cross, where Christ cuts everything off for the sake of the glory to come.
Taking chances with your eternity, is something that the Bible never encourages us to do: we are bound to make something our god, whether we like it or not - enough rope may hang a man, but it may even put the idea of hanging in a man's head, whether he thinks it is a good thing or not. The truth is, unless we cut off the Evolution that is not helping, it will drag us into Hell, where we will suffer, even greatly evolved, for all of eternity. If we suffer for all of eternity, there will be no reason to come back and try again, we will have been cut off for good. Better to be humble and accept the standard Christ gave as our example.
I'm not saying a hand that becomes a better hand, is not a good thing: I'm saying a hand that becomes a better hand at sinning, is not a good thing, is a bad thing. We have to be wary of this, lest it destroy us. That said, it can be difficult to be mindful of where our adaptations are taking us - for this reason God sends the Holy Spirit: to remind us of Jesus and everything that He said to do, to ensure our adapting was not for nothing. In doing this, trusting the Spirit and trusting the works He inspires us to do, we ensure that our adaptations are more and more glorifying to God. If God is glorified, He is greatly pleased.
In all this, we remember what Jesus said "come to me all you who are weary and carry heavy burdens for I will give you rest" - it is not up to us to be more evolved than the next guy, but to rest in Jesus and trust that in time, we will evolve together. If we evolve together, surely our name will be great and if our name is great, then God's will be the greater!
EDIT: It's just a fact: the more responsible you think you were, the more you needed to repent.
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