What reasons would be that I would be sent to hell when I die?

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Eunoia said:

Hello. I've been terrified of being sent to hell for a very long time now.

I don't know why I am. I have a Bible that I take very careful care of. It has no rips or tears or anything. I always put God first before anything and anyone. I know and accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I believe in Him dying on the cross for all our sins. I accept that I sin and take full responsibility for it. I have asked for His forgiveness and totally feel He forgave me.

But what are the reasons I would be sent to hell? I have major anxiety about everything. It's truly really bothersome. So your answers will truly help reassure me, thank you. <3

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I believe that you will find the following writing insightful.

I certainly did.

The Final Quest [English] Rick Joyner

The Truth of Grace

The time that I spent at the red stone was the most painful that I have ever experienced. Many times I simply could not take any more but had to withdraw my hand. Several times I went back to the blue or green stones to rejuvenate my soul before I returned. It was extremely hard to return to the red stone each time, but my love and appreciation for the Lord was growing through this more than anything I had ever learned or experienced.

Finally, when the presence of the Father departed from Jesus on the cross, I could not stand it anymore. I quit. I could tell that the angels, who were also experiencing what I was, were in full agreement. The willpower to touch the stone again simply was not in me anymore. I did not even feel like going back to the blue stone. I just laid on the floor weeping over what the Lord had gone through. I also wept because I knew that I had deserted Him just like His disciples. I failed Him when He needed me the most, just like they did.

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"Heaven is much greater than we could have dreamed while on earth," he began. "This room is but the threshold of realms of glory that are far beyond the ability we had to comprehend. It is also true that the second death is much more terrible than we understood. Neither heaven or hell are like we thought they were. If I had known on earth what I know here I would not have lived the way that I did. You are blessed with a great grace to have come here before you have died." he said while looking at my garments.

I then looked at myself. I still had the old mantle of humility on, with the armor under it. I felt both foul and crude standing before those who were so regal and beautiful. I began to think that I was in serious trouble if I was going to appear before the Lord like this. Like the eagles, my old acquaintance could understand my thoughts, and he replied to them:

"Those who come here wearing that mantle have nothing to fear. That mantle is the highest rank of honor, and it is why they all bowed to you while you passed."

"I did not notice anyone bowing to me," I replied, a bit disconcerted.

"It is not improper," he continued. "Here we show each other the respect that is due. Even the angels serve us here, but only our God and His Christ are worshiped."

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Now why would a simple Mantle of Humility make it so that you would have nothing to fear in the presence of God?

Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holyplace, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones."

Now why would God only dwell with people who become humble?

Could it be because proud people would take heaven and turn it into a hell of some sort?

vinsight4u said:

Matthew 18:3

“And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

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That is the key.... most kids are somewhat teachable........
or shall we say..... humble!

Eunoia said:

Hello. I've been terrified of being sent to hell for a very long time now.

I don't know why I am. I have a Bible that I take very careful care of. It has no rips or tears or anything. I always put God first before anything and anyone. I know and accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I believe in Him dying on the cross for all our sins. I accept that I sin and take full responsibility for it. I have asked for His forgiveness and totally feel He forgave me.

But what are the reasons I would be sent to hell? I have major anxiety about everything. It's truly really bothersome. So your answers will truly help reassure me, thank you. <3

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You may need to continue to study the word and ask God's guidance to make sure you are on the right way. If you do a good thing for a disciple of Christ, you will not lose your reward.

Mark 9:41 For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

Just an observation. OP posted in the Advice section. Presumably, if she wanted debate about the doctrine of Hell, she would have posted in a theological section.

Why then do we commandeer the thread and clog it with endless doctrinal debate, and frankly, personal opinion? Sure, I can see broaching the subject, but to carry on crosstalk? I don't see it.

A quick look at OP's history seems to show she has an anxiety problem. Hell is clearly part of it, but not necessarily even a foundational part.

Just my opinion, but I think we would do better to address the OP's concerns, and not bury them in debate.

Poppyseed78 said:

In my opinion you should concern yourself with your Christian walk and strengthening your relationship with Christ, rather than worrying about hell. Do the best you can. Know that God loves you, despite your shortcomings.

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This sounds very much like something told to former Atheist Howard Storm during his near death experience.


.near-death.com/experiences/notable/howard-storm.html#a06

They advised me to recognize it when I made a mistake and to ask for forgiveness. Before I even got the words out of my mouth, I would be forgiven but, I would have to accept the forgiveness. My belief in the principal of forgiveness must be real, and I would have to know that the forgiveness was given. Confessing, either in public or in private, that I had made a mistake, I should then ask for forgiveness. After that, it would be an insult to them if I didn't accept the forgiveness. I shouldn't continue to go around with a sense of guilt, and I should not repeat errors I should learn from my mistakes.

"But," I said, "how will I know what is the right choice? How will I know what you want me to do?"

They replied, "We want you to do what you want to do. That means making choices and there isn't necessarily any right choice. There are a spectrum of possibilities, and you should make the best choice you can from those possibilities. If you do that, we will be there helping you."

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Eunoia said:

I have a Bible that I take very careful care of. It has no rips or tears or anything.

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It is obvious that you're caring to much for the physical paper and ink, and much less for the contents thereof.

I can't tell you the number of Bibles I've gone through. I have one, an NIV, that I have had for 30+ years. It is an old and treasured keepsake. But it is ripped, falling apart, there is a whole section that has separated from the binding that I have to keep putting back in the Bible every time I open or close it. Don't be afraid to use your Sword. Don't let it gather dust on a bookshelf. Do open it, and read it every day, and if it gets ripped, put a piece of tape on it, and continue to use it!

Eunoia said:

Hello. I've been terrified of being sent to hell for a very long time now.

I don't know why I am. I have a Bible that I take very careful care of. It has no rips or tears or anything. I always put God first before anything and anyone. I know and accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I believe in Him dying on the cross for all our sins. I accept that I sin and take full responsibility for it. I have asked for His forgiveness and totally feel He forgave me.

But what are the reasons I would be sent to hell? I have major anxiety about everything. It's truly really bothersome. So your answers will truly help reassure me, thank you. <3

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The qualifications for full salvation is that you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He rose from the dead. If you have accepted Christ as Saviour, you are fully justified and free from all condemnation. The scripture says that if we judge ourselves, we shall not be judged. This means that every born again believer who has judged themselves as a sinner and accepted Christ will avoid the Judgment. Those who will stand in the Judgment will be those who have rejected Christ. The basis on which they will be judged is their attitude to Christ and their response to the gospel.

You have to realise that Justification is complete and permanent the moment you accepted Christ. The only way you might lose your salvation is a total and complete rejection of Christ and a return to the world. This has to be a deliberate act of rejection. I do not believe that any genuinely converted child of God could ever do that no matter how much trouble they could get into.

But sanctification is a life-long process and sometimes it feels like taking two steps forward and one step back. It takes time for your mind to be transformed to that of Christ and your nature to be changed into something more Christ-like. We are earthen vessels, subject to failure and shortcoming. This is why we have our defence lawyer in heaven, Jesus Christ. Also 1 John 1:9 helps us to keep short accounts with God.

But we do have an enemy of our souls, who uses our failures to drop condemnation and fear bombs on us. He would try and keep the truth about your standing with God away from you and try to tell you that your Christianity is based on performance rather than grace. It is by grace you are saved, through faith, not of yourself, but it is the gift of God to you. You need to resist the devil when he drops the condemnation bomb on you by telling him that you are a child of God and that he cannot come anywhere near you. You then pick up that condemnation hand-grenade and throw it right back at him.

Even while you were yet a sinner, Jesus loved you and gave Himself for you. So now that you are a child of God, don't you think that He would love you all the more? Remember that Jesus is your Judge and your defence lawyer at the same time. Can you get a better deal than that???

Poppyseed78 said:

In my opinion you should concern yourself with your Christian walk and strengthening your relationship with Christ, rather than worrying about hell. Do the best you can. Know that God loves you, despite your shortcomings.

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We need to be careful about promoting performance-based religion. Christian faith is based on grace as its foundation for salvation. It is the life-long process of sanctification that is based on our performance in the strength of the Holy Spirit. The best antidote for the fear of hell is to consider all the scriptures that show us that in Christ we are totally free from the guilt, punishment and condemnation of sin because Jesus took all our sin and replaced it with His righteousness in us.

Bluerose31 said:

I am Christian but I do not believe in hell. I feel God would not send anyone to a place of eternal torment. I have chronic pain disorder and it makes me know what constant pain feels like and I then understood that God could not do that to a human being. I only believe in heaven.

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I command that your nervous system and any other part of your body that is causing the pain to be restored to its normal function and that the pain go right now in the Name of Jesus. I curse the spirit of affliction and command it to depart from you.

Eunoia said:

Hello. I've been terrified of being sent to hell for a very long time now.

I don't know why I am. I have a Bible that I take very careful care of. It has no rips or tears or anything. I always put God first before anything and anyone. I know and accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I believe in Him dying on the cross for all our sins. I accept that I sin and take full responsibility for it. I have asked for His forgiveness and totally feel He forgave me.

But what are the reasons I would be sent to hell? I have major anxiety about everything. It's truly really bothersome. So your answers will truly help reassure me, thank you. <3

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I curse that fear that is bullying and oppressing you and command it to go from you now.

Oscarr said:

We need to be careful about promoting performance-based religion. Christian faith is based on grace as its foundation for salvation. It is the life-long process of sanctification that is based on our performance in the strength of the Holy Spirit. The best antidote for the fear of hell is to consider all the scriptures that show us that in Christ we are totally free from the guilt, punishment and condemnation of sin because Jesus took all our sin and replaced it with His righteousness in us.

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I agree.

Any work based philosophy of gaining salvation turns any good deed into a selfish act of doing something for yourself. Doing a good deed in order to receive salvation, for your own best interest......... instead of doing a good deed in order to be more like Christ and have Christ revealed through you.

Re Post 50 & 51 .......... finally, the thread is getting unjumbled!!

A_Thinker said:

So that we wouldn't have to die ???

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is everlasting life through Christ Jesus. Romans 6:23

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But every Christian who is not still breathing has died already. So, this means a spiritual, "second death." But Revelation describes the lake of fire as the second death. If there is no Hell, then what is the second death?

Eunoia said:

Hello. I've been terrified of being sent to hell for a very long time now.

I don't know why I am. I have a Bible that I take very careful care of. It has no rips or tears or anything. I always put God first before anything and anyone. I know and accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I believe in Him dying on the cross for all our sins. I accept that I sin and take full responsibility for it. I have asked for His forgiveness and totally feel He forgave me.

But what are the reasons I would be sent to hell? I have major anxiety about everything. It's truly really bothersome. So your answers will truly help reassure me, thank you. <3

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You know your sins better than I. But if what you said you believe about Jesus is true, then he saved you from all of that. No need to live in fear.

Catherineanne said:

Imagine you had a child. Imagine you raised your child, and that you loved that child more than life itself.

Now imagine the circumstances in which that child disappointed you so much you decided to throw them into a fire; not just an ordinary fire, but one in which your child would burn forever. Can you imagine such a scenario? Is there any situation you can imagine when it would actually happen?

Me neither.

Then the question becomes; are you capable of being a more loving parent than God is? If the answer is yes, then your concept of God is inadequate. If the answer is no, then eternal hellfire as traditionally taught in many churches becomes impossible; it is indeed totally impossible. I don't care what the Bible says; God is not a Psychopath.

So then we turn to the Bible to find out what the fire actually is, and we find that God is represented as fire many times, and that his fire is not one of destruction but of refining; we are tested in his fire in order to burn away the dross from our lives and leave behind the pure gold that is Christ's image in us. Moses speaks to God in the burning bush; Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego stand in the fiery furnace and are not harmed; therefore we can conclude that the fire which is God's presence is another way of describing his holiness, which is too pure for anything impure to remain anywhere near.

Aiui, this is a standard interpretation within the Orthodox church, and it is one I am happy to share with them. God's fire is one of refinement, not punishment. We either face that refining in this life or the next, but sooner or later we all face it. The major anxiety you are already coping with is part of this refining process.

Therefore the answer to your question becomes, no, you will not ever be sent to hell. You have already been there, you are being refined by it, and if you carry on as you are, being faithful every day, you will emerge from the trials of this life fully fit for heaven.

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God doesn't send people to hell, sin does.

Imagine you are a judge. One day a young man enters your courtroom in a bright orange jumpsuit and chains. He is your adult child. The same child you faithfully raised, feed, clothed, and cherished with all your heart. However, he now stands convicted of a serious crime. What do you do?

Can you imagine a scenario where you allow him to walk free with no punishment just because you love him? Is there any situation you can imagine when that would actually happen?

Me neither.

Then the question becomes; are you capable of being a more loving judge and parent than God is? If the answer is yes, then your concept of God is inadequate. If the answer is no, then divine justice taught in many churches becomes possible; it is indeed totally possible.

Eunoia said:

Hello. I've been terrified of being sent to hell for a very long time now.

I don't know why I am. I have a Bible that I take very careful care of. It has no rips or tears or anything. I always put God first before anything and anyone. I know and accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I believe in Him dying on the cross for all our sins. I accept that I sin and take full responsibility for it. I have asked for His forgiveness and totally feel He forgave me.

But what are the reasons I would be sent to hell? I have major anxiety about everything. It's truly really bothersome. So your answers will truly help reassure me, thank you. <3

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Remain in Him and He in you. You have a friend who is closer than a brother. He has taken your sin and really you have no right to worry about what he has done with it. You belong to Him and He will not let you go.

So why might you be thrown in the fire? Look at this: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. (John 15)

So here's the question: are you being pruned or are you being cut off? In both circumstances the branch is removed and pruning often cuts right to the base of the branch if the Gardener deems it necessary. If you are remaining orientated towards Him, the vine, irrespective of the cut that you are feeling then you remain in Him and in fact a harsh pruning brings you closer to Him than ever. Whereas if you turn away from Him when you feel the cut (which for you is the anxiety and worry), if you become the part that falls to the ground, then you are cut off from Him.

So keep your focus on Christ Jesus your friend and He will never let you go.

Eunoia said:

Hello. I've been terrified of being sent to hell for a very long time now.

I don't know why I am. I have a Bible that I take very careful care of. It has no rips or tears or anything. I always put God first before anything and anyone. I know and accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I believe in Him dying on the cross for all our sins. I accept that I sin and take full responsibility for it. I have asked for His forgiveness and totally feel He forgave me.

But what are the reasons I would be sent to hell? I have major anxiety about everything. It's truly really bothersome. So your answers will truly help reassure me, thank you. <3

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The truth...

Not believing in or on the Lord Jesus Christ....

As for whatever your personal responsibility would be to other reasons or criteria beyond that or with that, only God knows, and will judge by an individual by individual basis...

God Bless!