wouldn't you want someone to tell you that there is a literal lake of fire that unrepentant sinners are punished in forever and ever? If someone really cared about you, wouldn't they want to tell you that there is a way to escape that awful place?
2006-06-11 18:02:01 · 11 answers · asked by herenthere 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I believe in GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON and GOD the HOLY GHOST. That is what I believe in and it is the WORD.
2006-06-11 18:10:45 · update #1
YES!!!
2006-06-11 18:06:18 · answer #1 · answered by resilience 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. That is why true believers are instructed to go out and preach the gospel to others. God's message is that He made a way to escape the final death, which is the penalty for sin, by giving all who believe Him and His Son eternal life. His kingdom is at hand. Men everywhere should change their mind and let go of the pride that's keeping them from acknowledging God and the truth of Jesus Christ.
The lake of fire burns with brimstone. Whatever goes in will be utterly destroyed. Scripture teaches that the wages of sin in DEATH (not live torture into the eons). All who oppose God will cease to exist...forever. Romans 6:23
We know that fire and brimstone leave only ashes. Archeologists have confirmed the Biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
"Each of the cities of the plain contain evidence of brimstone which God rained down upon the cities to destroy them. The brimstone is composed of 96-98 percent sulfur, with trace amounts of magnesium which create an extremely high temperature burn. This is the only place on earth where you can find pure monoclinic sulfur in a round ball. This brimstone is NOT from any type of geo-thermal activity as there is no evidence of such in the area, and geo-thermal sulfur nodules are only 40 percent pure sulfur and are of the rhombic type.
Everything in these cities burned and turned into ash, including the buildings themselves as the Bible says that the cities were to be destroyed also. The extremely high burning temperatures created a multi-shaded layering of ash that was formed by thermal ionization, caused by electrons repelling and attracting, creating a swirling effect sometimes. The intense fire which God reined down upon these cities was so hot that it burned the limestone blocks that were used in the construction of the cities. The ash there today is composed of Calcium Sulfate and Calcium Carbonat which are by-products of the limestone and sulfur burning."
2006-06-12 01:57:09 · answer #2 · answered by rocketscientist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So are you slamming the Apostle Paul? He wrote Romans 6:23 that says the wages sin pays is death. He didn't tell anyone about a place of torment and fire(in fact God never told Adam and Eve about this place, if it was real, wouldn't he have?)
2006-06-12 01:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would God create the whole wide world, and all the people and diversity that is in it, if there was only one narrow path to follow? And if you step even one step off of that narrow path, you would SUFFER FOREVER IN A LIKE OF FIRE?!?!?! God is great & good & wonderful, why would he cast anyone into a lake of fire?
I care about you, and I have to tell you God must be getting kind of annoyed about all of the people who portray his as some sort of sadistic spectral chaperone. God is not a close minded bigot who has to frighten people with lakes of fire to get them to believe in him. God is better than that, his fan club, I'm not so sure about.
2006-06-12 01:16:41 · answer #4 · answered by Bartmooby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ONLY if one is curious enough to ask about it, YES you may go ahead and tell him/her about it. The operative phrase is ONLY WHEN ASKED.
There are many who have already heard about it [actually, once or twice should do it for most anyone] BUT they PREFER NOT to dwell on it, or even hear about it any more for their own PERSONAL REASONS. And such reasons should be respected by all who TRULY want "to care" for them...
It's admirable to minister to people, like what the Apostle Philip did to that eunuch who kept bugging him about being baptized... Know what I mean??
Peace be with you!
2006-06-12 01:21:36 · answer #5 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye are called in ONE hope of your calling.
Ephesians 4:5
One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
Ephesians 4:6
One God, and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:7
Bur unto every one of us is given grace according to the measures of the gift of Christ.
Do you still think their is more then one God, Christ Jesus in heaven?
2006-06-12 01:06:06 · answer #6 · answered by spenderalla34 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if someone who cared about you thought that you were going to be reborn when you die...and in their mind that was what they thought would happen. Do you think they should tell you about that? Should they tell you how you need to go about being better in your next life? People need to keep their religions to themselves unless they are asked.
2006-06-12 01:07:49 · answer #7 · answered by greeneyedfrog87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YEAH,who ever says that they must have told how to escape it .which everyone should already know that. you must repent and by your works of righteousness and you must believe in God and believe that his son Jesus died for us.but you cannot deceive God he knows if you are or not.a least this is what i believe.
2006-06-12 01:12:04 · answer #8 · answered by CHELA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lake of fire is as real as the grave. but rather I am obsessed with love. if I possess all things, but have not love.. it is meaningless. you must communicate love.. real love.
peace be upon you.
2006-06-12 01:16:59 · answer #9 · answered by Lieber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not everyone wants to hear that because they don't want to give up their lives of sin. It is our job as Christians to minister to them.
2006-06-12 01:07:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋