If God Loves Us So Much...?

Question

... why would he sentence anyone that is unsure about his belief, or that doesn't follow his rules perfectly to an eternity of torture?

Btw guys, if you sinned ever in your life, and all of you have, you're going to hell. :)

Answer 1

Hell isn't real. The following will explain.
Hell
Definition: The word “hell” is found in many Bible translations. In the same verses other translations read “the grave,” “the world of the dead,” and so forth. Other Bibles simply transliterate the original-language words that are sometimes rendered “hell”; that is, they express them with the letters of our alphabet but leave the words untranslated. What are those words? The Hebrew she’ohl´ and its Greek equivalent hai´des, which refer, not to an individual burial place, but to the common grave of dead mankind; also the Greek ge´en·na, which is used as a symbol of eternal destruction. However, both in Christendom and in many non-Christian religions it is taught that hell is a place inhabited by demons and where the wicked, after death, are punished (and some believe that this is with torment).

Does the Bible indicate whether the dead experience pain?

Eccl. 9:5, 10: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all . . . All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol,* the place to which you are going.” (If they are conscious of nothing, they obviously feel no pain.) (*“Sheol,” AS, RS, NE, JB; “the grave,” KJ, Kx; “hell,” Dy; “the world of the dead,” TEV.)

Ps. 146:4: “His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts* do perish.” (*“Thoughts,” KJ, 145:4 in Dy; “schemes,” JB; “plans,” RS, TEV.)

Does the Bible indicate that the soul survives the death of the body?

Ezek. 18:4: “The soul* that is sinning—it itself will die.” (*“Soul,” KJ, Dy, RS, NE, Kx; “the man,” JB; “the person,” TEV.)

“The concept of ‘soul,’ meaning a purely spiritual, immaterial reality, separate from the ‘body,’ . . . does not exist in the Bible.”—La Parole de Dieu (Paris, 1960), Georges Auzou, professor of Sacred Scripture, Rouen Seminary, France, p. 128.

“Although the Hebrew word nefesh [in the Hebrew Scriptures] is frequently translated as ‘soul,’ it would be inaccurate to read into it a Greek meaning. Nefesh . . . is never conceived of as operating separately from the body. In the New Testament the Greek word psyche is often translated as ‘soul’ but again should not be readily understood to have the meaning the word had for the Greek philosophers. It usually means ‘life,’ or ‘vitality,’ or, at times, ‘the self.’”—The Encyclopedia Americana (1977), Vol. 25, p. 236.

Answer 2

It's not a transaction between you and God where you "purchase" your salvation by following rules perfectly or else. Remember that no one deserves heaven in the first place, but God does give faith to those he has predestined as his own. If you believe you have free choice, fine, but look on the other side of "whosoever will may come" and you will see "I have already chosen you". Don't stand in the doorway too long.

Answer 3

God doesn't sentence anyone to hell but gives us free will to choose. And God gave us his only son Jesus to pay for our sins, all of the sins, all we have to do is accept Jesus as our lord and savior and ask him to forgive us. It's easy and free to anyone and everyone! It's by God's grace we have the forgiveness through Jesus, not through works. Because no matter how hard you work you are human and are going to mess up and God realizes that, that's why we have Jesus. But if you have accepted Jesus as your savior, the Holy Spirit comes to reside in you and you are so in love with Jesus, that you WANT to do the right thing and it will come more naturally as you grow in your relationship with Jesus. It's a lot like being in love with a person. If you fell in love with a girl, you'd want to do things just to make her happy. It's the same thing with Jesus.

Answer 4

Can you provide scriptural evidence to support your claims? Because the Bible says that the "dead are conscious of nothing at all." (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Also, look at Psalms 146:4; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; Ezekiel 18:4. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that if you're "good" you'll go to heaven. If I'm wrong, then please show me.

Answer 5

"God is not willing that any should perish, but that ALL should come to repentence."
Jesus' death and torture would be in vain, if just anybody could go to Heaven. It's a free gift, just some people don't accept it. That's not God's fault.

Answer 6

God the Father judges all his children as individuals. He understands that some have been less informed than others, and takes that into account.

Answer 7

I would like to know can you prove your Question. A nd to make you feel we do have a Forgiven God why. He says ask and you will be forgiven and weather you know it or not you can be forgiven.Your question is just like asking is their air that you need do we see it No.Tell me if you belive we have air that we need.

Hope I help to answer: God Bless I hope you get your answer.

Answer 8

The belief that Lucifer backs all ways of "evil" behavior is widespread. Perhaps fear drives the faithful to forget that one, single little fact that we have all sinned.

Answer 9

Any sources or references to back up this ridiculous claim? Kind of irritating when people open their mouths without understanding what they're talking about.

Answer 10

look u silly people out there, the next time u wan to say "why christians this, why christians that", show the verse of the Bible that actually approved of that or specifying that. otherwise just keep your insulting questions to yourself.