Because not everyone receives the gift of eternal life.
"If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continually. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?" (Matthew 16:24-26)
Hell was created for the devil and his angels, not people. But those who refuse the gift of eternal life will suffer there because of their pride. (Cf. Matthew 25:41)
2007-02-11 14:00:58
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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It takes 2 hands to clap. Someone is giving, and another is receiving, then can a transaction be done.
Jesus, who had been forced by the disbelief fof the people then and his disciples, into a state where there is no condition for God or him to allow him to carry on his mission on earth, managed to set this very sad, but victorious condition to love mankind/others/God, more than his own life. This is the great condition that Jesus left behind for humanity. Mankind, on the other side of the transaction, need to receive it.
Thus, until all have received it, hell is still there.
However, even when all have received it, hell could still be there because there are always new lifes, and not all newer generations will receive it. That's why Jesus said he needs to return, meaning that his original mission still need to be fulfilled. That's why the need for the Lord of the 2nd coming, to fulfill the mission that Jesus were to fulfill if he could avoid the path of the cross, which he sincerely asked for but couldn't be granted because disciples fell asleep.
This original mission was supposed to be fulfilled by Adam and Eve, if they had not fallen. It was supposed to be fulfilled by Jesus and his wife, if he could continue his mission on earth. The mission is not to build a church or religion. The mission is just to build a family that the perfect and all loving God can live comfortably in, and which requires a perfected man and woman to build it. Next, this family will multiplies. An addition mission for Jesus and the 2nd coming is to also let everyone else to return into God's lineage, to be true sons and daughters of God.
2007-02-11 22:26:54
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answer #2
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answered by back2nature 4
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We have.
"Standard Christian theology says that Jesus died for someone else's sins. He was personally innocent, so He died a substitutionary (or, "vicarious") death. The question raised by that event is: For whom did He die?
The 17th Century Puritan, John Owen, wrestled with this very question. According to Owen's reasoning, the answer to that question is that Christ either died for:
(1) all the sins of all men;
(2) all the sins of some men; or
(3) some of the sins of all men.
Again, historic Christianity states that God poured out wrath, due to sinful men and women, on His son. So, Owen concluded that if number 1 were true (Christ died for all the sins of all men), then we have to explain how it is that all men are not free from the punishment due their sin. It's a form of "double jeopardy." Christ died for every man's sin, yet some of those men have to pay yet another, eternal debt for that same sin.
If number 2 is true (Christ died for all the sins of some men), then Christ is the sufficient substitute for all the sins of the elect and there is no injustice involved in judging those who have not been so redeemed.
If number 3 is true (Christ died for some of the sins of all men) then all men have some sins to answer for. Consequently, no one is truly "saved" by Christ's work at Calvary. If anyone were to end up in Heaven, it would be the result of their meritorious effort, essentially finishing what Christ only partially did. Meanwhile, those who are judged are condemned on the basis of those sins for which Christ did not pay.
Now, most modern evangelical churches will say that number one is true: Christ died for all the sins of all men. That being the case, the dividing line between the saved and the unsaved becomes "belief." If one believes on Christ and accepts the gift of salvation offered to them, they will be saved. But, if they choose to reject the offer, they will perish due to their unbelief.
But, that answer is internally inconsistent and creates a terrible theological conundrum. To wit: If Christ paid the sin price for all the sins of all men, then His sacrifice would have to equally cover the sin of unbelief. After all, even the person who eventually believes and is saved had a period of time in his life when he did not believe, which unbelief would be remitted in Christ's atonement. So then, how does this work? Did Jesus die for every sin except unbelief? Well then we're back to the choices above and we must conclude that number 3 is correct: Jesus died for SOME of the sins of all men, but unbelief is the exception.
When I started thinking logically about these matters and considering the consequences of the positions I once held, it became inescapable that the only statement number 2 could be true: Christ died for all the sins of some men. Even if you argue that only those who believe are saved (which I completely agree with), then only the believer has all his sins remitted; while the unbeliever is still responsible for his sin of unbelief. Hence, only some men had ALL their sin expunged, including their unbelief."
2007-02-11 22:04:42
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answer #3
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answered by BrotherMichael 6
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Most religions teach that bad people will go to a fiery Hell of eternal torture Hell Do you know that even Good people go to Hell when they die? Hell is really just the common grave of mankind,
Have you ever seen someone tortured? Hopefully not! Deliberate torture is sickening and abhorrent. What, though, of torture inflicted by God?Can you imagine such a thing? Yet this is exactly what is implied by the teaching of Hell an official doctrine of many religions.
Imagine for a moment,the following horrific scene:A person being roasted on a hot iron plate. In his agony he screams for mercy, but nobody listens. The torture goes on and on, hour by hour, day by daywithout any pause!Whatever chrime the victim may have committed, would not your heart go out to him? What of the one who ordered the torture? Could he be a loving person? In no way!Love is mercyfull and shows pity. A loving father may punish his children, but he would never torture them!
Nevertheless, many religions teach that God tortures sinners in endlesshellfire. This is claimed, is devine justice. If thatis true,who created that terrible place of eternal torment? And who is responsible for the excruciating agonies inflicted there? The answer would seem obvious. If such a place really exists, then God would have to be the creator of it, and he would be responsible for what happens there.
Can you accept that? The Bible says:"God is Love"(1John4:8)Would a God of love inflict torture that even humans with any measure of decency find revolting? Surely not! Still, many believe that the wicked will go to a fiery hell and be tormented for ever. Is this teaching logical? The human life span is limited to 70 or 80 years. Even if someone perpetrated Extreme wickedness for his entire lifetime, would everlasting torment be a just punishment? No it would be grossly unjust to torment a person forever for the limited number of sins that he can commit in a lifetime.
Who knows the truth about what happens after we die?
Only God can reveal this information, and he has done so, in his written word the Bible.Here is what the Bible says:"As the[beast]dies, so the[man]dies; and they all have but one spirit......All are goingto one place.They have allcome from the dust, and they are all returning to the dust
2007-02-11 21:59:28
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answer #4
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answered by I speak Truth 6
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Because you are missing the second part to the equation... now that Jesus paid the penalty for sins, people have to accept that gift and believe it... if not then your sins remain...
Think about it.
2007-02-11 21:58:52
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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You had better think about it.
Hell is the common grave for mankind. Gehenna is second death, fire total destruction. What happens when something is caught on fire. Totally gone burned up in fire! Not coming back. You need to get an understanding of the Holy Bible.
God is a loving God, He would never think of putting people in a tortureous place as a fiery place.
There is no place of eternal punishment for the wicked.
What is the ‘fiery Gehenna’ to which Jesus referred?
Reference to Gehenna appears 12 times in the Christian Greek Scriptures. Five times it is directly associated with fire. Translators have rendered the Greek expression ge′en·nan tou py·ros′ as “hell fire” (KJ, Dy), “fires of hell” (NE), “fiery pit” (AT), and “fires of Gehenna” (NAB).
Historical background: The Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna) was outside the walls of Jerusalem. For a time it was the site of idolatrous worship, including child sacrifice. In the first century Gehenna was being used as the incinerator for the filth of Jerusalem. Bodies of dead animals were thrown into the valley to be consumed in the fires, to which sulfur, or brimstone, was added to assist the burning. Also bodies of executed criminals, who were considered undeserving of burial in a memorial tomb, were thrown into Gehenna. Thus, at Matthew 5:29, 30, Jesus spoke of the casting of one’s “whole body” into Gehenna. If the body fell into the constantly burning fire it was consumed, but if it landed on a ledge of the deep ravine its putrefying flesh became infested with the ever-present worms, or maggots. (Mark 9:47, 48) Living humans were not pitched into Gehenna; so it was not a place of conscious torment.
At Matthew 10:28, Jesus warned his hearers to “be in fear of him that can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.” What does it mean? Notice that there is no mention here of torment in the fires of Gehenna; rather, he says to ‘fear him that can destroy in Gehenna.’ By referring to the “soul” separately, Jesus here emphasizes that God can destroy all of a person’s life prospects; thus there is no hope of resurrection for him. So, the references to the ‘fiery Gehenna’ have the same meaning as ‘the lake of fire’ of Revelation 21:8, namely, destruction, “second death.”
2007-02-11 22:07:00
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answer #6
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answered by Just So 6
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You have a shallow well my friend.
Jesus did die for everyones sins. Hell is for those who refuse to believe it.
2007-02-11 21:58:49
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answer #7
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answered by Mr Marc 3
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Let me splain it to you...It goes like this...God loves us and wants the best for us, but for that wonderfull gift from God he wants us to believe in Him and worship him. And for that we have eternal life with him in Heaven. If we reject him we will spend eternity in a place called hell and be seperated from God for eternity.If you take a piece of paper and make a dot with a pencil and then draw a line across the paper,the dot represents our life on earth and the line represents eternity.....it never ends...
2007-02-11 22:22:42
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answer #8
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answered by music man 2
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Because we have choices, that is the beauty in believing in Jesus, Choices good or bad.
Think about it!
2007-02-11 22:04:30
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answer #9
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answered by Icey 5
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You have to accept what Christ did on the cross and follow Him. Otherwise, you are living under the Old Testament with all the rules to follow. Hell was made for Satan and his demons, man only goes there for rejecting Christ.
2007-02-11 22:01:05
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answer #10
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answered by angel 7
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