A person dies and goes to hell. Before they were in hell God loved them, because God loves everyone. Now that they are in Hell, does God still Love them? If so, how does he show his love? If not, why does he no longer love them, and how can he still be all loving?
I only want to know about God’s love for people in hell, not His love for them before they die. Please answer MY QUESTIONS. One of my biggest frustrations with Y/A is that when people reply and their responses have little to do with the questions asked.
2007-02-12 13:55:50 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
to my knowledge, God has not shared the answer to that question with us.
2007-02-12 14:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by Chef Bob 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Some theologians think that one of the most terrible things about Hell is the fact that people realize how much God loves them, but they rejected His offer of salvation through Christ's atoning sacrifice. Being eternally separated from the One who loves you so much does seem like the worst possible pain to me.
If you've got kids, you know that you can still love someone but not be able to do a thing to help them. You have to stand back and let them make their own mistakes, no matter how much it hurts you to know the suffering they're letting themselves in for.
I think it must be that way for God and the souls in Hell. He loves them, but He has let them make their own decisions, and now they're reaping the consequences of their choices.
2007-02-12 14:07:18 · answer #2 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God still loves the people in Hell, but because He is holy and righteous, He must follow through and mete out the consequences of rejecting Him and His Son.
It is no different that a human father grieving over a disobedient child that he must punish. He still loves the child, no matter what, but the punishment must stand.
Hell is the place of eternal separation from God and therefore, the person in Hell, who has CHOSEN to be there, wants nothing to do with Him. God does not show love to persons in Hell because they do not want His love.
2007-02-12 14:09:19 · answer #3 · answered by Justified 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
God doesn't sent anyone to hell. If a person goes to hell they will do so of their own free will. Hell was not made for man, hell was made for satan and his demons, man goes there of his own choosing and if he does he will have to go around the Cross of Jesus. At the end of time there will be no more remembrance of hell by those who are in heaven or by God. You have a chose to make and that is Heaven or hell and you must choose this side of eternity.
2007-02-12 14:14:21 · answer #4 · answered by PREACHER'S WIFE 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a guy or woman on your place can not have self assurance that folk can "call on Jesus" and not something happens, or that some thing did take place, they experienced a valuable emotional and existence style exchange, and yet ultimately got here to the theory that there is not any God or purely lost their faith after being "born lower back." besides the indisputable fact that it does take place. Denying fact would not exchange the information. What you're saying, as quickly as we evaluate the information, factors to the existence of placebo and pretend, to no longer a soul, spirits, or God. Observational fact is the understanding on which each and each of the form and survival of human civilization rests. Turning to "religious fact" out of worry and in lieu of what would be known is risky and bespeaks a faith of administration, no longer an wisdom god.
2016-09-29 01:03:15 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jer.7:31; They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom in order to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire a thing that I had not commanded and that had not come up In to my heart" (IF it never came into Gods heart surely he does not have and use such a thing on a larger scale.)
I'm not sure if you are thinking of Hell as in Hellfire or some type of eternal punishment. But I think its always important to know the origins of such teachings like this.
I don't think you would want to read allot so If you are truly wanting to know more.(from someones else stand point) you could get a hold of the kingdom hall (Jehovah's witnesses) they could give you a book called "Reasoning from the scriptures." It gives different cross reference's. Like Encyclopedias and such.. So its not just about what we think...
Hope this helps some.
2007-02-12 14:05:42 · answer #6 · answered by mrs.mom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God does love everyone. He is a loving God. But, He is also a jealous God, and a vengeful God. He wishes that all should come to Him and none perish. But He WILL punish those who do not submit their will to His will, love or no. The Word of God is VERY plain on this point. If your name is not found in the Book of Life, you WILL be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone. This is how He chooses to punish, not how He shows His love. He will show His love to those that are obedient.
2007-02-12 14:09:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God still loves those in Hell, but under his Etrernal Law set up before the fall of man, sinners must burn forever in the pit.
I have no biblical basis for this whatsoever, although it is supported by a few Near Experiences where people go to Hell. I think God shows his love to those in Hell by granting them short breaks from the punishment; perhaps those in break go to Hevean or Earth, maybe Limbo or a peacful part of Hell.
2007-02-12 14:03:36 · answer #8 · answered by goatman 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
God hates sin.
Sin is the opposite of God and He cannot deny Himself. He says He is good not evil.
He cannot have a child that is sin and "chooses" to be sin over loving his creator.
The child has the chance to make a choice, he is not forced because God is true and wants true love from His children.
If someone is in hell they are separated from Him as He is only good. Then it is perfect judgement of someone who loves sin more than they did God.
Yes God hates those that "ultimately" make the choice to hate Him and separates evil and good.
2007-02-12 14:15:38 · answer #9 · answered by dad 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God loves everyone, we were created so that God would have someone to love Him back. When it comes to hell -it's different. Think of it this way : you've created someone to live life with, enjoy things together and someone that will love you back. Instead of being respectful and loving towards you they curse you, use your name in vain and repeatedly turn down your invitations to come and live together. How would you feel???? There is a loving God that love's us all despite us turning our backs on Him each and everyday to do what we think is important. And the Bible does tell us that God will not forget, he WILL pass judgment on those that will not adhere to His ways. But us "born-again" Christians have another promise from God that we're protected from His anger. God promised us "I will NOT pour out my wrath on my children"
2007-02-12 14:08:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You're turning a blind eye to God's judgment? What makes you think God "isn't" a God of wrath & indignation too? First of all, if anyone's in Hell, it's because God's wrath took vengence upon them. Sure, God once loved them, but he also gets fed up. Hence all the plagues, hence all the warnings, hence "HELL" itself. If God "loved everyone" for all eternity, then there would be no "Hell" or Judgment Day in the first place.
2007-02-12 13:59:07 · answer #11 · answered by Loathe thy neighbor. 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋