A Question About hell?

Question

This concept just seem wrong to me, but I could be wrong, let me know if I'm misunderstood. thanks.

Hell is enternal suffering, yet god is allmighty and has the power to stop it. Even if he hates them why wouldn't he save them? Hell is forever, basically no one deseves to be torchered for even a year.

Answer 1

Sin is “any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God” (1Jo_3:4; Rom_4:15), in the inward state and habit of the soul, as well as in the outward conduct of the life, whether by omission or commission (Rom_6:12-17; Rom_7:5-24). Sin is not a mere violation of the law of our constitution, nor of the system of things, but an offense against a personal lawgiver and moral governor who vindicates his law with penalties.

God forgives all sins except the one sin that denies Him. This sin ascribes to God what Satan has done, in that a person blasphemes the Spirit God that has been sent to call a person to righteousness. By saying with full knowledge "I do not believe", a person has in effect participated in the very first lie told in Eden.

Some will argue that God is unfair to judge those, including non-believers, that have tried to live a good life. Using an argument of "fairness" ignores the perfect attributes of God and lacks an understanding of the philosophical arguments of perfection.

In order to understand why just being "good" is insufficient; you would need to understand the concept of a perfectly holy and righteous being. Such a being would hate ALL sin and would be bound by the being's perfectly just nature to render judgment for the unjust. Just as we expect justice in this world, albeit imperfect at times, so does this being, God. Fortunately, a perfect being like God will render perfect justice, too.

While it is hard to hear, there are none righteous in the perfect God's eyes.

So how is a perfect God's demand for justice for sin reconciled with our own imperfections? Here we find that God came up with a perfect solution. He became flesh, lived a perfect life, and acted as our representative in God the Father's court of justice. There He was judged and crucified, carrying all the past and future world's sins with his crucifixion. God the Son, Christ, became our sin bearer and we need only acknowledge that sacrifice to be made "justified" in God's eyes and in God's demand for justice for sin.

Think of it this way. Your son does something like breaking a neighbor's window. Yet your son is too young to be made to pay for his crime. Society demands that the parent then act in the son's role and pay for these crimes. Likewise, God the Father allows God the Son to be humankind's representative. Christ paid the price for us all; it is deposited there in the justice bank of God. We need only claim our "share" of that account's balance and present ourselves to God.

In summary, a perfectly just being, God the Father, requires that sin be punished. In the Old Testament, such punishments were the slaughter of an innocent animal, accompanied by prayers of adoration and contrition to God the Father. These lawful rituals drove home the point to mankind that there are consequences for bad behaviors. These lawful rituals also foreshadowed a more significant means of reconciliation before God the Father’s demand for justice. A perfect being, Christ, willingly went to His death. A perfectly just God the Father, knows that the Son’s death is not justice, for the Son was sinless. Therefore, the perfectly just God the Father credits anyone who will claim the Son’s death as payment for their sins.

As for the doctrine of hell consider the following:

1. Wouldn't everyone repent when faced with hell?
2. Would God let out people who repented?
3. Why was Hell created?

One argument against hell is this: No person in his right mind would choose eternal punishment in hell over heaven. Therefore everyone would repent when sent to hell. If God lets the repentant leave, hell will be empty (and therefore can be disregarded). If God doesn't let the repentant leave, God is unjust for continuing to punish them after they've repented.

The trouble with this line of reasoning is that repentance is not simply a matter of one saying, "Okay, I'll say whatever you want me to, just get me out of here!" Repentance involves acknowledging one's guilt, feeling remorse and the desire to change one's behavior, accepting Christ's sacrifice as substitutionary punishment for one's wrongs and agreeing to love and obey God (including Christ as God the Son). This includes by definition acceptance of eternal punishment in hell as just punishment for one's sins; while the skeptic may still object that continued punishment of the repentant is unjust, the repentant will respond that their continued punishment is deserved and could only end through God's mercy.

However, in reality people in hell won't repent, in particular not any skeptic who makes the above argument. If one thinks God is unjust for punishing people in hell, actually going there isn't going to make one suddenly decide that God is just and deserves one's love and worship after all. People are given their entire lives on Earth as an opportunity to repent and accept God; if they refuse each day of their lives to repent and believe they're justified in doing so, it's hardly conceivable that punishment in hell would change their minds. In other words, the gates of hell are actually locked from the inside.

Since hell is comprised of those who would never repent, the second question, “Would God let out people who repented?” is only a hypothetical one; it could be argued either way. In practice, someone who would repent in hell would be given the opportunity to repent on Earth and would presumably repent before they died, not after.

As for eternal punishment for finite life of sin, the answer is that our sin bears an eternal consequence because it is ultimately against an eternal God. When King David committed the sins of adultery and murder he stated, Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight (Psalm 51:4). David had sinned against Bathsheba and Uriah, how could David claim to have only sinned against God? David understood that all sin is ultimately against God. God is an eternal and infinite Being. As a result, all sin is worthy of an eternal punishment.

An earthly example of this would be comparing attacking your neighbor and attacking the President of the United States. Yes, both are crimes, but attacking the President would result in far greater consequences. How much more does sin against a holy and infinite God warrant a terrible consequence?

In short, hell and heaven were created out of God's love for mankind as a consequence of free will. God could not have created a morally free creature who could not possess the potentiality to choose to sin. God, being perfectly righteous will righteously respect the choices a person makes and grant them the eternal life they sought through the exercise of their own free will. In short, we choose the behavior, and thus we have chosen the consequences.

Answer 2

Yep you are misunderstood. ^_^. nah, it's okay Ive wondered about this for some time.
edit; how odd, I havent answered yet but someone has rated this. oh well..
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To go to Hell in the first place, you must DESERVE it. In the same way, a person who goes to Heaven must be worthy of Heaven. As an all fair being, there is no reason why you should stay in Hell for an eternity if you do not deserve it.

A person in Hell has TOTALLY rejected the good and has no love in his heart. Never get the notion that people who are sent to Hell are "dragged" down there while screaming for mercy. That is NOT the case. A person who goes to Hell has wilfully done what is necessary to be there for an eternity and therefore feel no remorse whatsoever of the wrong they have done while alive against God and the world.

As an all fair and all just being, there are various degrees of reward and punishment. Some will get a greater reward than others because they have accepted and done the good that is necessary to be in Heaven. For example, a person who sits on the couch all day doing nothing will probably get much less than someone who tries as much as possible to do what is right even when under great pressure as it is only just.
People in Hell also get varying degrees of punishment. It is punishment for an eternity but the punishment is adjusted based on how they acted while alive. A terrible murderer for example, who tops the FBI's most wanted yearly will probably get it worse than some other petty criminal. Both perhaps showed no care for the bad things they did but the punishment for each is adjusted in all fairness.

Hope you understand and God Bless,

Answer 3

It's a false doctrine, and it's semi-entertaining to see what lengths people will go to in order to explain it.
The Bible states that at death a person ceases to exist. The soul is the life of the person, so it is the soul that dies (Ezekiel 18:4 reinforces this point). The idea that ANYONE would be subjected to eternal torment in hell is contrary to everything written in the Bible.
Think about it like this: What would be a more fitting punishment for the Almighty God to bestow upon an unrepentant sinner, eternal torment or nonexistence? Would it make more sense for God to keep you alive and torture you forever or to just revoke your life (which was a divine gift in the 1st place) and permanently end your being?

The Bible says that evildoers will be "cut off", "annihilated", and "destroyed", which all carry the connotation of being removed from existence.
"Hell" as most people imagine is no more than a conjuration of the minds of those who have been misinformed.

Answer 4

Hell, of course, doesn't exist. It was a primitive marketing exercise, which worked well 2000 years ago. There was little way of punishing people back then, as with so much disease and suffering, only the promise of eternal pain was effective. Also to control the population the designers of the religion had to get a reward system that was cost effective and controlled the poor peasants, so therefore the reward after death, was the perfect answer.

Religion is the opiate of the masses. Hell is their dessert!

Answer 5

It is Gods will that no one not be saved from eternal damnation

we do not know what hell is all about or how many levels of hell or heaven

Lake of fire is for one category

darkness is another

hell of the lowest parts are for the devil and his angels not humans

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Answer 6

indeed, hell is eternal damnation and there is also no doubt that god is almighty and has the power with respect to everything about everything. still, we have to take into huge consideration that god previse/forewarn us that there is such thing as hell that exists and the only way for us to have eternal life is to accept jesus christ as the personal lord and saviour of ones life. god is merciful and he does not want us to go to hell and suffer for the rest of our lives. that is why jesus christ gave his life for us to be saved from eternal suffering because he loves us so much. that is something that a lot of people know yet tend to neglect and still refuses to accept jesus christ as the lord and saviour.at one hand, we should never ever forget that god is not the one who will send us to hell but we, ourselves, and no body else. our decision matters a whole lot. for our decision yesterday is the reason why we are who we are today and the decision that we will make today will be who we are tomorrow.

everything about salvation has been revealed and laid down to us. life is a choice. we should use the free will that god had given us in accordance to his will in order for us to be on the right track. we are all smart enough to make the right decision. may god lead the way. god bless! =)

Answer 7

hell is not forever it is eternal, no death , no relief its 24/7 ,non stop hell , those who are in the hell by and large inj thier own time get sick of the ongoing debauchery and hope for relief,

in time they feel sympathy [empathy for others] and thus in helping then help them selves excape that particular hell
some even are lets say tempted to see if they really revile what the previously obsessed over

you really can get enough of all the debaucheries we chose to obsess over ,we get to make ammends ,as you say we do not deserve [nor do we get it as punishment] we get that we earned [loved to do to others ] but in hell can only do to each other
racists really are in hell [they all have the same ''heaven''] ,it seems fun but after a murderor has killed or been killed for a semingly endless eternity they really detest that vile they so much ''loved '' to do then,

think of the most simple lover of killing being in an unsupervised hell with every vile murderor there ever was , poor barsthard, killed mutilated pull yopur self together for the next to kill and murder you too ,

24/7 no death just the eternal pain ,till you been killed a billion a trillion times had enough yet still ''love it off with his head ,if they only knew perhaps they would not break that command [thou shalt not kill] in the first place

Answer 8

Well I agree with you, and that is why I believe there is no hell, eternity just seems a little bit too long. Plus for a murderer rapist to get the same sentence as a person who simply said, "I don't believe and I need more proof" isn't exactly a well thought of plan that seems to have come from the most perfect of all.

Answer 9

Simply stated, hell is one's separation from God. You either choose to accept or believe or be forever separated. If you ask for forgiveness, He is ready to give it to you, no matter the sin. You can't receive it until you ask. To refuse to ask is to deny His power of forgiveness and His immense love for us.
Because we are incapable of truly understanding God's divine plan, we only presume that Hell is a material, corporeal existance, such as a lake of fire. Although it may not be literally fire, its pains may feel so. Therefore, fire is the only analogy that man is capable of understanding an eternal separation from God.

Answer 10

Hell was originally created for the devil and his demons.
But whosoever is not found written in the book of life will be cast into hell.
God, in His love for humanity, has provided the solution: salvation through Jesus Christ. He states definitely that His Son has made this provision for the sins of mankind. People who choose to reject Jesus Christ will have no part in His life, and cannot have a share in Heaven.

Choose ye this day, whom ye shall serve.

Read the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

Answer 11

God Almighty is most merciful. He has also made the Paradise. If you believe there is only ONE God who is the creator of the Universe, and you behave well during this life you shouldn't need to worry about Hell. Pray to the Lord of Abraham for guidance. Peace to all.