How do I answer this question? People always come up with this, and I need some verses for answering.?

Question

I will describe the newest encounter with this question.

First his beliefs. God is God, but not in 1 but 3. So, The father is the father, and God, but Jesus is the son, and God. Etc. He believes that Satan is not a being but someone against you. As in say, the government. He doesnt believe in hell as eternal punishment, but as a place they put garbage in the beginning. A place of eternal fire. And last, he believes that when we die, its blackness till the judgment, then no one goes to heaven or hell, we just go back to sleep.

Ok, now that thats established, heres the question.
I came up with alot of verses that stated hell as a place where you go if your not saved. Eternal separation from God because of sin. He asks, "How can a loving God send us to hell for eternal punishment?" Ive been asked this before, but I need help finding really good verses, ones that are straight to the point, no room for interpretation type.

Answer 1

First in Matthew 25:41 Hell was made for the devil and his angels only. It was never made for human beings.

Second John 3:16-17 God had an eternal plan in the beginning even before he made this universe and the world that all people could be saved. .

"16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."

So it is true there is a hell there; it is also true that when you put your trust for salvation in Jesus Christ you will go to heaven. This is true for everyone that believes.

Answer 2

To answer your friend's question, I would present John 3:16-18, which reads, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten son of God. After showing this passage, I would explain that (v. 18) we are all condemned, and the only way out from under the penalty is to believe in Jesus, God's son. God loved us so much (v.16) that he sent Jesus to bring us out from under the penalty of hell, so that we may have eternal life in heaven with him. God doesn't condemn people (v. 17); instead, he offers the solution to being condemned to hell. People choose whether to believe on Jesus and accept the eternal life that he offers, or to reject the solution (Jesus) and embrace their own condemnation. It's like this: condemnation and hell are the default settings. Believing in Jesus as the solution overrides the default setting, and the result is freedom from condemnation and from hell.

Answer 3

Well, if people are asking this question chances are they aren't going to be swayed by some bible verse. Generally they don't view the bible as a good source of true proof or evidence of anything. It's seen as a book written by man in order to control others. So, this is a futile effort. Sorry.

Answer 4

There is a book called '23 minutes in hell'. The author was allowed to experience hell for 23 minutes. He has done a study on this experience and found 150 bible verses that talk about hell. It was being sold at Walmart last year.

Answer 5

Hell is a REAL place
What Jesus tells us...
Many go there – Matt. 7:13
A place of torment – Luke 16:19-31
Everlasting punishment – Matt. 25:46
Everlasting fire – Matt. 25:41
Furnace of fire – Matt. 13:41, 50
Unquenchable fire – Matt. 3:12;
Luke 3:17
Suffering – Matt. 5:29, 10:28
Weeping - Matt. 24:51
What the NT tells us...
Anguish - Rom. 2:8-9
Everlasting - 2 Thes. 1:19
Eternal fire, blackness - Jude 7, 13
Lake of fire – Rev. 14:10; 20:15
What the OT tells us...
Devouring fire – Isa. 33:14
Eternal – Isa. 33:14
Everlasting - Dan. 12:2
Wise avoid it – Prov. 15:24
Keep others from it – Prov. 23:14
Evil leads to it - Prov. 5:5, 9:18

Answer 6

Search for Questions: Does Hellfire Last Forever?

Answer 7

How can God? Consider what you asked. That part of your question needs an answer real fast! The prophet Ezekiel wrote the answer for ALL who ask that (how). but you find the verse yourself and give much thought to it. For it says that, God takes NO pleasure in the death of sinners. See, you send your self there if you CHOOSE to do evil. You, me, and anyone else!

Answer 8

Well one thing that may be helpful is to show Jesus' portrayal of the afterlife in Luke 16 in his parable of Lazarus and the rich man.

See some other verses at http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/hell.html

Answer 9

READ THE BOOK REVELATION OF HELL, THIS AUTHOR HAS A FEW OTHER BOOKS YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ TOO, REVELATION OF HEAVEN, REVELATION OF ANGELS AND ECT. GO TO YOUR NEAREST CHRISTIAN BOOK STORE AND ASK FOR THESE BOOKS OR EVEN GO TO ANY BOOK STORE THAT SELLS NEW BOOKS. YOU WILL SEE ALOT OF THINGS IN THESE BOOKS THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR OUT LOOK

Answer 10

Your friend does not understand the overarching nature or characteristic of God, which is holiness. All other attributes flow from His holiness. In His holiness, He cannot allow sin into His presence, it has to be dealt with. His righteousness demands payment for sin, which is death, eternal death. So, to turn his question around, How could a holy God allow a sinful person into His Heaven? or How could a righteous God not demand payment for sin? I have included a excerpt from a piece written on this subject that may help:

"Throughout Scripture we read of God's jealous defense of His own holiness. He says repeatedly that He will punish the wicked. He will separate His people (hagios - saints, sanctified, set apart) from this "wicked, adulterous generation." Jesus spoke of sheep and goats. He spoke of friends and enemies. He spoke of His church, against which the gates of Hell will not prevail. All of that language bespeaks a definite separation between saved and unsaved people. And, that separation is said to continue out into eternity.
Okay, so let's take a look at the details for a moment. Assuming that this fellow's position is true and there is no Hell and no eternal punishment, then Jesus was seriously deluded. And, if Christ was wrong on this point, how many other points was He wrong on? Should we really trust our eternal, ever-living, never-dying souls to a Savior who simply doesn't understand the eternal consequences of His words? For instance, Jesus taught:
"But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee." (Matt 11:22-24)
There are two very important concepts in that passage: judgment and punishment. There's no sign of forgiveness in Jesus' diatribe; only condemnation. Or, He also taught:
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves." (Matt 23:14-15)
Jesus spoke of damnation, hell, hypocrisy and punishment. Was He simply deluded? Or, did He actually know what He was talking about? Or, how about this?
"And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him." (Luke 12:4-5)
Or, perhaps the most obvious passage:
"And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame." (Luke 16:22-24)
You cannot ignore the contrast Jesus created here. One man went to flames of torment while another rested comfortably in the bosom of Abraham. Jesus posited two destinies, after death, for two different people."

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