Do you feel obligated to give them biblical evidence to the contrary?
OT:
The Lord is a man of war.
He is a jealous and angry god.
Fear the Lord.
He wants you to kill your enemies.
He demands burnt offerings and blood sacrifices.
Vs.
NT:
God is Love.
There is no fear in Love.
There is no jealousy in Love.
.....and yet he still intends to cast innocent unbelievers in the lake of fire.
2007-11-20 11:15:01 · 20 answers · asked by Shawn B 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
- just to point out to you that in the Tanakh (OT) there is nothing about blood sacrifices. Judaism does not demand these for anything.
2007-11-20 11:20:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
For some reason this reminds of me of the sermon given by Jonathan Edwards in 1741 where he talks about how much God really wants to cast wicked men into hell at any moment. The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow. After reading such a sermon it is hard to believe that God is a God of love. I guess that some people's view of God has changed since 1741 and others have not.
2007-11-20 19:27:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry...I sort of got stuck at the "innocent unbelievers" part.
I've never met an innocent adult person...believer or unbeliever...
Anyhow, the "lake of fire" is the destination of death and hell (you can read for yourself in Revelation).
Since we know that death will be no more, we can pretty much figure that the same goes for anything else that gets tossed into this lake.
That is why it is called "the second death".
The "first death" was merely the death of your body.
The "second death" will be the death of your spirit.
Think about it.
2007-11-20 19:34:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
What's your problem, don't you feel loved by God? Maybe if you tried obeying him and exercising faith in his Son you wouldn't be worried about being thrown into the lake of fire and thinking God is cruel in your imperfect way. God is not going to torment people in a fiery hell for all eternity, he is just going to put them out of existence permanately, no eternal pain and suffering, they just won't exist, that what the lake of fire is, eternal destruction, the second death.
2007-11-20 19:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
He does not intend to case innocent unbelievers into the lake of fire.
IT is a choice people make.
Good grief! How did someone get "God's a pimp" out of this??
2007-11-20 19:20:55 · answer #5 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yeah, good question - I see God acting in lots of loving ways, but I also see justice, judgement etc...
2007-11-20 19:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by MarkNZ 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well, How much more simpler do you want? All you have to do is believe He loves you enough to sacrifice His only begotten Son and your in. And if you can't even do that, I don't blame Him for not wanting to spend eternity with you.
2007-11-20 19:21:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
God is a God both of perfect righteousness and of perfect love. He can not be either perfectly just without being perfectly loving or perfectly loving without being perfectly just.
That's why He as described BOTH ways in the Scriptures.
2007-11-20 19:19:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
If you knew the true meaning of love you would understand better. Peace.
2007-11-20 19:20:32 · answer #9 · answered by Indy 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Always interpret statements in their contexts.
2007-11-20 19:26:22 · answer #10 · answered by Averell A 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋