Hell

[Cody]

If there was a man somewhere that didnt know about Jesus Christ, would he go to hell since he didnt believe or know about him? Also babies and kids that do not know what sin is, do they go to heaven?

Matthew 18:3 "And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Does this verse mean babies/little children will not go to hell?

 

[SpiritLedEd]

If there was a man somewhere that didnt know about Jesus Christ, would he go to hell since he didnt believe or know about him? Also babies and kids that do not know what sin is, do they go to heaven?

Matthew 18:3 "And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Does this verse mean babies/little children will not go to hell?

"The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave him thanks, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal men and animals and reptiles. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator - who is forever praised. Amen." (Ro 1: 18-23,25).

Early man was born with basic knowledge of God based on the marvels of his creation that they observed. But, in their pridefulness, they chose to ignore this and try to bring God down to the level of their understanding by crafting idols. So, it would appear that those who are not diligently seeking the One True God beginning with the observation of creation are indeed doomed to eternity in Hell.

As far as babies are concerned, children who have not reached what is called "The Age of Reason", e.g. the time of life when they understand the difference between right and wrong, do not go to Hell when they die because they are incapable of sinning.Theologians are not in complete agreement as to where they do go, but I believe they go to heaven. In your Matthew 18:3 citation, Jesus is scolding the disciples for not having the simple, unquestioning faith in him that little children have.

SLE

 

[ladylovesJesus]

I know that children who are too young to understand Jesus do go to heaven as do babies because God is love and he loves the little children. We are all born as sinners. Children do sin as we parents have to teach them right from wrong.

As far as adults are concerned I believe that if they have not been told about salvation then they do not know how to receive Jesus.

It is our job to go and share the good news with people and then they have no excuse. They have been told, so if they reject Jesus they will not go to heaven.

So if a man did not know about Jesus I do not think he would go to hell.

Like my father, I do not know if he went to heaven or not. As far as I knew he had not heard the gospel and did not know Jesus. I grew up not knowing I could have a personal relationship with Jesus.

I have had to leave him with God and trust that he did get there. Same goes for my late husband too. He died before I gave my life to Jesus too.

2 pet.3

8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

God bless :rainbow: :rose:

 

[SpiritLedEd]

I believe that Hebrews 11:6 means that God responds to people who are earnestly and diligently searching for the truth about him, people who do not allow themselves to be drawn off course into idolatry; in other words, people who are continually searching for the Pearl of Great Price.(See Mt 13:45)

When we play a role in someone coming to Christ, we are serving as a pipeline through which God's grace flows to that person. Its God reaching out,through us, to someone who has been seeking him (even though the person may not have known exactly who or what it was he was seeking).

SLE

 

[Woz'umoya]

Hello Cody2
It seems the Bible does not give detailed information on the questions you have raised. However, I believe the Scriptures say this:

1 All men die because they sin and the punishment for sin is death. (Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.)

2. All those who are responsible – in other words all who have had the opportunity to learn about the Lord Jesus – will be judged when He returns to establish His Kingdom (2Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”

3. All who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who are baptised and who remain faithful until the end will be granted eternal life. If they have died before His return, He will raise them from the dead and they will live for ever with their Lord. If they are alive when He returns, their mortal bodies will be changed into immortal bodies (1Corinthians 15:51 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

4. All who have rejected the Lord Jesus Christ will be rejected by Him at the judgment and will be condemned to eternal death. They will see the faithful being granted eternal life in the Lord’s Kingdom while they are thrust out and sent to their death to be forever forgotten. (Luke 13:28 “There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.”)

5. All who are not responsible and have never had a chance to know about the Lord Jesus, it seems, will not be judged (Romans 4:15). If they died before the Lord Jesus returns they will remain dead and not be raised (Psalm 49:19-20). If, however, they are alive when He returns I believe Scripture indicates they will be given the opportunity to live as mortals in His Kingdom while He reigns on earth for 1000 years (Revelation 20:4) and will have the chance to accept Him and then if proved faithful be given eternal life.

So to apply these classifications to your questions, it appears that adults who never knew about the Lord Jesus and also babies would fall into the category of those who, if they died before the Lord’s return, would remain dead for ever and would not be judged. However, babies, and also those adults who didn't have an opportunity to learn about the Lord, who are alive at His return will live as mortals in His Kingdom with the opportunity of accepting Him and living for ever.

A key Scripture is the one you asked about in another post relating to what happens when we die:
Daniel 12:2 "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."

I believe it is important to note that the verse says “many of them that sleep ... shall awake”. Daniel doesn’t say “all shall awake”. This means that there must also be many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth who will not awake and therefore will not be judged.

Another verse that supports this is Psalm 49:20 "Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish."

We know that when animals die that is the end of them. They are not raised from the dead and they are not judged. So as the Psalmist says, people who do not have understanding (of God’s truth) are just like animals that die and stay dead for ever.

Other helpful verses are Romans 4:15 "Where no law is, there is no transgression" and John 9:41 "Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.’’

I believe it is significant that right in the beginning Adam and Eve were given a straightforward choice. If they obeyed God they would live for ever and if they disobeyed Him they would die. They disobeyed and so they died (although it took almost 1000 years before they did die). Presumably they would have lived for ever in the garden if God had allowed them to. However, God sent them out of it and prevented them from returning, the reason being that they had to be prevented from eating of the tree of life that grew in the garden and that would have kept them from dying.

I think it is important to note that right in the beginning God established the punishment for disobedience. And that punishment was death. He did not tell them that disobedience would lead to a conscious, eternal life tormented in a fire or tormented in some gloomy dark prison for eternity.

And so to me it suggests that when we read about hell in the Bible we should see it as the grave. Permanent death in the grave (ie complete and eternal destruction) without any conscious existence is the hell that awaits all who do not know God or who disobey Him.

And for those who are dead in Christ, there is the wonderful and joyous prospect of being raised from the grave when He returns, and then being given eternal life with Him in His glorious Kingdom.

Woz'Umoya

 

[SpiritLedEd]

Woz'umoya

Regarding those who, you say, "are not responsible and never had a chance to know the Lord Jesus", let me point you to the words of the apostle Paul:

"The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known of God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen , being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse."

God is known through the unexplained marvels of his creation. Even the most learned of men know in their hearts that there is a Supreme Intelligent Power at work in the universe.

"The fool (godless man) says in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one (among them) who does good." (Ps 53:1)

However, any person who diligently seeks knowledge of the one true God will be rewarded by God, and I believe that reward will come in the form of eternal life. "And without faith it is impossible to please God, for anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." (Heb 11:6)


SLE

 

[Woz'umoya]

I agree with you SpiritLedEd that the verses you quoted from Romans Chapter 1 show that there are factors in the world that should make men aware of the existence of God and therefore make men responsible. However, I don’t believe that the Apostle Paul is arguing here that all people without exception are responsible and will appear at the judgment. I agree that those whom the Lord considers are responsible will be at the judgment.

As we know, the wages of sin is death. This means that absolutely everyone is subject to the judgment of God and dies because everyone sins and must suffer the punishment for that.

However it seems not everyone will be raised when the Lord returns and therefore there are people who when they die simply remain dead for ever. I make this statement based on several passages in Scripture that appear to indicate this. For instance Cody2 in another thread quoted from the Prophet Daniel (chapter 12:2) “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.’’

I believe it is significant that the prophet says “many”. By saying “many” it is clear that not all who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake. So some who sleep will remain sleeping for ever and will not be raised for judgment.

The reason they will not be raised for judgment appears to be because they lack understanding and therefore lack responsibility. For instance Psalm 49:19-20 says this about such people: “He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

It seems the psalmist, by saying that such people will not see light and that they perish like animals, is telling us that once dead they remain dead for ever. And this is because “they understandeth not”.

Other verses support this, I believe. For instance: Romans 4:15 "Where no law is, there is no transgression". And John 9: 41 "If ye were blind (that is, ignorant), ye should have no sin".
And another reason I say there are some people who are not responsible is because when the Lord Jesus Christ returns as King to reign on earth and the judgment has taken place and the faithful are given eternal life and the ones who are rejected are sent away to eternal death, it seems there have to be others who were neither accepted nor rejected. The reason being that the Lord Jesus will reign for 1000 years (Revelation 20:4 “and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.) and reigns until all enemies are under his feet (1Corinthians 15:25 “For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.”)

To be King and reign I believe there have to be people who will be His subjects and over whom He will reign. He doesn’t reign over the faithful because they reign with Him and so it seems He must reign over those people on earth who were not called to the judgment seat on His return. It appears these must be the mortals who lacked understanding and who were therefore not subject to judgment.

Woz'Umoya

 

[SpiritLedEd]

I agree with you SpiritLedEd that the verses you quoted from Romans Chapter 1 show that there are factors in the world that should make men aware of the existence of God and therefore make men responsible. However, I don’t believe that the Apostle Paul is arguing here that all people without exception are responsible and will appear at the judgment. I agree that those whom the Lord considers are responsible will be at the judgment.

As we know, the wages of sin is death. This means that absolutely everyone is subject to the judgment of God and dies because everyone sins and must suffer the punishment for that.

However it seems not everyone will be raised when the Lord returns and therefore there are people who when they die simply remain dead for ever. I make this statement based on several passages in Scripture that appear to indicate this. For instance Cody2 in another thread quoted from the Prophet Daniel (chapter 12:2) “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.’’

I believe it is significant that the prophet says “many”. By saying “many” it is clear that not all who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake. So some who sleep will remain sleeping for ever and will not be raised for judgment.

The reason they will not be raised for judgment appears to be because they lack understanding and therefore lack responsibility. For instance Psalm 49:19-20 says this about such people: “He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

It seems the psalmist, by saying that such people will not see light and that they perish like animals, is telling us that once dead they remain dead for ever. And this is because “they understandeth not”.

Other verses support this, I believe. For instance: Romans 4:15 "Where no law is, there is no transgression". And John 9: 41 "If ye were blind (that is, ignorant), ye should have no sin".
And another reason I say there are some people who are not responsible is because when the Lord Jesus Christ returns as King to reign on earth and the judgment has taken place and the faithful are given eternal life and the ones who are rejected are sent away to eternal death, it seems there have to be others who were neither accepted nor rejected. The reason being that the Lord Jesus will reign for 1000 years (Revelation 20:4 “and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.) and reigns until all enemies are under his feet (1Corinthians 15:25 “For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.”)

To be King and reign I believe there have to be people who will be His subjects and over whom He will reign. He doesn’t reign over the faithful because they reign with Him and so it seems He must reign over those people on earth who were not called to the judgment seat on His return. It appears these must be the mortals who lacked understanding and who were therefore not subject to judgment.

Woz'Umoya

It is interesting that you say "absolutely everyone is subject to the judgement". How can that be if, as you say, there are exceptions to God's accountability?

According to Scripture, those who do not go to Heaven will be cast into Hell. Scripture does not name a third place of eternal destiny. If you cannot cite a Scripture that names an alternative to Heaven and Hell, you need to stop spreading this belief because it is heresy. If you continue to preach it, you will be banned. I have given you an infraction for promoting unbiblical doctrine.


SLE


SLE

 

[Chad]

I agree with brother SLE. All are accountable on judgment day. You either believe in Jesus or you reject Him as Savior. You either burn in hell or you go to Heaven, eternally. There is no special group of people that are not subject to judgment because they never heard of Jesus. That is not Scriptural.

All eyes have seen His creation, power, glory and all will bow down to Christ (Philippians 2:9-11)

 

[Woz'umoya]

Thank you SpiritLedEd for the warning. I share your concern about promoting unbiblical teachings and if I am guilty of this then I stand to be accursed as the Apostle Paul said to the Galatians (Gal 1:9) “As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”

It is my constant prayer that where I am in error in my understanding of the Scripture the Lord will show me and forgive my blindness and ignorance.

I will try to explain why it seems to me that the hope of the faithful, which the Apostle Paul in Acts calls the hope of Israel, is eternal life on earth with the Lord Jesus Christ and not in heaven. (Acts 28:20 “For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”)

When the Patriarch Abraham was given important promises by the Almighty God, he was promised the land for an everlasting possession. (Genesis 17:8 “And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.)

Stephen, before he was stoned to death for preaching the truth about the hope of Israel, said that Abraham, despite being promised the land for an everlasting possession, did not receive it while he was alive (Acts 7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.).

Abraham was promised the land for an everlasting possession and yet while he was alive he did not receive that promise. So it seems to me that the only way he can receive this promise is to be raised from the dead and be given eternal life on earth.

In his letter to the Galatians the Apostle Paul says that the promise to Abraham was also to his “seed” and that seed is the Lord Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:16 “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”)

So the Lord Jesus Christ was also promised the land for an everlasting possession.

The Apostle Paul goes on to say that all who are baptized into Christ also inherit the promise, and therefore will also be given the land for an everlasting possession. (Galatians 3:29 “And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”)

In several places in Psalm 37 it says that wrongdoers will be removed and the righteous will inherit the land. For instance in Psalm 37:9 “For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.”

The Lord Jesus Christ seems to quote from this Psalm in His sermon on the mount where He says the meek shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.’’)

The angel said to Mary that the Lord Jesus would occupy the throne of David and rule over Israel (Luke 1:32 “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luke 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.”)

The throne of David was in Jerusalem so it seems that the Lord Jesus Christ will return to Jerusalem and rule over Israel, and the whole world, from there. (Isaiah 2:3 “And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”)

I have already quoted in my previous post the verse from Revelation (Revelation 20:4) which says the faithful will live and reign with the Lord Jesus Christ for 1000 years. This to me suggests that there must be people over whom they will reign, and so it seems these will be mortals living on earth who, when the Lord Jesus returns, will have not been given eternal life nor will have been condemned to eternal death. Presumably they will be the ones referred to by the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 2:3 ) who will say let’s go to Jerusalem to learn God’s ways.

So it seems to support all these other passages in Scripture that seem to
indicate that the hope of the faithful is to reign with the Lord Jesus on earth after He returns to raise the dead and judge them.

I may be in error in drawing these conclusions, but I just wonder how Abraham can possibly receive the promise made to him unless he is raised from the dead and given eternal life on earth so he can inherit the land for an everlasting possession.

And I wonder, too, how the meek will inherit the earth unless they do so with the Lord Jesus ruling as King from Jerusalem after His return.

If we look at the world it seems to be getting steadily worse from a religious and moral point of view as well as in aspects such as security and degradation of the environment. Governments don’t seem able to tackle the many problems facing mankind and the meek are simply dismissed as irrelevant. Without the intervention of the Lord the world cannot do anything except self-destruct.

It doesn’t seem possible the way things are going that the meek will have anything to inherit unless the Lord Jesus returns.

Woz’Umoya

 

[Woz'umoya]

Hello SpriritLedEd, I see I didn't comment on your following observation:

"It is interesting that you say "absolutely everyone is subject to the judgement". How can that be if, as you say, there are exceptions to God's accountability?"

I see I didn't make myself clear on what I was trying to say. What I mean is that everyone dies. This is because everyone sins. Death is the punishment for sin. So everyone is subject to this judgment. Everyone is punished for their sins.

However, not everyone remains dead. As the Prophet Daniel (Dan 12:2)says: "Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake".

I believe it is important to note that the prophet says "many". He does not say "all".

This shows that there are three classes of people:
1. Those who are raised, judged, and given everlasting life.
2. Those who are raised, judged, and condemned to everlasting contempt.
3. Those who are not raised, not judged and remain dead for ever. When I say "not judged" I mean not judged at the judgment seat when the Lord Jesus returns. They have, however, been judged in the sense that they died. And death is the punishment for sin.

I hope this has made what I wrote previously a bit clearer.

Woz'Umoya

 

[Chad]

Hello SpriritLedEd, I see I didn't comment on your following observation:

"It is interesting that you say "absolutely everyone is subject to the judgement". How can that be if, as you say, there are exceptions to God's accountability?"

I see I didn't make myself clear on what I was trying to say. What I mean is that everyone dies. This is because everyone sins. Death is the punishment for sin. So everyone is subject to this judgment. Everyone is punished for their sins.

However, not everyone remains dead. As the Prophet Daniel (Dan 12:2)says: "Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake".

I believe it is important to note that the prophet says "many". He does not say "all".

This shows that there are three classes of people:
1. Those who are raised, judged, and given everlasting life.
2. Those who are raised, judged, and condemned to everlasting contempt.
3. Those who are not raised, not judged and remain dead for ever. When I say "not judged" I mean not judged at the judgment seat when the Lord Jesus returns. They have, however, been judged in the sense that they died. And death is the punishment for sin.

I hope this has made what I wrote previously a bit clearer.

Woz'Umoya

#3 is 100% unscriptural. Show me Scripture that states this. There are only TWO options...those who accept Jesus and have eternal life in Him, and those who reject Jesus and are condemned to hell eternally. There is no middle ground.

2 Corinthians 5:9-11

The Judgment Seat of Christ

9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.

 

[Woz'umoya]

Thanks, Chad, for referring me to 2 Corinthians 5:9-11

Verse 10: "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ."

I do agree with you one hundred percent. We must all appear at the judgment. We must all appear because we are counted responsible in that we have learnt about the Lord Jesus Christ and that there is no salvation for anyone except through faith in Him.

The way I see it is that the Apostle Paul is talking to people who are enlightened and who therefore have no excuse should they reject the Lord Jesus.

The word “we” refers to the Apostle Paul and the Corinthians to whom he addressed his letter and to all believers.

I agree with you that all such people will appear at the judgment seat.

I will try to address your objection to my belief that there is a class of people who are not responsible and therefore do not appear at the judgment.

Before I refer to Scripture that I feel supports this belief, I think that an example of people I believe are not responsible are indigenous tribespeople living deep in the Amazon forest who have had no contact with the Bible. Because they have had no opportunity to learn about the Lord Jesus, I believe they fall into the class of those people who the Prophet Daniel says remain asleep in the dust of the earth and do not awake to be judged.

The Prophet Daniel (Dan 12:2) says “Many of them that sleep” shall awake. The way I understand this is that “many” but “not all” will awake. This means that some will not awake. It is these people who will not be raised for judgment.

I believe the following passages from Scripture support this:

Psalm 49:19-20 “He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.”

By saying they will never see light and that they die like animals, I believe the psalmist is telling us that once dead they remain dead for ever. And this is because “they understandeth not”.

Romans 4:15 "Where no law is, there is no transgression".

I believe this means that people who have not been given any laws to follow (eg Amazon forest dwellers) do not break any laws and therefore will not be judged.

John 9: 41 "If ye were blind (in other words ignorant), ye should have no sin".
1Corinthians 15:25 “For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.”

When the Lord Jesus returns to establish His Kingdom He will reign until all enemies have been subdued. I believe this means that while He is reigning there will be people who will be His subjects in His Kingdom.

These subjects will not be those judged faithful at the judgment seat because those judged faithful will be reigning with Him (Revelation 20:4 “and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”).

And they will not be those rejected at the judgment seat because they will be thrust out of the Kingdom (Luke 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.)

It seems, therefore, that these subjects in the Kingdom will be people who did not appear at the judgment seat after the Lord Jesus returns to raise the dead and gather His people.

There are also references in Revelation to the Lord Jesus ruling the nations, eg Revelation 19:15 “And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.”

Again, these passages seem to show there will be people on earth when the Lord Jesus reigns who were neither accepted nor rejected at the judgment seat.

I hope these conclusions I have drawn will show there is Scriptural support for a class of people who will not appear at the judgment seat.

However, having said that, I believe it is important to note that all men die and therefore all men suffer the punishment for sin that was brought into the world when Adam and Eve disobeyed the Almighty God. (Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death")

Thanks be to our Heavenly Father that He provided us with a way of escaping death through His beloved Son our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ.

Woz’Umoya

 

[ladylovesJesus]

The Scripture you gave is only part of it. It says:

Romans 6.23.

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

In the old covenant they had to sacrifice an animal. But Jesus took all our sins upon himself when he made the sacrifice and died for us.

God bless

LLJ :rainbow: :rose:

 

[Woz'umoya]

Thank you Lady Loves Jesus. As you point out, the most wonderful thing is the free gift of God - life eternal.
The Lord bless you too.
Woz'Umoya

 

[SpiritLedEd]

What happens to those who have never heard about Jesus?

This is a direct citation from GotQuestions.org -

All people are accountable to God whether they have "heard about Him" or not. The Bible tells us that God has clearly revealed Himself in nature (Ro 1:20) and in the hearts of people (Eccl 3:11). The problem is that the human race is sinful; we all reject this knowledge of God and rebel against Him (Ro 1:21-23). Apart from God's grace, God would give us over to the sinful desires of our hearts, allowing us to discover how useless and miserable life is apart from Him. This He does for those who reject Him. (Ro 1: 24-32).

In reality, it is not that some people have not heard about God. Rather, the problem is that they have rejected what they have heard and what is readily seen in nature. Deuteronomy 4:29 proclaims, "But if from there (from idol worship) you seek the Lord your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul." This verse teaches an important principle: everyone who truly seeks after God will find Him. If a person truly desires to know God, God will make Himself known.

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SLE

 

[pjnewman]

23 Minutes in Hell (from 700 Club)

This is an interview with the author of a book entitled 23 Minutes in Hell. Whether you believe his claim or not, it IS a wake-up call.

Seeing as I cannot post a link you'll have to search on CBN's website. 225803 was the aspx prefix.

 

[Cody]

I read that book. It is a good book, but I highly doubt he literally went to Hell and back. Like you said, it is a book for a good wake up call. We as Christians should warn the world about this Hell they are going to.