Hell- Don't keep it quiet.I heard a few people say that I preach on Hell more times than I ought to. I disagree. I mentioned hell, but I don't think I discussed it enough. Most Christians tend to preach on Heaven more because it's pleasant, it's non-offensive, it makes one happy; it's true. YET---there doesn't appear to be a loud outcry of those preaching about Hell, and I think I know why.
Reason one- Some Christians think it's too offensive! It's a scare tactic, or it's the bad news gospel. (Although 'gospel' means good news anyway. lol)
Reason two- Many people believe that God will allow anyone in Heaven because He is a loving God. True, God IS a loving God, but he is also a JUST and fair God. Not all people will make it to Heaven; many will go straight to Hell. I'll explain further in an upcoming journal. 
Reason three- Some folks don't believe in Hell at all.
Reason four- Fear.Some Christians have made the mistake of preaching about Hell in ways that are offensive. Well, the Westboro congregation constantly give Christians a bad name with their hellacious hate speech. By the way, they're not even Christians. ANYWAY, It's important to preach about Hell considering the WIDE variety of ways one can enter Hell. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: (Matthew 7:13) I'll tell you that I didn't like it when I was told about Hell and how I can get down their so easily, but once I learned of Hell, and read an awesome book called, "A Divine Revelation of Hell" by Mary K. Baxter, I definitely wanted Heaven MORE than what I did before, Praise God. So then, I'll be preaching on Hell for quite some time, Lord willingly. The topic of Hell may be daunting, but it must be preached, yall. Thank you; God bless you all.
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We all deserve to go to Hell, but Thank God for Jesus dieing on the cross for our sins.
It is important because it tells people what Hell is like. But people can escape Hell by giving their lives to Christ.
Jesus Himself even spoke of Hell. That story He told of the rich man and Lazarus (God, I hope I got the name right). How the rich man went to Hell and how Lazarus went Heaven.
There is even a book out there called "23 Minutes in Hell."
It's about a guy who went to Hell and lived to talk about it He wrote a book about it to tell people what Hell is like.
I believe that there is a saying out there that says: "Tell people about Jesus...it will scare the Hell out of them."
Or something like that. I forgot.
Praise God for this.
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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever. Psalm 73:26
Thank the Lord indeed.
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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever. Psalm 73:26
Not believing in Jesus as our Lord and Savior is the only thing that will keep us out of heaven, therefore the only way that we can enter hell is to not believe in Jesus.
I'm a "once saved, always saved." Believer... so thats why I believe that. I believe that when we accept Jesus we are His for eternity. (I'm not talking about those who only say with their mouths that they trust in Him, I'm talking about those who are sincere, but only God can know our hearts.)
Yes, talking bout hell is important, but so is talking about how Awesome Jesus is, how amazing he is to know and how he can change our lives. And how much he loved us so we don't have to endure hell...
I read your phrase above, and part of it bothers me: To "scare" one into believing in God doesn't sound "Real" to me... I can say "I want to believe in God so i can get a 'get out of hell free' card...but God can see through that... he doesn't want us to fear him ALL the time, he wants a relationship with us... not slaves or puppets.
yes, it's good to have a healthy fear of God, because he's GOD. But we shouldn't just accept him because we don't want to go to hell...
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My studies on Hell is all bibically based. Hell is an important issue considering that God died and raised again for us all so that we wouldn't burn in Hell. Seriously, how GREAT is it of God to know just how awful Hell is that he became a man, died for our sins, rose again conquering death?? Hell is very awful, and if we Christians keep a lid on the topic due to insecurities, many people will miss out on the message.
...and I didn't say I was going to scare anybody. I'll admit that Hell is SCARY beyond our imaginations. Preaching about Hell is not a friendly topic because Hell isn't a friendly place. The message will not be 100% gloom and doom though. Just wait. You'll see what the Lord will have me to write.
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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever. Psalm 73:26
Lookin' forward to it!
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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever. Psalm 73:26
I'm not sure what i believe in regards to that.
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Sometimes scare tactics drive people away more than drawing them in, but I know you can balance things right.
I for one believe that there must be at least two different places we refer to as Hell.
The first is Sheol, where all souls used to go, a place that sounds rather like Elysian and Tartarus from Greek Legends, while the other is Gehenna, the final place for those who reject Christ.
I think most people wrongfully say "God will send you to Hell!" (like the Westboroites and many well meaning people.)
God wants to keep us out of Hell, or else he would not have made a way to redeem us from our sin.
Ultimately we choose to accept Heaven or reject it and thus "go to hell".
The problem with the world now is the only sin in man's eyes seems to be preventing or even speaking out against sin.
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