THE CONCEPT OF ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
THE CONCEPT OF ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
IF ETERNAL PUNISHMENT IS TRUE THEN GOD’S TRUE NATURE IS
MALIGNED.
Scriptures dictate that God is love, not only that he loves but He is the
essence and definition of LOVE.
How do you define love? (1 Cor. 13) Paul says love suffers long and is
kind. Love is not provoked or thinks evil. Love does not rejoice in
iniquity. Love bears all things, believes all things, endures all things.
LOVE NEVER FAILS.
God is LOVE. 1 John 4:8,16. A love which seeks the best for others and
never ceases until this objective is accomplished.
God suffers long and is kind. God is not provoked or thinks evil. God
does not rejoice in iniquity. God bears all things, believes all things, and
endures all things. GOD NEVER FAILS.
This does not take away from His holiness and justice—but exemplifies
it.
Is God’s punishment unending? If it is unending—to what purpose does
it serve? Punishment without purpose is torture. God does not torture
His creation.
WHICH IS MORE POWERFUL?
THE FALL OF ADAM OR THE REDEMPTION OF CHRIST
Did the offense of the first Adam yielding condemnation and death for all
men accomplish more that the Last Adam’s free gift of grace for all men?
(Rom 5:15).
Did sin abound much more than grace?
These are thoughts that must be resolved if eternal punishment in hell is
true.
Is it true that God’s love will fail for most of mankind?
Does God’s forgiveness have an expiration date?
The Bible speaks of a much more glorious God than we have been
taught. Paul understood the redemptive work in God’s judgments. He
knew the heart of God and he knew God’s will and purpose. His
knowledge of God’s character and purpose governed his understanding
of scripture. He did not tell his listeners of a place where men will be
thrown, instead, he spoke of a God who not only loved all men but
actually proved it by over coming and abolishing death. He said that
Christ would pass His authority to God and God the Creator of all men
would become All in all. (1 Cor. 15)
The wages of sin have always been death and not eternal punishment,
or everlasting destruction in a literal burning lake of fire for ever and ever.
DOES BELIEVING MAKE A PERSON BORN AGAIN OR DOES BEING
BORN AGAIN MAKE YOU A BELIEVER?
DOES THE GOSPEL MAKE A PERSON RIGHTEOUS OR DOES IT
SIMPLY REVEAL A CONDITION THAT ALREADY EXISTS?
Does God have enough LOVE but lacks the POWER over man’s will or
Does God have enough POWER but not enough LOVE to save all men?
IF ETERNAL PUNISHMENT IS TRUE THEN GOD’S TRUE NATURE IS
MALIGNED.
Scriptures dictate that God is love, not only that he loves but He is the
essence and definition of LOVE.
How do you define love? (1 Cor. 13) Paul says love suffers long and is
kind. Love is not provoked or thinks evil. Love does not rejoice in
iniquity. Love bears all things, believes all things, endures all things.
LOVE NEVER FAILS.
God is LOVE. 1 John 4:8,16. A love which seeks the best for others and
never ceases until this objective is accomplished.
God suffers long and is kind. God is not provoked or thinks evil. God
does not rejoice in iniquity. God bears all things, believes all things, and
endures all things. GOD NEVER FAILS.
This does not take away from His holiness and justice—but exemplifies
it.
Is God’s punishment unending? If it is unending—to what purpose does
it serve? Punishment without purpose is torture. God does not torture
His creation.
WHICH IS MORE POWERFUL?
THE FALL OF ADAM OR THE REDEMPTION OF CHRIST
Did the offense of the first Adam yielding condemnation and death for all
men accomplish more that the Last Adam’s free gift of grace for all men?
(Rom 5:15).
Did sin abound much more than grace?
These are thoughts that must be resolved if eternal punishment in hell is
true.
Is it true that God’s love will fail for most of mankind?
Does God’s forgiveness have an expiration date?
The Bible speaks of a much more glorious God than we have been
taught. Paul understood the redemptive work in God’s judgments. He
knew the heart of God and he knew God’s will and purpose. His
knowledge of God’s character and purpose governed his understanding
of scripture. He did not tell his listeners of a place where men will be
thrown, instead, he spoke of a God who not only loved all men but
actually proved it by over coming and abolishing death. He said that
Christ would pass His authority to God and God the Creator of all men
would become All in all. (1 Cor. 15)
The wages of sin have always been death and not eternal punishment,
or everlasting destruction in a literal burning lake of fire for ever and ever.
DOES BELIEVING MAKE A PERSON BORN AGAIN OR DOES BEING
BORN AGAIN MAKE YOU A BELIEVER?
DOES THE GOSPEL MAKE A PERSON RIGHTEOUS OR DOES IT
SIMPLY REVEAL A CONDITION THAT ALREADY EXISTS?
Does God have enough LOVE but lacks the POWER over man’s will or
Does God have enough POWER but not enough LOVE to save all men?
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |