This is one of the most avoided topics of all in churches and in fellowship circles! Separation from God is mentioned far to many times in the Bible to be ignored. Mankind is of freewill, and with this will they make a choice. I shudder to think of my life without Jesus! Since Jesus called me, my life has never been the same. I admit the calling wasn't as strong as it is now because evidently the roar of my flesh kept me from hearing my master's voice. I stand amazed as I glance backward through time...Jesus was there all along, and he saw it all! I'm ashamed of it, but I'm forgiven.
Literal And Metaphorical Descriptions
Matthew 23
In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment.
"Keep on, then, with your magic spells and with your many sorceries, which you have labored at since childhood. Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror. All the counsel you have received has only worn you out! Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you. Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. Here are no coals to warm anyone; here is no fire to sit by.
You will find these as descriptions of hell in the Bible; Burning, agony, suffering, dark, fire, cold, sadness, anguish, and eternal destruction. Basically hell is separation from everything that is good! One can easily see that hell is forever if contextually studying Biblical claim. God is the reason for all things pleasurable, thus being separated from God after biological death means that the person will have a bad eternal existence. The Bible claims that those who choose to not believe, or those who rebel against God will separated from God after physical life. Hell is verified and described many times in the Bible...I even get a trembling feeling just writing about this!
Hell has fire, but doesn't fire net light ? Indeed, the Biblical literal and metaphorical claims of hell can make your mind spin as you try to wrap your mind around the reality of it. We hear of fire, burning, anguish, and suffering throughout the Biblical text. I hate to say it, but folks are going to go to hell. ... How can people miss this? If there is consequence for your sin while in this side of life, then there must be consequence for rebellion against God on the other side of life. There is simply no way that God will let sin perpetuate into eternity, I'm sorry Oprah.
Rebelling Against God
It's freewill! Some people will simply not believe, and thus nonbelievers will distance themselves from the reality of God and may eventually pass into the other side of life with that view. God doesn't want programmed minions, but he wants people that honestly seek and ask Him to "reveal" his presence within their lives. If God fully revealed himself it would cause forced worship because his presence would be overwhelming. People who reject God aren't all bad people, but they are blindly enamored with humanity. To believe that humanity is the only intelligent life to exist defies all logic.
The one rebelling against God is more likely to do as their dark carnal desires dictate, and this includes slinking around doing unlawful things! The nonbeliever is also more likely to perpetrate crimes. The supernatural battle is unseen, but the results therein are observable because a true non-believer is actually convinced that the supernatural reality of God doesn't exist. ... I'd say it's a from of metal illness. Aren't you glad that you are a believer!
Thoughts On Spiritual Separation
No presence of God means no happiness as humanity knows happiness. I believe Jesus felt spiritual separation with his final words calling out to his Father. ... We know no response came. We know that God sent Jesus to dwell among humanity in order to defeat spiritual separation from God. If something doesn't effect the trajectory of disbelief in a person, or if the individual doesn't soften their heart, and listen...the person is not going to be happy after he biologically dies! In hell, the person is separated from God, and in this eternity they would be in burning anguish. The one separated from God has lost everything. ... The person in hell is forever overwhelmed by endless displeasure as they exist spiritual nothingness. No laughter, no peace, no love, no friends, and no tears to follow screams of anger, that would be hellish...don't you think?
Separation From God Is An Eternal State Of Misery
Ed Gungor; who is a friend of mine, taught in a sermon that the decision in not believing in God is like someone shooting an arrow in the direction of non-belief within their spirit. This launch toward non belief likely worsens throughout the person's life. ... Ed further described that the decision to reject God starts accelerates similar to matter in outer space after leaving this side of life. Basically Ed closed with this statement; " If a nonbeliever, or the one rebelling against God doesn't change their mind before this life is over, the misery and anguish forever gains velocity."
Keeping The Word Of God Alive
When thinking about eternal subjects one must keep focus on the Biblical scriptures. If one's musing and deviates away from the Bible, dialog with God, and other believers in sound doctrine, the believer gets very weird! IF this same believer convinces others that his musing is fact, a CULT forms!
Matthew 25
Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Literal And Metaphorical Descriptions
Jesus referred to hell in the Bible as like the sewage pit outside of town where the runoff from blood and sacrifices pooled. In Jesus's time they called that place Gehenna. ...
Matthew 23
And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers! "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell ( Gehenna ) ?
Hell is fire, anguish, suffering, and eternal unhappiness.
Jude 1
Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
2 Thessalonians 1
He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power
The Bible claims fire, but it's also claimed to be dark. ...
2 Peter 2
Hell is burning, yet there is no fire to warm yourself by.
Isaiah 47:11-14
Biblical Descriptions Of hell In The Bible
You will find these as descriptions of hell in the Bible; Burning, agony, suffering, dark, fire, cold, sadness, anguish, and eternal destruction. Basically hell is separation from everything that is good! One can easily see that hell is forever if contextually studying Biblical claim. God is the reason for all things pleasurable, thus being separated from God after biological death means that the person will have a bad eternal existence. The Bible claims that those who choose to not believe, or those who rebel against God will separated from God after physical life. Hell is verified and described many times in the Bible...I even get a trembling feeling just writing about this!
Hell has fire, but doesn't fire net light ? Indeed, the Biblical literal and metaphorical claims of hell can make your mind spin as you try to wrap your mind around the reality of it. We hear of fire, burning, anguish, and suffering throughout the Biblical text. I hate to say it, but folks are going to go to hell. ... How can people miss this? If there is consequence for your sin while in this side of life, then there must be consequence for rebellion against God on the other side of life. There is simply no way that God will let sin perpetuate into eternity, I'm sorry Oprah.
Rebelling Against God
It's freewill! Some people will simply not believe, and thus nonbelievers will distance themselves from the reality of God and may eventually pass into the other side of life with that view. God doesn't want programmed minions, but he wants people that honestly seek and ask Him to "reveal" his presence within their lives. If God fully revealed himself it would cause forced worship because his presence would be overwhelming. People who reject God aren't all bad people, but they are blindly enamored with humanity. To believe that humanity is the only intelligent life to exist defies all logic.
The one rebelling against God is more likely to do as their dark carnal desires dictate, and this includes slinking around doing unlawful things! The nonbeliever is also more likely to perpetrate crimes. The supernatural battle is unseen, but the results therein are observable because a true non-believer is actually convinced that the supernatural reality of God doesn't exist. ... I'd say it's a from of metal illness. Aren't you glad that you are a believer!
You do believe, don't you?
Thoughts On Spiritual Separation
No presence of God means no happiness as humanity knows happiness. I believe Jesus felt spiritual separation with his final words calling out to his Father. ... We know no response came. We know that God sent Jesus to dwell among humanity in order to defeat spiritual separation from God. If something doesn't effect the trajectory of disbelief in a person, or if the individual doesn't soften their heart, and listen...the person is not going to be happy after he biologically dies! In hell, the person is separated from God, and in this eternity they would be in burning anguish. The one separated from God has lost everything. ... The person in hell is forever overwhelmed by endless displeasure as they exist spiritual nothingness. No laughter, no peace, no love, no friends, and no tears to follow screams of anger, that would be hellish...don't you think?
Separation From God Is An Eternal State Of Misery
Ed Gungor; who is a friend of mine, taught in a sermon that the decision in not believing in God is like someone shooting an arrow in the direction of non-belief within their spirit. This launch toward non belief likely worsens throughout the person's life. ... Ed further described that the decision to reject God starts accelerates similar to matter in outer space after leaving this side of life. Basically Ed closed with this statement; " If a nonbeliever, or the one rebelling against God doesn't change their mind before this life is over, the misery and anguish forever gains velocity."
Keeping The Word Of God Alive
When thinking about eternal subjects one must keep focus on the Biblical scriptures. If one's musing and deviates away from the Bible, dialog with God, and other believers in sound doctrine, the believer gets very weird! IF this same believer convinces others that his musing is fact, a CULT forms!
The modern Christ Follower must find ways to be the Salt and Light that Jesus talked about! In our stance to preserve the teachings of Jesus Christ, we should always be firmly rooted in sound Biblical doctrine. Humankind's dealings with God have come full circle again, and again in the Bible!
We must make Biblical teaching appealing to the modern world, but we mustn't embrace a worldly application of them. With the right attitude, and with sound Biblical doctrine, we can indeed appeal to a modern seeking world without departing from sound doctrine indeed!
You will have set-backs, but that's life. ... Just continue to work on a closer relationship with God through prayer, and then pushing back the darkness of evil will become more frequent. It's takes time to heal from sin, never give up!
Bible verses were NIV 1984 and New KJV
We must make Biblical teaching appealing to the modern world, but we mustn't embrace a worldly application of them. With the right attitude, and with sound Biblical doctrine, we can indeed appeal to a modern seeking world without departing from sound doctrine indeed!
In order to have eternal life with God, The Bible instructs us to;
Confess that Jesus is Lord
After confessing that Jesus is Lord, He will stand as a barrier between you and living an eternal death ... Without Jesus as our Lord, sin WILL result in eternal separation from God! Separation from God is also known as hell! With Jesus as our advocate, our sin no longer separates us from a wonderful, heavenly eternity. This doesn't mean that you won't sin anymore, but it means that you will not be comfortable living in sin.
Confess all of your sin, and then repent.
You basically tell Jesus all the bad stuff you've done...all of it. In the future, should you remember a sin you didn't confess, make sure that you talk to Jesus about it. Repenting means to turn away from sin and the sinful life style.
Repent from all future sins on this side of life.
Bible verses were NIV 1984 and New KJV
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