Myth, 116

 ~ Christians Shouldn’t Talk About Hell ~

 

Myth  ~  Believers shouldn’t discuss hell with unbelievers.  After all, God is a God of love.  

 

 

Reality  ~  First, while it is true God is a God of love and the source of love, it is also true that God is a God of wrath and judgement.  Second, Jesus Christ, our example and role model, talked about hell while He was on earth. 

 

 

Background  ~  Interestingly, the word most often translated as hell in our New Testament is Gehenna, the Greek equivalent for “the valley of Hinnom.”  The history of this valley which is immediately southwest of Jerusalem (and still visible today) was historically a place of human sacrifices and dumping of garbage.  During New Testament times there were always fires burning.  

 

 

Scripture  ~  “We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.  These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed” (2 Thessalonians 1:3-10).

 

“And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.  The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are.  And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever” (Revelation20:9-10). 

 

 

Comment  ~  Do you really know God?  Are you an adopted child of God?  If not, why not?  You never know when your life is going to end!  It could be before you wake tomorrow.  

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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