There is a Hell to shun and a Heaven to gain.
Have we forgotten?
As I near my 70th year on the planet, it is alarming to me that the Gospel has been diluted. Never have I seen more tolerance and acceptance of sin, or the blindness to its ultimate consequence.
Even many claiming to be Christian have remodeled the Bible or reject it altogether. Pastors are not even excluded from this new ‘Christian’ theology.
I recently had diner with the Pastor of a large congregation in a well-know denomination. He was noticeably silent on some of the major moral issues of our day. Someone at the table asked him if he had the freedom to preach a Hellfire and Brimstone sermon. He gave a ‘qualified’ answer that left me wondering if it was really his church board, his congregation… or HIM, that is uncomfortable with the thought.
The theology that wants everyone to be ‘comfortable’ in church, sadly overlooks the irrefutable truth. The wages of sin is death. Rejection of Jesus results in eternal separation from God, and an eternity of torment in Hellfire and Brimstone.
We would do well to remember, and tell the world.
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Dearest Elder Howie: I believe and agree that we must not water down the gospel. There is a hell just as there is a heaven. And people will be there, just as they will be in heaven. But just as we can’t really imagine what heaven is like, streets of gold and whatnot, I don’t believe we can’t see hell as “fire and brimstone” and whatnot. God’s greatest punishment is to say “I knew you not.”
I realize that this sounds as if I am watering down hell. But please let me explain. The worst punishment anyone can have is to be ignored – forgotten – invisible to everyone around you – your loved ones, your co-workers, your acquaintances, yes, even your enemies. We desperately long for our Father’s love. We spend our entire lives trying to fill that hole in our hearts. So when we stand before the throne, and our Father says, “I knew you not,” and we are destined to spend the rest of eternity alone (because each of us will pay accordingly), with only our sin to ponder, is this not the hell we should fear? In our modern world of reason, psychology, and pedantics (although perhaps I am being a bit pedantic myself) isn’t it more realistic or even frightening to warn them of the complete and utter alone-ness of hell? I think that’s bringing it to the people and keeping it biblical.
Just a thought. Love in Him.
Sadly, I honestly believe that the way churches are tied to government (tax free status as an example) is muddying the waters here. Organized religion has lost participation IMO because of the hypocrisy that you just illustrated. How does one justify it? In our now politically correct world the fear of offending anyone BUT God fearing people is our new norm.