I've
been thinking about the traditional belief of Hell again. If you do
not know what the traditional belief about hell is, it is this in a
nut shell. If you have not accepted Jesus as your savior and made Him
Lord of your life by the time you die, you will go to a place where
you will exist in never ending torment. You will never be able to
leave that place.
Before
I go on, I do believe that Jesus is the Messiah. He died for the sins
of the whole world; everyone; the good the bad, and the ugly. Through
Jesus' work, God can keep us. I have asked Jesus into me, to be Lord of
my life but it's not because I don't want to go to this place known
as hell. I don't believe hell is a place.
If
hell is really this place where the wicked unbeliever goes, to be in
torment constantly, then how is God any different than any human
ruler? It would seem to me it would make Him worse than us humans.
I
believe that hell is shame. Hell is being ashamed of that person
revealed at judgment.
I am by nature a sinner and I know that I need
help. If I don't want to be ashamed of the things I've done or not
done when the real me is revealed, then I need The Holy Spirit who I
received when I asked Jesus into my life as Lord. The scriptures say that our good works are wrought in God.
John 3:21New American Standard Bible (NASB)
21 But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”
From
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Full Definition of shame
1a
:
a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or
impropriety b
:
the susceptibility to such emotion <have
you no shame?>
3a
:
something that brings censure or reproach; also
:
something to be regretted :
pity
<it's
a shame you can't go>b
:
a
cause of feeling shame
If
you can start thinking of hell in this new light, you will see so
much of the scriptures fall into place. This certainly shows that God
IS LOVE.
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