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A Fundamentalist View of Hell
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04-16-2012, 05:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-16-2012 05:02 PM by TurningIntoDavid.)
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RE: A Fundamentalist View of Hell
(04-16-2012 04:25 PM)Donb123 Wrote: But isn't that fairly irrelevant news if I get the benefits after I die? I don't see the point in you telling me about it now. Say, hypothetically, you're a fundamentalist who's not sure you're sure you're saved, who thinks he's going to hell, or a calvinist who's not sure whether she's elect. That news is both relevant and life-altering! God has mercy on all, and we are called to imitate God, and so we too should have mercy on all, not just those who are nice to us. (04-16-2012 04:25 PM)Donb123 Wrote: Well yeah, but that's a different subject isn't it? I don't believe in Jesus coming to buy us a ticket to heaven, rather he came to put the world to rights and establish his kingdom. The culmination of all that will be the fully redeemed and perfect new heaven and new earth. But Jesus himself did say that part of the deal in following him as leader of this new kingdom was the part about denying self and following him. Universalism says that I can safely ignore that and I'll get the hookup when I'm dead. Lol. First there's no point to me telling you that God's saving everybody, then next thing ya know we can safely ignore Jesus' commands if I'm right. Somebody once said that until you've preached grace to the point where you have someone ask you "Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?" you haven't preached grace. I'm toasting my success.  More to the point, though, shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Mi Genomai! (That's greek for "No Happen!") I wrote a blog on this about grace and how I think it works just a couple days ago. (04-16-2012 04:47 PM)pastors wife Wrote: I had a tendency to picture God as being in heaven choosing not to allow certain people to come to Him, as if, if He'd only relent a little bit on His standards, that they could come. But what if it's an impossibility for them to approach Him as they are? Then God condescends to approach them as they are, which is precisely what God in Christ did. In the age to come, they will not ask me, ‘Why were you not Moses?’ They will ask me, ‘Why were you not Zusya?’" ~Rabbi Zusya I think that all of my opinions are right. Thank God nobody else does, or I could become a fundy preacher. |
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