HELL and the Modern Man/Woman??????? Since man is a free-moral agent with the ability and freedom to choose between good and evil, he must be in an environment for choice-making and made aware of the results of his choices. He must know the reward for good choices. He must also be aware of the consequences of bad choices. If he makes bad choices, he must know that he will have to eventually give account of those choices and suffer the consequences. Accountability must be a part of our world view concerning choices that are made in our environment of choice making. So here we are, in an environment where God allows us to make choices concerning His law. God has revealed the reward of good choices. Existence without end in a heavenly realm is the hope of the righteous (Ti 1:2). For those who make right choices, God will reward a dwelling in the unending new heavens and new earth that are yet to come (2Pt 3:13). This hope is an anchor of the soul (Hb 6:18,19). It is an encouragement to be obedient to the will of God. Therefore, in man’s environment of choice-making, there must be a deterrent to voluntarily making wrong choices. We must know that we will be held accountable for wrong behavior toward our fellow man. In the biblical world view, this deterrent is gehenna, the second death or hell. Though we do not understand the totality of gehenna, there are enough clear statements in the New Testament to assure the disobedient that there is punishment waiting for them.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:38:16 +0000
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