And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell. GOD'S WORD® Translation And if your right hand leads you to sin, cut it off and throw...
Many theologians today do not believe in a literal "hell." Said one: "The essence of hell is separation from God — not really torture, but torment." Another described hell as "a condition of human existence." One minister claimed hell is "the loss of communication, insensitivity to spirit...
In recent times, many Christian churches have taught a less harsh hell—often described as eternal separation from God. The common understanding among many mainstream Christians is that evil people and nonbelievers will live forever in some state of torment. What is hell, according to the Bible?
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionAnd if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,New Living TranslationAnd if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out...
is equally sadistic and evil. Those of us who have experience with severe depression know this all too well. The only improvement this reform may offer is that it no doubt helps the evangelistic efforts of those who adhere to this view, being that eternal “separation from God” is a ...
1 Peter 1:15-16 (NKJV) but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”.A Holy God wants to fellowship with us. Light cannot fellowship with darkness. If we want to fellowship with Him we must want to...
“It doesn’t matter if you think an eternal hell is unfair. Your feelings have nothing to do with it. What God’s word says is what matters.He said it’s eternal, so He is right, as Deuteronomy 32:4 states.If you still don’t believe hell is eternal, then you are calling God ...
human beings not only reproducing themselves biologically, but reproducing their patterns of sin generationally. And worse than anything that ever has taken place on our planet is what awaits people after life—eternal separation from God in a place of unending, conscious agony. God could prevent ...
The greatest punishment, IMO, is separation from Source, God by whatever name, and yet we choose to do that deliberately .. we separate ourselves from LOVE .. that’s hell to me. Love & Peace Ama Ama Nazrasays: July 2, 2012 at 4:34 pm ...
Considering the whole of the New Testament it is not possible to sustain that Jesus was “a believer like ourselves”. The Gospel of John speaks of Jesus’ “vision” of the Father: “Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father”. This...