@Scott in Atlanta; You're right on that one but Jesus knew that this man's faith was in Him and sincere, not some light - hearted attempt at trying to save one's self
from eternal hell.
Not exact matches
Before the «Dispensation of Grace» of God, by which we are saved through «Faith in Jesus Christ» as Lord and our personal Savior, Jesus Christ fulfilled the «Law of God» on our behalf during His ministry on earth, died on the «Holy Cross» for the «Remission of Our Sins» once and for all, descended to
hell and defeated death, then rose
from the dead on the third day bringing us «
Eternal Life» and «Reconciliation» with God the Father!
We have the best product ever invented — hope,
eternal life, and salvation
from hell through Christ.
Instead of talking about their families you should preach the gospel of salvation to them, and save their souls
from eternal damnation in
hell.
The Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law on our behalf, died on the Holy Cross for the remission of our sins (became sin and curse for us) descended to
hell and defeated death (keys of which were held by Satan,) rose
from the dead on the third day bringing us
eternal life and reconciliation with God the Father, then ascended to Heaven promising us the Holy Spirit and preparing the place for us.
Hell is
eternal seperation
from God (love).
Only Jesus Christ can save you
from eternal torment in
hell.
By even 1 mortal sin — a fully - knowing and fully - deliberate act against God's law (the 10 commandments)-- you reject God, too, and thereby merit
eternal separation
from God and punishment in
Hell.
While that is not desirable, which is worse: to occasionally fall into sin ourselves, knowing that such sin is covered by the grace of the cross, OR telling the whole world that although we've been rescued
from sin and death and the devil, they can just go to
hell because all we care about is our own
eternal life?
To do otherwise will result in
eternal separation
from God in
Hell.
Since the gospel is about way more than just receiving
eternal life but is also about how God's people are to live their lives in this world, then the goal of living out the gospel is not primarily to rescue people
from hell so they can go to heaven when they die.
But when Christians talk about getting saved
from their sins, more often than not, they are referring exclusively to what they believe are the
eternal ramifications of sin — damnation in
hell.
I suspect we are embarrassed about
hell because the idea of
eternal torment for every sin
from rape to pilfering is self - evidently unfair.
If there is no heaven, then there is no
hell, but there is surely an
eternal end to those who gain
from the suffering and want of others, that sounds good enough for me.
As for
eternal damnation,
hell, and all that — it's far too complex for me to weigh in... I think
hell exists for those who separate themselves
from God, but we know
from the Book of Acts that Christians were having themselves baptized in the name of the dead.
Eternal separation
from Christ might be a more sanitized version of the medieval view of
hell, but it is still out - of - touch with the reality of 1 Corinthians 15:22 - 28, Colossians 1:15 - 20, Romans 5:12 - 19, 1 TImothy 2:4 - 6 and 4:9 - 11, 1 John 2:2 and 4:14, and many other passages.
@WASP Ok first off I am not scared of death If I died right now I would be happy to die and go meet GOD face to face and if you do nt believe in GOD thats fine you will burn in
hell but i will pray for you that you will come into the light ad see that HE is real and that you can be saved
from an
eternal fire that is absolutely real
Only a monster would make people knowing that they would eventually wind up in
hell - especially when he had the choice to not make them at all, thus saving them
from eternal torture.
Most Christians I know are raised to fear a vindictive God and
eternal hell, derive pleasure
from the thought that God will provide «evildoers» and non-Christians with their comeuppance and use God as a means to acquire material, trivial things (existence of mega-churches, buy my book, this is the only way to salvation, pray to God so that my football team wins).
Hell - fires and
eternal (or unending) suffering was at one time regarded as a deterrent
from wrong - doing.
From Chris, and the community at rethinkinghell.com: Proponents of the
eternal conscious torment view typically hold to the biblical teaching that the unsaved are likewise resurrected and that both body and soul are subject to
hell.
As for
hell and
eternal punishment, I do believe in some sort of
eternal separation
from God, but I do not believe it has anything to do with torment of suffering.
You have your entire life to repent and ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins and to save you
from eternal judgement in
hell.
A condition which culminates in
hell, or
eternal separation
from God.
Hell is a place of
eternal pain, suffering, torment and where there is no rest nor peace day or night
from the horrors.
They read these verses thinking that the word «save» means «deliverance
from hell, entrance into heaven, justification, or receiving
eternal life,» when in reality, the context indicates otherwise.
Anyone with a little bit of sense understands that in the context of Matthew 27:42, the word «save» does not mean escape
from hell and entrance into heaven, or receiving
eternal life.
I believe that somewhere between 99 % -100 % of the uses of the word «save» in Scripture (and it's cognates: saved, salvation, Savior, etc.), do not refer to «deliverance
from hell, entrance into heaven, justification, or receiving
eternal life.»
And the dénouement of José Zorilla's glutinously pious (and still popular) Don Juan Tenorio (1844)-- in which Juan is saved
from hell at the last moment by the pure spirit of the one woman he truly loved — is a particularly unfortunate encore on the part of Goethe's
Eternal Feminine.
Do a word study of the Greek soteria and its cognates, and will see that it simply means «deliverance» without any inherent reference to deliverance
from hell, entrance into heaven, forgiveness of sins, gaining
eternal life, or any such idea.
Which is the more loving... To not say anything to a non Christian about sin in their life that separates them
from God and salvation because we don't want to offend them and let them go to
eternal damnation, or show them that are a sinner deserving of
hell, but that Jesus loves them and that He died in their place to give them true life and bring them into
eternal salvation?
Accepting His redeeming sacrifice for our transgressions against God's will and for any and ALL wrongdoings to others is what saves
from eternal separation
from God, i.e.
hell.
While I believe many verses deal with
eternal rewards that are mistakenly used in conjunction with Salvation, this verse is extremely hard pressed to be viewed in a manner other then salvation
from hell.
If you continue in that state, you will suffer
eternal alienation
from God in everlasting
hell.
Bill the deluded apostate ~ for you Bill there will be no saving you
from the
eternal fires of
hell and satan's an @l punishment becauseof your lifestyle.
For the sake of the discussion, let us assume that there is no question of whether god, heaven, and some form of
hell (whether seperation
from god or
eternal torment does not matter).
I would say that James is soteriological in that our salvation is not only saved
from an
eternal destiny of
hell, but that our salvation is also
from the present power and consequence of sin in the here and now.
My soul is doomed to
eternal hell because I choose
from some supposed options to follow my own path then you can have this God all to yourself, please take him and go to the
hell you hope is for others.
I was shown thru the Holy Spirit what real death was, thru a vision of
Hell, a real experience and a horrifying
eternal separation
from the one I wanted to spend eternity with.
The punishment for sin in the Bible is very clear — death and
eternal separation
from God in
hell.
It does not come
from God, nor does it have anything to do with
hell or
eternal punishment..
But there remains Gehenna, the place of «everlasting burning and destroying fire,» (Isa 33:12) the New Testament
Hell, the place
from which the Church would pray that we be delivered, «
from eternal damnation.»
You mean to say that God did not need to send his Son to save us
from hell /
eternal judgment.
For what its worth John the only description of
hell we have in the Bible is
eternal separation
from God.
Furthermore, nowhere in the bible does it say that
hell is simply «
eternal separation
from god.»
In fact,
from my reading of scripture, it is difficult to find one reference to an
eternal punishment in
hell in the whole of the OT.
In the middle of all of this is Balian (Orlando Bloom, Pirates of the Caribbean), a blacksmith turned murderer who is traveling to Jerusalem in the belief that he can save his soul and that of his wife (a suicide)
from burning in
eternal Hell.
Hope springs
eternal however, and it looks like 2017 may be the year that System Shock is rescued
from development
hell and finally released.
I can't guarantee that following my marriage advice will magically transform your marriage
from hell on earth into
eternal bliss.