Yes, I believe
in an eternal separation from God as well, and I don't believe in annihilationism or universalism.
To do otherwise will result
in eternal separation from God in Hell.
Not exact matches
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.
And if He comes and your not ready, you will be left too endure the wrath of the Living God, and
in the world to come
eternal separation from God.
God will just give you what you have always wanted
in the end...
eternal separation from Him.
If they know nothing about God, Jesus, their own
separation from God, or anything else, why would they believe
in Jesus for
eternal life?
If we were not responsible, God would not be just
in giving
eternal life only to a few and sending the rest away into
eternal separation from Him.
Regarding the
eternal state of people who do not believe
in Jesus for
eternal life, I do think there is some sort of
eternal separation from God, though I am not sure Scripture says much about it.
It must, by an
eternal separation, cut off the heterogeneous from itself
in order that it may
in truth continue to be one and the same thing and thereby fashion that man who only wills one thing into conformity with itself.
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.
A condition which culminates
in hell, or
eternal separation from God.
Yes, that
eternal separation from God does seem like torture
in a way, especially since we were created to be with God.
The punishment for sin
in the Bible is very clear — death and
eternal separation from God
in hell.
The staple of LCMS preaching was the three - point sermon: you have sinned and by that sin merited
eternal separation from God; Christ died to save you from the consequences of your sins; you should
in grateful response strive to live
in obedience to God's will.
In short Gods purpose is to separate the light from the darkness (good and evil) and it is an
eternal separation.
For what its worth John the only description of hell we have
in the Bible is
eternal separation from God.
The alternative of
separation from God's help
in eternal fire as a result of unrepentance and faithlessness is too horrible to contemplate as well.
Furthermore, nowhere
in the bible does it say that hell is simply «
eternal separation from god.»