And another thing, you said that the only description we have is the one
of eternal separation.
Those who would condemn their fellow man to a simulacrum
of eternal separation from goodness should worry about facing the real thing themselves.
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.
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.
Not exact matches
Tom Tom Moby It is God's plan to bring about the
eternal separation of Good and evil.
The death penalty for sin is not only the death
of the body but
eternal separation from the creator.
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.
The need for Jesus to come to earth was to save us from the consequence
of our sin;
eternal separation from God.
Instead
of an
eternal punishment
of bitter harshness and
separation, the judgment will be the repair and repatriation
of every lost child.
I shared the reservations
of Elton Trueblood, who wrote
of exclusivism: «Such a scheme is neat and simple, but it is morally shocking... A God who would thus play favorites with his children, condemning some to
eternal separation from himself while admitting others, and distinguishing them wholly or chiefly on the basis
of the accidents
of history or geography, over which they had no control, would be more devil than God.»
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.
God didn't create this world just to put 90 %
of it or more into either endless torment or «
eternal separation.»
What I find amusing about people fighting tooth and nail about the Bible being the only source
of inspired truth, is the fact that they themselves are defending a harmful fallacy about the doctrines
of pre-believers being doomed to
eternal separation from God.
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 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.
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.