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[Wisdom says:] “Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,”
-Proverbs 1:29
“I don’t believe God will send ANYONE to Hell!”
I’ve heard that statement quite a bit. That’s what we like to think about God, isn’t it? That He is so loving and generous and merciful that He would allow anyone to get into Heaven, so matter what. That’s loving, right? It’s not loving for Him to say, “You are damned!”
Except that’s not at all what is happening here.
Let me reset the context for this verse. Wisdom is speaking here (almost like a spokeswoman for God), and she is asking people to turn away from their folly and follow her. But if they don’t turn toward God because of her words, then she’s going to laugh at them when they find eternal death. Why?
We reach our current verse. “Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD.”
Here is the truth of things. If we find ourselves in Hell when we die, it is because we chose it.
How do we choose it? We choose it when God makes the truth known to you, and you reject it. That truth is that none of us is worthy of Heaven, and by justice we all deserve death. And yet, as Wisdom said a few verses back, in repentance we may find life. Christ, the Son of God, the same God who created the universe, came to earth as a man and died upon a Cross. In that death He took on the sins of the world. He paid the price we were supposed to pay because of our own sins. If we turn away from our sins and ask for His mercy, repenting of all that came before and choosing to follow Him, we will find life.
If you read that paragraph, you know the truth. You have probably heard it before. Now is your choice. Will you accept the truth (many of you reading this probably already have accepted it), or will you reject the knowledge there? Will you choose to follow God or not?
God isn’t going to “send you to Hell.” But if you reject Him, you are sending yourself there.
There is only one God, the God of the Bible, and His name is Jesus. He is the only way to have eternal life, for you cannot be good enough to make it on your own. If you say, “The god I believe in isn’t like that,” then the god you believe in is a false god. If you say, “God will let everyone get into Heaven,” then the god you refer to doesn’t exist. Turn away from these false beliefs and look to the Bible, where the one true God is revealed. There you will find His mercy, His love, His grace, and also His justice.
He, in love, has given us His Son so that we may live. Do not be defiant and deliver yourself into death when life is offered so freely.
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Yes, there is only one God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:1-2, 14
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
John 8:58-59
"I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins."
John 8:24
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?" The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God."
John 10:32-33
"I and the Father are one."
John 10:30
Adam, I beseech you to repent. Turn to Christ, who can forgive you, as only God can. Do not seek to tear down the Son of God as though He were merely mortal to be trifled with; bow before Him and ask for forgiveness, and you will find life. I will pray for you, my friend. I have seen the truth in Jesus, and I want you to see His light as well.
I have deleted the comment here because it has become clear that its author only posted the comment to promote his own website. He is certainly free to hold these views, but I will not allow my blog to be used to promote religion that is contrary to Christ and to life. I am perfectly willing to enter into a discussion of these things, but not to simply let people post links to draw readers from the truth.
In all things, look to the Bible for truth. Pray for wisdom and it will be granted.
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