HOW MANY TIME HAVE YOU HEARD:
"I HAVE BEEN THROUGH HELL AND BACK"
"SHE HAS GIVEN ME HELL"
"HE IS HELL ON WHEELS"
"OH, GO TO HELL"
I AM PRETTY SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL HEARD ONE, IF NOT ALL, OF THESE STATEMENTS. WE HAVE PROBABLY ALL SAID THESE SAME WORDS AT LEAST ONCE OF TWICE. I KNOW I HAVE. I WOKE UP THIS MORNING THINKING ABOUT HOW EASILY WE ALL PROCLAIM THE CONCEPT OF HELL. I HAVE EVEN HEARD PEOPLE LAUGH AND SAY "GO TO HELL" IN A JOKING MANNER. AT ONE TIME IN MY LIFE, THESE STATEMENTS WOULDNT HAVE BOTHERED ME. I WOULDNT HAVE GIVEN IT A SECOND THOUGHT. BUT TODAY IS A DIFFERENT STORY. WE NEED TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE SAYING AND CALLING INTO OUR EXISTANCE WHEN WE USED THESE SEEMINGLY HARMLESS WORDS.
THE BIBLE IS FULL OF SCRIPTURES WHICH WARN US OF THE REALITY OF HELL. HELL IS NOT A FICTIONAL PLACE. IT IS NOT A LAND OF ENDLESS PARTYING AND HANGING OUT WITH REBELLIOUS FRIENDS. IT IS A PLACE CREATED FOR SATAN AND HIS DEMONS. HELL WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR US. BUT, MY BIBLE TELLS ME THAT JUST AS GOD CLEANSED THE EARTH IN THE DAYS OF NOAH BY FLOOD, HE WILL INDEED CLEANSE THE EARTH AGAIN AND THAT HELL IS CONTINUOUSLY ENLARGING ITS BOUNDARIES.
EVEN THE WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE HELL MAKE ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. MY MENTAL IMAGES OF HELL INCLUDE ENDLESS FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, ENORMOUS FLAMES AND A HOT, CONSTANT, BURNING WIND. WE HAVE A HARD TIME STANDING NEXT TO A BONFIRE, ETERNAL FIRE IS UNIMAGINABLE. IMAGINE A HORRIBLE PIT OF DARKNESS AND ETERNAL PUNISHMENT ALONG WITH UNQUENCHABLE THIRST. I CAN ALSO IMAGINE ENDLESS SCREAMING, BEGGING AND TEARS. FOREVER. WITHOUT END. PEOPLE IN HELL HAVE NO REST, DAY OR NIGHT. NO HUMAN BEING ALIVE CAN RELATE TO SUCH TORMENT.
HELL WAS DESIGNED TO SEPERATE THOSE WHO HATE OUR GOD FROM THOSE WHO LOVE HIM. HELL IS NO JOKING MATTER. JUST THE OTHER DAY, A FRIEND OF MINE SAID HE WISHES HE COULD TALK TO SOMEONE IN HELL AND ASK HIM IF HIS SINFUL LIFE WAS WORTH IT. I BET THE MENTAL ANGUISH OF A PERSON IN HELL IS UNSPEAKABLE. I BET HELL SNUCK UP ON MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD NO INTENTION OF BEING CALLED BY THE ANGEL OF DEATH. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UNAWARE. HELL IS ETERNAL. NONE OF US HAVE BEEN THERE, NOR DO WE WANT TO GO THERE.
WE NEED TO STOP SPEAKING OF HELL IN SUCH A CASUAL MANNER. IT IS NOT AN ADJECTIVE. IT IS NOTHING TO JOKE ABOUT. STOP AND THINK. THE FIRES OF HELL ARE ENLARGING DAILY. OUR LORD DOES NOT INTEND THAT ANY OF US SUFFER. DEATH COMES WHEN WE LEAST EXPECT IT. LETS PROCLAIM ETERNAL LIFE AND THE BEAUTY OF HEAVEN INSTEAD. EVEN THE WORDS SOUND SO MUCH BETTER. WE HAVE A GOD THAT LOVES US AND WANTS TO SEE US HAPPY, JOYOUS AND FREE! HIS YOKE IS EASY AND HIS BURDEN IS LIGHT. TURN AWAY FROM HELL TODAY. SHARE INSTEAD IN LIFE EVERLASTING!
"I HAVE BEEN THROUGH HELL AND BACK"
"SHE HAS GIVEN ME HELL"
"HE IS HELL ON WHEELS"
"OH, GO TO HELL"
I AM PRETTY SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL HEARD ONE, IF NOT ALL, OF THESE STATEMENTS. WE HAVE PROBABLY ALL SAID THESE SAME WORDS AT LEAST ONCE OF TWICE. I KNOW I HAVE. I WOKE UP THIS MORNING THINKING ABOUT HOW EASILY WE ALL PROCLAIM THE CONCEPT OF HELL. I HAVE EVEN HEARD PEOPLE LAUGH AND SAY "GO TO HELL" IN A JOKING MANNER. AT ONE TIME IN MY LIFE, THESE STATEMENTS WOULDNT HAVE BOTHERED ME. I WOULDNT HAVE GIVEN IT A SECOND THOUGHT. BUT TODAY IS A DIFFERENT STORY. WE NEED TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE SAYING AND CALLING INTO OUR EXISTANCE WHEN WE USED THESE SEEMINGLY HARMLESS WORDS.
THE BIBLE IS FULL OF SCRIPTURES WHICH WARN US OF THE REALITY OF HELL. HELL IS NOT A FICTIONAL PLACE. IT IS NOT A LAND OF ENDLESS PARTYING AND HANGING OUT WITH REBELLIOUS FRIENDS. IT IS A PLACE CREATED FOR SATAN AND HIS DEMONS. HELL WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR US. BUT, MY BIBLE TELLS ME THAT JUST AS GOD CLEANSED THE EARTH IN THE DAYS OF NOAH BY FLOOD, HE WILL INDEED CLEANSE THE EARTH AGAIN AND THAT HELL IS CONTINUOUSLY ENLARGING ITS BOUNDARIES.
EVEN THE WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE HELL MAKE ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. MY MENTAL IMAGES OF HELL INCLUDE ENDLESS FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, ENORMOUS FLAMES AND A HOT, CONSTANT, BURNING WIND. WE HAVE A HARD TIME STANDING NEXT TO A BONFIRE, ETERNAL FIRE IS UNIMAGINABLE. IMAGINE A HORRIBLE PIT OF DARKNESS AND ETERNAL PUNISHMENT ALONG WITH UNQUENCHABLE THIRST. I CAN ALSO IMAGINE ENDLESS SCREAMING, BEGGING AND TEARS. FOREVER. WITHOUT END. PEOPLE IN HELL HAVE NO REST, DAY OR NIGHT. NO HUMAN BEING ALIVE CAN RELATE TO SUCH TORMENT.
HELL WAS DESIGNED TO SEPERATE THOSE WHO HATE OUR GOD FROM THOSE WHO LOVE HIM. HELL IS NO JOKING MATTER. JUST THE OTHER DAY, A FRIEND OF MINE SAID HE WISHES HE COULD TALK TO SOMEONE IN HELL AND ASK HIM IF HIS SINFUL LIFE WAS WORTH IT. I BET THE MENTAL ANGUISH OF A PERSON IN HELL IS UNSPEAKABLE. I BET HELL SNUCK UP ON MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD NO INTENTION OF BEING CALLED BY THE ANGEL OF DEATH. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UNAWARE. HELL IS ETERNAL. NONE OF US HAVE BEEN THERE, NOR DO WE WANT TO GO THERE.
WE NEED TO STOP SPEAKING OF HELL IN SUCH A CASUAL MANNER. IT IS NOT AN ADJECTIVE. IT IS NOTHING TO JOKE ABOUT. STOP AND THINK. THE FIRES OF HELL ARE ENLARGING DAILY. OUR LORD DOES NOT INTEND THAT ANY OF US SUFFER. DEATH COMES WHEN WE LEAST EXPECT IT. LETS PROCLAIM ETERNAL LIFE AND THE BEAUTY OF HEAVEN INSTEAD. EVEN THE WORDS SOUND SO MUCH BETTER. WE HAVE A GOD THAT LOVES US AND WANTS TO SEE US HAPPY, JOYOUS AND FREE! HIS YOKE IS EASY AND HIS BURDEN IS LIGHT. TURN AWAY FROM HELL TODAY. SHARE INSTEAD IN LIFE EVERLASTING!
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