Amen, brother SincereSeeker. That was powerful, straight to the point, and rooted in Scripture. I really appreciate the clarity and conviction you brought here — it sharpened me too. Respect.
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According to Scripture, hell is a real place. It’s a place of final judgment, separation from God, and eternal punishment for the unrepentant. Here’s what the Bible says:
1. Jesus spoke often and clearly about hell.
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“Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” — Matthew 10:28
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“These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” — Matthew 25:46
2. Hell is described as a place of fire, darkness, and torment.
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“The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes…” — Luke 16:23
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“…the lake of fire. This is the second death.” — Revelation 20:14
3. Hell is eternal.
- The same word used for eternal life (“aionios”) is also used for eternal punishment (Matthew 25:46), showing that both destinies are equally unending.
4. God does not desire for anyone to perish.
- “The Lord is… not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” — 2 Peter 3:9
Scripture presents hell as a real and eternal reality, a place of final judgment and separation from God for those who persist in unrepentance. At the same time, God’s desire is that all should repent and be saved (2 Peter 3:9); hell exists not because God wills it arbitrarily, but because human freedom and rejection of His grace carry real consequences.
Well said. Scripture consistently affirms both God’s justice and His mercy. Hell is not a contradiction of God’s love but a reflection of His holiness and the seriousness of sin. Jesus’ repeated warnings about hell show us that it’s not a scare tactic. It’s a call to respond to His grace while there’s time.
I don’t understand the concept of God resurrecting the wicked for an eternal life spent in fire and seperation. Death is death. And if you are a sinner, you are dead already. No sin leads to life, even a life in the worst place. So why ressurect the wicked at all?
I think that the theology of Hell grew out of a very human desire for retribution and to control the masses. Fear mongering and threats are classic cult tactics used to keep followers in line. Rather than show Proof of what they offer via a complete transformation of the heart, they provide salvation and change under duress.
And Love that is conditional, or threatening in nature, is not Love at all. It is manipulation and control, as anyone who has ever left an abusive relationship can attest.
I believe in Hell as a state of being absent from God, Love, Free Will, Wisdom and Reason,. It is to be damned to repeat the same mistake again and again until lessons are learned and a choice is made to do different.
I believe Free Will stems from having the capacity to choose between doing good and doing evil and people do not actually have that choice until real authentic LOVE comes to live in their hearts. Until then, sin drives sinners toward sin. This is why I believe Christ said only God is good. Because only God LOVES unconditionally and only God, who is Whole and Complete can choose to do Good from a place of actual choice.
If a sinner had Free Will, they could choose to just stop sinning and be done with it. But they can’t so they don’t. Sin is not a choice. But learning is. Growing is. Embracing LOVE is. As Christ equates LOVE, the Living Water, the Holy Spirit to food and drink that the starving and thirsty person would gladly take if they knew of it.
I believe that, to God, sinners are like children who don’t know better and can’t live long enough to learn it. And that is why Christ speaks of people coming to God as little children. To learn, to grow, to be filled with LOVE and Light. LOVE is Eternal Life. And by LOVE, we can choose to live a life that honors and looks after God, our parents, our families, our neighbors, and ourselves.
Only LOVE can break the power of Hell and Sin over someone’s life, and no other Fire burns hotter than that Sacred Flame. Hotter than coals, even Hell itself .
Truth is, Hell is a very real place. Listen to this teaching from Jesus Himself. Matthew 25:31-46
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty, and you gave me drink, I was a stranger, and you welcomed me, I was naked, and you clothed me, I was sick, and you visited me, I was in prison, and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger, and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
So there are two Resurrections. One into Glory, and one into condemnation. We see this in John 5:28-29 again.
“Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.”
Wait. Have you ever heard it put this way? “Those who have done good, to the resurrection of life and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.” Those who will not be saved, will still have a resurrection? “and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.”
Hell is a very real place. However, let’s look into what Jesus actually says. What did Jesus say was prepared for us from the foundation of the world? “The Kingdom.” Read that again.
“Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”
Then read this.
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.”
See, Jesus said He prepared the Kingdom for the saved and eternal fire for the sinners. Wait? No. Actually, He said this.
“Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.”
The eternal fire, AKA Hell, was created for whom? “The Devil and his Angels.” God is not some old man, sitting on a throne, waiting to see how many He can cast into Hell. He is not sitting there waiting for you to slip up so He can punish you. He never intended you to go to Hell at all. He created Hell for one purpose. “The Devil and his Angels.”
He never intended man to go there. He wants as many to be saved from that as possible.
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”{2nd Peter 3:9}
One of the reasons that many do not like to teach, or accept that Hell is real, is that they do not want to think that there is someone that they have lost there as we speak, being tortured continuously.
I really believe, I will say that again, I Peter, believe that the Word teaches us that although Hell is a real place, it is not open for business, if you will, yet. I believe it teaches very clearly that Hell is future tense. Look at Job 21:30-32
“That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done? Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.”
Then this is in 2 Peter 3:7
“But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”
So no. Grandma is not burning up as we speak. Uncle Bob is not suffering endlessly for his Sins as you are eating Ice Cream on Sunday afternoons. It is a future occurrence. However, make no mistake about it, it IS coming.
Again, this is my opinion. I may be wrong. Either way, Hell is very real.
Peter
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Unless it isn’t.
The concept of hell has no foundation in Judaism. It is an expansion upon Zoroastrianism. “Zoroastrianism began around the 6th or 7th century BCE.” Before Christ.
“In Zoroastrianism, Duzakh is hell, a dark, stinking, and narrow place beneath the earth where souls are tormented by demons and harmful creatures. Unlike in some other religions, however, Zoroastrian hell is not eternal; it is a temporary state of punishment where souls atone for their sins before a final resurrection and a final judgment where they are either purified by molten metal or lead to a restored, blissful existence.” (my source for these quotes was a basic google search, btw. The Google AI gathered and presented the info for me. Unbiased amd very handy.)
It is important to remember that other faiths had an influence upon Judaism when the people went into captivity. And the same may be true of Christianity as there were a multitude of sects, or churches, some 100-300 years after Christ. They held a multitude of beliefs, views, opinions, thoughts…Before the great unification aligned all the surviving Christians (from the times of persecution) under One Faith and One Holy Roman Empire.
All of which might be a little sus when you truly think about it because if you were a powerful entity wanting to win at all cost, wouldn’t you wipe out the competition so no one could ever question your Authority on the matter? The scribes of the winner tell the story. Weeds and Wheat, indeed. Christ only knows.
But that is just my opinion. Unless it is Historical Fact. Then it is Factual and very very Real… The facts I mean. Not hell.
Where do you get this stuff? In fact, Jesus talked about hell more than any other person in the Bible. In Luke 16, he describes a great chasm over which “none may cross from there to us.”
In Matthew 25, Jesus tells of a time when people will be separated into two groups, one entering into his presence, the other banished to “eternal fire.”
Jesus describes Hell more vividly than He did Heaven. There’s no denying that Jesus knew, believed, and warned against the absolute reality of hell.
Jesus doesn’t only reference hell, he describes it in great detail. He says it is a place of eternal torment, Luke 16:23,
"And being in torments in Hades, he lifted his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.”
Of unquenchable fire, where the worm does not die, Mark 9:43-44
"If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched-- where
‘Their worm does not die,
And the fire is not quenched.’
Where people will gnash their teeth in anguish and regret.
"The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, "and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 13:41-42
From which there is no return, even to warn loved ones. Luke 16:19–31.
He refers to hell as a place of “outer darkness,” Matthew 25:30, and compares it to “Gehenna” in Matthew 10:28, which was a trash dump outside Jerusalem’s walls where rubbish was burned, and maggots thrived. Jesus describes it more vividly than He does Heaven. There’s no denying that Jesus knew, believed, and warned about the absolute reality of hell.
Peter
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But even with a warning about a ‘real’ place, what does it require for one to ‘enter’ into it?
Death is the ‘wages’ of sin but is ‘death’ hell? Is hell death? Or are they different? Is hell the opposite of life or is death the opposite of life?
So many might be ‘dead’ in transgression but are these dead in hell? Or are these ‘dead’ while living among others?
And so you have the dead leading the dead; or the blind leading the blind .. the profane leading the profane… the unholy leading the unholy… the unclean leading the unclean.
But while these are occurring what are the faithful believers told to be watchful in? To be concerned with these? To try and ‘save’ these? To lay down own life for these? Or to live with fear and trembling towards The Holy One; to The One Whom was willingly received with True confession?
What did The Lord say? To leave these alone….
But/and what could occur if a prophet or teacher of Scripture comes in teaching others that there is nothing wrong with:
‘Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman (J)ezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.”
-Revelation 2:20
And remember:
A servant is not necessarily a disciple; a disciple is not necessarily an apostle; but wickedness opposes uprightness and the unjust opposes the just; even in high places/seats.
So why did God send forth a righteous Son? So that others can utilize that Righteousness to be-come righteous also. And this is well pleasing unto The LORD. But if God sent forth an unrighteous son, how could this be utilized unto Righteousness? And so with 1 person’s Righteousness, others were able to be-come righteous.
And so it is the same for mothers and fathers who ‘die’ for righteousness’ sake. What they speak and teach is/are the same as The Christ did; to be honest, truthful, to do the right thing and to have fear towards God.
But remember:
A servant is not necessarily a disciple; a disciple is not necessarily an apostle; but wickedness opposes uprightness and the unjust opposes the just; even in high places/seats. Since this is on the topic of ‘hell’.
Have you considered:
721. arnion
arnion: Lamb
Original Word: ἀρνίον
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: arnion
Pronunciation: ar-nee-on
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-nee’-on)
KJV: lamb
Word Origin: [diminutive from G704 (ἀρήν - lambs)]
- a lambkin
And
286. amnos
amnos: Lamb
Original Word: ἀμνός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: amnos
Pronunciation: am-NOS
Phonetic Spelling: (am-nos’)
KJV: lamb
NASB: Lamb
Word Origin: [apparently a primary word]
- a lamb
Have you considered:
Daily necessities like honoring mother/father in Righteousness?
Why did Korah rebel against Moses? Maybe he wanted notoriety? Maybe not for a bad reason but why then did Moses need to not receive what he was told? How did Korah prevent Moses from receiving his blessing(s)? Was it because God allowed it? Do nations fall because God prefers them to fall? What about for individual circumstances?
Since it is not Good for pearls to be given to adult brutes, per se, then why does it occur? Since it is not Good for children’s bread, not solid meat, to be given to adult brutes, per se, then why does it occur?
Since law is supposed to protect these then why are they taught, encouraged and edified wrongly? Why should/are daughters be [put] in danger? So virginity can become a scoffing matter?
Proverbs 22:10 “Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave; Yes, strife and reproach will cease.” NKJV
Reproach:
qalon: Shame, disgrace, dishonor
Original Word: קָלוֹן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: qalown
Pronunciation: kah-LOHN
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-lone’)
KJV: confusion, dishonour, ignominy, reproach, shame
NASB: dishonor, shame, disgrace
Word Origin: [from H7034 (קָלָה - degraded)]
- disgrace
- (by implication) the pudenda
Etymology
From Latin pudenda (“that whereof one ought to feel shame”), substantive use of the neuter plural gerundive of pudet (“it shames”); in Latin the usage in the plural form (to mean external genitalia), was far more common than the singular form, as is also the case in English.
Remembering:
A servant is not necessarily a disciple; a disciple is not necessarily an apostle. Children’s bread is not necessarily solid meat.
Matthew 15 “**21**Then (J)esus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. **22**And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed
with a devil. **23**But he answered her not a word. And his
disciples
came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. **24**But he answered and said,
I am
not sent but
unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
**25**Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
**26**But he answered and said,
It is not meet to take the children’s bread,
and to cast it to dogs.
**27**And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs
eat of the crumbs which fall from
their masters’ table.”
Can this imply that the mother neglected watching over her daughter that she became grievously vexed?
Which ‘devil’ was left to grievously vex a young daughter?
She goes on to say that even devils need to eat.
… the lost sheep … how do these become ‘lost’?
(J)ames 1:15 “Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
**“13**Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: **14**But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. **15**Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. **16**Do not err, my beloved brethren.”
Every man:
hekastos: each, every, every one
Original Word: ἕκαστος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hekastos
Pronunciation: heh-KAS-tos
Phonetic Spelling: (hek’-as-tos)
KJV: any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly
NASB: each, each one, each man, everyone, each man’s, each person, every man
Word Origin: [as if a superlative of hekas (afar)]
- each or every
any, both, each one
As if a superlative of hekas (afar); each or every – any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly.
1538 hékastos (from hekas, “separate”) – each (individual) unit viewed distinctly, i.e. as opposed to “severally” (as a group).
I appreciate this, coming from you @SincereSeeker
J.
You asked, “Where do you get this stuff?”
History books. Social studies. World religion courses. There are many many books and sources on the various subjects I mention. And anyone can research everything I wrote. In fact, to get the Zoroastrianism information that I posted earlier, all I had to do was a simple google search. An unbiased AI compiled the information for me so I could present it to you.
Though I already knew about the subject from having been educated at a Christian University where I graduated with a Christian Ministries degree. It only takes a willingness for a person to look around themselves and to get educated. Which is hard to do if someone in a place of “Authority” forbids you to do it.
Christ frees us with a Spirit of Wisdom and LOVE… While Cults trap us and imprison our minds with a spirit of fear so we cannot think for ourselves and seek the truth necessary to escape. And that is something I have learned from both books and first hand experience. As I am sure some of you have experienced this as well.
Perfect LOVE casts out all fear. The Holy Spirit is NOT a spirit of fear. But a cult will use Fear, Control, and Manipulation (aka Witchcraft) to get in your head. Praise Christ Who Casts all such spirits out. And Praise the Name of Christ Jesus by which all such spirits flee. Can I get an Amen?
If not, I will say it twice myself, Amen and Amen.
God Bless.
There is no such thing as an “unbiased AI” friend.
J.
Therein lies the problem. You are trying to learn from the creature, rather than the Creator. You are following the “wisdom” of the world. We know what God thinks of that.
“For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 1 Corinthians 3:19-20
AI is a great tool for research and learning things by man; it only knows what man puts out there.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!” Psalm 111:10
I know you said.
Then you should know, the answers you seek are in God’s Word, not man’s foolishness. Even if something you read in God’s Word says something you do not like.
Peter
Amen! Oh, I need 20 characters? Uh, Amen!
Peter
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Well there is certainly no such thing as a religious computer or an AI that can claim one.
Nor do they have a free will, mind or soul that can deny Christ that we know of. So yes, unbiased.
But I could be wrong. They could be programmed to be Atheists. Or gather materials from sources that have it in for Christians. Who knows where the rabbit hole ends???
FYI- This is PROBABLY a pretty good argument for telling your states and regions to prevent those giant google data facilities from being built within your borders…
Good job for pointing that out!!!
You said this of a Christian Education and factual research. And proved my point. A mind trapped cannot move freely. It seems as if you want me to just read the Bible alone without context material or any other informative information. And no doubt it must be read through the lens of a specific Church. Lead by a specific man or group. Who, as you point out, commit folly. Because again, they are just men.
The Wisdom is in the Puddin, Sugar…. Or do I mean the Sugar is in the Puddin? 
Only God knows.
Oh, and This appeared on my feed as an adervt and it just tickled me:
Is this how people look when they read my posts? God only knows.
The difficulty I see in the phrasing of “is Hell a real place?” is that the concept of a “place” becomes immensely difficult when we are no longer talking about the created, observable, material universe. Ohio is a place, Jupiter is a place, is Hell a place? Certainly not in the same way that Ohio is (though I’ve spoken to people who’d argue Ohio is Hell, but that’s a different conversation).
The topic of Hell is immensely difficult, when we look at the biblical texts themselves and read them in the context of first century 2nd Temple period Judaism, hell gets nuanced. The Bible uses several words that don’t mean the same thing which have traditionally all been translated as “hell”; and then there are conceptual ideas which have likewise been identified as “hell”. E.g. Gehenna, She’ol/Hades, the lake of fire, Tartarus.
For the sake of brevity I think we should take the simplest approach here. We are defining hell as the ultimate state of the wicked. I think “state” is more helpful than “place”; hell is better defined as a mode of existence, it’s the fundamental experience of the wicked in an ultimate eschatological sense. Is that in a specific “place”, maybe–perhaps we could speak of it as a metaphysical place. But then we are using “place” more as an analogy or best attempt at language where more meaningful words fail. In the same way we can’t really speak of “Heaven” as a place, though we speak of the Lord being at the right hand of the Father in Heaven; simultaneously Jesus is physically somewhere–His body is a real body after all–yet Scripture reminds us that Christ “fills all things”. How can the localized flesh of Jesus be in some sense everywhere? Well, let us remember His flesh is given to us in His Supper, He is present, bodily, in the Eucharist everywhere and every time it is celebrated. Is Heaven a “place”? Maybe, again, perhaps in some incomprehensibly metaphysical way; but we shouldn’t imagine there is some distant star where souls skyrocket toward and right there is some cosmological location called “Heaven”; and by the same token we shouldn’t imagine Hell to be like that either–not that we can compare the two in any real sense. Except, perhaps, that Heaven as the experience of the righteous in the immediate and joyful Presence of God; and Hell is—not that.
So then is Hell the total absence of God? Maybe in some way that is true; yet the Scripture tells us that it is impossible to escape God’s Presence, “if I make my bed in She’ol, You are there” writes the Psalmist. There is in one sense that Hell is absence, in the same way that dark is the absence of light, Hell is the absence of the Divine Presence–or at least the illuminating joyous Presence. Though I find fascinating what St. Isaac the Syrian once said, that Hell is Hell not because anyone is deprived of God’s love; but rather because God’s love is experienced as incomprehensible suffering for those “in” Hell. Isaac offers an analogy by speaking of how even in this life there is the anguish of regret and remorse, when we have committed so grievous an offense toward a friend, and our friend continues to love us unconditionally–love becomes a torture that arises out of one’s own guilt. Isaac then says that the anguish of Hell is comparable to bitter regret; I don’t know that this fully answers the question, Scripture seems to suggest more than this.
We are left with more mysteries when we read about the lake of fire in St. John’s Apocalypse, it is called “the second death”, but we aren’t really given an explanation of what that means. What does death beyond death even mean? It’s not just that the wicked are raised up to judgment and then die again–the language we read indicates something more severe than that (and we shouldn’t imagine the lake as a literal lake, remember that even Hades and Death are cast here, which makes no sense if we are talking about something literal). Death beyond death; in deep contrast to what we are promised, which is death’s defeat and our partaking in unceasing, eternal life.
On this I have valued N.T. Wright’s contributions in speaking of a shrinking of our humanity, or our “progressive dehumanization”; or in C.S. Lewis’ contributions where he speaks of how hell is “nearly nothing at all” and speaking of how there is something in us that becomes hell unless it is nipped in the bud. That is, this death-beyond-death is the antithesis of the life-beyond-life we experience in Christ, forever, in the Age to Come experiencing the fullness of God’s light, and life in the Beatific Vision. A total absence, not of God; but a total absence of the enjoyment of God–not in some sentimental sense; but substantially. That, in some sense, it is as though we are speaking of what happens when human persons are left with themselves forever–what does it mean when a murderer continues to be a murderer forever?
Yup. This is what happens when you listen to man, his interpretations, and his beliefs rather than God. This {Holding up the Bible} needs nothing added or subtracted from it.
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
What do you get from a man?
The Bible says this is sin. Leviticus 18:22, 20:13, Ezekiel 16:48-51, Romans 1:18-32. Man says, Well, it doesn’t mean what it says; it means this, or that, or it’s just simply wrong.
The Bible says this is sin. Genesis 9:5-6, 26, Psalm 139:13-16, Exodus 21:23-25. Man says, Well, that depends.
Then you have these.
“You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord your Go,d am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain."
Man says, "Worship any or no God, as you wish. Do not say anything against anyone’s religion and treat all equally, or better yet, have NO religion in public at all. As a matter of fact. God says;
1 Have no other god before God.
2 Do not commit Idolatry.
3 Do not take the Name of God in Vain.
4 Remember the Sabbath.
5 Honor your Father and Mother.
6 Do not commit Murder.
7 Do not commit Adultery.
8 Do not Steal.
9 Do Not Bear False Witness.
10 Do not Covet.
The World says;
1 Any god will do. All are equal. Do not offend anyone. Have compassion for those who disagree.
2 Statues of saints, Mary and Jesus, can and have worked miracles.
3 It is only belief and language. No big deal. Again, keep your “religion” to yourself.
4 Who cares? We live in a 24/7 society, and we want everything NOW or yesterday.
5 Nursing homes and retirement Centers. Don’t judge. Have compassion. You do not understand.
6 Abortion. It is legal and compassionate. Who are you to judge Little Susy?
7 No big deal. Hey, you need to understand, if all is ok, who cares?
8 Depends on the reason. Maybe justified. If the rich are being taken from for the poor?
9 Gossip. Even entire entertainment venues are about gossip.
10 Greed is good. Keeping up with the Joneses is normal, healthy, and good.
I think you get the point. God’s Word is never changing, always final. It does not need help. If you find something in it that is confusing, look it up; by all means, ask an honest and knowledgeable brother or sister. Pray about it. Ask God to clarify. However, you must be careful when you leave God’s Word and start learning from those who are opposed to God’s Word.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Man is fallible. God and His Word are not.
“Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.” Proverbs 30:5
Be careful where you get your information.
Peter