Thursday, July 22, 2004

"I don't think there's a hell"

One of my co-workers said - out of the blue - to me on Monday, "I was thinking over the weekend, I don't think that a loving God would send people to hell.  I've grown up thinking that there is a hell.  But now I don't think that God is like that."

I just said that God created us for choice and wants us to choose Him.  I explained that Hell is the eternal destination for people who knowingly didn't choose to trust in Jesus.  I don't think that God sends babies who haven't been baptized in a certain church to hell.  I believe that God knows all hearts and acknowledges (and allows) the free choices that His creatures make.  He doesn't want robots that love Him - He wants people to freely choose Him, trust Him, and follow Him.

I'm so glad that God is gracious and just.  What a combination of love and holiness is found in Jesus!  I serve a God that is so worthy of praise and thanksgiving!

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