Re: Spokenpassage
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It's already bad enough that we tell Atheists and buddhists that they're going to Hell.
Telling fellow Christians (
especially Children) that they're going to Hell is even worse.
Matthew 25:40 Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do to me.
My turn to weigh in on this subject Taylor.
You know I will let Scripture speak to you as much as I can:
Acts 20:27 (ASV)
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27 [/SUP] For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.
Acts 20:27 (NAB)
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for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the entire plan of God.
Now, does the "whole counsel of GOD" or "entire plan of GOD" include warning people about HELL?
Matthew 18:8 (GW)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] “If your hand or your foot causes you to lose your faith, cut it off and throw it away (symbolism for remove yourself from whatever is leading you down the wrong path to the destruction of Hell ).
It is better for you to enter life disabled or injured than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into everlasting fire.
Matthew 25:41-46 (NKJV)
[SUP]41 [/SUP] Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
[SUP]42 [/SUP] for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink;
[SUP]43 [/SUP] I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.'
[SUP]44 [/SUP] Then they also will answer Him, 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?'
[SUP]45 [/SUP] Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
[SUP]46 [/SUP] And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Matthew 3:10 (NKJV)
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10 [/SUP] And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:18-20 (KJV)
[SUP]18 [/SUP] A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
[SUP]19 [/SUP] Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
[SUP]20 [/SUP] Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Matthew 13:41-42 (NKJV)
[SUP]41 [/SUP] 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,
[SUP]42 [/SUP] and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:49-50 (NKJV)
[SUP]49 [/SUP] So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just,
[SUP]50 [/SUP] and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
John 15:6 (NKJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
Revelation 20:9-10 (ASV)
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9 [/SUP] And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.
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10 [/SUP] And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and
they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 20:15 (NKJV)
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15 [/SUP] And
anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NKJV)
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14 [/SUP] Now we exhort you, brethren,
warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak,
be patient with all.
Matthew 10:28 (HCSB)
[SUP]28 [/SUP] Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him (reverant respect and submissiveness ) who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (Notice the human spirit of the unbelievers are not destroyed by that fire. )
Jude 1:12-13 (NASB)
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12 [/SUP] These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
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13 [/SUP] wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars,
for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.
Revelation 14:9-10 (NKJV)
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9 [/SUP] Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives
his mark on his forehead or on his hand,
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10 [/SUP] he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation.
He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
2 Corinthians 13:2 (ESV)
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I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and
I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them—
Okay, it is obvious that the LORD HIMSELF CONSIDERED IT VERY IMPORTANT TO WARN PEOPLE ABOUT HELL. It is called TOUGH LOVE. I know the "love only, easy believism gospel" sounds right, but it is a COUNTERFEIT of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
YES we warn them in love, always in a way that gently encourages them to repent, but we certainly are supposed to WARN THEM.
Here is a way to gently present the TRUE Gospel, to small Children, but I would personally expand the explanation of sin to include the consequences of refusing to believe in JESUS, leads to eternal separation from GOD, in Hell. WHY? RE-READ all the above verses:
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