Does God Send People to Hell_

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

God is Holy, i.e., morally perfect. God is the ultimate Lawgiver. Someone recently said to me that God is the biggest mass-murderer in the world because he killed nearly everyone with the flood of Noah's day. That's a pretty bold statement. Does not God have a right to take life, since He is the One Who creates life? Who are we to decide what is right and wrong based upon our finite and corrupt human reasoning?

The fact of the matter is that everyone of us deserves to burn in the fires of Hell forever. The reason "why" people get upset with God over the problems in this life is because we think we deserve better. We think humanity deserves better. We want to see every little child eat a good meal. Yes sir! We want to see all wars come to and end forever. Amen! We want everything to be good; but there's a big problem... we want to live in sin and still secure God's blessings. It doesn't work that way. Americans can hypocritically sing, "God Bless America" all they want; but God will NOT bless a ruthless nation of baby-murderers!!! God will NOT bless a vile nation of liars, cheats, pornographers, boozers, fornicators, stiffnecks, lesbians, astrologers, marriage quitters, perverts and sickos.

This sin-loving world deserves to suffer. Most preachers today have lost touch with the reality of God's Law. Here's a brief quote from Jonathan Edwards' classic sermon entitled, "Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God"...

Jonathan Edwards - Man of God"Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead, and to tend downwards with great weight and pressure towards hell; and if God should let you go, you would immediately sink and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf, and your healthy constitution, and your own care and prudence, and best contrivance, and all your righteousness, would have no more influence to uphold you and keep you out of hell, than a spider's web would have to stop a falling rock. Were it not for the sovereign pleasure of God, the earth would not bear you one moment; for you are a burden to it; the creation groans with you; the creature is made subject to the bondage of your corruption, not willingly; the sun does not willingly shine upon you to give you light to serve sin and Satan; the earth does not willingly yield her increase to satisfy your lusts; nor is it willingly a stage for your wickedness to be acted upon; the air does not willingly serve you for breath to maintain the flame of life in your vitals, while you spend your life in the service of God's enemies."

SOURCE: Jonathan Edwards, SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD.

You won't hear that on the Oprah Winfry Show! Jonathan Edwards is correct... our sins are so loathsome to God that if it weren't for God's undeserved mercy, we'd all plunge into the depths of eternal damnation into the Lake of Fire!!! There can be no salvation without the Law of God that shows us our desperate need for the Savior, Jesus Christ. We all deserve to be severely PUNISHED in the torments of Hell because of our own sins. Thankfully, Jesus paid the price for our sins with His own precious blood (1st Peter 1:18,19), so we don't have to go to Hell when we pass into eternity. Jesus is Precious!

If people could only grasp just how wicked they are, and the extent to which we have all violated God's holy Law, no one would ever question why God would punish someone in the flames of Hell for all eternity. Is that a gamble you're willing to take?