answer this -> Good God vs. Hell?"Can a good God really send people to Hell?" The most basic answer to this question is that God does not send people to Hell, they choose to go there on their own. Lest you think I am taking the easy way out, here's why I say that. When God created man (and woman) and placed them in the garden back in Genesis 2 He had a perfect life plan for them. However, they deviated from that plan (by their own choice) and as a result sin (disobedience towards God) was born. Sin, when left untreated, is a cancer that ultimately leads to death. [James 1:15] In Romans 3:23 Paul writes "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Here he is not only talking about a physical death (which we will all die), but a spiritual death...being forever seperated from God in a place called Hell. [Matthew 13:49-50] So, sin is the reason that we are seperated from God, but God has given us a way to reconnect with Him... by believing that He alone can forgive our sin which keeps us from going to Hell. [John 3:16 / 3:36] ::The Facts  Hell is the punishment for sin(disobedience towards God). We choose to sin, God does not make us. God provides a way for us to escape our punishment. It's free. All we have to do is trust Him. If that does not make Him a good God, I don't know what does. |
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