"If we understood Hell even the slightest bit, none of us would ever say, 'Go to Hell.' It's far too easy to go to Hell. It requires no change of course, no navigational adjustments. We were born with our autopilot set toward Hell. It is nothing to take lightly--Hell is the single greatest tragedy in the universe." -Randy Alcorn, "Heaven"
Look around you, and take note of everything beautiful, lovely, or good--love from family, laughter with friends, joy (even if only momentary). In Hell, there will be none of any of those things, because God is not there, and every single thing that we see around us that is beautiful, lovely, or good is that way only because it is reflecting our beautiful, lovely, and good God.
Randy Alcorn describes it like this:
"Hell will be agonizingly dull, small, and insignificant, without company, purpose, or accomplishment....Because God is the source of all good, and Hell is the absence of God, Hell must also be the absence of all good. Likewise, community, fellowship, and friendship are good, rooted in the triune God himself. But in the absence of God, Hell will have no community, no camaraderie, no friendship."
That is worse, even than the death and pain and grossness that we find around us, because it is forever.
But on the other side of the picture is Heaven. Heaven is attained only through the grace of Christ. This is the hope to which Dad and Ralph and Uncle Jasper was holding, and I feel 100% sure that if they could speak to us now, they would implore us to cry out to Christ, confess our sins, receive forgiveness, and accept the invitation to the heavenly party that will last forever!
Randy Alcorn describes it like this:
"Hell will be agonizingly dull, small, and insignificant, without company, purpose, or accomplishment....Because God is the source of all good, and Hell is the absence of God, Hell must also be the absence of all good. Likewise, community, fellowship, and friendship are good, rooted in the triune God himself. But in the absence of God, Hell will have no community, no camaraderie, no friendship."
That is worse, even than the death and pain and grossness that we find around us, because it is forever.
But on the other side of the picture is Heaven. Heaven is attained only through the grace of Christ. This is the hope to which Dad and Ralph and Uncle Jasper was holding, and I feel 100% sure that if they could speak to us now, they would implore us to cry out to Christ, confess our sins, receive forgiveness, and accept the invitation to the heavenly party that will last forever!
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