How is He really?
I mean the real God--what's He like?. I don't mean some stiff or mean God of some dead as a door-nail kinda world religion.
He is perfect – the God of the Christian Bible (the real untweaked Bible) is flawless. The Word is perfect.
He can’t approve of evil.
He created everything that is good, but didn’t create evil. He created volitional beings and some those creatures chose dumb using it wrong. Bad decisions with consequences–they went after em. I’ve done that before.Glad he forgave me cuz of the Cross of Christ. All of us have sinned against God–hurt Him, broken His holy laws. Today the Bible has been marginalized, but we’d do well to get back to it. God says…
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus” Romans 3:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23
Yes, God provided an interim, a lasting good Solution for our redemption–He provided a Fix. He has a good plan for your life. There is hope in Him. We simply need to turn and trust Him. One man bombed out--that's Adam-bomb. Boom, bad and sad. But the second Adam came through for you--that's Jesus.
People only have two choices–smoking or non-smoking. Sure, God punishes bad a.k.a. sinful choices. Ever heard of the Lake of fire? It’s not yet inhabited, but isn’t there in vain.
“…the fire is not quenched.” See Mark 9:44, 9:46, 9:48
Hell is a real place, but people have a lot of misinformation about it. Satan isn't even there yet. Please think biblically on this rather than emotionally here, but talk of hell is wrong. Did you know that only 1% of Americans think they will go to hell..even among more who live like hell. The devil who doesn’t dawn red spandex, doesn’t have a pitchfork or a pointy tail ain’t there yet, but will be and wants to take as many as he can with Him. You really want to avoid this place and there’s only one way. The Jesus Christ of the Bible.
Enter by the narrow way. Christ is the door in. Teach us to number our days, dear Lord. Our life ..human life.. here is like a breath, soon gone. There is a real place called hell and it’s love not hate fore me to tell you this. In fact Jesus spoke more about hell than any other Bible person cuz of radical self-less love.
Knowing the truth about heaven, hell and God affects us well in this life. How can you have hope without a relationship with the Lord? God doesn't let any sin or unforgiven sinners into His holy heaven. And He will put an end to sin.
He is good--very good and holy. He is zero evil, never thinks evil thoughts about you. He loves you.
God is just, He’s upright, He’s blameless and kind. But He doesn't make anyone go to heaven to be with Him forever.. if they don't want to be with Him. Can you imagine God demanding, "No Buster, you will indeed be with me cuz you are so clueless on what's really ahead for people who reject Jesus--not good." The Lord has given us His warnings in the Bible.
Do a study on this topic. There are so many passages. Get a Strong's Concordance and look at the context of em in the Bible.
*2 Pet 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
*Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
*Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
*Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
*Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
