You hear many these days say that people die and go to Hell because they don't know Christ. There is definite truth in that statement... but it isn't the most accurate way to phrase the 'why' of why people go to Hell. Let me make this statement which will at first make you recoil. No one has ever gone to Hell because they didn't trust Christ. No No No I am NOT a heretic... Please read on and let me explain.
John 3:16-18 (NASB) - “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
In verse 17 it says that Jesus didn't come to judge the world but to save it. If He came to save it then we can easily see the inference that the world stood condemned. Not for a lack of belief in Christ but for something else. Ephesians 2 makes it clear that we WERE dead in our sins. We are dead in our sins but God in His goodness has sent Jesus Christ so that those who repent and trust in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
In verse 17 it says that Jesus didn't come to judge the world but to save it. If He came to save it then we can easily see the inference that the world stood condemned. Not for a lack of belief in Christ but for something else. Ephesians 2 makes it clear that we WERE dead in our sins. We are dead in our sins but God in His goodness has sent Jesus Christ so that those who repent and trust in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
What does it say there in verse 18. He who does not believe has been judged already. He who does not believe is ALREADY CONDEMNED. The REASON people go to Hell is because they are dead in their sins. If God sent people to Hell because they didn't trust Jesus then He would be a cruel God wouldn't He? It seems that way to me.... in a way of thinking at least...
Verse 18 is explaining what was said in verse 16 and 17. Verse 18 makes plain that those who are in Christ are saved from the judgment that once awaited them and that those who have rejected the Savior are still facing judgment as a result.
Verse 18 is explaining what was said in verse 16 and 17. Verse 18 makes plain that those who are in Christ are saved from the judgment that once awaited them and that those who have rejected the Savior are still facing judgment as a result.
However, we are responsible for our own sin (Romans 3:23). God does not cause us to sin. We sin because we are sinful. So we condemn ourselves to Hell. However, Jesus Christ is the only One who can save us! Those who don't believe on the Son are condemned already, yet those who trust in the Lord will be rescued! Will be saved!
That shows Him to be the good God that He is, the beautiful Savior that He is!
All Hail the Power of Jesus Name!
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