Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 10:32-33)
As I had mentioned earlier hell was not originally intended for man.
It was created to be distant from God which in it’s own right makes it hell. Any place where He is not will become like hell, look around you. Only his saints experience his love and presence, sin he is not near. Hell is to prevent the evil willed from doing harm to the faithful. Free will can make up it’s own mind.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. (Proverbs 8:36)
If they don’t understand love they will never understand it. It is a choice to even want to understand. He says he will not forsake those who call unto him something one can do in the privacy of there own bedroom. He never made this difficult.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? (Romans 10:9-14)
Someone comes into your house and starts harming your children and breaking your possessions no one in the right mind is going to say “hey let me put you up in the guest house and you can continue to enjoy all that I have. Tea and crumpets in the morn?”
Jesus paints us a picture of hell in a parable given to the Pharisees,
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. (Luke 16:19-31)
This one story just says so much about the human condition, All of a sudden light dawns on the rich man (name is not given because it is not written in the book of life.) Oh now he wants to be a great evangelist and tell everybody about this horrid place where thirst is not quenched he wants others to repent. This is the Ebenezer Scrooge character who refused to listen to the three spirits and died.
The last line of the parable though one rose from the dead. Jesus knew that his resurrection would cause division exactly what is required to keep the wicked out of Utopia (Heaven) Jesus is the perfect man a true servant of God who’s Spirit searches the heart of men who desire to know true love. To know love is to know Jesus. The ultimate expression of love.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. (Proverbs 8:35-36)
