Does a Loving God send people to hell?

Does God send people to hell, or do you send yourself? It seems that in modern Christian thought we feel a need to portray God as This super nice guy and we down play his wrath in an attempt to acquit God in the mind of sceptics. What does the scripture say?

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[WeTheStrange]

@blessedjohn No. I believe in a creator of sorts, but certainly not the personal God of the Bible.

[urbanrecon]

@blessedjohn that verse reminds me of God's love, and doesn't even mention anything about hell. Why assume death means eternal damnation? If I interpreted the bible that way I could get it to support a wide variety of ideas!

[urbanrecon]

@blessedjohn bowing to Christ and confessing sounds a lot like what the church says you have to do to go to heaven. Wouldn't that at least open the possibility for those bowing and confessing to go to heaven?

[urbanrecon]

@blessedjohn I agree with most of that. So if Jesus paid the debt there's nothing we can do to save ourselves. It's done. Maybe believe in that verse means believe that Christ set us free, not believe and then be set free. Where does it say that if you don't do something you'll burn in hell forever? Most of the time when an english translation of the bible says hell or eternity/forever it means either the grave or gehenna (trash dump) for hell, and age for eternity/forever.

[urbanrecon]

@blessedjohn The more I read the Bible I see a God who is big on love/patience and short on punishment, like good parents. There can be no sin in heaven so Jesus became sin and so people can go to be with God someday! Of course God punishes murderers etc but for eternity? Maybe there is a hell but I can't see how it lasts forever. Would you burn your kid for eternity, even spank them for eternity? Eternal hell or no hell doesn't seem like much of a choice...

[blessedjohn]

Man has a choice to refuse Gods gift and does condemn himself to hell... God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked ""Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways, for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"--Ezek. 33:11."

[blessedjohn]

@WeTheStrange Though you do not believe in God, it does not make him cease to exist. Sounds like you have faith also to not believe in God. We are all spiritual creatures and are wired to worship someone or something. Respectively, it sounds like a contradiction if you are closing the idea or possibility in your mind of God existing.

[blessedjohn]

@urbanrecon "For God so loved the world (all mankind) that he gave (offered) his only begotten Son (Jesus Christ) so that whoever (a choice) believes in him (Jesus Christ) shall not perish (in hell) but have everlasting life (in heaven)" ... and If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. The law of God required a Holy atonement and Jesus Christ was and is victorious for he defeated Satan on the Cross and took back what Adam lose in the garden. Bottom lie read the Bible and see :0)

[blessedjohn]

@urbanrecon God in his wisdom gave man a choice to love and appreciate him, or rebel against him... for he knows that no one can force another to truly love them. God is Holy and does not want anyone to go to hell and offered his willing Son to be a Holy sacrifice to pay the price for mans rebellion (to those who accept this gift) and to give man a second chance.

[blessedjohn]

@urbanrecon I appreciate your honesty my friend. I believe that we can both agree that God gave man a free will to choose or deny him... for you see many here who are making a conscience choice to deny him and his Word as I am in accepting his Word with my choice. We can not blame God for the choices that we make, but are accountable to him for those choices when we stand before him one day.