Post by maryhig on Oct 21, 2020 17:54:17 GMT -5
And I don't see hell like many here so either, I don't agree with judging where people go only God can judge our hearts, and the only way we are to judge is by the word of God and leave the judgement of the heart to God as he is the righteous judge, we are no better than anyone else, it's only that God helping those who belong to him to overcome the works of the flesh, so they should be bringing his love and the life of Christ to others. And is wrong to condemn others like some do on here especially in the way they see hell to be, a literal place where you literally burn, I don't see it like that.
I remember a man on another site, he was a Christian and he was speaking to a jahovahs witness. And he was saying how saved he was and how unsaved the jahovahs witness was. Then he said something that really did sicken me, he said that the JW was going to hell on judgement day, and that he would be glad and standing by the lake of fire watching him being thrown in. I couldn't believe it, even to want this to happen to someone is sickening, he saw the lake of fire as literal and was quite happy to sit and watch people being literally thrown in. I don't see the lake of fire in this way at all, it has a deeper spiritual meaning.
From the little I know of the Cooneyites, they seem to show more love and kindness than the 2x2 sect.
The one thing I like about the JW is they think hell is just being in the absence of god, not eternal torture. But they are big on shunning which I despise.
I find fear is the main engine in all the abrahamic religions. I find the strongest emotion is love, and fear is the second strongest emotion.
Hell is wherever Satan is, and some people see themselves as they are saved and all ok, and they condemn others. And they say and do some cruel things which show that Satan has control over thir hearts, they see themselves as saved but they could be further from God than those they condemn. They judge others whilst not looking at themselves.
Hell is in their heart and they see themselves better than others, yet they don't live right before God, this isn't the way. It says in the Bible that hell has enlarged herself. This means that it's growing in them and it's pulling them in. This is in the here and now, not when we die.
God's true people won't do wickedness to others and they won't look down on them, they will be humble and see themselves as unprofitable servants and have hope for everyone.
Also, you are welcome to come to our meeting if you are ever here in the UK
Btw, I don't agree with shunning either, we are to be there for everyone, but we are not to do as they do if it is wrong before God.