"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty" (Isaiah 6:5).
God kept making me think of this verse in relation to this thread. And then there was the deception God spoke to me of. At first I thought He was talking about the deception of annihilationism which I still believe to be deception, but that wasn't His point. His point was this.
"And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing" (1 Corinthians 13:2).
You have not posted anything on this forum except this subject. Your main words are destruction and perish. What is the main point of speaking what you believe to be knowledge without love and you cannot say it is love because someone in the Spirit and even often those out of the Spirit know the difference. Where are you on the other threads helping the low in heart? How is your focus on the negative bringing people to the love of God which can really transform them spiritually?
How is this subject so important, more important than the bringing of sheep into the fold. The emphasis and study on this is time that could have been spent loving others. Prove your point. You win! But with who? Yourself. Not God for God is love.
The tearing, the gripping, the agony of the spirit separated from the Spirit of God is agony that occurs even on earth for those burning inwardly in a torment as they cannot find God.
Holiness is pure love. Isaiah, as others when they really encounter God, are humbled to their depth. Where is the depth in this conversation, or is proving a point the only depth.
The Spirit of God is alive, yet I just don't see it here in this thread. Focus on destruction and perish or God's love?
I'm sorry Olivia but we don't all live our lives on this forum. I happen to find this topic interesting. Partly no doubt out of intellectual pride and a desire for knowledge. But also partly out of love for the lost, many of whom I'm convinced continue to be lost because of the doctrine of eternal torment. Having said that, outside of this forum, my life is not limited to discussing hell, and I sure hope I show love to those around me.
This thread is about final punishment. It's not a happy subject, but it is important, because God's truth is important.