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James 1:8..."A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."

Have you ever met someone who is nice to your face....and then turns around and says mean things about you to someone else? Would you ever trust that person again?

So, you could actually say that a "double-minded" man (or woman) is a liar. He/she cannot be trusted.

What of a Christian who proclaims the extreme LOVE of God for His creation! Extolling the pain that God, the Father, subjected Jesus Christ to on the Cross of Calvary which proved how much God sacrificed because of His character of LOVE.

But, if we don't choose, during this age of grace, to accept this offer of salvation.....God will toss us into eternal hellfire!

People laugh at "Christians" who do this! They want nothing to do with such a vindictive God. And I don't blame them! That is NOT the God of the Bible that I have come to know and love.

I just want others to know Him the way I do....and as long as I am able, I will exalt our GOD OF PURE LOVE....AND JUSTICE!

Some things to think about: [written in 1862]


http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/theo12-2.html


Piece of the link article:


Thus closes the examination of the Scriptural usage of Hades, which as we have seen, is in its literal sense the equivalent of Sheol in every text, save the last, in which appear the heathen notions respecting its being a place of rewards and punishments, or the region in which are located both hell and heaven. The following facts are worthy of note:

1. If Hades is "hell" in the ordinary definition of the word, then the soul of Christ was in hell after his crucifixion. "Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. He spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell." Acts 2:27, 31.

2. It is equally true of all in hell, that they will not be left there; for the Revelator says, "Death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to his works." Rev. 20:13. If it be said that, after they are judged they will be sent back again, we demand the proof. But even it be so, we still have to note --

3. That hell is to be utterly destroyed. To say nothing of 1 Cor. 15:55, " O death, where is thy sting? O hell (hades), where is thy victory?" we have the direct testimony -- "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." Rev. 20:14.

And these two passages are the exact equivalent of Hosea 14:14. " I will ransom them from the power of the grave (hell, Sheol -- Hades); I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave (hell, Sheol -- Hades), I will be thy destruction:" Dr. Campbell says, on Rev. 20:14, "if we interpret Hades, 'hell,' in the Christian sense of the word, the whole passage is rendered nonsense. Hell is represented as being cast into hell; for so the lake of fire, which is in this place denominated the second death, is universally interpreted." The phrase "cast into the lake of fire" is a figure of utter destruction. It is simply saying "death and hell were destroyed."

4. Of course, then, Hades, "hell," is not a place of endless torment, otherwise it could not be destroyed. Whatever, therefore, the interpretation given to the narration of Dives and Lazarus, whether regarded as a parable, or literal history, it is plain that the Rich Man was not in a place of endless torment. Or, in the more general phrase of Prof. Stuart: "Whatever the state of either the righteous or the wicked may be, whilst in Hades, that state will certainly cease, and be exchanged for another at the general resurrection."

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Think about it. Get to know who God really is! If you don't, will He acknowledge even "knowing" you? See Matthew 25:12 where Jesus says, "Verily I say unto you, I know you not."

Arlene