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Q: Do you not know it is the kindness of God that leads men to repentance
rather than threats of justice? (Rom 2:4)
A: It's God's kindness that compels Him to give His creatures advance notice
of the horrors in store for them in the afterlife.
†. Luke 12:4-5 . . And I say unto you my friends; Be not afraid of them that
kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will
forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear Him, which after He hath killed hath
power to cast into Hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear Him.
Was Jesus right to instill a fear of God within people's hearts? Yes, I think he
was 110% right. For example: when I was working as a professional welder
for the US Army Corps of Engineers, we had weekly and monthly safety
meetings wherein we were shown some grisly photographs of real life
industrial accidents involving burns, chain saws, punctured eyes, explosions,
falls, crane collapses, suffocation, crushing, and the like. Let me tell you
something: those safety meetings got our attention, and really made a sharp
distinction between the fool and the wise.
†. Prv 22:3 . . A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes
precautions; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
The kindness of God has given the world fair and adequate notice of an
afterlife doom. Those who don't care about it one way or the other would be
well advised to use what time they have remaining to begin mentally
preparing themselves for the worst when they cross over to the other side.
Pop Clock Update: 109 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If the
figures in post #1 are within reason, then something like 6,385,329 new
arrivals have checked into the fiery sector of hades since December 10,
2014.
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Q: Do you not know it is the kindness of God that leads men to repentance
rather than threats of justice? (Rom 2:4)
A: It's God's kindness that compels Him to give His creatures advance notice
of the horrors in store for them in the afterlife.
†. Luke 12:4-5 . . And I say unto you my friends; Be not afraid of them that
kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will
forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear Him, which after He hath killed hath
power to cast into Hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear Him.
Was Jesus right to instill a fear of God within people's hearts? Yes, I think he
was 110% right. For example: when I was working as a professional welder
for the US Army Corps of Engineers, we had weekly and monthly safety
meetings wherein we were shown some grisly photographs of real life
industrial accidents involving burns, chain saws, punctured eyes, explosions,
falls, crane collapses, suffocation, crushing, and the like. Let me tell you
something: those safety meetings got our attention, and really made a sharp
distinction between the fool and the wise.
†. Prv 22:3 . . A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes
precautions; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
The kindness of God has given the world fair and adequate notice of an
afterlife doom. Those who don't care about it one way or the other would be
well advised to use what time they have remaining to begin mentally
preparing themselves for the worst when they cross over to the other side.
Pop Clock Update: 109 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If the
figures in post #1 are within reason, then something like 6,385,329 new
arrivals have checked into the fiery sector of hades since December 10,
2014.
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