The concept that God would create a place such as hell, however you imagine it, is hard for anyone to accept, especially if God is a loving Father, why would he allow eternal suffering for even the vilest of human beings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love the idea that perhaps Hell doesn’t exist, or that everyone’s religion could be right for them or if you’re a good person in this life then you’ll go to Heaven; but the more I read the Bible the more I know this just isn’t true<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In all of my idealistic hopes for eternity, I simply can’t stray from the fact that Heaven is real, and Hell is too, whatever it is like or means. And we’re going to one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The GOD dilemma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Most people would agree that even in human terms certain behaviour is unacceptable and should be “punished<\/em>“. Scale that up if you will to God who is perfectly righteous. He cannot allow SIN to go unpunished or indeed even exist in His creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The incredible fact is that although we deserved “eternal death”, He could not countenance that happening to us. Imagine for a moment a mother or father in a courtroom hearing the judge pronounce the death sentence on their son or daughter. Would they not cry out, “No, take me instead!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n That of course brings us back to why Jesus died in our place <\/strong>to free us from the consequences of our sin, He was punished<\/strong>. We walk free<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n For an audio description of why Hell is necessary listen here <\/a> or watch this short film<\/p>\n\n\n\n