Inmate said:
For the last time. God is not going to put someone in Hell for having a life, He will put someone in Hell for refusing to be a Christian, refusing to Love others.
Matthew 7:22-23
Many
will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your
name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Luke 13:23-28
23 Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?”And He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 When
once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you
begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open
for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where
you are from,’ 26 then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ 27 But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 28 There
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac
and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves
thrust out.
Matthew 25:10-12
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready
went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
So yes, there is more to salvation than deeds. Jesus does not want fans, he wants followers. He does not want people who know of him, he wants people who know him. he does not want people to have a place for him, he wants to be placed first before all things.
1 Thessalonians 19-22
19
Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good. 22
Abstain from every form of evil.
2 Crinthians 6:14
14 Do
not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.
For what fellowship
has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with
darkness?
Inmate said:
He will put someone in Hell for unrepented Murder, Lying,Stealing, Cheating,
Really?
1 John 3:15
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
Matthew 10:37
37
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me
Romans 2:6-12
6 who “will render to each one according to his deeds”: 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; 8
but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; 10 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For there is no partiality with God.
12 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as
many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law
Matthew 5:22
22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause
shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother,
‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’
shall be in danger of hell fire.
Mark 9:42-48
42 “But
whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble,
it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and
he were thrown into the sea. 43 If
your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter
into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the
fire that shall never be quenched— 44 where
‘Their worm does not die
And the fire is not quenched.’
45 And
if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to
enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell, into
the fire that shall never be quenched— 46 where
‘Their worm does not die,
And the fire is not quenched.’
47 And
if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to
enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to
be cast into hell fire— 48 where
‘Their worm does not die
And the fire is not quenched.
Acts 2:38
38 Then
Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit
Inmate said:
Its all about the Person's Heart, Not how they choose to use their free time. Hobbies are not wicked
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Colossions 2:8
Beware lest anyone cheat
you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of
men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according
to Christ.
The Holy Spirit lives inside of us, and the Holy Spirit will NOT live in darkness. The bible says that light can not live in darkness nor darkness in light. If we entertain darkness we are not in the light.
The only unforgivable sin is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Any other sin can be forgiven but we must repent and turn from our sin in order to be forgiven. We can not justify our sin.
Inmate said:
If you guys are right, Answer this one Question!!!
If I cannot "Set such things before my eyes", Then WHY, should I set my own thoughts on Hell and Demons around me. You are the type of people who go on youtube and listen to people talking about straight up evil wicked things they saw in Hell. Demons tormenting and defiling flesh and souls is WAAAYYYY More wicked than Climbing a mountain in GTA on the xbox
You can play video games that are full of cursing, hookers, breaking the law, running over people, shooting people, drug dealing ect like GTA (I looked up the game you mentioned you love playing) but the Holy Spirit will not stick around to watch it with you. You can turn from it or at the very least acknowledge it is sinful and pray to find something less worldly to replace it... such as golf for one of many examples.
To answer your question:
As far as hell and demons, I don't think it is something you should dwell on at all... you need to focus on Jesus not satan. But with that said you do need to accept there is a hell, accept there are demons and they do tempt us, accept satan is real and he wants you to focus on worldly things rather than God, and understand that only Jesus can save you from it all. It is not focusing on them... the bible mentions satan over 50 times in the bible, but not once does it say to focus on him. We know about satan, hell and demons because the bible tells us about them, and it tells us about them so we understand what we are up against. Focus on God, but do not be fooled by the devil. Know always you are doing Gods will and not the devils. It is always important to remember every single possible thing we do or can do in this life is eather good or evil... there is nothing that can make both sides happy. We must also remember satan goes to great lengths to temp us, he does not want us to follow God, to live for God or do anything that pleases God. Remembering that is following the bible, it is not focusing on satan or hell it is doing what the bible tells us to do, not fall into satans traps.
Matthew 10:37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
Now if Jesus expects you to love him more than your own parents, wife and children how much more does he expect you to love him more than worldly things like tv and video games? It all comes down to how much time you spend with him compaired to how much time you spend on other things. If you truely love someone do you not want to spend all of your time with them? ..or at least as much as possible? We can have fun and still spend time with God. There is really no time we are not able to praise God in the back of our heads and speak to him other than when we are sleeping. But when we are playing video games that are cursing and chasing hookers around and killing people it is kind of hard to set the mood, and I doubt God wants to stick around to watch it with us. We don't always have to be spending our free time helping out at soup kitchens, church or what have you, we can have time for ourselves. I enjoy fishing and working in the garden but God is with me the entire time as I thank him for all of his blessings.
BTW, I'm not at all saying I am the poster child for God lol.. far from it. Jesus was the only one and will ever be the only one to walk this earth sin free. I'm just saying it is possible to find fun and excitement in life when we need some down time that can also involve Jesus in it.
