Re: [TruthTalk] Eternal Judgment

[David Miller]

DaveH wrote: > It is one thing to spank your kid and send him to his > room for the night.  It is another to toss him into a > boiling cauldron knowing that he will be screaming > in torment due to physical pain forever.  If any Christian > wanted to do that to his child.....I would question their > sanity as a parent AND a Christian.    You are confusing the issue by not identifying the issue at hand.  Spanking a child is a form of discipline.  It is a way that children are trained.  The Torah teaches us that if a child does not respond to such chastening, but rather becomes rebellious and incorrigible, then the parents should take them to the elders to be stoned to death (see Deut. 21).  Maybe God would question your sanity for being unwilling to obey Torah on this matter.   DaveH wrote: > Would you be willing to forever physically (and punitively) > torture him for such an action?    No, but I recognize that the reason I am unwilling is because of my own unrighteousness.   DaveH wrote: > Do you think you inflicting physical torturous injury on him > every second of his eternal existence would be just punishment > for simply saying no to Jesus?   Yes.   DaveH wrote: > If Protestants want to belief eternal physical torture > is the method God uses to dispense his love and > mercy in the name of justice.....forgive me for being > unsympathetic to such beliefs. You confuse the issue again.  God's execution of his wrath and judgment is not a dispensing of love and mercy.  His love and mercy is manifested in what he did in sending his Son Jesus Christ, and again his love and mercy is manifested in how he bestows forgiveness upon those who believe upon him.  At the same time, his judgment remains true and right against those who have rejected his Son Jesus.   Peace be with you. David Miller.