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How Can A Loving God Send People To Hell? by J. Vernon McGee
Posted by firequill | Posted in Bible Study, Helpful Articles | Posted on 17-02-2010
The Bible doesn’t say that a loving God sends anyone to hell, and yet they do go to hell. But they don’t go there because God sends them; it’s the only place for those who have rejected Jesus Christ and have no capacity for God whatsoever. When you say that He’s a loving God, you have only described one part of God. God is also righteous and just and holy. And if you think you can violate all the different attributes of God and then think you can depend on his love to save you, you’re entirely wrong; because you cannot insult and blaspheme against God.
He’s told us that we are sinners and cannot come into his presence, that we do not seek after God, that we are alienated from Him. Do you think he’s going to bring you into His presence when you have ignored him and turned your back on him? No. He is a holy God. He had to give his son to die on the cross for our sins, and if you are going to reject the only way he could work out for your salvation then you must understand that this is the only place for you.
Don’t say that a loving God sends people to hell. Say that there is a holy God, and when you do not meet his standard you cannot go into his heaven where he is. That ought to be obvious to you. In your home I’m sure that you have a standard and there are certain people that you would not let come in. God does the same thing. You have to meet his standard if you are going to heaven. There is only one place for the lost who have rejected the Lord Jesus Christ and that is with the devil and his demons.
Don’t say that a loving God is going to send you to hell — he’s not! The only thing that’s going to send you to hell is that you are a sinner and you don’t want to admit it. That’s the problem with the human family. It’s self will, a desire to go their way. Yet God has provided a way for you to come. Any time you want to make the turn, a loving God will save you.
