God
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12. If God is love, how can He condemn some of His creatures to an
eternity full of torments? |
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God will
condemn the wicked to an eternity full of torments because He is “a righteous
judge” (Psalm |
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God says
that He “will not at all acquit the wicked” (Nahum 1:3 – NKJV. cf. Exodus
34:7) and that His eyes “are too pure to look on evil” (Habakkuk 1:13 – NIV);
that’s why He punished the ancient world by bringing floodwaters on the
earth, and He punished Sodom and Gomorrah by raining upon them brimstone and
fire (just to mention some of His righteous judgements that He sent upon the
wicked in ancient times). And the same God who punished the wicked in the
days of Noah and the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah in the days of
Abraham, in that day will punish the wicked for their wickedness, as it is
written: “I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their
iniquity” (Isaiah 13:11 – NKJV) and He will judge them in righteousness (Psalm
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God stated
that He will cast the wicked into the lake which burns with fire and
brimstone; here are His words: “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters,
and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death” (Revelation 21:8). On that day, that
is, when He judges men according to their works, anyone who will not be found
written in the book of life will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone (Revelation
20:15), that is, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his
angels (Matthew 25:41). There the wicked will be tormented forever and ever
(together with the devil who is their father, and the angels of Satan), as it
is written: “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment” (Matthew
25:46), and also: “They will be tormented day and night forever and ever” (Revelation
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To God be
the glory now and forever for His righteousness which is very high. Amen. |