By Warren E. Berkley One positive step we can take toward motivation for righteousness, and abstaining from sin is: Consider the revulsion of what the Bible tells us about eternal punishment. The greatest and deepest tragedy of hell is banishment from the blessed presence of God and the eternal relationship with the Son (2 Thess. 1:9). …
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Eternal Death
By Bob Dickey Revelation 6:8 “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. . .” “I thought I’d die before we got out of there; professor Winchell went on for an eternity!” Such loose talk is common today as many seek to …
The Justice of God and Hell
By Gregory L. Sharp The Ecclesiastical writer pointedly states “there is no new thing under the sun” (Eccl. 1:9). This truth is evidenced in numerous fields, but perhaps none more poignant than in religious beliefs. There is a definite tendency for certain fallacious beliefs to be rekindled from generation to generation. One such erroneous belief is …
Eternal Punishment or Annihilation?
By Jack L. Holt The word “annihilation,” is from the Latin nihil, “nothing.” The doctrine of annihilation taught by the Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses and others is that some, if not all, human souls will cease to exist after death; they will become nothing. Warfield, in commenting on this subject, says, “This point of view …