Why I Believe in a Literal Hell.

Evil actions and God’s justice demands that people pay for their wrong choices, choices that especially hurt other people, and sin against the law of love. Love is not just a conceptual reality, but the only reality that people will be judged on at their deaths, or the second coming of Jesus Christ. The reason why I believe people will be sent to hell by God is because human beings are made in the image of God, and when we sin against this, we wound the soul of our humanity and stain our own souls, and the souls of others. Hell must be real because people make mistakes every day, and there are really big sinners and really small sinners. When people continuously wound their own conscience and the conscience of others, God’s justice and mercy are shamed, and sometimes there is no restitution for some sins that seriously wound the fabric of humanity’s love.

I believe hell is eternal, and I believe there are people there right now. I can’t say that I know the exact nature of hell, but I believe it is horrible and lasts forever. Jesus paid the penalty for us, so we wouldn’t have to go to hell, but when people do whatever they want, they despise God’s grace and sin against humanity’s consciousness. Individual sins are covered by Jesus, but no human is safe if they sin gravely against the nature of God’s love and God’s Light.

This is why God created Hell, for those who will be damned there for all eternity will be learning the consequences for sinning against their humanity and the humanity of others. Love was their judge, and the penalty was their lack of love and mercy for others. This is Mike.

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