The Gospel Of Repentance

Last week I watched some programs that were recorded about 10 years ago that dealt with the subject of if God is loving why does He allow so much pain and suffering? In other words, why is there so much evil in our world? Why won’t He stop it – like now?!   One of the programs within the 8-part series dealt with the reality of hell. The host John Ankerberg asked his studio guest Norman Geisler why hell is necessary. Norman  who has authored  numerous  books on defending the Christian Faith  provided  three answers.    1. Hell is a prison sentence for those who breaks God’s laws .   God must execute His justice against evildoers. Just like criminals who breaks the laws here on earth are sent to prison once convicted, God eternally punishes those who reject Jesus Christ’s substitutionary  atonement  for their sins in hell. Hell is where unrepentant departed souls dwell before they are resurrected to face the Great White Judgment in Revelation 20 1 .    2. God is loving and He will not fo

  To know the true and living God is the greatest of all blessings. Proverbs 9:10 says, “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” To know God truly is to understand His nature; what brings Him joy, and what angers Him. For any relationship to be deep and intimate, one must learn about the one they claim to love. As believers we know the Lord. It must be an ongoing love affair with our Savior. The more we know Him, the more we understand His ways – how perfect they are- how imperfect and sinful we are. The closer we get to the Lord, the more our wretchedness is revealed to us.   This  should provide us with great comfort. Why? Because, despite our weaknesses, God still loves us, and delights in being our Father. He forgave our sins when we first trusted in Christ for our salvation, and He continually forgives our sins when we disobey now.    What extraordinary grace!   Sadly, most of the world is blinded to the goodness of God