{"id":7190,"date":"2018-01-13T16:13:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T16:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=7190"},"modified":"2018-01-13T16:13:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T16:13:28","slug":"is-hell-for-real-or-scare-mongering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=7190","title":{"rendered":"Is hell for real or scare-mongering?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <strong>Tope Banso<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cIf your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire\u201d (Matthew 18:8-9 New King James Version).<br \/>\nHell is real though these days it appears more people are living in denial of it. Many don\u2019t believe its existence. Sometimes, because of their disappointment at the behavior of some Christians, preachers inclusive, many wonder if Christians actually believe the existence of hell they\u2019ve so much preached about.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re asking that If we actually believe there is hell fire, why are we doing what will take us there? Why are we not running away from sins that will qualify us for hell fire?<br \/>\nHell is such a very terrible place that Jesus said in the scripture above we should take drastic actions and do away with whatever (and whoever) is dear to us, just like the parts of our body, that will cause us to sin, and lead us to hell fire. That\u2019s the meaning of what he said in Matthew 18:8-9, 5:29-30 and Mark 9:42-49. He wasn\u2019t talking about literally cutting off your hands or legs or removing your eyes.<br \/>\nYou must avoid living your life as if hell fire is a literary creation or fiction or a figment of preachers\u2019 imagination. You must not follow those who argue that the loving God can\u2019t be so wicked to send to hell fire human beings that He created in His own image.<br \/>\nBut the mistake they make is that God doesn\u2019t send anyone to hell; people go there by their choice! God didn\u2019t make hell for man; He made it for the devil and the fallen angels (Matthew 25:41). God has placed before you life and death and has asked you to choose what you want (Deuteronomy 30:15, 19; Jeremiah 21:8). Will you choose life or hell?<br \/>\nFeatures of Hell<br \/>\n1. Hell is a place where their worm (maggot) does not die and the fire is not quenched (Mark 9:42-49; Isaiah 66:24).<br \/>\n2. Hell is a place of perpetual torment (Revelation 20:10).<br \/>\n3. Hell is a place of darkness, wailing, weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 8:12, 13:41-42, 22:13, 24:48-51, 25:30; Luke 13:27-29).<br \/>\nWhy should anyone choose to go to hell? For those who believe that they\u2019ll only believe there is hell when they see it, I pity them. It will be too late then to avert going there. It is only your decision here on earth that can make you avert hell, not when you see it.<br \/>\n\u201cBut suppose after l die and leave this earth l find out there is no hell,\u201d someone asked. Then you wouldn\u2019t have lost anything. It\u2019s safer to discover later there is no hell than to find yourself standing at the gate of hell being welcomed in. You would have lost everything! But the truth is HELL IS REAL!<br \/>\n\u201cFor God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life\u201d (John 3:16 NKJV). So simple! Why should anyone reject this simple offer of God and go to hell? Hell is real!<br \/>\n\u25cf<strong>Banso, an Abuja-based minister can be reached via\u00a0cedarministryng@gmail.com; on Tel No: +2348155744752, +2348033113523; and on \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>WhatsApp No: +2349081295947<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tope Banso \u201cIf your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5772],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}