The Son of Man came to seek and save that which was lost. It is Jesus' favorite title of Himself. I chosen this title because Jesus loved this title of Himself. We ought to never forget that Jesus is fully God and fully man: two natures in One Person. He is the God-man, the Incarnate Second Person of the Trinity. May we mediate on His life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension that we may be conformed to the image of the divine Son of Man! This blog web site will be a Christian defense of the Reformed doctrines of the Incarnate Son of Man. May all glory be to His name!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

The Reformed Doctrine of Eternal Hell and Heaven and the Righteous Gospel

The New Testament says that hell is the final place of those eternally condemned.  Hell is a place of fire and darkness.  No one who has repented of their sins will go to hell.  No one who has Jesus as their Lord and Savior will go to hell.  Hell is a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth.  Hell is a place of destruction.  Hell is a place of torment.  Anything in hell is more terrible than the symbol.  It is meant to fill us with horror.  Heaven is better than we could dream but hell is worse than we could imagine.  Heaven is a place where the imputed righteousness is worn by all kinds of people from earth who the Spirit of Christ made willing.  We stand before God in His robes of righteousness.  All those who do not have Jesus' robes of righteousness will enter hell.  All the elect will go to heaven.  The elect are those who have repented of their sins and wear Jesus' garments of righteousness. 

Hell is the absence of God's mercy and the presence of His wrath and displeasure.   God Almighty is shown to be like a consuming fire.   Hell is where sinners are who hate God and love their sin more than God.  However, there was a time when we loved our sin more than loving God.  This was when we were unconverted.  Sometimes when we were in our converted state we cherished sin over God.  At this time in our converted life, we ought to repent of our sins and turn to God for mercy. 

There is no end to hell.  There is no second chance after death or annihilation.  Hell is a place where people who want to be there are there because of their choice.  No one can go to hell who shouldn't be there.  No human being can take us to hell because God's Triune grip keeps us in His care.  We are forgiven past, present and future.  It doesn't matter how mean and evil someone is to take us to hell God will not allow it because He keeps His promises.  It does not matter what sin we have committed we are forgiven if God has taken the initiative to save us to put our trust in God.  But those of hell they loved darkness rather than light.  They were left to themselves by God without the light of repentance or more importantly Jesus' saving robes of righteousness.  The light of Christ's righteousness is the key to never entering hell.  We must have Jesus' unified and imputed righteousness by faith alone.  It is His grace alone that will see us through and not our works of righteousness.  Those who go to hell love their personal works over God's personal work of righteousness through His Son.  The righteousness of Christ is pure, perfect and personified goodness.