As a young boy, I witnessed a piece of asbestos on fire. It glowed, smoldered, smoked, even burned. But it never burned out. Strange, I thought. I was very unsaved at the time.

The Word of God speaks to our souls in warning, for us and those lost. First, Jesus’ cousin, John the baptizer:

Luke 3:16-17  John answered and said to them all, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. “His winnowing fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

The Greek word here for “unquenchable” is “asbestos,”  from “a” or negative, and “sbestos” or quenched, extinguished. Sort of like “a-theist,” meaning no God.

And finally our Lord Jesus Himself, in holy love, proclaims a warning too:

Mark 9:43-44  “If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

It’s very fashionable these days for some to teach God just annihilates all those who are in rebellion to Him, and died without Christ…

I, for one, think not. God sends us to the best place ever forever and ever if we believe and obey. Or God sends us the worst place ever forever and ever.

The following article will absolutely take your breath away. It did mine especially the part that states, “For punishment in hell is retributive. It is not remedial. It does not make anyone better.”  WHAT IS HELL? [AT THE BATTLE FRONT 93]

Please favor us, gracious Father, and help us submit to You, persevere in  our faith, and evangelize the lost in loving, holy obedience for it’s our reasonable service to Your Lord Jesus.

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Your friend and brother in fighting the good fight,

Marc

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