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   1. The fact of eternal torment   
      
         “And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son   
          of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?””   
          (Matthew 8:29, ESV)   
      
   Notice, the demons know there is an appointed time when Christ will   
   torment them. They're not worried about being sent into non-existence.   
   They're worried about being tormented.   
      
         “and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of   
          fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and   
          they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”   
          (Revelation 20:10, ESV)   
      
         “And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud   
          voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives   
          a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the   
          wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his   
          anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the   
          presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And   
          the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they   
          have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and   
          its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.””   
          (Revelation 14:9–11, ESV)   
      
   That's right. They will drink the wine of God's wrath and be   
   "tormented". The smoke of their "torment" will go up "forever and ever".   
   Further, they will have "no rest, day or night". This is not   
   annihilation. This is conscious torment that lasts forever and ever.   
      
         ““Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty   
          works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would   
          have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you,   
          it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and   
          Sidon than for you.” (Matthew 11:21–22, ESV)   
      
   There can't be various degrees of annihilation. You either exist or your   
   don't. This proves that the judgment is conscious torment, not cessation   
   of existence.   
      
   2. The justice of eternal torment   
      
   Those who reject the gospel will receive "deserved" punishment.   
      
         “Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on   
          the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse   
          punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has   
          trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of   
          the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the   
          Spirit of grace?” (Hebrews 10:28–29, ESV)   
      
   The Satanic LIE propagated by James, is that those who reject God's   
   love, mercy, and grace offered in Christ's atonement for men's sins,   
   somehow "deserve" to be spared from eternal suffering. On the contrary.   
   Rejecting God's love, mercy and justice in Christ, demands that they be   
   sent to the lake of fire! It's what justice calls for, seeing they've   
   rejected God's love, mercy, and grace offered in Christ.   
      
   --   
   Have you heard the good news Christ died for our sins (†), and God   
   raised Him from the dead?   
      
   That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death   
   penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death   
   satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John   
   2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your   
   sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.   
      
   On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on   
   the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name   
   of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).   
      
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