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   From: none@none.con   
      
   On Oct 3, 2023, James wrote   
   (in article<3runhidnm36uiljd9lvl3tu50hsrmd74n9@4ax.com>):   
      
   > On Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:49:40 -0700, No one  wrote:   
   >   
   > > On Oct 2, 2023, James wrote   
   > > (in article):   
   > >   
   > > > True lovers of God know that He is superlative goodness, and would   
   > > > never even conceve such a thing:   
   > >   
   > > Read the verse, it had nothing to do with hellfire.   
   > >   
   > > Deu 16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God   
   > > hateth.   
   > >   
   > > Why does he hate?   
   > > Why is he provoked to wrath?   
   > >   
   > > Deu 9:7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to   
   > > wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the   
   land   
   > > of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against   
   the   
   > > LORD.   
   > >   
   > > 2Ki 22:17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other   
   > > gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their   
   hands;   
   > > therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be   
   > > quenched.   
   > >   
   > > If God spared not these people, then why would you be spared?   
   > >   
   > > Why are men commanded to hate?   
   > >   
   > > Amo 5:15Hate theevil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the   
   gate:   
   > > it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of   
   > > Joseph.   
   > >   
   > > Zec 8:17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his   
   > > neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate,   
   > > saith the LORD.   
   > >   
   > > Is not God a God of justice?   
   > >   
   > > Then what makes you think he will give evil a pass?   
   > >   
   > > >   
   > > >   
   > > > -- Revised Standard   
   > > > Jeremiah 7:31 And they have built the high place of Topheth, which is   
   > > > in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their   
   > > > daughters in the fire; which I did not command, nor did it come into   
   > > > my mind.   
   > > >   
   > > > Sincerely James   
   > >   
   > > If there were no hellfire, then what are people saved "from"?   
   >   
   > Just like when a person dies he ceases to exist (Ec 9:5, Ps 146:4), so   
   > it will be for those judged wicked. The lake of fire is symbolic. It   
   > means the "second death".(Rev 20:14)   
      
   So you claim there is nothing to escape? So people are free to sin to their   
   hearts content, to rape, rob, steal and destroy.   
   >   
   >   
   > > Why do you still knowingly sin?   
   >   
   > I can't help it, just like Paul:   
   >   
   > "For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not   
   > want to do--this I keep on doing." (NIV)   
      
   He was describing his old self, and then went on to describe his new self,   
   yet you continue to spew out the lies of the father of all lies.   
   >   
   > Ec 7:20, "There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right   
   > and never sins." (NIV)   
      
   Yet there is Jesus who sinned not.   
   So obviously you are missing something.   
      
   >   
   >   
   > Sincerely James   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)