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Dave Hunt denies the fire of hell (Friday Church News Notes, April 18, 2008,I am very sad to report that Dave Hunt, who has written some helpful books on a variety of subjects, is boldly denying the fire of hell. In an article at The Berean Call web site entitled “Justice, Forgiveness, and Transformation,” dated March 31, 2008, he says that the fire is “not physical” and that it “must be the ‘fire’ of God’s justice, holiness, purity, and truth that exposes motives and would surely torment the conscience of the damned forever.” He says, “This alone could constitute the flames in the Lake of Fire.” He goes to great effort to re-interpret various verses that refute his position. REGARDING MATTHEW 25:41, Hunt asks, “But the ‘devil and his angels’ have no physical bodies, so how could physical flames, to which they would be impervious, have been prepared for them?” The answer is that we don’t know and we don’t need to know. It’s not up to us to try to figure out how these things work. We can be assured that God knows how to make it work! All we need to know is that Jesus said the destiny of the devil and his angels and every unbeliever is everlasting FIRE. REGARDING REVELATION 20:15, Hunt asks “How could that happen through the torture of being thrown into the Lake of Fire? Will Hitler be in a hotter section? But how could physical bodies suffer greater or lesser heat in the split second of consumption? And how could degrees of physical torture distinguish between sins of so many different kinds and the motivation behind each?” Again, these are not questions we should be asking. All we know is that the Bible says the unsaved will be raised and judged according to their works and cast into the lake of FIRE. We know that they will not be consumed in the fire but will be “tormented day and night for ever and ever.” That’s all we need to know. Our part is not to ask questions that aren’t answered in Scripture but simply to believe what the Bible plainly states. REGARDING LUKE 16:23-24, Hunt says that the rich man in hell was confused! He only thought he had a body that was in torments in the flame and a tongue that needed cooling! Hunt claims that “the rich man was apparently locked into that delusion for eternity.” In fact, the rich man is in a much better position to describe hell than Dave Hunt! He said that he had a body and a tongue. Of what nature is that pre- resurrection body? We don’t know and we don’t need to know. We only know that he was “tormented in this FLAME.” REGARDING 1 CORINTHIANS 3:13, Hunt compares the fire of the judgment seat of Christ with the fire of hell, but they are different things. Everything about the believer’s destiny is different from that of the unbeliever. Further, the fire of the judgment seat of Christ does not touch the believer himself; rather, it “tries every man’s work of what sort it is.” There is a great attack today on the biblical doctrine of hell fire. Many others have denied it, including John Paul II, Billy Graham, Robert Schuller, Clark Pinnock, Neil Punt, Kenneth Kantzer, John Stott, and J.I. Packer. Of course, the Seventh- day Adventist and Jehovah’s Witness cults deny it. No one can understand this doctrine. It is far beyond human comprehension. It is doubtless the most difficult doctrine in Scripture, but since the Bible says the unbeliever’s punishment is eternal fire, I refuse to question it. Fifteen times in the New Testament, Hell is described in terms of fire. “the FIRE is not quenched” (Mark 9:44, 46, 48), “FIRE” (Mat. 5:22; 18:9), “everlasting FIRE” (Mat. 18:8; 25:41), “FIRE unquenchable” (Luke 3:17), “this FLAME” (Lk. 16:24), “furnace of FIRE” (Mat. 13:42,50), “eternal FIRE” (Jude 7), “FIRE and brimstone” (Rev. 14:10; 20:10; 21:8). “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law” (Deut. 29:29).
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das habe ich erhalten:
Dave Hunt denies the fire of hell (Friday Church News Notes, April 18, 2008,I am very sad to report that Dave Hunt, who has written some helpful books on a variety of subjects, is boldly denying the fire of hell. In an article at The Berean Call web site entitled “Justice, Forgiveness, and Transformation,” dated March 31, 2008, he says that the fire is “not physical” and that it “must be the ‘fire’ of God’s justice, holiness, purity, and truth that exposes motives and would surely torment the conscience of the damned forever.” He says, “This alone could constitute the flames in the Lake of Fire.” He goes to great effort to re-interpret various verses that refute his position. REGARDING MATTHEW 25:41, Hunt asks, “But the ‘devil and his angels’ have no physical bodies, so how could physical flames, to which they would be impervious, have been prepared for them?” The answer is that we don’t know and we don’t need to know. It’s not up to us to try to figure out how these things work. We can be assured that God knows how to make it work! All we need to know is that Jesus said the destiny of the devil and his angels and every unbeliever is everlasting FIRE. REGARDING REVELATION 20:15, Hunt asks “How could that happen through the torture of being thrown into the Lake of Fire? Will Hitler be in a hotter section? But how could physical bodies suffer greater or lesser heat in the split second of consumption? And how could degrees of physical torture distinguish between sins of so many different kinds and the motivation behind each?” Again, these are not questions we should be asking. All we know is that the Bible says the unsaved will be raised and judged according to their works and cast into the lake of FIRE. We know that they will not be consumed in the fire but will be “tormented day and night for ever and ever.” That’s all we need to know. Our part is not to ask questions that aren’t answered in Scripture but simply to believe what the Bible plainly states. REGARDING LUKE 16:23-24, Hunt says that the rich man in hell was confused! He only thought he had a body that was in torments in the flame and a tongue that needed cooling! Hunt claims that “the rich man was apparently locked into that delusion for eternity.” In fact, the rich man is in a much better position to describe hell than Dave Hunt! He said that he had a body and a tongue. Of what nature is that pre- resurrection body? We don’t know and we don’t need to know. We only know that he was “tormented in this FLAME.” REGARDING 1 CORINTHIANS 3:13, Hunt compares the fire of the judgment seat of Christ with the fire of hell, but they are different things. Everything about the believer’s destiny is different from that of the unbeliever. Further, the fire of the judgment seat of Christ does not touch the believer himself; rather, it “tries every man’s work of what sort it is.” There is a great attack today on the biblical doctrine of hell fire. Many others have denied it, including John Paul II, Billy Graham, Robert Schuller, Clark Pinnock, Neil Punt, Kenneth Kantzer, John Stott, and J.I. Packer. Of course, the Seventh- day Adventist and Jehovah’s Witness cults deny it. No one can understand this doctrine. It is far beyond human comprehension. It is doubtless the most difficult doctrine in Scripture, but since the Bible says the unbeliever’s punishment is eternal fire, I refuse to question it. Fifteen times in the New Testament, Hell is described in terms of fire. “the FIRE is not quenched” (Mark 9:44, 46, 48), “FIRE” (Mat. 5:22; 18:9), “everlasting FIRE” (Mat. 18:8; 25:41), “FIRE unquenchable” (Luke 3:17), “this FLAME” (Lk. 16:24), “furnace of FIRE” (Mat. 13:42,50), “eternal FIRE” (Jude 7), “FIRE and brimstone” (Rev. 14:10; 20:10; 21:8). “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law” (Deut. 29:29).
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