Daily Devotional – JANUARY 20 (Eternal Torment? Part 5: “The Talk Show”)
By admin On January 16th, 2021.
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Daily Devotional – JANUARY 20
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Eternal Torment?
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Part 5:
“The Talk Show”
To read Part 1, click here…“September 8th (Eternal Torment?)”
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“Every word of God is pure….
Add thou not unto His words,
lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.”
Proverbs 30:5, 6
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Yesterday, there was a radio talk-show caller who asked the following question…
“Don’t you 
think there should be some balance concerning the church-doctrine of eternal 
torment?
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After all, there are many passages which speak of Hell as death!
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For instance, Job, Chapter 3 is a lament of Job as he wishes he had never been born!”
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“And”, the caller continued, “Job says in his complaint…
‘Why died I not from the womb?…
For now should I have lain still and been quiet,
I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
With kings and counsellors of the earth…
Or with princes…
There the wicked cease from troubling…”
Job 3:11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19
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Announcer with microphone – svg – Wikimedia – Public-Domain
Job (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922) – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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A SURPRISING ANSWER!
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Now the talk-show caller was totally surprised by the answer that he got:
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1. “The cults believe in Hell as being ‘annihilation'”.
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2. “We trust in church’s long-held traditional belief of, ‘Eternal Torment'”.
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3. “Chapter 3 was a scenario of Job venting his frustration, and just like Ecclesiastes, cannot be considered as Bible doctrine, but merely the venting of Job!”
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Job rebuked by his friends – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
Announcer with microphone – svg – Wikimedia – Public-Domain
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FAULTY REASONING!
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Now certainly, the first two answers by those talk-show hosts are clearly NOT THE CORRECT WAY to interpret Scripture!
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After all, every cult has a certain amount of truth!
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No cult is made of total lies!
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But rather, most cults are made of truth mingled with lies!
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So, truth can never be defined by what false gospels believe or don’t believe!
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Second, long-held church traditions are never the test of Bible truth.
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After all, there have been many long-held church traditions which are obviously unbiblical!
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The deity of Mary, indulgences, Purgatory, etc., are just a few of the many long-held church traditions!
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“EVERY WORD OF GOD IS PURE!”
Proverbs 30:5.
But perhaps the most amazing error that these talk-show hosts put forth, was their third argument.
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To say that the Book of Job and the Book of Ecclesiastes are not necessarily the divine Word of Truth is utter heresy!
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You see, the Apostle, Paul proclaimed…
…”All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction…”
2nd Timothy 3:16
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This above verse gives the Bible student complete confidence that any and every Bible verse can be trusted as infallible Bible doctrine and can be used for reproof and correction of any church doctrine.
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Announcer with microphone – svg – Wikimedia – Public-Domain
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MANY PASSAGES CONFIRM HELL AS DEATH!
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We cannot just take the Bible passages we like and reject Job Chapter 3, and the other passages that speak of Hell as death!
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Listen… “Behold, all souls are Mine (says the Lord);
as the soul of the father,
so also the soul of the son is Mine:
the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”
Ezekiel 18:4
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No, most talk-show hosts only mention those Bible passages which affirm their own pet church doctrines.
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And when confronted by Job 3, or this above verse from Ezekiel 18:4, they wrest away these conflicting passages, or deny them altogether as they did with Job 3!
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Hell’s Torment and Tormentor – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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GOOD NEWS!
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But there is some very Good News!
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Listen…“These things have I written unto you
concerning them that seduce you.
But the Anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you,
and YE NEED NOT THAT ANY MAN TEACH YOU:
but as the same Anointing teacheth you of all things,
and is truth, and is no lie,
and even as it hath taught you,
ye shall abide in Him.”
1st John 2:26, 27
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This above passage warns us that there will be those who will attempt to deceive us!
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And this above passage reveals that we don’t need to let any man teach us!
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Because every true worshiper of God has the Anointing of God.
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Now that’s really Good News!
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TO READ PART 6, CLICK HERE…
May 24 (Eternal Torment? Part 6: The Best Kept Secret in Hell)
Buddhist Hell – Wikipedia – public domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Let me depend less on what others tell the Bible says, and more on what the Spirit of God reveals!
Help me to study and contemplate the Bible throughout my day…
Marines at Prayer by Alex Raymond – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…“February 19th (“Man Shall…Live…By Every Word”)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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LOCATING THESE TWO CONSTELLATIONS
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This phenomenon begins in late October, in the pre-dawn hours. It then begins a little earlier each night.
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This Wikipedia star-chart to the left, has this Orion Constellation sketched in.
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You must locate Orion, when it is mid-sky, between east and west.
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You’ll be facing southward most likely, unless you are far south.
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Try to imagine it as a Cross on a steep hill.
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The 3-star belt of Orion becomes the crest of the hill.
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The 3 very faint stars that make up Orion’s head become the very top of the Cross.
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Next, locate the 7 Stars Constellation.
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This 7 Stars Constellation is seen by facing northward.
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It stands upright a little later in the night.
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Eventually, Orion will lay down and no longer be seen as an uplifted Cross!
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Beginning in November, the 7 Stars (AKA Big Dipper) can be seen as a Cross a little bit later in evening.
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When you are comfortable in locating Orion & The 7 Stars Constellations, then show a friend.
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This can be a great witnessing tool!
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “‘7 Stars’ Imitate ‘The Cross of Orion’”
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TOMORROW…
“FEBRUARY 21 (Jesus is Come in the Flesh? Or Not? Part 2)”
Question Mark – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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ABOVE PICTURE: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain