Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 5:21-26
by: Renee Sanford.
Jesus talked about hell a lot. Most of us wrestle with the concept of our good and loving God “sending people” to hell. OK, maybe really evil people, but people who get angry? People who insult others? People…like us? Our voluntary choices—our hostility and unforgiveness towards each other—appear to have serious eternal consequences. Jesus did not mince words when He talked about it. Perhaps it is not so much a matter of God sending people to hell. Rather, hell is simply where people naturally go when left to their own devices without His intervention. Thank God, He has intervened and provided a way for us to be reconciled.