Have you been told you were going to Hell?

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Disciple4life

There are better ways to say things than to scream it at the top of your lungs in the church parking lot. This is usually how it happens. I have never been sat down in kindness and love and been told that I need to reevaluate my life.

It takes a certain kind of spirit to tell someone that they are going to hell and laugh in their face because they are so happy.

I think that many just don't know how to communicate. Spiritual immaturity abounds. They normally mean well.

[Disciple4life]

The whole reason I brought up the subject is that usually the person who condemns everybody to hell is lacking love.

Jesus loves everybody. That is why when I talk to people about Jesus I try to have the most loving spirit. I am straight with them that certain things are wrong, sinful and displeasing to God.

Yelling or screaming at someone will most likely alienate them. They will see that you do not have the love that you claim. They will more than likely walk away and be less receptive of anyone else who tells them about Jesus.

[Rudy]

Mormons told me that church I went too was of the devil.

Oh my!!

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Disciple4life

There are better ways to say things than to scream it at the top of your lungs in the church parking lot. This is usually how it happens. I have never been sat down in kindness and love and been told that I need to reevaluate my life.

It takes a certain kind of spirit to tell someone that they are going to hell and laugh in their face because they are so happy.

Unfortunately, when a preacher rebukes sin and sinners, they often think of it as "that mean old hatemonger was screaming about how I'm going to hell if I don't do what he says, totally unchristian-like, he should have made every effort to make me feel good, then I could have politely told him he was a religious nutcase but thanks for the concern, but because he's being all stupid and mean like those Westboro Baptist Church scumbags I just flipped him off and told him and his god to bite me."

When in reality the 'mean ole religious hatemonger' was just doing what God told him to do - cry aloud, and spare not, and show my people their sins.

[Michael The Disciple]

I am told routinely Im going to hell. Over Oneness, over Acts 2:38. Over holiness, over soul sleep and annihilation.

[Michael The Disciple]

Jesus told a lot of people they were going to Hell. If one does not understand this they cannot be saved. You have to admit you are a lost sinner worthy of Hell. What does it mean when we tell some they need TO BE SAVED?

Saved from what?

[Disciple4life]

Maybe I did not explain myself. When you witness to an unsaved person you are trying to help them.

When a person has obeyed Acts 2:38 and cleaned up their life, it is a different story.
Having a minister scream you will burn in hell where you belong because you are in the privacy of your own home and you wear shorts that come down to your knees.
To me that seems ridicules.

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by Disciple4life

Maybe I did not explain myself. When you witness to an unsaved person you are trying to help them.

When a person has obeyed Acts 2:38 and cleaned up their life, it is a different story.
Having a minister scream you will burn in hell where you belong because you are in the privacy of your own home and you wear shorts that come down to your knees.
To me that seems ridicules.

True. There are many mere "hirelings" in the ministry. They don't spend the time in consecration to God to get to the solid meat of the word. They just holler and yell. To me most Apostolic Preachers all sound the same.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Unfortunately, when a preacher rebukes sin and sinners, they often think of it as "that mean old hatemonger was screaming about how I'm going to hell if I don't do what he says, totally unchristian-like, he should have made every effort to make me feel good, then I could have politely told him he was a religious nutcase but thanks for the concern, but because he's being all stupid and mean like those Westboro Baptist Church scumbags I just flipped him off and told him and his god to bite me."

When in reality the 'mean ole religious hatemonger' was just doing what God told him to do - cry aloud, and spare not, and show my people their sins.

yes but what about the screaming?

[Godzchild]

I was told I am going to Hell for being German and marrying a black man ..... .... some people.....