The Folly Of Hell

The Folly Of Hell

November 19, 2012

 Something there is about a place called Hell.
For who would a place like this be devised?
For the wicked sinner who fails to repent?
For the ignorant who does not take the time?
For the intellectual’s calculation that it doesn’t exist?
For the demonic beings who reject the Creator God?

Something there is about a pride so great
That one would persist to embrace it close;
While the God of the Universe has set face
against the one who refuses to abandon it.
Till a person understands that they must humbly
Submit their heart and soul to their Maker.

Philosophy lightens the Biblical view of Hell,
With devil and demon and pitchfork and laughter;
But Dante was wrong about this place called Hell;
There is no one who is "king" and "master" to rule
Over other poor souls residing in this fiery place.
For Satan himself is chief among the tormented.

I’ve heard them say, “All my friends are going
Down to this place called Hell, and I want
More than anything to enjoy it with them.”
Do we want to share with friends a slip on the ice?
A hit on the head? An accident in our car? A severed leg?
A cancerous tumor? Perhaps misery does love company.

I’ve heard them say, “I’d rather be a mighty king
ruling in hell than be serving a god in heaven.”
Does anyone really reign in a chaotic fire?
Where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth?
Is there an order of honor and authority
Among masses of drowning souls in the sea?

If I had the chance to look in the eye of a friend,
Who under the wrath of God remained;
And who faced his sin and the penalty of
In his future in the eternity.
I would plead with every effort of my soul,
My dear friend: Turn and repent!

Something there is about an eternity of Hell.
And the souls who will reside there forever;
When the Savior came to seek and to save
Those who are lost and those who are perishing.
He who dies upon the cross bearing all the guilt and sin
So for the eternity they who believe would not have to.

 

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My thought in writing this piece is to consider the foolishness we often have in light thinking about the reality of the future eternity.  Those who have the Son of God--Jesus--have life given to them by grace.  Those who do not, face condemnation for their sin.  I in no way relish the idea of people being in Hell.  Instead, I shudder at the thought.  If you are offended or troubled by this poem, please write me; I would love to talk with you about the magnficent grace of God which is available to you through Jesus Christ. 

 

Jesus said the most famous words:  “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."  (John 3:16)The idea here of "perish" is continued in the next verses:   "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”  (John 3:17-21)

 

I love my family and friends dearly, and desire you all to come to repentance and find life if Christ.

 

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