Does God Create People to Go to Hell?
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Application: Basically, there are two approaches when the Christian Community discusses doctrinal positions regarding Salvation. Today we are going to examine what teaches when it comes to a God that “hates” His creation.
Application: Basically, there are two approaches when the Christian Community discusses doctrinal positions regarding Salvation. Today we are going to examine what teaches when it comes to a God that “hates” His creation.
1 I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,
4 who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
5 of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
6 But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel,
7 nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.”
8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
9 For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”
10 And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac
11 (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),
12 it was said to her, “The older shall serve the younger.”
13 As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!
15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
17 For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”
18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”
20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,
24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 As He says also in Hosea: “I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved.”
26 “And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.”
27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved.
28 For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
29 And as Isaiah said before: “Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”
30 What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;
31 but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
33 As it is written: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
Rom
Notes: Sermon Credits go to the late Adrian Rogers. Simply his commentary is in line with my doctrinal stance regarding salvation.
Why I’m not a Calvinist? Has God created people to go to Hell and everything is settled? To be a Calvinist, especially to agree with all 5 points (Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints) one would have to come to the conclusion that God creates people already destined to Hell and after I became well rounded in the doctrine of salvation I realized one ties into the other.
1. We have the Greatest Mission.
1. We have the Greatest Mission.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
2. We have the most powerful Message.
2. We have the most powerful Message.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
3. We have the ultimate Master.
3. We have the ultimate Master.
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Note:
Paul had a concern for lost souls
1 I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
2 that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
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Paul was willing to take their Hell if they could take his Heaven.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,
Who is He teaching? Jewish Nation
He is called to the Gentiles… ( Dianna here when you need her)
I. God is a God of Sovereign choices.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,
4 who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
5 of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
Rom
Jews where a chosen people with special privileges
( Israelites, Adoption, Glory, Convenants, Given the Law, Service “Levitical”, Promises, and He was the Messiah)
The Jews gave us our Messiah
Example: Abraham - Ishmael vs Isaac
Isaac- Jacob or Esau
How did He Choose?
6 But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel,
7 nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.”
8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
9 For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”
10 And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac
11 (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),
12 it was said to her, “The older shall serve the younger.”
13 As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”
Note: Before they were born God chose THem
11 (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),
12 it was said to her, “The older shall serve the younger.”
But we have to realize it was not individual selection but National
See:
25 And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau.
a. National not Personal
a. National not Personal
b. Not Salvation But Service
b. Not Salvation But Service
Note: God loves Sinners
Hate= Prefer
See : -16
25 Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them,
Luke
26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
c. Preference not Despite
c. Preference not Despite
II. God is a God of Spotless character.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!
15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
17 For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”
18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”
20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,
A. He Does as He Pleases
B. He Answers to Know One.
C. He Is Just not Fair.
D. He only owes us Judgement
Note:
BUT HE GIVES US MERCY
1. Free to Pardon
2. Free to Punish
12 it was said to her, “The older shall serve the younger.”
13 As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!
15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
17 For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”
18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
Pardon- If you are saved it is because of God’s Grace and God’s Mercy. It is not rooted in Mans Merit.
If you want Salvation, You can HAve it
5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.
Rom 9:15
Psalms
13 He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
Note: GOD IS MERICFUL
Note: He is Free to PArdon and Free to Punish
Did God raise Pharoah up to go to Hell? NO
16 But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.
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Note: 18 Times Pharoah hardened His own Heart
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the Lord had said.
32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also; neither would he let the people go.
Ex
Note: Pharoah was already lost and God did not make Him Lost
God warned Him
“ I’m making an example out of you because you hardened your heart”
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Note: Who will Resist His Will?
Potter verses the Clay- Potter does not make something to throw it against the wall and break it. He molds the Clay but some Clay will not take to the Potters Shaping!
9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Rom 9:22
23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,
15 while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
15 while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
III. God has Steadfast concern.
III. God has Steadfast concern.
This is US
24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Rom
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
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32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
Rom
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
WHOSEOVER WILLS
IV. His Promise is Secure.
IV. His Promise is Secure.