1. Do all of God’s judgments have a righteous purpose? If you believe 90%+ of all humankind is going to be sentenced to an eternal separation from God, by the standards of His own holy law (which is summarized as “love your neighbor as yourself”) would you consider this to be righteous? (“Righteousness” is justice or right-useness)
2. Isaiah 26:9 says, “When God’s judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.” Are only some of God’s judgments remedial while the rest (most) are punitive?
3. Why do so many Christians quote the verse that says, “For it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God” to defend an eternal judgment when this passage is talking about God’s own people? Why do they not include the first part of the verse that says, “The Lord will judge HIS PEOPLE. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Heb. 10:30)?
4. Is God’s salvation a salvation from a location or from a condition? Did Jesus rescue us from the condition of sin and death in which we were already involved or from a place in the future? Many say they believe they are saved from sin as well as an eternal hell but most Christians demonstrate more fear of hell than of sin. What does the record show of Christians; do they appear more afraid of sin … or of hell? Or perhaps neither?
“We can either humble ourselves and fall on the rock (Christ), receiving this beautiful revelation now, or we can have the rock fall on us in correction in the ages to come. But make no mistake about it, all will eventually come to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ!”
5. Why have we assumed the word “wrath” is equivalent to our human meaning when God says “the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God”? (James 1:20). Does it not imply that the wrath of God will accomplish the righteousness of God? Is not righteousness a returning to “right-useness” or justice?