You Want Rational?

Here’s one atheist’s comment -
“How can you see . . . ETERNAL PUNISHMENT AS RATIONAL?”

One can’t expect an atheist to understand the seriousness of evil. We actually have a clinical term for those who are incapable of discerning the gravity of their actions. Atheists simply don’t view themselves as people who do any serious wrong. Any wrong that they do admit to, in their minds, should just be ignored by their Creator. The level of personal responsibility that I encounter in atheists is practically zero. Gandolf is a good example of how atheists constantly point to others who do wrong in the hope that this will somehow negate their own culpability.

According to Jesus, that is not going to help. According to Jesus:
. We ARE wrong.
. We chose to BECOME wrong.
. Our world and our relationships both with others and with our Creator are being destroyed because of our choice and that is NOT going to be ignored by God.

Yes, there’s bad news in what Jesus teaches, but there’s also good news:
. The good news is, in the battle of good versus evil, evil has already been defeated. The end is in sight. The eternal banishment of evil will one day be recognised by everyone as being entirely rational.
. The bad news is, at the end of this age, evil and all those on the side of evil are going to be banished from God’s Kingdom - forever and ever.

Most people see that as a good thing.

Most people long for evil to be gone from their lives and from the world.

Most of us are appalled at the consequences upon the earth and upon relationships of the evil that resides within us.

Not so for atheists. These people become furious at God for “threatening them” by saying He’s going to do away with any and every form of evil. They even hate God for warning them that EITHER their evil nature goes (Jesus will remove it from them upon request), OR they will go, along with their evil nature. Atheists see that warning as a threat. Since they are determined, literally at all cost to remain enemies of their Creator, I suppose they should see it as a threat.

Here is the reality under which we live:
. Right now, we humans are tainted with the characteristic of evil. Who’s to blame really doesn’t matter. Evil is part of who we are. The evidence is everywhere, including my blog.

. One day everything that is tainted with evil will be eternally banished from God’s kingdom.

. Jesus will EITHER remove evil from you (He requires your permission to do so) so that you can be part of His good and perfect Kingdom, OR He will remove you and the evil that is part of you from His Kingdom.

Either way, evil is not going to be part of the coming Kingdom. The choice is yours to make. As hard as it is to believe, atheists view asking for the forgiveness of their sins as being more abhorrent than spending eternity in hell. It sounds insane but it’s true.

How can anyone think it rational to refuse the opportunity to be free from evil?
What kind of a person would think like that?

I’ll say it again:
. God has provided a way for evil to be removed from who you are
. God has provided a way for evil to be removed from the universe
. You can be part of God’s good and perfect Kingdom for eternity - OR
. You will be removed from God’s Kingdom, along with any and every aspect of evil for eternity

Either way, evil cannot be part of the coming Kingdom. The choice is yours to make. Atheists will tell you that there is no choice because in atheist-world asking for the forgiveness of their sins is more repugnant than spending eternity in hell. It sounds insane but it’s true.

How can anyone think it rational to refuse the opportunity to be free from evil?
What kind of a person would think like that?

You’ve probably heard of the Serenity Prayer? “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

. How God created the universe is part of what we cannot change.
. Our response to the created order is part of what we CAN change.
. The invitation to become changed is being made even as you read this.

God is entirely just and justice demands that the penalty for evil be paid.

We can EITHER let Jesus pay the penalty for the evil that is in us OR we will pay the penalty ourselves.

So why not just do the RATIONAL thing and avoid eternal separation from God’s eternal Kingdom? You can either get into the life-boat that has been provided OR like atheists, you can stay on the sinking ship, endlessly debating who is responsible for the ship going down.

People who are atheists view themselves as the most rational beings on earth. Why not PROVE that you are a rational human being by accepting the only rational alternative to eternity in hell?