Bible Questions Answered:
I heard some one on radio last night say, they didn't think that a good person would ever go to hell.
What do you think?
Robin/ Richmond, Texas U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
How good are they?
Completely good?
There is no such earthly person!
I Kings 8:46 KJV
"...for there is no man that sinneth not..."
Isaiah 53:6 KJV
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 64:6 KJV
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Matthew 19:17 KJV (Jesus said)
"And He said unto him...there is none good but one, that is, God..."
I John 1:8 KJV
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Since Adam, and Eve, mankind has come under the curse of sin.
Romans 3:10,23 KJV
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
This is God's universe.
Isaiah 45:5 KJV
"I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside Me..."
He is the creator.
Colossians 1:16,17 KJV
16 For by Him (Christ) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:
17And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Revelation 4:11 KJV
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Because this is God's universe, He has the right to tell us what to do to be able to come to Him.
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.
John 10:9 KJV
"I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved..."
John 8:20-24 KJV
20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as He taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on Him; for his hour was not yet come.
21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go My way, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22 Then said the Jews, Will He kill Himself? because He saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23 And He said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins.
Acts 4:12 KJV
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Man's morality, or goodness, saves no one!
Man, at his best is only somewhat good, and certainly not holy!
Romans 3:23 KJV
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Our living God, hates sin, anything sinful, cannot approach Him.
Habakkuk 1:13 KJV
"Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity..."
Habakkuk 1:13 NLT
"But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil..."
Man's only Salvation is by the blood of His precious Son the Lord Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 1:18 KJV
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Revelation 7:13,14 KJV
13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
If someone rejects, God's way of salvation, they are lost.
To be lost is to be in a place of rejecting God, and His love gift.
To be lost, means to exist eternally in a place prepared for the devil and his angels, a place of torment, and eternal separation from God.
Mark 9:43-48 KJV
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Luke 12:4,5 KJV
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: fear Him, which after He hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, fear Him.
Luke 13:27,28 KJV
27 But He shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from Me, all ye workers of iniquity.
28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth..."
There is salvation, by one means only, the precious blood of Christ.
Romans 3:19,20 NLT
19 Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.
20 For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.
Ephesians 2:8,9 KJV
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the Gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. (And this includes all man's pious works!)
Galatians 2:16,21 KJV
16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ,
even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ,
and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
And may we add, Communion, church membership, baptism, confirmation, dedication, etc. etc. etc.
If salvation came by these....then Christ is dead in vain.
Galatians 3:11 KJV
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Will good people go to hell?
People, who reject the Saviour, are not good, but evil, regardless of the deeds they have done or are doing on earth.
II Corinthians 6:2 KJV
(For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
