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Question: Do people go to hell for sin or for not believing in Jesus?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 23) 01:01:45 – 01:03:16

Viewer Phil Agape asks whether hell is the penalty for sin or for unbelief; references Ephesians 5:5-6 and Colossians 3:5-6.

Mike uses a pit analogy: person falls in the pit through his own foolishness (sin); you lower a ladder (Jesus); he refuses the ladder; you walk away. The question 'why is he in the pit?' has two valid answers — (1) because of his foolishness (sin), (2) because he rejected the ladder (unbelief). Both are true but serve different explanatory purposes. The wrong formulation — 'I am condemned for not believing in Jesus' — makes Jesus the condemner, which is backwards. Sin puts you in the pit; rejecting Jesus keeps you there.
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20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 23) @ 01:01:45

2021-02-19

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soteriology sin unbelief condemnation hell Ephesians 5:5-6 Colossians 3:5-6
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