Why Does God Punish People?

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“If God loves us, then why does He send bad people to Hell?” someone once asked me.

This is a question that a lot of folks have.

So I would like to clear any misconceptions people might have about our Lord.

Our Lord’s love for us is vaster than we can imagine.

He loves us so much that He even sent His Son to rescue us from our mistakes.

But along with His love, He is also perfectly fair and just.

Let’s think about it like this. Imagine a good, caring parent.

This parent loves their child more than anything.

But when the child does something wrong, like stealing or lying, the parent doesn’t just ignore it.

Instead, they correct the child.

They do this not because they suddenly stopped loving their child, but because they want their child to learn from their mistakes and grow up to be a good person.

It’s the same with the Lord.

When we do something wrong, He doesn’t just ignore it, even though He loves us deeply.

His fairness comes into play. Sometimes we face the results of our bad decisions, and this helps us learn and grow, and improve.

I know the idea of hell can sound scary.

But it’s essential to remember that God doesn’t want anyone to end up there.

He would like everyone to transform their ways and choose Him.

Hell is a choice. It is what happens when people decide to turn their backs on the Lord’s love and His ways.

God loves us so much that He lets us make our own choices, even if they lead us away from Him.

Our job as Christians is to accept His love and understand His fairness.

We need to make good choices that bring us closer to Him.

And we should always pray for those who seem to have lost their way, hoping they find God’s love and choose Him.

Sometimes, it’s tough to understand why things are the way they are.

But remember this. God’s love for us is a love that helps us grow. It’s a love that guides us, teaches us, and helps us become the greatest we can be.
Why don’t you use these simple ideas to accept God’s love?

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22 year old college student! 100% Christian,! Will ALWAYS be a woman of FAITH. And my friends call me the "The Christian Tech Nerd" because I was hired by a very successful tech company in Silicon Valley, and I turned them down to be close to my family!

10 thoughts on “Why Does God Punish People?”

  1. Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

    I quote this scripture in a reply to your post and I remember what father said and thinking about heaven. My dad always said to me growing up. This is my house and you are my son. You will obey me as your father or you will get out of my house. Let us think of the kingdom of heaven or the house of the Lord in the same manner. If is the house of God, then He only wants those who love Him to be there. And to be real, if a person doesn’t love God, why would they want to be there. Ask not receive not , right ?

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  2. There may be several perspectives that we can use, but even in our society, the free people should respect the laws that promote safety, and respect for one another (in the worldly sense). People who violate those laws are taken into custody, tried and sentenced for their crimes, and incarcerted, the extreme may be punishable by death. This is a worldly perspective.
    For believers and unbelievers there is a difference between their ultimate destinations, and you are correct, it’s all their own choice.
    God bless
    ps. I like the resonse of your reader “1 Samuel 1:20”
    Only Family is allowed to come and go freely from your home. It would be uncomforable for stangers to be free to do so.

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