Excerpts from "Heirs of God" by J.C. Ryle, 1878 There is a school of theology rising up in this day, which has as its mainstay, "God is all mercy and love!." Unfortunately, His holiness and justice are completely left out of sight! Hell is never spoken of; its talk is all of Heaven! Damnation is never mentioned. All men and women are to be saved! "Everybody is right! Nobody is to blame for any action he may commit! God is so entirely a God of mercy and love that He never does, and never will punish sin." Beware: In spite of big swelling words about "liberality," and "love," and "broad views," and so forth, I do believe it to be a theology that leads to Hell! Surely the mind revolts from the idea of a Heaven in which there would be no distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between Moses and Pharaoh, between Abraham and the Sodomites, between Paul and Nero, between John and Judas Iscariot! Eternity in this heaven would be worse than annihilation itself! Surely, such a heaven would be no better than Hell!
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:26:15 +0000
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