Destinos
(专辑: Sea Of Worry - 2019)
"Well, I
saved the
hottest for last as it relates to these doctrines that I
believe have been so beneficial for us as the
family of God to understand. As we considered the
doctrine of angels and the... the
doctrine of demons and Satan and we've looked at, for two weeks we spent talking about Heaven, the
theology of Heaven. And this week we are going to be talking as you heard us say a
couple of times, uh, about the
Biblical doctrine of Hell. And the
reason why we do this is because we know, like these other topics, it is very poorly understood. There's a
real movement in our time to assume that Hell that Satan is nothing more than this short, fat, little arrow-tailed, pitchfork wearing, red satin suit with horns baby and that Hell is a
place that we're going to go to where we have endless beerbongs and it's like a
frat party that is continuous and that we're going to enjoy ourselves there and I
hope to completely dispell that myth and disabuse you of that notion. Many in our day struggle with the
goodness of God as they see the
doctrine of Hell as a
blemish or spot on His record. And it's understandable in our time that we have questions about such things, but they need to be framed as questions and not statements on His moral character. The
question that is often asked by those who struggle with this doctrine is... 'What grounds does God have to punish someone for eternity? '
Has this question been asked of you as you've attempted to speak the
gospel to someone as you talk to your family or friends, and inevitably the
question comes around to Hell, and they say 'do you believe in Hell? '
and you say 'yes', and they say 'well, how in the
world, can God if he is good have justifcation to create Hell and send someone to it? '
And this question certainly need to be answered I
hope we do that through this study, and I
hope that when we come to this topic, not only today, but as we look at this topic in discussions with our family and friends and coworkers and neighbors which I'm sure you're gonna run out today and talk to everyone about Hell, I
pray that you handle this in a
very gentle way because it certainly is a
horrifying topic. It really is, it is just a
horrifying topic. But I
think the
problem is we're asking wrong questions and therefore we're getting wrong answers. I
think a
more crushing question that we need to be asking that is often overlooked is this what justification is there for a
holy and perfect God to forgive a
wicked and rebellious sinner? What justification is there for a
holy and perfect God to forgive a
wicked and rebellious sinner? '
In other words, 'what grounds does God have to forgive the
most vile and wretched of people? '
This is a
cosmic problem. The
reason why this is such a
problem in our day and why I
think the
most difficult job as a
preacher of the
gospel is to constantly demonstrate to you the
bankruptcy of a
secular world view. Now, when I
say a
'secular world view', I'm not simply speaking of a
worldview that denies the
existence of God that is atheistic or that denies the
truth and reality and the
inerrancy of scripture, that's not what I'm speaking of. I'm speaking of a
worldview that is secular in the
sense that it starts with Man as the
basic given reality of the
universe. It starts with Man as the
center of all things and concerns itself with Man's rights, Man's de-desires, Man's plans. His expectations. And it starts from the
center, and it works its way up, and it puts this lens on to view all things, including God. And this secular mindset is so pervasive in our day, in our culture, that it's not just out of the
camp of Christians, it's within the
Christian camp. We are so inundated by our culture, this is so [*distortion*] over and over and over again, we are swimming in it. It is the
air that we breathe, it is the
way that we do theology today, it is the
way that we read scriptures, it is the
way that we preach the
gospel, it is the
books we've written, it is the
seminars that teach classes it is all of this. It is this secular mindset thatstarts with Man as the
basic given reality; it starts with his needs and his desires, his expectations, and his goals, [*music overlaps the
audio*]. Man has basic rights, Man has basic needs, Man has basic expectations, then [*music overlaps once more*]. You have to see that this is [*music overlaps*:]." It's just a
past occurrence, no more than coincidence I've got a
past I
can't recall... I've got a
life I
don't remember at all Ways down, beneath the
skin Beneath my body's gray walls... Is how I
begin to see that nothing's my fault I'm doing it now At least I
know am At least I
caught myself before I
sent this out I'm doing it now At least I
know am At least I
caught myself before I
sent this out Into this stupid world that doesn't give a
damn Oh, what kind of fool do you think I
am? Fate's a
funny thing It makes a
victim of the
will and brings a
suit of broken bands A
snake so full of tail That it can barely breathe to say it "doesn't understand." So, what am I
to think? I'm doing it now At least I
know I
am At least I
caught myself before I
sent this out Into a
stupid world that doesn't give a
damn Oh, what kind of fool do you think I
am? Go and ask the
cattle to inform you