Honestly I was almost at the point of standing on the street corner. I figured if hell is true then every waking second needs to be dedicated to warning other people that are going there. One of Ray Comfort's messages even made me believe that if I wasn't doing that then I too would be there.
Hello Nikoa,
The above is precisely the ultimate conclusion one could reach in regards to the belief in everlasting Hell-fire for the wicked and unbeliever, at least someone who trly cares for other people.
I can remember discussing this with a "Brother" that is a member of my former Religious Affiliation and he said basically the same thing you stated above, Nikoa, " If Hell-fire is in store for the unbeliever and the wicked, we should use all our time and resources to warn the people, so they don't end up their." The irony of it all, we taught that the wicked and unbelievers would be annihiliated instead at the battle of Armageddon." I started to reason within myself that, although Annihiliation(extinction) was preferable to Eternal Hell-fire, it still lacked justice, mercy and Love.
The punishment still well exceeded the crime in either case(Hell-fire or Annihiliation). I reasoned and discovered that our Loving God would never punish his children to that extreme, based on what they did or didn't do or what they did wrong or didn't do right. I've known for years that Sin(Hamartia-GK) literally meant missing the mark and we all miss the mark. If we break one of his commandments, we are guilty of all of them. Now, I'm glad and thankfull to God for opening my eyes in believing that Jesus really is the Savior of the World(1John. 4:14).
Isn't it wonderfull ! That by God's Grace, our eyes are now opened and we don't believe the lie anymore.
Rays' Audio Bible Study on WORSHIP, parts 1 & 2 is very helpfull in this regard, was listening to it the last few days.
Your Brother, Samson