Sunday, March 13, 2011

W.G.T. Shedd quote on eternal punishment

In light of all the Christian blog discussion on Rob Bell's new book Love Wins which by some reviews seems to be blurry and ambiguous about what he really believes about the Biblical doctrine of eternal punishment. Here is a quote we would all do well to remember.


“The strongest support of the doctrine of endless punishment is the teaching of Christ, the Redeemer of men. Christ could not have warned men so frequently and earnestly as He did against the fire that never shall be quenched and worm that dieth not, had He known that there is no future peril to fully correspond to them. Jesus Christ is the person who is responsible for the doctrine of eternal perdition. He is the Being with whom all opponents of this theological tenant are in conflict.”
W.G.T. Shedd
Also related to this topic there is an excellent sermon by J.I. Packer given to a Welsh Congregation in 1991 titled Human Destiny and can be downloaded here.

I also found this Against Heresies blog post very helpful and informative.

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