PARABLES OF JESUS – The Torment Of Memory
Luke 16:25
" 'But Abraham said, "Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and your are in torment." ' "
It is better to live for God now with suffering and have peace in eternity than to live at ease in this life and suffer torment forever. The torment of hell takes various forms. One is the pain of the body – the thirst and burning. Another is the mental anguish, which can torment just as much as physical pain. People in hell are able to see across the gulf and observe the joys of heaven that could have been theirs. They will remember the times in their earthly lives that they heard the witness of God's grace and salvation, but they rejected it. Jesus said that in hell the fire is not quenched and the worm does not die (Mark 9:44). Worms eat and gnaw. That is what memory does. Remembering the past and what might have been eats and gnaws at the mind. I think hell will be one big insane asylum as people are driven crazy by their torments. It is to be avoided at all cost.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Mental anguish will be a part of the torment of hell.
Have a godly day. Love you.
Luke 16:25
" 'But Abraham said, "Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and your are in torment." ' "
It is better to live for God now with suffering and have peace in eternity than to live at ease in this life and suffer torment forever. The torment of hell takes various forms. One is the pain of the body – the thirst and burning. Another is the mental anguish, which can torment just as much as physical pain. People in hell are able to see across the gulf and observe the joys of heaven that could have been theirs. They will remember the times in their earthly lives that they heard the witness of God's grace and salvation, but they rejected it. Jesus said that in hell the fire is not quenched and the worm does not die (Mark 9:44). Worms eat and gnaw. That is what memory does. Remembering the past and what might have been eats and gnaws at the mind. I think hell will be one big insane asylum as people are driven crazy by their torments. It is to be avoided at all cost.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Mental anguish will be a part of the torment of hell.
Have a godly day. Love you.
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