Daily Devotional, Year 2 – JANUARY 20 (Eternal Torment? Part 5: The Talk Show)
By admin On November 6th, 2014.
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Daily Devotional – JANUARY 20
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Eternal Torment?
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Part 5:
“The Talk Show”
To read Part 1, click here… “September 8th (Eternal Torment?)”
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“Every word of God is pure….
Add thou not unto His words,
lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.”
Proverbs 30:5, 6
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Yesterday, there was a radio talk-show caller who asked the following question… “Don’t you 
think there should be some balance concerning the church-doctrine of eternal 
torment? After all, there are many passages which speak of Hell as death! For instance, Job, Chapter 3 is a lament of Job as he wishes he had never been born!”
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“And”, the caller continued, “Job says in his complaint… ‘Why died I not from the womb?…For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, With kings and counsellors of the earth…Or with princes…There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest….There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.'” Job 3:11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19
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Announcer with microphone – svg – Wikimedia – Public-Domain
Job (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922) – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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A SURPRISING ANSWER!
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Now the talk-show caller was totally surprised by the answer that he got:
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1. “The cults believe in Hell as being ‘annihilation'”.
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2. “We trust in church’s long-held traditional belief of, ‘Eternal Torment'”.
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3. “Chapter 3 was a scenario of Job venting his frustration, and just like Ecclesiastes, cannot be considered as Bible doctrine, but merely the venting of Job!”
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Job rebuked by his friends – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
Announcer with microphone – svg – Wikimedia – Public-Domain
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FAULTY REASONING!
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Now certainly, the first two answers by those talk-show hosts are clearly not the correct way to interpret Scripture!
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After all, every cult has a certain amount of truth! No cult is made of total lies! But rather, most cults are made of truth mingled with lies! So, truth is never defined by what false gospels believe or don’t believe!
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Second, long-held church traditions are never the test of Bible truth. After all, there have been many long-held church traditions which are obviously unbiblical! The deity of Mary, indulgences, Purgatory, etc., are just a few of the many long-held church traditions!
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“EVERY WORD OF GOD IS PURE!”
Proverbs 30:5.
But perhaps the most amazing error that these talk-show hosts put forth, was their third argument.
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To say that the Book of Job and the Book of Ecclesiastes are not necessarily the divine Word of Truth is utter heresy!
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You see, the Apostle, Paul proclaimed… “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction…” 2nd Timothy 3:16
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This above verse gives the Bible student complete confidence that any and every Bible verse is the infallible Word of God, and can be trusted as infallible Bible doctrine, and can be used for reproof and correction of any church doctrine.
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Announcer with microphone – svg – Wikimedia – Public-Domain
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NOT TO ADD NOR DIMINISH!
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Yes, this third Chapter of Job is every bit as important as, say, the Parable of the Rich Man & Lazarus! As a matter of fact, the Parable of the Rich Man & Lazarus cannot be
properly understood, without combining it with Job Chapter 3.
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And before one can properly understand The Parable of The Rich Man & Lazarus, that parable must be combined with every other related Bible passage!
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In other words, you cannot lift one or two Bible passages on a particular subject, and make those into a church doctrine!
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Listen… “Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:” Isaiah 28:9, 10
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No, we must continue to be corrected and reproved by every other Bible passage concerning the true nature of Hell!
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MANY PASSAGES CONFIRM HELL AS DEATH!
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We cannot just take the Bible passages we like and reject Job Chapter 3, and the other passages that speak of Hell as death!
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Listen… “Behold, all souls are Mine (says the Lord); as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.” Ezekiel 18:4
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No, most talk-show hosts only mention those Bible passages which affirm their own pet church doctrines. And when confronted by Job 3, or this above verse from Ezekiel 18:4, they wrest away these conflicting passages, or deny them altogether as they did with Job 3!
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Hell’s Torment and Tormentor – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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GOOD NEWS!
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But there is some very Good News! Listen… “These things have I written unto you concerning them that
seduce you. But the Anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and YE NEED NOT THAT ANY MAN TEACH YOU: but as the same Anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him.” 1st John 2;26, 27
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This above passage warns us that there will be those who will attempt to deceive us! And this above passage reveals that we don’t need to let any man teach us! Because every true worshiper of God has the Anointing of God. And that Anointing is the indwelling Spirit of Truth! And so, we can read the Bible for our own self, without having to submit to any human authority!
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Now that’s really Good News!
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TO READ PART 6, CLICK HERE…
May 24 (Eternal Torment? Part 6: The Best Kept Secret in Hell)
Buddhist Hell – Wikipedia – public domain
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THE READER IS INVITED TO LISTEN TO THIS 23 MINUTE 
AUDIO STUDY INTO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH, CONDUCTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING CONCERNING HOW THE BIBLE IS SPURNED AND REJECTED TO A GREAT DEGREE BY TODAY’S CHURCH-WORLD…
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to understand the proper way to study my Bible! Let me depend less on what others tell the Bible says, and more on what the Spirit of God reveals! Help me to study and contemplate the Bible throughout my day…
Marines at Prayer by Alex Raymond – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “January 30th (ABC Christianity)“, or you can also read… “February 19th (“Man Shall…Live…By Every Word”)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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LOCATING THESE TWO CONSTELLATIONS
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This phenomenon begins in late October, in the pre-dawn hours. It then begins a little earlier each night.
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This Wikipedia star-chart to the left, has this Orion Constellation sketched in. You must locate Orion, when it is mid-sky, between east and west. You’ll be facing southward most likely, unless you are far south. Try to imagine it as a Cross on a steep hill. The 3-star belt of Orion becomes the crest of the hill. The 3 very faint stars that make up Orion’s head become the very top of the Cross.
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Next, locate the 7 Stars Constellation. This 7 Stars Constellation is seen by facing northward. It stands upright a little later in the night. Eventually, Orion will lay down and no longer be seen as an uplifted Cross! Beginning in November, the 7 Stars (AKA Big Dipper) can be seen as a Cross a little bit later in evening.
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When you are comfortable in locating Orion & The 7 Stars Constellations, then show a friend. This can be a great witnessing tool!
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “‘7 Stars’ Imitate ‘The Cross of Orion’”
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TOMORROW…
“JANUARY 21 (Like Likes Like!)”
Feynman and Oppenheimer at Los Alamos – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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20 MINUTE+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY IN JEREMIAH 
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ALL ‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN FOLLOWING THIS 650+ AUDIO BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH EACH DAY ON THIS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
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THIS STUDY #385 IS PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING, FORMER CEO OF FAMILY RADIO…
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ABOVE PICTURE: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain
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