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    There's No Punishment in Hell
    There's No Punishment in Hell
    There's No Punishment in Hell
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    There's No Punishment in Hell

    By D. A. Taylor

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    "Executed to Suppress His Message" explains how institutionalized Christian religions acquired vast financial resources by suppressing the teachings of Christ, then substituting their own humanly-created doctrines for our Lord's gospel. By turning a blind eye to our Lord's commands against using money within the Church, Christian leaders have built hundreds-of-thousands of churches and acquired millions of members — but in doing so, they have hidden Christ's good news about a God of infinite love and forgiveness, as they work to frighten people into church attendance, by promoting a fictional gospel about a God of judgment and punishment.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. A. Taylor
    Release dateSep 9, 2017
    ISBN9781370055326
    There's No Punishment in Hell
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    D. A. Taylor

    When I was in my late twenties, I enthusiastically jumped into a Protestant denomination. I was very dedicated and spent 25 years attending church every week, bible studies 1-2 times a week, and volunteering for every service and evangelical task I could find. Later I was ordained and occasionally spoke before the congregation. I was well on my way to the Kingdom of God (or so I thought).But toward the end of my church experience, the senior pastor of my denomination passed away and another man took over. This new man determined that certain church doctrines were wrong—and he began to change those doctrines. This caused quite a commotion, forcing the denomination into several doctrinal camps. Many high-ranking pastors left, took brethren with them, and started new churches. My head was spinning: I had left Catholicism to find Protestantism, which I considered God’s true religion. But now my Protestant world was falling apart.So I decided to find out which senior pastor had the “right” doctrines. For many months, I spent all my spare time studying the Bible: I never had studied like this before; instead I just believed what I heard from the pulpit. Of course, I was told that I should “prove all things.” But I thought this meant I should make sure the speaker accurately quoted the Scriptures. Yet now as I reflect back, perhaps I was just too lazy to study on my own?And as I carefully studied the Bible, I discovered numerous Scriptures I had never heard at church. It became clear that my church was not preaching a great deal of what Jesus taught. Thus I wondered: “Am I in the wrong Protestant denomination?” So I set about to research other denominations and what they believed: Baptist, Methodist, Assembly of God, Church of Christ, Lutheran, Adventist, Evangelicals, etc. I discovered how each of these denominations had vastly different views on doctrine. So why were their doctrines so radically different?Then I decided to go through the gospels and carefully document all of Jesus’ teachings. I took my list of the Lord’s teachings and compared it to the doctrines of major Christian denominations. And when I did this, I discovered something profound: each and every Christian denomination ignored the same set of Jesus’ teachings. These teachings are never mentioned at church; nor are they discussed in church literature; neither are they described in any denominational Statements of Belief.Across the board, churches and their pastors ignore these specific doctrines of Jesus Christ. They are never, ever shared with God’s people. Moreover, both the Bible and church history show how even back in the 1st Century, preachers were suppressing these very same doctrines.How important are these teachings of Jesus? He was killed to suppress them.So I wrote Executed to Suppress His Message to explain how key teachings of Jesus were suppressed, modified and replaced in order to raise up Christian churches in the image of the Old Covenant religions Jesus condemned.I hope that you will find this book informative—and that it will strengthen your personal relationship with God.God bless,D. A. Taylor

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    There's No Punishment in Hell - D. A. Taylor

    Introduction

    Welcome to Volume 5 of Executed to Suppress His Message.

    In Volume 1 we saw how money-funded, institutionalized religions suppress the teachings of Jesus Christ, so they can promote their own particular doctrines and beliefs. And now with this volume, we continue to address these suppressed teachings.

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    Many Christian churches place great emphasis on fearing God. Here are a few examples of the topics you might hear in sermons:

    God will sit in judgment over each of us;

    Because of His holiness, God mustpunish sinners;

    God hates sin and cannot fellowship with sinners;

    God carefully remembers every evil deed and word you have spoken;

    Being in the presence of God is fearful and terrifying;

    Without faith it’s impossible to please God.

    But all of these issues pale into insignificance when compared to Christianity’s premier instrument of fear:

    The prospect of being tormented for all eternity in the fires of Hell.

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    1 — The Fiction of Hell

    Christianity teaches:

    That God condemns all those who have not repented and accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Then after death, the condemned are sent to Hell, where they will be tormented forever without end.

    But Jesus Christ taught:

    Absolutely nothing about eternal punishing in Hell. Instead, our Lord taught that those who refuse to repent will be punished with an eternal unconscious death.

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    The scene is a cold and cloudy winter day at the town cemetery, where the family and a few of Jacob Price’s friends have gathered together at his memorial service. As Pastor Smith finishes his eulogy, the little group says goodbye and slowly shuffles away from the burial site.

    A middle-aged woman quietly walks up to the preacher and says, Pastor, could I have a word with you? Certainly, he replies. Amanda asks, Pastor, what is going to happen to my father? Pastor Smith stares at the ground for a few moments and then says, "Amanda, your mother and I have discussed this many times. And you know better than most how your Father was not a very nice man. He was a heavy drinker and a gambler. Your mother confided in how he cheated on her, and how he beat you and your sister.

    And Amanda, your father just would not change! On several occasions, your mother and I talked to him for hours, trying to help him see the error of his ways and to accept Christ. But as you know, he never did."

    Amanda waited for a while and then repeated, "But what is going to happen to my father? What will God do to him? After staring at the ground again for a long time, the pastor finally responded: Amanda, you know your father was a sinner — and a sinner who obstinately refused to repent. No matter what I said to him, he would not acknowledge God and accept Christ’s sacrifice for his sins. And as I’m sure you know, the Bible says that because of his actions your father is now in Hell, where he will spend eternity being punished for his rebellion against God."

    So Jacob Price’s daughter, with tears flowing down her face, slowly turned and walked away from the grave site. While Pastor Smith lowered his head, closed his eyes, and sadly pondered why so many Christians cannot understand the justice of God.

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    Most Christians Believe in Hell

    The scene just described occurs hundreds of times a day, on virtually every day of the year. And most Christians completely agree with Pastor Smith: those who die without repenting and accepting Christ will spend eternity being punished for their sins.

    A 2004 Gallup Poll¹¹¹ disclosed that 70% of all Americans believe in Hell. And as one might expect, this belief is highest among regular churchgoers, with 92% stating that God eternally torments unrepentant sinners.

    According to traditional Christian theology, Hell is the place or state into which unrepentant sinners pass after their physical life. Basically, the Hell doctrine concludes that all men have sinned; therefore without repentance and acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, God must punish the unsaved sinner in a never-ending, fiery torment. Theologians often refer to this punishment as the justice of God.

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    The Origins of Hell

    The earliest Christian writings about Hell are found in 2nd Century literature (so why was nothing written for over 100 years?). And the doctrine has been around so long, few Christians ever consider questioning it.

    Once the doctrine of Hell got going, the institutionalized church viewed it as a strong incentive for Christians to lead a righteous life. It was the fear of judgment and Hell that led a terrified Martin Luther into his quest for spiritual enlightenment. While Hell was central to the Puritan Jonathan Edwards’ famous sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, and countless other fire and brimstone sermons since that time.

    But for many potential Christians, Hell has been a major stumbling block to accepting Christ. These people find the claim that God torments

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