Provocative title, I know. But I have actually heard people conclude that. Since God is all powerful and can do anything He wants, if He chooses to reject a soul and send it to hell then it must please Him. It must be something He wants to do, right?
I don't think so. First realize that God is pure and holy. He is so pure that anything that is not pure doesn't stand a chance in His presence. So not allowing something impure to come near to Him is actually mercy. Second realize that God is just. That's part of His pure character. He won't do anything wrong or unfair.
Now look at this little verse out of Ezekiel 18:32 "For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn and live."
Far from wanting to reject people, God is not pleased when anyone dies. So what is God pleased with?
1 Timothy 2:3-4 "This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."
What is that truth? That Jesus, God's Son, gave His life-His purity-so that He could give it away to you, if you will repent, which means to change your mind about the evil in you, and grasp on to Him.
That puts a smile on God's face.
Pastor Tom
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no no no, if god didn't take pleasure in the death of anyone, he would annihilate you in hell, not keep you there for an eternity, God would not send 98% of the world past, present, and future to hell, NO, HE TAKES DAMN GREAT PLEASURE IN BURNING, TORTURED SOULS!!!!
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