Fear of Hell

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Hi all,

I’m young but am scared of dying and going to hell. After all, hell is eternal speration from God- not fun stuff. I am very, very scared of dying, being judged, and sent to hell with no hope of getting to Heaven… 😦

Anyone else share these feelings?
 
coolduude said:
Hi all,

I’m young but am scared of dying and going to hell. After all, hell is eternal speration from God- not fun stuff. I am very, very scared of dying, being judged, and sent to hell with no hope of getting to Heaven… 😦

Anyone else share these feelings?
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Jesus Christ is our hope and salvation!

If we are ‘in Christ’ we are a new creation!

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”
–Paul in the Letter to the Romans 8:1

“For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of sonship.” (Romans 8:14-15)

Resist such temptations firmly…do not live in that kind of fear…but live in the joy of your life in Christ Jesus…he is your anchor…he is your hope!

Remain in Christ…

and if you fall…run back (by his grace) to him…with trust and contrition and love for he is the Good Shepherd who seeks out his sheep.

Pray instead something like this: Lord Jesus Christ, I believe in you, I hope in you, I love you. You are my anchor and my hope!

And follow Him bearing your cross …but knowing that he is the Lord and he loves you desires your happiness.

Live in God. Live in the virtue of hope 🙂

Mary Star of Hope pray for us…and help our little ship on our voyage …
 
:hug1: Jesus died so that you can be forgiven. Trust in His mercy and receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. After He died on the Cross for you, He won’t leave you now 🙂
 
coolduude said:
Hi all,

I’m young but am scared of dying and going to hell. After all, hell is eternal speration from God- not fun stuff. I am very, very scared of dying, being judged, and sent to hell with no hope of getting to Heaven… 😦

Anyone else share these feelings?
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First off, don’t be scared of dying, it’s not that bad (been there, done that- heart attack for me). Seriously, my C-section seemed to hurt more lol.
The going to hell stuff, just make sure you live as you should, go to Confession, talk to your priest. Above all… remember that God loves you more than you’ll ever realize!
 
Woah wait- you’ve been medically/legally dead? Did I get that right?

So what’s it like to be dead the come back to life?

You should look up Lazarus Syndrome; maybe you have it 😉

Oh to the other posters: thank you 🙂
 
A cardiac arrest can - if the person is resuscitated - produce a ‘near death experience’. The person is in the process of dying and will be dead unless resuscitated. I have a sudden death syndrome that can cause cardiac arrest; thankfully it was diagnosed before I had one and I am now being treated.

As for fear of death and fear of hell, I also experience those things. I put my trust in Christ as several other posters have advised.

God bless
 
God does not send anyone to hell but it is us who reject him and his mercy. Jesus did not come to the world to condemned it but he came to save it. WE should not fear but instead we should trust in God’s mercy and follow him. My advice to you is to pray that God can give you the courage to put this fear aside and follow him more freely,
 
Rest assure you will not be going there. Those who enter hell problably do not even give it any thought. I had those thoughts when I was younger. They come from the devil if you think about it. My change of thinking began when I got into contacts with some beautiful Catholic and Orthodox people and of course Catholic and Orthodox saint writings. Read the book the Diary of St.Maria Faustina and this will be of tremondous help. I will give you one story from the Diary that may or not help. I will tell it anyway. There was an older Sister that went to confessions regularly but she began to not believe in the forgiveness of her Lord and began to doubt which gave her no peace. She commented to Maria Faustina this lack of peace and Maria told her to express that to her Father confessor. She said she did and the priest will always tell her rest assure be at peace. However she commented to Maria she doubted the priest’s words. She grabbed Maria’s hand and said to her " but you see Jesus and He talks to you… “. That night Jesus appeared to Maria and said to her " Her disbelief wounds me more than her own sins.” Maria the next day told her what Jesus said and the Sister cried out. She then realized her sins were always forgiven. This brought her consolation and through Maria she was able to have this peace. So be at peace. Those who think your way are going through only a temptation. So by expressing yourself the way you did defeats the temptation. So you did good. OK. Anytime you experience this again and you find it hard to defeat it on your own then go to someone and express it. The devil hates it when you tell someone what he is up to. You are not alone in this. OK. You have the Church and the Church has Our Lord Jesus. We all experience in one way or another temptations. So you did well to express it! God Bless!
 
coolduude said:
Woah wait- you’ve been medically/legally dead? Did I get that right?

So what’s it like to be dead the come back to life?

You should look up Lazarus Syndrome; maybe you have it 😉

Oh to the other posters: thank you 🙂
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When you are dead you do not come back. Death is when the soul leaves the body.
Those who are resuscitated are not dead and nor were they dead.
 
Ok I’ll grant you they are not phillospically (sp.) dead, but they may very well be legally or medically dead.
 
I used to fear hell, but I realized I wasn’t really fearing hell itself, I was really dreading being somewhere where God’s love ISN’T (and u captured that right off the bat in your 1st post - congrats!!) I heard descriptions of: where God isn’t, the “heat”, the monsters, etc, but they had me at “where God isn’t”. That’s enuf for me to avoid it. My suggestion is instead of “wasting” your time fearing hell, use that time to LOVE God instead! He deserves it after all, not just for creating us in His image/likeness and for Jesus’ sacrifice and for the Holy Spirit’s guidance and protection, but for Who He Is. Peace. 🙂
 
CatholicGuy22 said:
God does not send anyone to hell but it is us who reject him and his mercy. Jesus did not come to the world to condemned it but he came to save it. WE should not fear but instead we should trust in God’s mercy and follow him. My advice to you is to pray that God can give you the courage to put this fear aside and follow him more freely,
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CatholicGuy22: U R on-the-money & awesome! You’re in my prayers fo’shizzle!👍
 
coolduude said:
Hi all,

I’m young but am scared of dying and going to hell. After all, hell is eternal speration from God- not fun stuff. I am very, very scared of dying, being judged, and sent to hell with no hope of getting to Heaven… 😦

Anyone else share these feelings?
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Your fear simply means that you are spiritually very young.
Fear is but the beginning of the spiritual journey. It is the “Wake-up Call”
It is a natural and good feeling but one we should wish to “grow out of.”

Our Father in heaven does not wish us to be afraid of Him because of punishment, He wishes us to Love Him for his mercy. So the thing to do is to begin the journey toward God.
Do not look “down” at the fires, but “Up” at the the Glory which is God, our Loving Father.
Do not fear what God “could do” to you, but rather at what God “Wants to do” for you.

Seek first the Kingdom and all else will be given to you.

As you journey deeper into your relationship with God, fear will gradually be replaced by Love. Just as a small child might fear a spanking, an older child will realize that the fear of spanking kept them from burning their hand on the stove or getting into traffic and killed. When they realize this, they love their parents for the discipline, and yese, even for the fear.

Please get and read **this book **for even more help. I promise you will not be disappointed.

Peace
James
 
coolduude said:
Hi all,

I’m young but am scared of dying and going to hell. After all, hell is eternal speration from God- not fun stuff. I am very, very scared of dying, being judged, and sent to hell with no hope of getting to Heaven… 😦

Anyone else share these feelings?
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I am right there with you, coolduude. I sometimes fear Hell so bad, and I fear that the thought of my family going to Hell as well. I fear for anyone that is not in a state of grace. But I still have hope, that people will repent. At least the majority of mankind. I never forget these words, “With God, anything is possible.”
 
coolduude said:
Hi all,

I’m young but am scared of dying and going to hell. After all, hell is eternal speration from God- not fun stuff. I am very, very scared of dying, being judged, and sent to hell with no hope of getting to Heaven… 😦

Anyone else share these feelings?
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i feel that way from time to time. i’m pretty thankful for it. i’m not one of these awesome catholics who has ever gotten life terribly together, so at least for me it’s a good thing to have.
 
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