Regret in Hell

[Computer8]

I’ve heard that people don’t/cannot sin in Heaven and that people cannot do good deeds in Hell. I’m guessing this mean that people continuously/eternally sin in Hell. Would people in Hell regret sinning/choosing Hell/rejecting God? I’m guessing that they won’t regret rejecting God because isn’t regretting rejecting God a good deed? Is there anything that the Bible says about this type of question?

Thanks in advance for any help received.

 

[Eclogue]

I think people in hell are too far gone to feel genuine remorse or penitence for their sins. They went to hell because they could only think of themselves. Since remorse entails feeling sorrowful because you transgressed a divine law, i.e. a value beyond yourself, those in hell do not experience those feelings. They may feel sad because they themselves are suffering by being apart from God; they may feel angry at God for inflicting his just punishment, but true remorse they will not feel. That’s just my thoughts on the subject.

 

[Warrenton]

In his Inferno, Dante asks your question question of Paulo and Francesca, but in a slightly different way. He questions whether the torments of hell are in some way alleviated by remembering the joys of earth. Francesca replies “There is no greater woe than to remember the happy time in misery.”

Over three centuries later, Milton would take up the same thought, and makes Satan say"Me miserable! Which way shall I fly/ Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? /Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell;/And in the lowest deep a lower deep/Still threat’ning to devour me opens wide/To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heav’n/"

Satan, in the poem, knows he must relent, but he cannot.

These poems, I think, capture the essence of hell. The souls there suffer regret, their torments grow worse and worse, eternally. Yet, they have been captured by sin, and cannot repent. I prisoner on earth knows he is in prison, he is simply unable to break free.

 

[Jaypeeto4]

Judas had remorse/regret,
but he did not “repent.” He went to the religious leaders
and gave them back the money, but then instead of going off and
praying (even praying in despair) for hours on end, and praying for days for forgiveness
if necessary, instead he hanged himself.
He knew the apostles would be livid at him,
but still he should have asked God for forgiveness, over and over and over again,
until he GOT the forgiveness, (just like Jacob wrestled with the Angel of the LORD
all night long and told him, “I WILL NOT LET YOU GO UNLESS YOU BLESS ME!!!”
Had Judas done that, the apostles would have had no right to remain angry at him.
After all, except for Peter’s moment of brave rashness in cutting off the ear of the high priest’s slave, the apostles ran like scared rabbits when Jesus was arrested,
and then Peter, out of fear, when his Lord was in trouble and in danger of death,
denied even KNOWING the Lord Jesus three times. Imagining knowing that your
Rabbi is the Divine Son of God and denying even KNOWING him, after witnessing all his miracles, etc. Yet Peter eventually went off and bitterly cried, repenting and praying for forgiveness for denying Jesus.
It was okay for Judas to return the money, that was praiseworthy.
But he blew it by killing himself instead of taking it to the LORD in prayer.

Do people feel Godly regret in Hell? I honestly don’t know.
IF they DO, then seriously, they SHOULD be offered forgiveness.
But I don’t believe they really do feel Godly regret, and if released from hell,
I don’t believe that they would repent and thank God for his mercy. I think they would
turn right back to their lives of PRACTICING mortal sin unremorsefully if given the chance.
Just my two cents.
Love to all of you,
Jaypeeto4
+JMJ+

 

[Julian0404]

St Faustina, of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, visited hell as part of her experience. If you want a hair raising, heart stopping vision of hell as it exists, get a copy of her diary in which she tells of her visit and you will have your question answered.

And after reading it, just focus on that part of the Act of Contrition “. . . . because of YOUR just punishment…”.

Truly sin has a more significant impact upon GOD than it does upon us, who sin - that is until we understand hell and by that we can begin to understand how terrible sin is to GOD and therefore how terrible the “just punishment” is for those who sin and fail to confess.