Unsaved people are not going to hell because of individual sins, they are on their way to hell because of their sinful nature. The only way to fix this problem is to trust in Christ Who paid the penalty for our sin by dying on the cross for all of mankind.
Christ desired that everyone become born-again but knew most would not choose to be changed by Him.
No one who is good to the core of his being could ever sin. Mankind is basically evil to the core and cannot save themselves by working to be better. Even their best is still as filthy rags in the eyes of God.
Christ paid the price for sin which was death, so that all anyone has to do is confess their sinfulness and desire to be changed by Him.
Did you know that no one can follow the ten commandments, they were given to show us our sinfulness not to save us from hell by following them.
When realizing how sinful we are because we cannot follow the commandments of God then is when we die to ourselves and trust in Christ. Only He is good!!
God requires that we are crushed under the weight of our sin so that we will want His cleansing to be born-again.
John 3:5 " Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit."
The term "born again" means that when Christ saves us He replaces our spirit with the Holy Spirit. We then have the Holy Spirit living in us who is our mentor, our guide, our helper, and healer, who disciplines us and convicts the world of sin.
Unbelievers are afraid of those who are full of the Holy Spirit, they don't know why they are uncomfortable they just know they want to know more or they want to run away from the holiness of God Who lives in us. Most people want to avoid those who are Holy Spirit-filled. They think there is something wrong with us that makes them uncomfortable but it is Christ, not us.
Unbelievers will even try to figure out what is wrong with us that makes them uncomfortable, making up stories to justify hating us, but they have no reason, it is the Holy Spirit Who convicts them.
No one has to remain uncomfortable they can ask God about their own sinful state and want Him to change them too.
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