Hi Mike,
mike writes:
So if, for example, someone pushes me for an answer, and re-phrases it, and says, "okay - do you believe atheists are going to hell?",
Every person who is buried goes to Hell, because Hell is the grave.
Now the lake of fire that was prepared for the Devil and his angels are a different story. That is the place a person needs to avoid.
For the last 60 years I have been telling people Jesus loved them so much He gave up His place in Heaven and came to Earth and lived in a human body and was crucified for the sins of the kosmos.
I love to share a scripture with people who will allow me to share.
I will share it here.
John writes:
3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
This last verse tells us the only thing that will put a person in the lake of fire.
If a person lives and dies and never believes on the only begotten Son of God he/she will spend eternity in the lake of fire with the Devil and his angels.
The good news is no one has to do that as Christ paid for a free full pardon for everyone, you just have to accept it.
God Bless,
"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."