Man's Covenant with Hell

December 11

Man’s Covenant with Hell

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves (Isa. 28:15)

God cannot arbitrarily deliver people from hell apart from their acceptance of Christ as Lord and Savior because they have made a covenant with it. God has to honor those covenants that are made of our own free will. Some have become “children of hell” before they ever get there (Matt. 23:15).

Due to this covenant, Hell pulls the unrepentant sinner down like a gravitational force upon death (Psalm 116:3; Isa. 5:14; Luke 16:22-23). As S. D. Gordon wrote, “They who prefer to leave God out will gather together at some time by a natural moral affinity, or gravitation. The name used for such meeting-place in this old Book is that hurting word hell.” (S. D. Gordon, Quiet Talks on Personal Problems, pp. 28-29. Emphasis is mine).

Therefore, God is not throwing people into hell upon their death as some traditions assert. Hell itself knows who belongs to it and pulls them in when they die. Hell knows who has kept a covenant with it.

The only way to keep from going to that horrible place upon death is to break one’s covenant with hell. God told the Israelites, “And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand” (Isa. 28:15). Through the redemptive work of Christ on our behalf we can break the covenant that we once made with death and hell and enter into the new covenant with Christ.

God has made every provision available to keep us from having to go to hell (John 3:16-21). God does not condemn anyone to hell. We were destined to go there because we chose to follow Satan. However, Jesus came to give us another choice. We choose Him and our destiny changes. We choose against Him and we will continue on the course that we have chosen (Matt. 7:13-14).

Dear reader, if you have not yet chose Christ as your Lord and Savior, why don’t you choose to enter into a new covenant today by accepting His provision on your behalf. You will be eternally grateful that you did.

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