The joy of salvation isn’t missing hell, albeit that is a great advantage. The joy of salvation is the awakening to life, the life of God in Christ, the life we have, and the life that surrounds us. Humans have become so much more beautiful, interesting, and worthy. Your lover, spouse, more singularly intriguing. Children born and unborn, treasures. Frogs and trees, mountains and stars all become glories. Discovery and adventures are commands, and intricate designs are everywhere. Reborn is the only verb that applies; you know you before and after and the only way to describe it is, “I was dead and now I have been given life.” So one can see that missing hell is the shallowest of all responses to the joy of being born again.
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