In James 1:13-16 at the end when it says “sin when it is full-grown brings forth death” or something like that. Is the “death” referring to hell?<\/p>\n\t
It is referring to spiritual death, which does ultimately lead to hell. Think about it this way: The first time you sin, it bothers you greatly. But with each repeat of the sin, it bothers you less. “This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness<\/em>” (Ephesians 4:17-19). Eventually, you get to the point that it not only doesn’t bother you, but you begin to convince yourself that you have a right to this particular sin. When it becomes so ingrained that you don’t care what anyone else thinks because you are going to do it anyway, then there is nothing left to persuade you to leave sin. You’re spiritually dead. “For the wages of sin is death …<\/em>” (Romans 6:23).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: In James 1:13-16 at the end when it says “sin when it is full-grown brings forth death” or something like that. Is the “death” referring to hell? Answer: It is referring to spiritual death, which does ultimately lead to hell. Think about it this way: The first time you sin, it bothers you greatly.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[109,373,179,76],"class_list":["post-29305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-death","tag-hell","tag-sin","tag-terminology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35789,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-the-death-penalty-for-homosexuals-only-referring-to-hell\/","url_meta":{"origin":29305,"position":0},"title":"Was the death penalty for homosexuals only referring to hell?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does Deuteronomy 20 really say that we should kill gay people? I was always under the idea that it was saying God was going to kill them by sending them to hell when they died because they knew better and refused to change. Am I right? It came up\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24448,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-meant-by-where-the-worm-dieth-not\/","url_meta":{"origin":29305,"position":1},"title":"What is meant by “where the worm dieth not?”","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What exactly does the scripture mean in Mark 9:44,46,48 where Jesus said, \"where the worm dieth not\"?\u00a0 Does it mean that pain will never cease for a person who is in hell?\u00a0 Why the reference to a worm? Answer: \"If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":92756,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/will-one-go-to-hell-because-he-is-not-baptized\/","url_meta":{"origin":29305,"position":2},"title":"Will One Go to Hell Because He Is Not Baptized?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Thomas Thornhill In studying with people about God's plan of salvation, the title question has been asked more than once. How would you answer the question? My answer has always been \"No!\" Are you surprised? You may be thinking, \"Doesn't one have to be baptized to be saved?\" \"Yes,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30191,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/since-jesus-paid-the-debt-for-sin-isnt-hell-an-additional-payment\/","url_meta":{"origin":29305,"position":3},"title":"Since Jesus paid the debt for sin, isn’t Hell an additional payment?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have been posed a question by a conditionalist. He says:\u00a0The wages of sin is death.\u00a0Did Jesus pay the price at the cross?\u00a0Can we pay more than He paid at the cross? He then goes on to say that eternal hell would be paying more than Jesus paid and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11901,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-everyone-who-was-baptized-have-eternal-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":29305,"position":4},"title":"Does everyone who was baptized have eternal life?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi, From the topic of \"The Thousand-Year Reign\", you stated that baptism is the first resurrection. John also states that second death will not have an effect on those who take part in the first resurrection. Then does that mean all who were baptized will have eternal life? But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17990,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/am-i-doomed-to-hell-is-it-a-sin-to-be-gay\/","url_meta":{"origin":29305,"position":5},"title":"Am I doomed to hell? Is it a sin to be gay?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am 20 years old. I am have been a sinner most of my life. I want to change my evil ways. Sometimes I feel my soul is doomed to hell to burn with Satan. I pray sometimes, but I still feel lost. I have one? I am bisexual.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}