A house fire will eventually go out on its own. But the hard work comes with preventative measures - keeping the fire from starting in the first place. Most Christians think they show patience when the internal heat eventually goes away. Rather, such quenching is the natural degression of the flame as teh flame sparking event grows more distant from the concern of the individual. This happens faster or slower depending on the personality's response to or thought processes concerning a certain event. But the flame itself, though not necessarily displayed outwardly, is still spiritually destructive and sinful. Patience is the spiritual fruit that prevents a flame from appearing altogether when a spark occurs. It is making the house flame resistant by nature. This quality grows in a person as Christ imparts to that individual His mind and heart. "Let patience have her perfect work." To be perfect is not to be relative to the extremity of circumstances.

Some see hell as the gun held to their head as someone threatens them. "If you don't accept My grace, I'll pull the trigger!" Hell was never intended to be used by God to threaten. It is a byproduct to ignoring His grace. It was "created for the devil and his angels," i.e., not for humans. So why does one go to hell? That one fails to allow Go'd grace to reign and do His work, i.e., to reject the saving blood of Christ. Why does a person go hell for that? It is a rejection of cleansing by the stained person whose stains cannot enter the presence of God because of His holiness (uniqueness, seperateness). It is a challenge to His glory. Therefore, we are saved for His glory, not our eternal comfort, nor because we give into the hell-gun threat. To give into a threat is not to do so because of the worthy nature of the threatener, but because of desire for personal comfort and life. We are not saved for such reasons. This would mock God by our pride filled motives. We are not saved for us. Heaven is not a reward for accepting His grace. We are saved for God and because of God. We are created for His pleasure - should we be saved for any other reason?