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Hell is Real...
Don't be fooled!
People don't like to hear about hell. But I'm here to tell
you that if Jesus is not your Lord and Savior, you are on your way to
hell. Some of you will be upset at this bad news. You think that I'm
all gloom and doom. Tell me this...if your house were on fire, would
you want me to let you know? Of course you would. You'd probably thank
me for telling you. Well, if you go to hell, YOU will be the one on fire.
Hell may not be a politically correct topic these days, but many
people enter hell everyday. Out of the 120,000 people that die everyday,
most end up in hell. Hell is a real place despite the fact that people
laugh and say that they want to go there. They simply don't understand
how terrible hell is. Just because you've never seen hell doesn't
mean it doesn't exist. We have a searing, accurate description of
what hell is like in God's word. (We'll get to some scriptures in
a minute) Hell is awful and if you don't believe in Jesus, you'd
better get on the stick or else that's going to be your eternal destination.
Satan, the god of this world, WILL NOT always cause havoc. His doom
is already foretold, "And the devil that deceived them was cast
into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false
prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever." (Revelation
20:10)
Did you know that if you do not belong to Jesus Christ you belong
to Satan? You don't have to be a card carrying Satanist to serve
Satan. You don't have to be a murderer, drunkard or drug addict,
either. All you have to do is ignore Jesus Christ. If you don't have
Jesus today, you are deceived and hell bound--you are a child of
hell, a child of the devil.
How many times have I heard someone say, "A loving God wouldn't
put His creatures in hell." Well I have news for you, friend, God
doesn't put anyone in hell--their sins put them there. Know ye not
that hell was not created for man? Hell was created for the devil
and his angels--
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart
from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting fire, PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.
(Matthew
25:41)
Men go to hell because they choose the devil's way and reject
the Lord Jesus. God is holy and will not allow any sin in His
kingdom. As a result, when people die in their sins they are forever
banished from the presence of God to a place called hell--and it
ain't pretty. Incidentally, Satan won't be ruling in the lake of
fire. He'll be screamin' and hollerin' just like everybody else--
the devil...shall be tormented day and night for ever and
ever. (Revelation 20:10)
Think about this...God, out of profound love for you--a vile
sinner who has transgressed His commandments--let His own beautiful,
dear
Son be sacrificed for YOUR sins! Jesus wasn't a sinner. He didn't
sin one time. He didn't die for Himself. He died for you. To save
YOU. That's why He is called the Saviour. Because He SAVES from hell!
If you reject His sacrifice and trod it underfoot it should not be
too hard for you to understand that the same God who sacrificed His
beloved Son will expeditiously cast your rebellious hind parts into
hell and the lake of fire. NOTHING unclean will ever enter God's
heaven--and all unregenerate people are unclean. I too
was once dead in trespasses and sins, but one lovely day I turned
my face to Jesus and got washed in the blood.
You can too--no matter what you've done.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they
be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18
God does not want you in hell! Jesus came to save you from
that horrible place! Don't lie and say God puts people in hell! Get
right with Jesus and you won't go there! Look at these scriptures:
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death
of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live:
turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die... (Ezekiel
33:11)
The Lord is...not willing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance. (II Peter
3:9)
The Bible says
that God loves you so much that the Creator of this universe
(Jesus Christ)
came to "taste death" for every man. Jesus
wasn't just some baby for a manger scene. He
is God come in the flesh to destroy the power of death and hell--He
holds the keys, people! If you say yes to Jesus, hell won't be your
final destination. If you say no to Jesus, hell will be your eternal
home. There ain't no getting out and no comfort--it's everlasting.
Regardless of
whether you believe it or not, hell exists and the Bible says
that it is never full. I've heard folks say that hell
is not mentioned in the Bible or that hell is just the grave. Well,
let's take a look at what the Bible says. Here are a few scriptures
that deal with hell and the lake of fire (at the final
judgment, hell, death and those not written in the book of
life will be cast into the lake fire):
Matthew 25:41 (Jesus speaking to people at final judgment), ...Depart
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels.
Revelation 14:11, And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up
for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night...
Revelation 20:12, 15, And I saw the dead, small and great, stand
before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened,
which is the book of life...And whosoever was not found written
in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Matthew 10:28, And fear not them which kill the body, but are
not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Luke 12:5, But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear
him, which AFTER he hath killed hath power to cast into hell;
yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Matthew 18:8, 9 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee,
cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to
enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or
feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye
offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better
for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two
eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Matthew 25:46, And these shall go away into EVERLASTING punishment:
but the righteous into life eternal.
II Thessalonians 1:9 Who shall be punished with EVERLASTING
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory
of his power.
Isaiah 66:24, And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses
of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm
shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall
be abhorring unto all flesh.
Mark 9:44 (speaking of hell), Where their worm dieth not, and
the fire is not quenched.
Jude 7, Sodom and Gomorrha...are set forth for an example, suffering
the vengeance of eternal fire.
Matthew 22:13, ...Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and
cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.
Matthew 13:41-42, The Son of man (Jesus) shall send forth his
angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that
offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into
a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Revelation 21:8, But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable,
and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters,
and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth
with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Psalm 9:17, The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all
the nations that forget God.
Isaiah 14:99-11, 15 (referring to Lucifer), Hell from beneath
is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the
dead for thee...all they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou
also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp
is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm
is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee...thou shalt be
brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Daniel 12:2, And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth
shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and
EVERLASTING contempt.
The following is a true story as told by the Lord Jesus in Luke
16:19-31:
19. There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in
purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was
laid at his gate, full of sores,
21. And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the
rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried
by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and
was buried;
23. And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments,
and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on
me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger
in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things:
but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great
gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you
cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest
send him to my father's house:
28. For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest
they also come into this place of torment.
29. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets;
let them hear them.
30. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them
from the dead, they will repent.
31. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Sinner, you will either TURN from your sins to Jesus or you will
BURN for your sins. If you reject the Lord Jesus Christ, you will
be tormented in the flames forever without a single, solitary hope.
The biggest fool in the world chooses hell. No need to argue with
me about this. God said hell is real, your argument is with Him and
you won't win that one. You have been warned. Repent or perish.
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