IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN A HELL, THEN I TRIPLE-DOG DARE YOU TO READ THIS!!! PLEASE READ IT EVEN IF YOU DO!

The Bible mentions a hell 167 times. It is sometimes called Gehenna, Hades, the pit, the Abyss, or everlasting punishment. Jesus spoke of heaven and hell as real.

Hell was created for the devil (Satan) and the angels that followed him. Satan’s name in heaven as the most beautiful angel was Lucifer. Pride got the best of him wanting to be God himself. Because of Lucifer’s prideful sin, God threw him out of heaven, along with his followers, which included one-third of the angels. Hell is a literal place of torment, but humans do not know where it is. We don’t know how hot hell is or will be, but it is also called the Lake of Fire. It is also described as outer darkness. The fire may describe God’s wrath and the outer darkness may describe alienation from God’s love, mercy and grace. We can be confident that it is an awful and scary place. Those that will be cast into it, will never be given a way of escape. They will be there forever and ever, suffering for their own sins.

Here are some verses in the Bible referring to hell:

Matthew 25:41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’”

2 Thessalonians 1:6-9, “God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with His powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might.”

Revelation 20:10, 15, “And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. . . Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.”

Romans 2:8 “But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.”

Okay, you say, but Sharon, you said that God is a God of love in one of your other blog posts. Yes, I did. However, one of God’s other attributes is His righteousness (sinless). It is because of His righteousness that God created a hell to hold those who reject Jesus, His Son, whom He sent to earth to be born, die and rise again for the sins of mankind. If a person humbles himself before God, confessing his sins and repents (turning away) from them and, by faith, puts his trust in Jesus’ shed blood, death and resurrection, he will be given salvation from his own sin penalties and receive eternal life. Taking this lightly will end in eternal death in hell. God cannot allow sin or unforgiven sinners into His heaven.

It is God’s love that caused Him to make a way to avoid hell by sending His own Son to pay the price, Himself, for our sins, IF, we trust in Jesus’ sacrifice for us by FAITH. He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords and He wants us to worship Him, obey Him, thank Him and desire a close relationship with Him. That happens by reading the Bible and praying to Him. He uses His own Word, the Bible, to help us to grow in our faith in Him.

I thank God for providing a way to keep me from spending eternity in hell. He IS a loving God, you see!

2 Corinthians 6:2 says, “…now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation.”

Humble yourself before Him right now and put your faith in Him. If you are willing, I would love to help you grow in your faith. We could do it through emails.

Sharon