Chapel Message

How Can A Loving God Send People To Hell?

Hell Texas

The Nature Of Hell 1. A place of extreme suffering

The Nature Of Hell “… the fiery furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matt 13:42) “outer darkness” (Matt 8:12; 22:13 & 25:30) “they will be tormented day and night forever” (Rev 20:10)

The Nature Of Hell A place of extreme suffering It will last forever

The Nature Of Hell “they will be tormented day and night forever” (Rev 20:10)

The Nature Of Hell “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…. Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” (Matt 25:41,46) (“αἰώνιον” = aionion [eternal])

The Nature Of Hell A place of extreme suffering It will last forever

So … How Can A Loving God Send People To Hell?

God Doesn’t Send People To Hell; People Choose To Go There.

God Doesn’t Send People To Hell; People Choose To Go There.

Blue Train / Red Train

Song … “αἰώνιον” = aionion (eternal) … True – You can’t stop it rolling – but you can choose not to get on it – or if you’re already on it, you can choose to get off it!

Why does there have to be a Hell Why does there have to be a Hell? Why can’t God just destroy those who reject Him?

We Were Created To Live Eternally

We choose which door we walk through, not God.

“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.” (John 3:36)

Dr Maurice Rawlings Professor Of cardiology, Boston University Hospital

“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.” (John 3:36)