WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HELL?

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HELL?
Matt. 25:41 [By Ron Halbrook]

Introduction 1. Matt. 25:41 God’s justice executed on the wicked 41 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:

Introduction 2. 42% Americans rejected hell in (Pew Research Center) 3. Hell an outdated myth to many churches & preachers 4. Jehovah’s Witnesses & 7th Day Adventist deny hell as eternal torment

Introduction 5. Scripture warns of eternal torment in hell: Hell prepared for Satan & his followers God motivates by hope & fear Christ warns of eternal torment in hell Satan hides consequences of sin True gospel preaching warns of hell

I. Hell Prepared for Satan & His Followers A. Matt. 25:41 A prepared place for a prepared people 41 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:

I. Hell Prepared for Satan & His Followers B. Matt. 8:29 Demons destined to torment 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

I. Hell Prepared for Satan & His Followers C. 2 Pet. 2:4 Angels in hades await final sentence to hell 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell [Tartarus or Hades] , and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Sheol / Hades Tartarus Torment Paradise Abraham’s Bosom
G R E A T G U L F Tartarus Torment

II. God Motivates by Hope & Fear A. God Offered Adam Rewards or Punishment Gen. 2:9 Perpetual life with God 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

II. God Motivates by Hope & Fear A. God Offered Adam Rewards or Punishment Gen. 2:17 Death: separation from God 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

II. God Motivates by Hope & Fear B. God Offered Israel Rewards or Punishment Isa. 3:10-11 Destiny of righteous & wicked

Isa. 3:10-11 Destiny of righteous & wicked
10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

II. God Motivates by Hope & Fear C. Matt. 25:46 Jesus offers rewards or punishment 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

II. God Motivates by Hope & Fear D. Rom. 11:22 God exercises goodness & severity 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

III. Christ Warns of Eternal Torment in Hell A. Matt. 5: Bitterness, Hatred Lead to “Hell Fire” Fate worse than capital punishment

A. Matt. 5:21-22 Bitterness, Hatred Lead to “Hell Fire”
21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Law of Moses: Punish murder Law of Christ: Punish bitter anger

III. Christ Warns of Eternal Torment in Hell A. Matt. 5: Bitterness, Hatred Lead to “Hell Fire” Hell from Greek GEHENNA From Hebrew term: Valley of Hinnom Children burnt to idols, garbage burned, carcasses burned Symbol: pain, shame, punishment

III. Christ Warns of Eternal Torment in Hell A. Matt. 5: Bitterness, Hatred Lead to “Hell Fire” Hell from Greek GEHENNA Place of unending torment, fire, final & worst punishment Term 13 times in New Testament, used by Jesus 12 times!

III. Christ Warns of Eternal Torment in Hell B. Matt. 13:24-30, Righteous & Wicked in World Together Until Christ Separates Us Who will do something about evil? Christ! Vv Wicked engulfed in fire: conscious torment

Vv. 41-43 Wicked engulfed in fire: conscious torment
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

III. Christ Warns of Eternal Torment in Hell C. Mk. 9: Motivate Severe Self-discipline: Pain of Hell Far Worse!

C. Mk. 9:43-47 Motivate Severe Self-discipline: Pain of Hell Far Worse!
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

C. Mk. 9:43-47 Motive for Severe Self-discipline: Pain of Hell Far Worse!
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

III. Christ Warns of Eternal Torment in Hell C. Mk. 9: Motive for Severe Self-discipline: Pain of Hell Far Worse! Worm not die, victim not devoured: endless pain! Fire not quenched, object not consumed: endless pain! Hell: conscious, eternal torment!

IV. Satan Hides Consequences of Sin A. Gen Clear Warnings Confirmed: God Punishes Sin! Gen. 3:4-5, Satan denied but God confirmed consequences

Gen. 3:4-5, 14-24 Satan denied but God confirmed consequences
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

and a flaming sword which turned every way,
Gen. 3:4-5, Satan denied but God confirmed consequences 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

IV. Satan Hides Consequences of Sin A. Gen Clear Warnings Confirmed: God Punishes Sin! Gen. 4: Cain’s curse: nomadic life

Gen. 4:11-12 Cain’s curse: nomadic life
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

IV. Satan Hides Consequences of Sin A. Gen Clear Warnings Confirmed: God Punishes Sin! Gen Noah’s generation punished

IV. Satan Hides Consequences of Sin A. Gen Clear Warnings Confirmed: God Punishes Sin! Gen. 11:1-9 Curse of sin at Tower of Babel

IV. Satan Hides Consequences of Sin B. Gen. 19:9, Sodom Denied Their Sins, But God Punished Them!

B. Gen. 19:9, 24-25 Sodom Denied Their Sins, But God Punished Them!
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

B. Gen. 19:9, 24-25 Sodom Denied Their Sins, But God Punished Them!
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

IV. Satan Hides Consequences of Sin B. Gen. 19:9, Sodom Denied Their Sins, But God Punished Them! Jude 7 Reminder: no escape from eternal fire 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. [NIV]

IV. Satan Hides Consequences of Sin C. Hiding the Consequences of Sin Today Systems of unbelief belittle Bible truth: naturalism, modernism, postmodernism, humanism Hell a joke & a byword Positive mental attitude & pop psychology Complain a loving God cannot have a hell: complaint cheapens His holiness & majesty— sin is an eternal crime & insult against God!

V. True Gospel Preaching Warns of Hell A. The Master Teacher’s 1st Recorded Sermon Matt. 5:22 Guilty of rash anger: “in danger of hell fire” Matt. 5: Sin with eyes & hands: “whole body…cast into hell” Matt. 7:13 Broad way leads “to destruction” Matt. 7:19 Bad tree “cast into the fire” Matt. 7:23 “Depart from me” for false religion Matt. 7:27 Foolish man’s house “fell”

V. True Gospel Preaching Warns of Hell B. Following the Example of Jesus Acts 2:40 Peter warned & pleaded: “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation” [NIV] Acts 17: Paul in Athens: all must repent, God appointed a day to “judge the world” Acts 24:25 Paul to mighty Felix: “reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled”

Invitation 1. Matt. 25:41 God’s justice executed on the wicked 41 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:

Invitation 2. 42% Americans rejected hell in (Pew Research Center) 3. Hell an outdated myth to many churches & preachers 4. Jehovah’s Witnesses & 7th Day Adventist deny hell as eternal torment

Invitation 5. Scripture warns of eternal torment in hell: Hell prepared for Satan & his followers God motivates by hope & fear Christ warns of eternal torment in hell Satan hides consequences of sin True gospel preaching warns of hell

Invitation 5. Heed God’s warning, accept His mercy! Acts 8:22 Erring saints: repent & pray 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

Invitation 5. Heed God’s warning, accept His mercy! Mk. 16: Good news: sinners welcome! 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

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