Is there such a place as Hell ?

If there is, we ought to learn about it; to avoid it ourselves, and to rescue others from it as well.

• Jesus taught that there is a Hell 
  • Matthew 5:22, 10:28, l3:40-42,49-50, 23:33, 25:4l .
• If there is NO Hell.....
  • Jesus is NOT the Infallible Son of God
  • the Bible is a deception
  • and there is no hope of any sort for anyone.
  • Followers of the Lord Jesus Christ cannot cover up the unpleasant truth of everlasting punishment
  • Unsaved people enter damnation as soon as they die
• Luke 16:19-31 makes clear that there is no annihilation, no soul-sleep, no second-chance, no purgatory or limbo. It teaches that -
  • what you are when you die, this is your eternal state
  • there is no delay between death and damnation
  • Hell is a place where there is no hope; no respite or interruption; a place of punishment, torment and flames
  • where people can remember.......
• Then comes the Judgement.
  • The dead will be raised. Dan l2:2 John 5:28-29.
  • People will be brought from death and hell, and those not in the book of life will be cast into the lake of fire Rev 20.11-15.
• And afterwards, the final state of damnation A Place - place names are used to describe it.... Hades / Sheol, Tartarus, Gehenna, furnace of fire, lake of fire...
  • A place of physical suffering and fire
  • Matthew 5:22, 8:l2, 13:50, Revelation 14:10-11, 20:13-15.
  • Eternal !
• God is just to punish eternally
  • Sin is an offence against an infinite Person. It requires infinite punishment.Besides, sin continues in Hell. Rev 22:11, 15.
  • A loving God CAN send people to Hell, His love has been shown by sending Christ. John 3:16.
  • He is not willing that any should perish. 2 Peter 3:9
  • He has no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Ezek 33,11
  • Men and women go to Hell, not because God wants them to, but because they ought to - because of their sins
  • God is Holy, Just and True. Sin must be punished. Romans 6:23, Numbers 32:23, Galatians 6:7.
  • Sinners would be unhappy in heaven.
  • Heaven would not be the heaven that God has promised, if there were sinners there.
  • But...The Lord Jesus Christ promised - "Verily, verily I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto LIFE ". John 5:24.