The Truth about Hell
August 27th, 2009 | Published in Sermons, Written Sermons
The Truth About Hell
Luke 16
Intro: There is a lot of lies that circulate about hell, and this particular day these lies are in the forefront!
WE SEE AROUND HALLOWEEN LITTLE RED DEVILS RUNING AROUND WITH PITCH FORKS.
WE SEE THE WITCHES IN THEIR POINTY HATS AND GREEN FACES.
THE THINGS THAT WE DO NOT SEE IS THOUSE WHO WORSHIP SATAN OUT ON THIS NIGHT SACRIFICEING SMALL CHILDREN, WE DO NOT SEE THOUSE WHO CALL THEM SELVES REAL WITCHES AS CLOSE AS ASHVILLE THAT ARE DRINKING BLOOD AND DANCING AND CHANTING TO THEIR GOD!
HARRY POTTER, AND OTHER SUCH JUNK BOOKS HAVE LIED OUR CHILDREN INTO BELIEVING THAT HELL IS A JOKE, OR A FOLK LOURE, OR SOMETHING THAT WE NEED NOT FEAR!
THIS IS NOT TRUE! I WANT TO TELL YOU TODAY THE TRUTH ABOUT HELL!
JESUS SPOKE MUCH OF HELL IN THE WORD OF GOD, IN MARK 9:43-47 JESUS TELLS US THAT THERE IS NOTHING WORTH GOING TO HELL OVER!
1 – IT IS A PLACE OF DARKNESS
Math 8:12 “But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness”
MANY YEARS AGO, I WENT TO LINVILLE CAVRENS, WHEN THE GUIDE TURNED THE LIGHTS OUT IT WAS TOTALLY DARK!
THE DARK SEEMED TO CRAWL ALL OVER US!
CAN YOU IMAGINE SPENDING ETERNITY IN TOTAL DARKNESS?
NOW, CARTOONS WOULD HAVE YOU TO BELIVE THAT THE FIRE LIGHTS HELL!
THIS IS NOT TRUE, HELL IS A TOTALLY DARK PLACE!
I HAVE BEEN IN HOUSE FIRES WHERE THERE WAS MUCH FIRE AND HEAT BUT YOU COULD NOT SEE YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE!
2 – IT IS A PLACE OF DISTANCE
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE SINNER IS “AFAR OFF FROM GOD”
THOUSE WHO ARE SAVED ARE “MADE NIGH BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST”
AFTER YOU GO TO HELL YOU ARE SPERATED FROM THE LOVE OF GOD AND FROM THE GRACE OF GOD.
SO THERE IS NO MORE CHANCE TO BE MADE NIGH BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST!
3 – IT IS A PLACE OF DEMONS
IN MATH 25:41 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT HELL “WAS PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS”
HELL IS A PLACE OF CONSTANT DEMONIC ACTIVITY!
IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN A PLACE WHERE YOU COULD FEEL THE PRESENCE OF DEMONIC ACTIVITY!
CAN YOU IMAGINE LIVING IN TOTAL DARKNESS AND HORIBLE PAIN, AND SUROUNDED BY THE EVIL OF DEMONIC PRESENCE!
4 – IT IS A PLACE OF DOOM
NO ONE EVER GOS TO HELL AND THEN HAS AN OPORTUNITY TO GET OUT!
IT IS A PLACE OF DOOM FOR ETERNITY!
5 – IT IS A PLACE OF DISTRESS
NO LIGHT, NO WATER, NO RELEIF FROM THE SCREAMS AND CRYS OF THOUSE WHO ARE DOOMED IN HELL, NO RELIEF FROM THE PAIN, NO RELEIF FROM THE DEMONIC PRESENCE, NO RELIEF FROM THE SMELL, NO RELIEF FROM THE NASHING OF TEETH, FROM THE WORMS, AND NO HOPE OF EVER GETTING OUT!
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE A PLACE YOU WANT TO GO?