Introduction
Revelation 20:15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of
In a national poll conducted several years ago by USA Today “67% of
American adults said they believe in a hell. But less than 25% believed that
they would go there, while 25% believe their friends will be there
Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one
and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and money."
Luke 16:14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things,
and they ridiculed him.
Act 24:15 having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that
there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
Matthew 25:32-41
There is no escaping the reality that one day we will all stand before God
Matthew 12:30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not
gather with me scatters.
Hebrews 6:2 and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the
resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Hell is a Place of Eternal Torment
C.S. Lewis was told about a gravestone inscription that read; “Here lies an
atheist – all dressed up and no where to go.” Lewis quietly replied, “I bet he
wishes that we so.
Matthew 5:22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother
will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the
council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
Mat\thew 18:8 And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and
throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two
hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.
life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the
body, whether good or evil.
Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the
throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is
the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the
books, according to what they had done.
Luke 12:47 And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get
ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
Luke 12:48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating,
will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him
much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they
will demand the more.
2Peter 2:21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the
way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy
commandment delivered to them.
Hell was created for Satan & his Angels
Matthew 25:41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you
cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them
into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until
the judgment;
Isaiah 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and
he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. (KJV)
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count
slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but
that all should reach repentance.

Romans 3:27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what

kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Romans 3:28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of
the law.
The Reality of
God does not send us to Hell

The cross is a roadblock on the way to hell. The cross says you don't have
to go there.
Hell
Deutronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that
I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose
life, that you and your offspring may live

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(KJV)

Closing
Matthew 7:13 "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is

Luke 16:19-31
easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
Matthew 7:14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life,
and those who find it are few.

Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let the one
who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who
desires take the water of life without price.

How to Have Eternal Life

Romans 10:10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the
mouth one confesses and is saved.
Rom 10:11 For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not
be put to shame."

all scriptures taken from the English Standard Version (ESV) unless
April 17, 2011
noted