IS THERE A “HELL?”

“Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.”

{Revelation 20:14}

Survey Says…“We Believe in…” GOD SATAN HELL

UNITED STATES 62.8% 45.4% 49.6%

GREAT BRITAIN 23.8% 12.7% 12.8%

NORWAY 20.1% 13.1% 11.4%

WEST GERMANY 27.3% 9.5%

9.3%

LESS THAN 50%

BELIEVE IN HELL

SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SURVEY PROGRAM (1991)

IS THERE A HELL?

IS THERE A “HELL?”• “Promises of immortal salvation or fear of

eternal damnation are both illusory and harmful. They distract humans from present concerns, from self-actualization, and from rectifying social injustices. Modern science discredits such historic concepts as the “ghost in the machine” and “separable soul.” Rather, science affirms that the human species is an emergence from natural evolutionary forces. As far as we know, the total personality is a function of the biological organism transacting in a social and cultural context. There is no credible evidence that life survives the death of the body. We continue to exist in our progeny and in the way that our lives have influenced others in our culture.” (Humanist Manifesto II, 1973)

Atheist / Humanist – No such thing - - -

Buddhist - Hell is temporary for its inhabitants – Life is cyclic.

Jehovah’s Witnesses - Teach that man does not have an eternal soul –

Seventh Day Adventists – Teach that eternal existence is conditional.

Catholicism – Purgatory - Second chance -

ManyFalse Views

Of Hell

IS THERE A “HELL?”• “The last sermon on hell I heard, I

preached myself and that was 30 years ago.” -- Kenneth S. Kantzer

• “Hell disappeared and no one noticed.” -- Martin Marty

• “The Church of England has recently done away with ‘hell.’ Its Commission on doctrine has substituted ‘total nonbeing’ for hell.” -- Jurgen Motlmann

• “…No traditional Christian doctrine has been so widely abandoned as that of eternal punishment. Its advocates must be fewer than ever before. The alternative interpretation of hell as annihilation seems to have prevailed even among many of the more conservative theologians.” – Richard Buckham.

He has done a work for the Seventh Day Adventists denying the biblical concept

of the eternal punishment of the

wicked. He was a leader in

the Grace-Unity movement among churches of Christ

Edward Fudge

“The wicked, following whatever

degree and duration of pain

that God may justly inflict, will finally

and truly die, perish and become extinct for ever

and ever.” (Fudge, 1982, p.

425)

Edward Fudge

“Jesus spoke ofeternal punishment but He never hinted of continual torture of souls that live on and on in some state

of anguish and torment.”

(Goad’s articles occasionally appear in

Liberal Christian Journals).

Stephen Clark Goad

“God will destroy (the soul). Not punish it. Not

dangle with it. Not torture it.”

(“A Christian Response to the New Age Movement,”

Tape 3). [F. LaGard Smith has also published a book entitled “The After Life” in which he has denied the

eternal conscious punishment of the wicked

soul.]

F. LaGard Smith

**John Clayton is a popular speaker among

institutional churches.***Gave Fudge’s book an

enthusiastic recommendation while

himself confessing: “I have never been able to be comfortable with the

position that a person who rejected God should suffer

forever and ever.” (The Spiritual Sword, April

1997, p. 35)

John Clayton

Brother Homer Hailey sadly

taught in a book published shortly after his death that the wicked

soul is annihilated.

Homer Hailey

This verse [Rev. 20:10] is often quoted to prove the eternal

existence, suffering, and torment of wicked humanity. It should be mentioned of whom John spoke: Satan, the beast, and the false

prophet. Wicked humans are not mentioned here, but are dealt

with in the verses which follow, 20:14-15. The beast and false

prophet were cast alive into the lake, as was the devil. It was

these three who would be tormented day and night for ever (Homer Hailey, God’s Judgments and

Punishments, p. 177).

Homer Hailey

“The first death pertained to the physical

life and death; the second pertained to end

of each. Death and Hades and the wicked,

those whose names were not written in the book of life, existence came to

an end in the lake of fire.” (Ibid., p. 178)

Homer Hailey

Sodom and Gomorrah left the spiritual or moral realm in which

God intended man should live, for a lifestyle of lust. God rained

brimstone and fire upon them, totally destroying the cities. The destruction was so complete that their location is uncertain, not a

vestige of either city has yet been confirmed. Jude says, These “are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire” (v. 7)…If they serve as an example, what do they teach except that

those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire are to exist no more?

(Ibid., pp. 141-142).

Homer Hailey

“All The Counsel of God”

• In order to be a faithful steward of the Gospel as an evangelist, one must preach “all the counsel of God.” (Acts 20:27)

• “All the counsel of God” includes Bible teaching about Hell.

• In order to be a faithful steward of the Gospel as an evangelist, one must preach Bible teaching about Hell.

Three different Greek words for the term hell in the KJV:

Hades –(11) The unseen realm – realm of disembodied spirits - Acts 2:27, 31; Revelation 20:13

Tartarus – (1) chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 2Peter 2:4

Gehenna - (12) Matthew 10:28; Mark 9:43,45,47

The Term “Hell” Is Found 23 Times In the New Testament

ComfortLuke 16:22Luke 23:43

Torment

HEAVEN

HELL

DEATH

Righteous

Wicked

HADESLuke 16:25,26; Rev 1:18; 20:13

Tartarus

Luke 16:23,24; 2 Peter 2:4

GehennaMk 9:43

GRAVE

BODY

BODY

Soul

Soul

Eternity

JUDGMENT

Resurrection

Reunion of Soul & Body

BODY

Soul

Soul

Body & Soul

Body & Soul

Wicked

Righteous

NEW

PROPHETS TAUGHT THAT HELL IS REAL!

• Deuteronomy 32:22• Psalm 9:17• Ecclesiastes 11:9;

12:14• Isaiah 66:24• Daniel 12:2• Jude 13-15

LORD HIMSELF TAUGHT THAT HELL IS REAL!• Matthew 5:29• Matthew 7:13• Matthew 8:12• Matthew 10:28• Matthew 13:41-50• Matthew 25:41-46• Mark 9:44-48• John 15:6• Of the 12 occurrences of

“Gehenna” Jesus used it 11 times!

APOSTLES TAUGHT THAT HELL IS REAL!• Romans 2:8,9; 6:23• 2 Corinthians 5:10• 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9• Hebrews 10:27• 2 Peter 2:4, 9; 3:10-12• Revelation 20:10-15• Revelation 21:8

“Wailing & gnashing of teeth” (Matt. 8:12)

“Everlasting fire” (Mk. 9:44, 46, 48; 25:41-46)

“Darkness” (Matt. 25:30; cf. 2 Pet. 2:4)

“Sorer punishment” (Heb. 10:28, 29)

A Place of Unending TormentWHAT IS HELL LIKE?

A Place of Unending TormentWHAT IS HELL LIKE?

“…He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy

angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the

smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and

whoever receives the mark of his name.”Revelation 14:10,11

“The devil and his angels” (Matt. 25:41)

“Unfaithful Jews” (Matt.8:12)

“The fearful…know not God” (Rev. 21:8)

“Those who “obey not the truth” (Rom.2:8)

A Place of Vile CompanionsWHAT IS HELL LIKE?

“Those who obey unrighteousness” (Romans 2:8)

“The deceived” (Gal.6:7,8; Matt.15:14)

“All liars” (Rev. 21:8)

“Sexually immoral” (Rev. 21:8)

A Place of Vile CompanionsWHAT IS HELL LIKE?

“Everlasting” (Rev. 14:11)

“Second Death” (Rom.6:23)

“Without mercy” (Hebrews 2:9)

“Spared Not” (2 Pet.2:4)

“According to their works” (Rom.2:6)

A Place of No HopeWHAT IS HELL LIKE?

No one will be in Hell that does not deserve to be there.

Heaven or Hell is a choice.

We choose the kind of vessels we will be, we fit ourselves for eternity one way or the other by decisions we make.

Eternal Punishment/Divine Justice

WHAT IS HELL LIKE?

Eternal

Everlasting Punishment In

Hell

(Gk: aionios)What We Do With One We Must Do

WithThe Other

Everlasting Life In Heaven

“And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." -

Matt. 25:46

Hell Is A Real Place!!

Eternal

Everlasting Punishment In

Hell

Everlasting Life In Heaven

“And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

- Matt. 25:46

Hell Is A Real Place!!

You will be in one of these two places for all eternity—Where will you be?

Obey the Gospel (2 Thess. 1:7-10)

“Hear the word” (Rom. 10:17)

“Believe the truth” (Mk. 16:15, 16)

“Repent” (Acts 17:30)

“Confess Christ” (Acts 8:37; Rom. 10:8,9)

“Baptism into Christ” (Acts 2:41)

“Remain Faithful”(1 Cor.15:58)

How Shall We Escape?

Hell is Too Hot, Eternity is Too Long, To Get It

Wrong!