It is amazing the number of
people that will tell you that they believe in heaven.
Heaven is the most pleasant topic in all languages
and in all cultures. Though we quite readily believe
in heaven, we are quick to doubt that there is an
eternally burning place called
hell.
Hell is the most unpleasant place in all
languages and all cultures. The fact is, that most
folks in the world have a perverted view of heaven
that has been fed to them from the plate of false
religion. They also have a perverted view of
hell. The
Bible doctrine of
hell is so frightful for the
religionists of today’s apostate, effeminate
Christianity that they have lessened its impact on the
unbelievers of today by refering to it as “sheole”,
“the grave”, and “gehenna”. These are non descript
terms that in no way convey to the unbeliever of today
the harsh reality
of hell. It is not “sheole”. It is a
literal, eternally burning hell. It is not “the
grave”. It is a literal,
eternally burning hell. It is
not “gehenna”. It is a literal,
eternally burning
hell. The terms “sheole” and
“gehenna” have absolutely no meaning to the
unbelievers that walk the streets of English speaking
nations. That is the way that the Devil (Satan) would
have it. But, if you mention the word
hell
to English speaking peoples they immediately connect
hell with fire. Do the words “sheole” and “gehenna”
bring fear to the hearts and minds of unbelievers?
They definitely do not! The Bible says in Jude 22-23:
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of
the fire;
hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
What does the Bible have to say about
hell?
You will have to have a King James Bible to fully
receive God’s desired impact of what God has to say
about hell.
There is no fear of God today in the United States of
America. We are a country full of
hell bound sinners
that are on the broad pathway to destruction. We mock
God in our arrogance and self esteem while murdering
his unborn babies. We are a nation of filthy dreamers
that parade sodomy before God as if it were some kind
of puppet show. We are a country that is full of the
devil. We are deserving of the judgement and
condemnation of God. The Bible says in Psalm 9:17:
“The wicked shall be turned into
hell,
and all the nations that forget God”.
Turn in your bibles to Revelation 20:11-15 where we
see:
Revelation 20:11-15
11 And I saw a
great white throne, and him that sat on it,
from whose face the earth and the heaven fled
away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand
before God; and the books were opened: and
another book was opened, which is the book of
life: and the dead were judged out of those
things which were written in the books,
according to their works. 13 And the sea gave
up the dead which were in it; and death and
hell delivered up the dead which were in them:
and they were judged every man according to
their works. 14 And death and
hell
were cast into the
lake of fire. This is
the second death. 15 And whosoever was not
found written in the book of life was cast
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There is coming a day of reckoning for all those who
do not know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal
Saviour. The Bible says in Hebrews 9:27: 27 And as it
is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment. This is the very judgement we just read
about in Revelation 20. If you are sitting here lost,
you have no guarantee of another breath. Job 14:1
says: Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and
full of trouble. James 4:13-14 says: “13 Go to now, ye
that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a
city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and
get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the
morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour,
that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth
away”. Proverbs 27:1 says: “Boast not thyself of to
morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring
forth”. You are not promised another breath. The Bible
says in Lamentations 3:22 that it is of the Lord’s
mercies that we are not consumed. We deserve death,
but because of the great mercy of God we are offered
eternal life.
There was a secular song that was sung by a man that
said he knew there was no heaven and he prayed that
there was no hell. That man could not be more wrong.
Every lost person on the face of this earth is being
manipulated by Satan above the
fires of hell
like a puppet on very thin frayed strings that are
already on fire.
Hell is a scriptural fact that cannot
be explained away. Hell is an eternal place at the end
of a Christ-less life.
Hell is a place of eternal fire and damnation.
Hell is a place of eternal torment.
The Bible uses the word hell 54 different times. The
Lord Jesus Christ preached more on
hell
than he ever did on heaven. I want you to follow on a
trip through the Bible.
Deuteronomy 32:22
22 For a
fire is kindled in mine anger,
and shall burn unto the lowest
hell,
and shall consume the earth with her increase,
and set on fire the foundations of the
mountains.
This is the first time we see the word
hell
in our Bibles. In its first mention it is tied
to fire. It is a burning place.
Deuteronomy 4:24
24 For the LORD thy God is a
consuming
fire, even a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 9:3
3 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD
thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as
a consuming
fire he shall destroy them,
and he shall bring them down before thy face:
so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them
quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
Hebrews 12:28-29
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which
cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we
may serve God acceptably with reverence and
godly fear: 29 For our God is a
consuming
fire.
Psalm 9:17
17 The wicked shall be turned into
hell,
and all the nations that forget God.
Psalm 116:3
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the
pains of
hell gat hold upon me: I found
trouble and sorrow.
Proverbs 23:13-14
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for
if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not
die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and
shalt deliver his soul from
hell.
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Hell is a place to
be delivered from.
Proverbs 27:20
20 Hell
and destruction are never full; so the eyes of
man are never satisfied.
Isaiah 5:11-14
11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the
morning, that they may follow strong drink;
that continue until night, till wine inflame
them! 12 And the harp, and the viol, the
tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their
feasts: but they regard not the work of the
LORD, neither consider the operation of his
hands. 13 Therefore my people are gone into
captivity, because they have no knowledge: and
their honourable men are famished, and their
multitude dried up with thirst. 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. |
From Isaiah chapter 5, we see that the
fires of hell
are being constantly stoked with the bodies of men and
women who have died in their sin.
Matthew 5:21-22
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.
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Notice that the Lord Jesus Christ uses the term
“hell fire”.
So, it is a literal burning place.
Matthew 5:29-30
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it
out, and cast it from thee: for it is
profitable for thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not that thy whole body
should be cast into
hell. 30 And if thy
right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast
it from thee: for it is profitable for thee
that one of thy members should perish, and not
that thy whole body should be cast into
hell.
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I ask you why will
you die in your sin and go to hell?
Matthew 10:28
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but
are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear
him which is able to destroy both soul and
body in
hell.
Matthew 13:40-42,49-50
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and
burned in
the fire; so shall it be in
the end of this world. 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. 49 So shall
it be at the end of the world: the angels
shall come forth, and sever the wicked from
among the just, 50 And shall cast them into
the furnace
of fire: there shall be
wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 18:7-9
7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for
it must needs be that offences come; but woe
to that man by whom the offence cometh! 8
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee,
cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is
better for thee to enter into life halt or
maimed, rather than having two hands or two
feet to be cast into
everlasting
fire. 9 And if thine eye
offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from
thee: it is better for thee to enter into life
with one eye, rather than having two eyes to
be cast into
hell fire.
Matthew 23:15
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to
make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye
make him twofold more the child of hell than
yourselves. 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of
vipers, how can ye escape the
damnation
of hell? |
Matthew 23:15 is
what religious manipulation can do for you!
Matthew 25:41,46
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: 46 And these shall go away
into
everlasting punishment: but
the righteous into life eternal.
Mark 9:43-48
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. 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.
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Again, I ask you
why will you die in your sin and go to hell?
Luke 3:16-17
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I
indeed baptize you with water; but one
mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose
shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will
throughly purge his floor, and will gather the
wheat into his garner; but the chaff
he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Luke 12:5
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear:
Fear him, which after he hath killed hath
power to cast into
hell; yea, I say unto
you, Fear him.
Luke 16:22-23
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died,
and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s
bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in
hell he lift up his eyes,
being in
torments, and seeth Abraham
afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Jude 7
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities
about them in like manner, giving themselves
over to fornication, and going after strange
flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering
the
vengeance of eternal fire.
Revelation 1:18
18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and,
behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of
hell and of death.
Revelation 6:8
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and
his name that sat on him was Death, and
Hell
followed with him. And power was given unto
them over the fourth part of the earth, to
kill with sword, and with hunger, and with
death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 14:9-11
9 And the third angel followed them, saying
with a loud voice, If any man worship the
beast and his image, and receive his mark in
his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without mixture into the
cup of his indignation; and he shall be
tormented
with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels, and in the
presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of
their
torment ascendeth up for ever
and ever: and they have no rest day nor night,
who worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Revelation 21:8
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers,
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars,
shall have their part in the
lake which
burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death. |
Death, hell, and
the lake of fire are the penalties for sin.
We know from Romans 6:23 that “the wages of sin is
death”. The Bible says in Romans 3:23: “For all have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”. The
Bible also says in Romans 5:12: “Wherefore, as by one
man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and
so death passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned:”. The Bible says in:
Isaiah 64:6
6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all
our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we
all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities,
like the wind, have taken us away.
Romans 3:10-12
10 As it is written, There is none righteous,
no, not one: 11 There is none that
understandeth, there is none that seeketh
after God. 12 They are all gone out of the
way, they are together become unprofitable;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Jeremiah 17:9-10
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and
desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the
LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even
to give every man according to his ways, and
according to the fruit of his doings.
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No one has to go to
hell. It is an individual
choice. The question is: “Will you choose eternal life
in heaven or will you choose
eternal death in
hell?”. Again, I ask you why will you
die in your sin and go to
hell?
If you choose to make no choice at all, then you
choose hell because the Bible says in John 3:18,36:
John 3:18,36
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God. 36 He
that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life: and he that believeth not the Son shall
not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on
him. |
The Bible says that God takes no pleasure in the death
of the wicked. God says in Ezekiel 33:11:
Ezekiel 33:11
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD,
I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked;
but that the wicked turn from his way and
live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways;
for why will ye die, O house of Israel? |
That phrase “turn ye, turn ye” means to repent.
Repentance is a turning from a life of sin and a
turning to God. The Bible says in 2 Peter 3:9: “The
Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men
count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not
willing that any should perish, but that all should
come to repentance”. There is NO salvation without
repentance. Christ said in Luke 13:3 and 5: I tell
you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish. Repentance is not worldly sorrow. Repentance
is Godly sorrow. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 7:10:
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not
to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh
death.
Repentance is a work of the indwelling Holy Ghost of
God. Repentance is the evidence of salvation. Through
repentance, the lost sinner becomes a new creature.
The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore if
any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things
are passed away; behold, all things are become new”.
The biggest problem I see and read about in churches
of today are men and women and boys and girls walking
away from professions of salvation and never showing
forth any evidence of salvation. There has been no
change in their attitude toward God and the things of
God and therefore no repentance and no salvation. All
things remain the same and nothing has become new.
They are baptized church members on their way to
hell.
They have prayed a “sinner’s prayer” and been
told that they are on their way to heaven. Salvation
is more than a sinner’s prayer. Let me say this, if
the sinner’s prayer is prayed from a repentant,
believing heart, then God hears that prayer and
salvation becomes a reality. But most people that pray
the sinner’s prayer have been manipulated into saying
some words without having a saving understanding of
what salvation means and what God’s requirements for
salvation are. They have been inoculated to the gospel
because they have prayed the “sinner’s prayer”. They
will tell you that they have done that when you
question them about their lack of evidence of
salvation. They will tell you that they have said
those words. That they have prayed that prayer. If
there has been no change in your lifestyle after your
profession faith, then you need to do some serious
soul searching into whether you are saved. I realize
that some Christians are not properly discipled
following salvation, but I believe that the majority
of professing Christians who show no evidence of
salvation have never come to a saving belief in the
gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Church member and lost sinner I would ask you: If you
were to die today, do you know for a fact that you
would not go to
hell. Are you counting on your church
membership, baptism certificate, or good works to get
you into heaven? Without a personal relationship with
the Lord Jesus Christ none of these will do you any
good. You will end up in hell and the lake of fire.
God said in 2 Corinthians 13:5: Examine yourselves,
whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is
in you, except ye be reprobates?
What is God’s remedy for sin. Man has no remedy for ,
or escape from, the death and condemnation brought
about by their sin. The good news is that God has
provided a means of deliverance from the penalty of
sin. That deliverance, or salvation, can only come
through the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible says in John
14:6 and Acts 4:10-12:
John 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.
Acts 4:10-12
10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the
people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom
God raised from the dead, even by him doth
this man stand here before you whole. 11 This
is the stone which was set at nought of you
builders, which is become the head of the
corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name under
heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved. |
This means that the only remedy for your sin that God
will accept is the Lord Jesus Christ. Without the Lord
Jesus Christ, we are lost and dying and on our way to
hell.
John said: behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the
sin of the world.
The Bible also says: “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 (John 3:16).”“But God commendeth his
love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us”(Romans 5:8).
Salvation is not of man. There is nothing you can do
to earn salvation. Salvation is not by works.
Salvation is by grace through faith alone. Ephesians
2:8-9 says: “8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of
God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast”. Titus
3:5 says: “Not by works of righteousness which we have
done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the
washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy
Ghost;”. Salvation is not in the church. That means
that you can join every church in the world and still
die in your sin and go to
hell. Salvation is not in the
baptismal pool. You can walk through every baptismal
pool in the world and still die in your sin and go to
hell.
Christianity is not a religion, but is instead a
living reality: the reality of Christ in you.
Christianity is not hereditary. You are not a
Christian because your mother and father were
Christians. Salvation is not in some teacher,
preacher, or evangelist. Salvation is in the Lord
Jesus Christ.
You cannot come to salvation anytime you want to. It
is in God’s time. The Bible says in John 6:44: “No man
can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me
draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day”.
Romans 10:17 says: “So then faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God”. That is why we have
prepared this information from the Bible on sin and
salvation. We want you to hear from the word of God
what God has to say about your sin and its penalty and
your need for repentance and salvation. If you will
exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, God will
grant you repentance unto salvation. Gods says in John
3:3-8 that you cannot enter the kingdom of God
(heaven) except ye be born again. John 3:3-8 says:
John 3:3-8
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be
born when he is old? can he enter the second
time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be born of water and of the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of
God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is
flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is
spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye
must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where
it listeth, and thou hearest the sound
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth: so is every one that is
born of the Spirit. |
To be born again means to be spiritually reborn from
above by Holy Ghost of God. It means to be regenerated
by the Holy Ghost of God. It is life from death. The
Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected from death by the
power of the Holy Ghost that you might have eternal
life. That same Holy Ghost resurrects you from
spiritual death through the washing of regeneration
and renewing by the Holy Ghost. Titus 3:5 says: “Not
by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”. I
repeat. Ye must be born again!
If salvation is a reality, it will result in a public
confession of faith. You will want to tell others
about it. The Bible says in Romans 10:8-11:
Romans 10:8-11
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee,
even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is,
the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the
scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him
shall not be ashamed. |
The Bible also says in Matthew 10:32-33:
Matthew 10:32-33
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before
men, him will I confess also before my Father
which is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall
deny me before men, him will I also deny
before my Father which is in heaven. |
It is most important that you not play games with God.
If you do not repent of your sin and turn to God,
there will come a day when God will stop dealing with
you about your sin and you will die in your sin and
suffer eternally in
hell. The question I have for you this
day is: “Will you perish in your sin and spend an
eternity in hell.
Again, I ask you why will you die in
your sin and go to
hell?
Having said all of that, I want to warn you again not
to trust in your own works for salvation. Proverbs
14:12 and 16:25 say: “There is a way which seemeth
right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death”. If you trust in your own works, you are going
your own way which is the way of death. The Lord Jesus
Christ said in John 14:6: “I am the way, the truth,
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by
me”. The Lord Jesus Christ is the way to salvation.
That means that he is the only way to salvation and
that salvation is a one way street. If you are here
lost today, you are going 90 miles and hour down a
dead end street and you are going to crash and burn. I
repeat. You will crash and
burn for an eternity in the lake of fire.
Listen to the warning of God from Proverbs 1:23-31.
Proverbs 1:23-31
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour
out my spirit unto you, I will make known my
words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and
ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and
no man regarded; 25 But ye have set at nought
all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will
mock when your fear cometh; 27 When your fear
cometh as desolation, and your destruction
cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and
anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they
call upon me, but I will not answer; they
shall seek me early, but they shall not find
me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did
not choose the fear of the LORD: 30 They would
none of my counsel: they despised all my
reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the
fruit of their own way, and be filled with
their own devices. |
The fruit of your own way is the
torments of hell
and the lake of fire. Please, repent
and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ today. |
