Hell

1985

It seems like modern thinking has brought us to the place where we’d rather not believe in Hell, so we choose to exercise the option to just not believe in it at all. We’ll believe in Heaven, of course, but not Hell. Have you ever heard someone say, “My God is bigger than that. My God is the God of love…my God would never send someone to Hell.” And, of course, those people will go on to say that God couldn’t possibly have any standards for their lives because “my God is bigger than that…my God wants me to be happy.” Actually, their god is much smaller than the REAL GOD because their god is made in their own image (instead of the other way around)!

It doesn’t do us any good to approach life that way. It’s not smart—because it doesn’t change things. To believe a certain way about something doesn’t change the reality. Believing that the world is flat doesn’t make the world flat. There is a reality involved. God isn’t up for a vote. Heaven and Hell are not up for a vote. It doesn’t really matter what we think. Our job is to seek the truth diligently and to hide our lives in truth and reality.

Do you have the character and the courage to examine your own heart and toss out the things that would keep you from really believing the truth about Heaven or Hell? About who Jesus is? About who God is? About the laws of God and walking with God? Do you have the character to FORGET the things you’ve always thought, and FIND OUT what HE says the truth is? Maybe we will find out as we look at some very practical and relevant things…

What hell is and isn’t and who is in danger of its grasp...