No,
nobody wants to hear it because it’s a bad image, but hell
is real. It
isn’t politically correct to say it, but people are going
to go there. It
is not a place where of a red devil with horns and a
pitchfork rules and torments people.
Every
description we have of hell is of a horrific place.
It is a place of shame, of darkness, of torment.
It is of burning sulphur.
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth because
of the pain. Hell
was originally prepared for the devil and his angels.
It ends up as the destination of many for broad is
the road that leads to destruction.
Jesus
made numerous references to hell.
He calls it a fiery furnace.
He speaks of it as a real place.
There are many allusions to hell in his parables.
Those who are cut off and kept away from (the king,
the master, and other such figures in the parables) are left
in the darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
Numerous
places speak of eternal torment and the fires of hell being
forever. Those
whose names are not found in the book of life are cast into
the lake of burning sulphur.
There is no room for exception in this statement.
It does not exclude those who never heard the gospel.
It does not allow for good, devout people involved in
the wrong religion. Anyone
whose name is not there, is cast away.
This
depiction of hell troubles many who cannot align the concept
of a loving and forgiving God with that of hell.
However, these people forget that Christianity is
solely based on the life and death of Christ.
It was because of God’s love and forgiveness that
Christ came to earth at all.
“There is no one righteous.”
“The wages of sin is death.”
If not for love and forgiveness, we would all be
bound for eternal torment.
Man chooses to reject God and his plan of redemption
and leaves God no choice but to banish unrighteousness from
His holy presence.
If
you’re unsure about whether you are going to heaven or
hell, please read my article on
salvation
and don’t hesitate to email
me.
