Hi guys!
A while ago, I created a video about the reality of hell,
because a lot of preachers today don't even want to speak about it in the church anymore.
But if you are called, by God, to be a preacher, to be His messenger, you need to preach the truth,
and that means not just what you want to preach,
You just take out some parts, and you leave the rest.
You have to preach the full gospel, and that includes the reality of hell.
But when I made that video, there were a few comments by a few people,
that questioned and some said: "That hell is not eternal."
"We won't be punished eternally in hell if we don't choose God."
"If we just choose darkness and one will continue to live in our sin."
"We won't be in hell for all eternity."
Is that true?
Well, in this video, we're going to look at the Bible to see exactly what God, Himself, says about it.
Let's get to it.
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Now, we know that hell is real.
Jesus says in Matthew 10:28, “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul,
rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell”
The Bible also talks about hades as a place of torment.
Luke 16:22 says, “The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side.
The rich man also died and was buried, and in hades, being in torment,
he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side."
And then later we learn that Hades will be thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:14 says, “Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.
This is the second death, the lake of fire."
Now, some people say, "It talks about the second death,
so they will die, they won't stay in hell for all eternity, and be in torment...
They will die, cease to exist."
That is not what this verse is saying.
And most people, who say this,
don't understand what it means when the Bible talks about the 'second death'.
But I'll come to this a little bit later.
You need to know that people who willfully, choose to continue, to live in sin,
who continue to live in darkness, and not in the light, against God.
Those people will go to hell for all eternity.
Revelation 21:8 says, “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers,
the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars,
their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
God warns us about hell because He loves us,
and He doesn't want us to go to hell, and Jesus also talks about this,
and He's very serious when He says in Mark 9:43, “And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.
And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out.
It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell.”
Now, listen to this;
“Where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.”
So, in this passage, Jesus already tells us that hell is eternal.
Where the fire is not quenched, never, and where the worm does not die.
Now, are there other passages that tell us that hell is eternal?
Yes, many.
For example, Matthew 25:31 says. "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.'"
So, two things here;
1. It will be an eternal fire that people will go into.
2. They won't be alone, the devil, and his fallen angels, the demons, will be there with them.
Revelation 20:10 says, "And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire
and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night,
forever and ever."
Tormented day and night, forever and ever. That sounds like forever to me.
Revelation 14:11 says, "And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever,
and they have no rest day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image,
and whoever receives the mark of its name."
So, the torment goes up, forever and ever. No rest, day or night. That's forever torment without God.
And Jesus, Himself says in Matthew 25:46, "And these will go away into eternal punishment,
but the righteous into eternal life."
So, Jesus says, 'Eternal punishment'.
What does that mean?
Well, it means eternal punishment.
It means what He says.
Now, some people like the Seventh-day Adventist church, and also lately some Evangelicals, do not believe it.
They don't believe that hell is for all eternity, and they use the following verses to try and prove it.
Philippians 3:19, "For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears,
walk as enemies of the cross of Christ, their end is destruction."
So, they say they won't go to hell for all eternity because their end is destruction.
Here's another verse.
2 Thessalonians 1:9, "They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction
away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might."
They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction.
What does this mean?
Well, when we read these kinds of passages,
in its context and with the rest of the Bible that talks about eternal punishment, about hell,
we see that the word destruction does not mean for humans to cease to exist.
That's not what it says, but it points to the destructive effect of the final judgment.
Remember, Matthew 25:46 says, "These will go away into eternal punishment,
but the righteous into eternal life."
Eternal life, those who believe in Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior, who repents of their sin,
and believes in Him, they receive eternal life, and those who do not, they receive the opposite.
And so what is the opposite of eternal life?
It is eternal death.
It does not mean that you cease to exist.
It just means that you are like a dead person - living forever without God.
God, who gave those who believe in Him eternal, spiritual life,
and you are spiritually dead for all eternity.
True Christians are spiritually alive in Christ because when they were reborn,
they received the Holy Spirit in them. God's Spirit in them.
Unbelievers, Non-Christians, they do not, and they only have time here on Earth
to accept God - to have true spiritual life for all eternity.
If they don't accept Him while they're here on earth and judgment day comes, it will be too late.
No second chances, they will remain spiritually dead in hell for all eternity,
and that's why it's called the second death.
Remember, Revelation 21:8 says, "But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable,
as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars,
their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
So, the second death is for all of those who are against God, and on judgment day,
they will enter into the lake of fire for all eternity.
The first death is when we die here on earth.
Hebrews 9:27 says, "And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment."
And then, of course, those who chose the darkness rather than the light will enter hell for all eternity,
and that is the second death.
So, humans will only die once.
We won't die a second time in hell.
Those who chose the darkness rather than the light, they won't die a second time.
Hell for all eternity is just called the second death.
So, of course, on judgment day, those who chose darkness instead of light will then continue
to live in darkness, in hell, for all eternity without God.
And those who chose God will be with God for all eternity.
John 3:36 says, "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life.
Whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God remains on Him."
So, hell is real, and you don't want to go there.
Jesus says in Matthew 13:41, "The Son of man will send His angels,
and they will gather out of His kingdom, all causes of sin and all lawbreakers,
and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Weeping and gnashing of teeth for all eternity.
That's not a place that I want to be in, and I think you don't want to be there either.
"Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
He who has ears let him hear."
So, please, hear me now, eternal hell is a reality, but you don't have to go there.
I don't want you to go there, and God does not want you to go there.
John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but in order that the world might be saved through Him.
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world,
and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil."
So, what do you choose?
Do you choose the light, which is God and life for all eternity,
or do you choose the darkness, which is hell and death, forever and ever?
Do you truly believe in God?
Do you have a real relationship of love with Him?
Are you a real Christian, or is it just a traditional man-made religion to you,
and you don't actually know God at all?
If you don't know, if you're not sure, then please, watch this video here, and I'll see you there.
Always remember, that God loves you, and I love you too.
Bye!