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Hell is a sobering reality for those who don’t believe.
Walter Hooper, who was C. S. Lewis’s personal secretary, laughed when he read the following grave inscription:
Here lies an atheist, All dressed up with no place to go.
Lewis, however, did not completely share in his laughter.
He responded soberly, “I’m sure he wishes now that were true.”
Of its stark reality, J.C. Ryle wrote:
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I know that some do not believe there is any hell at all.
They think it impossible there can be such a place.
They call it inconsistent with the mercy of God.
They say it is too awful an idea to be really true.
The devil of course rejoices in the views of such people.
They help his kingdom mightily.
They are preaching up his old favourite doctrine, “ye shall not surely die.” . . .
There is but one point to be settled, “what says the word of God.” Do you believe the Bible?
Then depend upon it, hell is real and true.
It is as true as heaven—as true as justification by faith—as true as the fact that Christ died upon the cross—as true as the Dead Sea.
There is not a fact or doctrine which you may not lawfully doubt if you doubt hell.
Disbelieve hell, and you unscrew, unsettle, and unpin everything in Scripture.
You may as well throw your Bible aside at once.
From “no hell” to “no God” there is but a series of steps.”
One of the Bible’s more difficult and often misunderstood teachings is that of hell being a real, conscious, eternal punishment.
And this is understandable.
All of us have people in our midst who don’t know Christ—friends, family members, neighbors, colleagues—about whom we would rather not think that hell could be their future.
In fact, people have had discomfort about the idea of hell throughout history, because on the surface it seems inconsistent with everything we read in the Bible about God’s mercy and love.
And yet the Bible’s teaching on hell as conscious and eternal suffering is unavoidable.
Turn with me tonight please to John 3.
As you turn there, let’s review some of our q&a’s recently
Question 24
Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?
Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God.
Question 25
Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven?
Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, God will remember our sins no more.
Question 27
Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?
No, only those who are elected by God and united to Christ by faith.
Question 28
What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?
They will be cast out from the presence of God, into hell, to be justly punished, forever.
The book of John was written with a specific purpose, found in:
In John 3, Jesus is going to witness to a Pharisee named Nicodemus.
v. 16 - For connects to v. 15 and explains what happened to make it possible that someone can have eternal life.
God so loved the world was a contextually astounding statement because God’s love was extended beyond just Israel, to all nationalities.
This love made it possible for the whoever’s in v. 15 to believe in Christ.
God’s love was beyond sentiment leading to action, in that He Gave His only Son.
To come to earth
To live a perfect life, fulfilling the law’s requirements
To die an excruciating death, bearing the penalty of our sin
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