“How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?
I. It’s DANGEROUS to Deny What You Don’t Want to Believe
A. It’s not SMART.
“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there is no one who does good.” (Psalm 53:1 NIV) (Also Revelation 22:18-19).
B. It’s not LOVING.
“When I say to a wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out
to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his
sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.” (Ezekiel 3:18 NIV)
C. It’s not BIBLICAL.
“Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.” (Psalm 86:11 NIV)
II. Our Loving God SENDS No One to Hell.
A. Our Loving God Does Not FORCE His Will On People.
Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to
you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks
under her wings, but you were not willing!”
B. Our Loving God is Also a JUST God.
Deuteronomy 32:4 “He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A
faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.” (Also Genesis 18:5).
C. Our Loving God Invites All People to HEAVEN.
“God wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:4
NIV)