IS THERE A “HELL?”
“Then Death and Hades were
cast into the lake of fire. This
is the second death.”
{Revelation 20:14}
“We Believe in…”
GOD
SATAN
HELL
UNITED STATES
62.8%
45.4%
49.6%
GREAT BRITAIN
23.8%
12.7%
12.8%
NORWAY
20.1%
13.1%
11.4%
WEST GERMANY
27.3%
9.5%
9.3%
SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SURVEY PROGRAM (1991)
IS THERE A “HELL?”
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“Promises
of immortal salvation or fear of
eternal damnation are both illusory and
harmful. They distract humans from present
concerns, from self-actualization, and from
rectifying social injustices. Modern science
discredits such historic concepts as the “ghost
in the machine” and “separable soul.” Rather,
science affirms that the human species is an
emergence from natural evolutionary
forces. As far as we know, the total personality
is a function of the biological organism
transacting in a social and cultural context.
There is no credible evidence that life survives
the death of the body. We continue to exist in
our progeny and in the way that our lives have
influenced others in our culture.”
(Humanist Manifesto II, 1973)
Many
False
Views
Of
Hell
 Atheist / Humanist – No such
thing - -  Buddhist - Hell is temporary for
its inhabitants – Life is cyclic.
 Jehovah’s Witnesses - Teach
that man does not have an eternal
soul –
 Seventh Day Adventists –
Teach that eternal existence is
conditional.
 Catholicism – Purgatory Second chance -
IS THERE A “HELL?”
• “The last sermon on hell I heard, I preached
myself and that was 30 years ago.” -Kenneth S. Kantzer
• “Hell disappeared and no one noticed.” -Martin Marty
• “The Church of England has recently done
away with ‘hell.’ Its Commission on doctrine
has substituted ‘total nonbeing’ for hell.” -Jurgen Motlmann
• “…No traditional Christian doctrine has been
so widely abandoned as that of eternal
punishment. Its advocates must be fewer than
ever before. The alternative interpretation of
hell as annihilation seems to have prevailed
even among many of the more conservative
theologians.” –
Richard Buckham.
He has done a work
for the Seventh Day
Adventists denying
the biblical concept of
the eternal
punishment of the
wicked.
He was a leader in the
Grace-Unity
movement among
churches of Christ
“The wicked, following
whatever degree and
duration of pain that
God may justly inflict,
will finally and truly
die, perish and become
extinct for ever and
ever.”
(Fudge, 1982, p. 425)
“Jesus spoke of
eternal punishment but
He never hinted of
continual torture of
souls that live on and
on in some state of
anguish and torment.”
(Goad’s articles occasionally
appear in Liberal Christian
Journals).
“God will destroy (the soul).
Not punish it. Not dangle with
it. Not torture it.”
(“A Christian Response to the
New Age Movement,” Tape 3).
[F. LaGard Smith has also
published a book entitled “The
After Life” in which he has
denied the eternal conscious
punishment of the wicked
soul.]
**John Clayton is a popular
speaker among institutional
churches.
***Gave Fudge’s book an
enthusiastic recommendation
while himself confessing: “I
have never been able to be
comfortable with the position
that a person who rejected God
should suffer forever and
ever.” (The Spiritual Sword,
April 1997, p. 35)
Brother Homer
Hailey sadly taught
in a book published
shortly after his death
that the wicked soul
is annihilated.
This verse [Rev. 20:10] is often
quoted to prove the eternal existence,
suffering, and torment of wicked
humanity. It should be mentioned of
whom John spoke: Satan, the beast,
and the false prophet. Wicked humans
are not mentioned here, but are dealt
with in the verses which follow, 20:1415. The beast and false prophet were
cast alive into the lake, as was the
devil. It was these three who would be
tormented day and night for ever
(Homer Hailey, God’s Judgments and
Punishments, p. 177).
“The
first death pertained to
the physical life and death;
the second pertained to end
of each. Death and Hades
and the wicked, those whose
names were not written in
the book of life, existence
came to an end in the lake
of fire.” (Ibid., p. 178)
Sodom and Gomorrah left the spiritual
or moral realm in which God intended
man should live, for a lifestyle of lust.
God rained brimstone and fire upon
them, totally destroying the cities. The
destruction was so complete that their
location is uncertain, not a vestige of
either city has yet been confirmed. Jude
says, These “are set forth as an example,
suffering the punishment of eternal fire”
(v. 7)…If they serve as an example, what
do they teach except that those who
suffer the punishment of eternal fire are
to exist no more? (Ibid., pp. 141-142).
“All The Counsel of God”
• In order to be a faithful steward of
the Gospel as an evangelist, one
must preach “all the counsel of
God.” (Acts 20:27)
• “All the counsel of God”
includes Bible teaching about Hell.
• In order to be a faithful steward of
the Gospel as an evangelist, one
must preach Bible teaching about
Hell.
Three different Greek words for the term
hell in the KJV:
 Hades –(11) The unseen realm – realm
of disembodied spirits - Acts 2:27, 31;
Revelation 20:13
 Tartarus – (1) chains of darkness, to be
reserved for judgment; 2Peter 2:4
 Gehenna - (12) Matthew 10:28;
Mark 9:43,45,47
B
O
D
Y
Luke 16:22
Luke 23:43
GRAVE
Luke 16:25,26; Rev 1:18;
20:13
B
O
D
Y
Tartarus
Luke 16:23,24; 2
Peter 2:4
N
E
W
B
O
D
Y
Mk 9:43
PROPHETS TAUGHT
THAT HELL IS REAL!
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Deuteronomy 32:22
Psalm 9:17
Ecclesiastes 11:9; 12:14
Isaiah 66:24
Daniel 12:2
Jude 13-15
LORD HIMSELF TAUGHT
THAT HELL IS REAL!
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Matthew 5:29
Matthew 7:13
Matthew 8:12
Matthew 10:28
Matthew 13:41-50
Matthew 25:41-46
Mark 9:44-48
John 15:6
• Of the 12 occurrences of
“Gehenna” Jesus used it 11
times!
APOSTLES TAUGHT
THAT HELL IS REAL!
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Romans 2:8,9; 6:23
2 Corinthians 5:10
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
Hebrews 10:27
2 Peter 2:4, 9; 3:10-12
Revelation 20:10-15
Revelation 21:8
WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
“…He shall be tormented with
fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels and
in the presence of the Lamb.
And the smoke of their torment
ascends forever and ever; and
they have no rest day or night,
who worship the beast and his
image, and whoever receives
the mark of his name.”
Revelation 14:10,11
WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
Hell Is A Real Place!!
Everlasting
Life In Heaven
Hell Is A Real Place!!
Everlasting
Life In Heaven
You will be in one of these two places for all
eternity—Where will you be?
 Obey the Gospel (2 Thess. 1:7-10)
 “Hear the word” (Rom. 10:17)
 “Believe the truth”
(Mk. 16:15, 16)
 “Repent” (Acts 17:30)
 “Confess Christ”
(Acts 8:37; Rom. 10:8,9)
 “Baptism into Christ”
(Acts 2:41)
 “Remain Faithful”(1 Cor.15:58)
Hell is Too Hot, Eternity is
Too Long, To Get It Wrong!