Is Hell Real?

This is a difficult topic and not one I find easy to talk about.  However it is something that we all have to come to terms with.   This is especially true for anyone who calls themselves a Christian.  Just to get you thinking, consider this...

Jesus spoke of a day of judgement where the righteous (made righteous by faith and through God's grace) will go into eternal life but the wicked will go into eternal punishment (Matthew 25). 

But who exactly are the wicked?  Who exactly will go to hell?

It's one thing to say that on judgement day, some people will go to hell, or that the wicked will go to hell, or that those who do not repent and put their trust in Jesus will go to hell ... its a whole lot more personal and difficult to deal with when you accept the reality that your husband or wife, your mother or father, your grandparents, your brother or sister, your children or grandchildren may go to hell! 

According to the Bible, people you know now, may end up going to hell!

Some react to the teaching of the Bible on hell for this very reason: they cannot accept that God, if he is a God of love, would send their loved one to suffer eternally in the lake of fire. 

And they reject what the Bible says on the basis of this alone.    

Maybe you have struggled with this issue yourself.  Many have.

The important thing to remember is that each person is personally accountable to God.  This includes you.  You will need to think through the Bible's message about heaven and hell, eternal life and eternal punishment, just like your loves ones will need to think this through.  You will die one day, just like your loved ones will die one day.  You will have your beliefs about life after death put to the final test, just like your loved ones will have their beliefs put to the test. 

Knowing this, it is important that you get right with God yourself first.  And secondly, if you have experienced the mercy of God towards you as a sinner, then with compassion in your heart for your loved ones, tell them the truth about hell and give them the opportunity to receive the forgiveness of God offers freely through Jesus and his death for sinners.

Here's a couple of verses from the Bible to think about:

"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23)

"But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, ?In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.? These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.  But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,  keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.  And have mercy on some, who are doubting;  save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

If you are a Christian, you have a responsibility to learn how to present the gospel truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.  If you profess to be a Christian, this does not just mean putting your trust in Jesus and what he has done for you on the cross, but also in his word - this includes his words about hell as the destiny of the damnend.  Jesus said, "Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels (Mark 8:38)."

So please considier Jesus words about hell.  CLICK HERE to go to them now.  These are the words Jesus spoke of hell.  Being his disciple, means not being ashamed of these words but taking them seriously and acting on them.   Go to the "For Christians" page for help on this.  God Bless, Dave.