“HEAVEN, HELL & ROB BELL – PART 2”
PASTOR MARK JOHNSON
DECEMBER 11, 2011



I. WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT HELL?

A. SUMMARY:
1. Hell is real (not a figurative place or state).
2. Hell is a place of punishment after judgment for the unrighteous.
3. Hell is described in imagery portraying immense torment (often without using the word, “hell”).
4. Hell is final (no second chance).
5. Hell is eternal.
6. Hell can be avoided.

B. SCRIPTURES: Matt. 5:22, 29-30 (see also Matt. 18:8-9; Mk. 9:43- 47); 8:12 (see also Matt. 22:13 25:30); 10:28 (Lk. 12:5); 11:23 (Lk. 10:15); 13:24-25, 28-30, 38-43, 49-50; 16:18; 23:15, 33; 25:31-34, 37a, 41, 46; Mk. 16:15-16; Lk. 13:23-25, 27b-28; 16:19-26; Jn. 3:16; Rev. 1:18

II. WHAT DID THE APOSTLES SAY ABOUT HELL?

A. The apostles said the same thing as Jesus.

B. Acts 17:30b-31a; 2Thess. 1:6-9; 2Pet. 2; Jude; Rev. 6:8; 14:9-11; 20:10-15; 21:3-8; 22:14-15

III. WHAT ABOUT THE FINAL JUDGMENT (Heb. 6:1-2)?

A. Eternal destiny is determined at death (Heb. 9:27).

B. At the resurrection, unbelievers are judged and sent to hell at the great white throne Judgment (Rev. 20:11-15).

C. At the resurrection, believers will be judged and rewarded at the judgment seat of Christ (Rom. 14:10; 2Cor. 5:9-11; 1Cor. 3:13-15).

IV. PERSPECTIVES ON HELL

CONCLUSION: Hell is a real, final, eternal place of punishment for the unrighteous. Hell can be avoided! How? Believe in Jesus (Jn. 3:16)! Do you? How are you living in light of hell’s reality (2Pet. 3:11)?

God takes no pleasure in people going to hell (Ezek. 18:23; 33:11). YOU HAVE THIS CHANCE, BUT YOU MAY NOT GET ANOTHER!