Eternal Realties
Why Does Hell Exist?
Terry Wong
October 15, 2017
- What will Hell be like?
Luke 16:22 "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' NIV
- It is eternal.
Matt 25:46 "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." NIV
- It is a place of torment.
- It is separation from God.
Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. NIV
- Why does Hell exist?
- Man is sinful.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, NIV
Mark 10:18 "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good — except God alone. NIV
- God is holy.
Rev 4:8Day and night they never stop saying:"Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,who was, and is, and is to come." NIV
1 Peter 1:15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." NIV
Ps 24:3 Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. NIV
Rom 2:5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done." 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. NIV
- God’s wrath is satisfied in Christ.
Gal 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on
a tree." NIV
John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him." NIV
1 John 5:11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. NIV