In Flaming Fire:

The Reality of Hell

Adam Faughn

3 False Views of Hell3 False Views of Hell

1.1. Only a “warning.” God just uses Only a “warning.” God just uses “hell” to scare us.“hell” to scare us.

2.2. Hell isn’t as bad as it’s described in Hell isn’t as bad as it’s described in the Bible; it’s just not as good as the Bible; it’s just not as good as heaven.heaven.

3.3. It only lasts a while; not eternally It only lasts a while; not eternally (annihilationism).(annihilationism).

Hell is REAL

Hell is REAL•Psalm 9:17, “…shall be turned into hell.”

•Proverbs 15:24, “The way of life winds upward for the wise, that he may turn away from hell below.” (If hell isn’t real, why try to avoid it?)

•Matthew 5:29, Jesus said some would be “cast into hell.”

•Second Peter 2:4, “For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment.”

David, Solomon, Jesus and Peter (and others) all taught that hell is real.

The Punishment

of Hell

Darkness

Tormented in the flame

Unstoppable Pain

(Weeping and gnashing of teeth)

It Wasn’t Prepared for You!

• Matthew 25:41

• Jesus is preparing a room (mansion) in heaven!

Regret

SadMemories

Luke16:25

Worst of all,

God will not be there.

Hell is Eternal

•Matthew 18:8, “everlasting fire”

•Matthew 25:41, “everlasting fire”

•Matthew 25:46, “everlasting punishment”

•Second Thessalonians 1:9, “everlasting destruction”

•Jude 6, “everlasting chains”

Hell is Eternal

Who Will Be There?

• Those who “do not know God.”– Importance of the Great

Commission

• Those “who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”– We cannot “be our own boss.”– Includes those who are unfaithful

Christians

How Do I Avoid Hell and, Instead, Gain Heaven?

•Draw nearer to the One in Heaven

•Avoid the one in Hell

•“Submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” (James 4:7-8).