"If I am going to hell, you should care that I'm going to hell."

Matthew 25

Let’s Deal with Common Misconceptions

A Word About Words Sheol – OT abode of the dead Hades - A Greek term, NT equivalent of “sheol” that could be either a blessed place or the opposite Gehenna - A Greek term (borrowed from a literal burning dump near Jerusalem) that always refers to hell – a place of torment (Matthew 5:30; 23:33) Hell – comes from the Norse mythology – the god “Hel” Tartaros - once in the Book of Revelation the Greek word “tartaros” is translated as “the abyss”. (2 Peter 2:4)

Hell is a real place

Hell is an eternal place

Hell is a place of suffering and despair

Suffering and Despair Emotional pain Physical pain Relational pain Spiritual pain Separation from everything good. Shut out of God’s presence.

Hell is a place people choose to go

9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment. NLT 2nd ed. 2 Peter 3:8-10

16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” New Living Translation. 2nd ed. Jn 3:16-17

"If sinners be dammed, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for." - Charles Spurgeon