2. Matthew 23:33 Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?  Luke 19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”  Salvation from eternal loss, ruin and condemnation.

3. Hell  Not a popular subject  Found 24 times in the NT.  3 words  Hades – 11 times, the common receptacle of disembodied spirits (Thayer). (Strong’s G86) Luke 16, Acts 2:27, 31, Revelation 20:13  Tartaroo – 1 time, to thrust down to Tartarus, to hold captive in Tartarus. Strong’s G5020, 2 Peter 2:4

4. Hell  Geenna – 12 times, Hell is the place of the future punishment call "Gehenna" or "Gehenna of fire". This was originally the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned; a fit symbol of the wicked and their future destruction. (Strong’s G1067), Matthew 5:22, 18:9, 23:33

5. Hell  1 Corinthians 15:22, 35-36, 42-44, 50-51  John 5:28-29  Matthew 25:41-46

6. Some Who Will Not Escape Hell:  Those who say and do not do.

7. Those who say and do not do  Matthew 23:1-4  Matthew 7:1-5, cf. Romans 2:1  Matthew 21:28-31  James 1:21-25  V. 3, Their hypocrisy didn’t make the truth not true.

8. Some Who Will Not Escape Hell:  Those who say and do not do.  Those who love the praises of men more than the praises of God.

9. Those who love the praise of men more than that of God.  Matthew 23:5  Matthew 6:1-6  Matthew 10:28, 34-37  John 12:42-43  Acts 4:19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.  James 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

10. Some Who Will Not Escape Hell:  Those who say and do not do.  Those who love the praises of men more than the praises of God.  Those lifted up with pride.

11. Those lifted up with pride  Matthew 23:6-12  Matthew 20:26-28  1 Peter 5:1-4  Philippians 2:1-8  Proverbs 16:5, 18  James 4:6

12. Some Who Will Not Escape Hell:  Those who say and do not do.  Those who love the praises of men more than the praises of God.  Those lifted up with pride.  Those who harm others

13. Those who harm others  Matthew 23:13-15  Through their rejection and suppression of the truth – (13; Acts 13:8; Romans 1:18)  By taking advantage of others through pretentious holiness – (14; Titus 1:10-11; 2 Peter 2:3)  Through their false doctrine – (15; Luke 6:39; Jeremiah 23:13-17)

14. Some Who Will Not Escape Hell:  Those who say and do not do.  Those who love the praises of men more than the praises of God.  Those lifted up with pride.  Those who harm others  The dishonest

15. The dishonest  Matthew 23:16-22  Creating loopholes to weasel out of vows  Matthew 5:33-34, cf. James 5:12, Matthew 26:63- 64, 2 Corinthians 1:23  Matthew 12:36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.  Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

16. Some Who Will Not Escape Hell:  Those who say and do not do.  Those who love the praises of men more than the praises of God.  Those lifted up with pride.  Those who harm others  The dishonest  Those outwardly religious, but inwardly unconverted

17. The outwardly religious but inwardly unconverted  Matthew 23:23-28  The problem wasn’t that they were concerned about small things.  Their hearts were wrong.

18. Some Who Will Not Escape Hell:  Those who say and do not do.  Those who love the praises of men more than the praises of God.  Those lifted up with pride.  Those who harm others  The dishonest  Those outwardly religious, but inwardly unconverted  Those with impure hearts who refuse to see it

19. Impure in heart and refusing to see it  Matthew 23:29-36  They were witnesses against themselves – (29-31; 5:19; 13:14-15; Acts 7:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16)  Those who refuse to see their guilt before God and refuse to repent cannot be saved - (32-36; 24; 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12; Luke 13:3; 2 Corinthians 13:5)

20. Some Who Will Not Escape Hell:  Those who say and do not do.  Those who love the praises of men more than the praises of God.  Those lifted up with pride.  Those who harm others  The dishonest  Those outwardly religious, but inwardly unconverted  Those with impure hearts who refuse to see it