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What is Hell Like?

What is Hell Like?. Luke 16:19-31. Luke 16:19-31. “ Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. 20 "And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, … ”. Luke 16:19-31.

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What is Hell Like?

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  1. What is Hell Like? Luke 16:19-31

  2. Luke 16:19-31 “Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. 20 "And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, …”

  3. Luke 16:19-31 “… 21 and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. 22 "Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. …”

  4. Luke 16:19-31 “… 23 "In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 "And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and …”

  5. Luke 16:19-31 “…cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.' 25 "But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. …”

  6. Luke 16:19-31 “… 26 'And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.' …”

  7. Luke 16:19-31 “… 27 "And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house— 28 for I have five brothers—in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' …”

  8. Luke 16:19-31 “… 29 "But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' 30 "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' …”

  9. Luke 16:19-31 “… 31 "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'”

  10. Meaning of “Hell” • From the Greek word "Gehenna" • Made up of two Hebrew words that signify the "Valley of Hinnon" • Idolatrous Israel devoted this valley to the worship of the idol Moloch • 2 Chronicles 28:3

  11. 2 Chronicles 28:3 “Moreover, he burned incense in the valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons in fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the sons of Israel.”

  12. Hell is ______ Eternal • Hard to conceive "eternity" • Matthew 25:46 “These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

  13. Hell is Eternal • Hard to conceive "eternity" • Romans 16:26 “but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith;”

  14. Hell is Eternal • Hard to conceive "eternity" • "eternalpunishment" ..... "eternal life" Matthew 25:46 • "EternalGod" (Romans 16:26) ..... "Eternal Spirit" (Hebrews 9:14)

  15. Hell is Eternal • Hard to conceive "eternity" • Words "everlasting" and "eternal" are both from the Greek word "AIONIOS."

  16. Hell is Eternal • No argument can be made against the duration of hell that cannot also be made of heaven. • If hell lasts 1000 years, heaven lasts 1000 years. • If hell is on earth, then heaven is on earth.

  17. Hell is Eternal • "It's not fair to punish eternally one who disobeys God only for a few years." • Should God reward those who serve Him only a few years? • Matthew 20:1-16

  18. Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 "When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. …”

  19. Matthew 20:1-16 “… 3 "And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place; 4 and to those he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' And so they went. …”

  20. Matthew 20:1-16 “… 5 "Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing. 6 "And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day long?' …”

  21. Matthew 20:1-16 “… 7 "They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.' 8 "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last group to the first.' …”

  22. Matthew 20:1-16 “… 9 "When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius. 10 "When those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. …”

  23. Matthew 20:1-16 “… 11 "When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner, 12 saying, 'These last men have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.' …”

  24. Matthew 20:1-16 “… 13 "But he answered and said to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 'Take what is yours and go, but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. …”

  25. Matthew 20:1-16 “… 15 'Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?' 16 "So the last shall be first, and the first last.”

  26. Hell is Eternal • "How long is eternity?" • We talk of “_________" eternity… • Or "throughout" eternity. spending

  27. Hell is a place of ________ Darkness • 2 Peter 2:4

  28. 2 Peter 2:4 “For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;”

  29. Jude 13 “wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.”

  30. Matthew 25:30 “Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

  31. Hell is a place of Darkness • Not merely "darkness", but “_____ ________" • Farthest removed from God, the source of light • 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 Outer Darkness

  32. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 “and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, 8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God …”

  33. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 “…and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,”

  34. Hell is a place of ____ Fire • Descriptions of the fire in Hell: • A _______ • Matthew 13:42 furnace

  35. Matthew 13:42 “and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

  36. Hell is a place of Fire • Descriptions of the fire in Hell: • A furnace • Everlasting • Matthew 25:41

  37. Matthew 25:41 “Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;”

  38. Hell is a place of Fire • Descriptions of the fire in Hell: • A furnace • Everlasting • ____________ • Mark 9:44 Unquenchable

  39. Mark 9:44 “where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.”

  40. Hell is a place of Fire • Descriptions of the fire in Hell: • A furnace • Everlasting • Unquenchable • Fire and brimstone • Revelation 20:10

  41. Revelation 20:10 “And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”

  42. Hell is a place of Fire • Descriptions of the fire in Hell: • A furnace • Everlasting • Unquenchable • Fire and brimstone • Lake of fire - Revelation 20:15

  43. Revelation 20:15 “And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”

  44. Hell is a place of Fire • We must sound the "fire alarm" • If you were in a building that was burning, would you not appreciate a warning?

  45. Hell is a place of Fire • We must sound the "fire alarm" • What about those whom you know are going to be condemned to an eternal fire, shouldn't we warn them and try to help them?

  46. Hell is a place of Fire • Many try to prove the impossibility of Hell • "If it is a literal fire, how can there be darkness?” • “How can one be burned without being consumed?"

  47. Hell is a place of Fire • Many try to prove the impossibility of Hell • I do know that the power of God is unlimited • I do not need to question it.

  48. Hell is a place of Fire • Marshall Keeble once said: "Build the hottest fire possible, remove the damned from hell and place them in the man-made fire and they would freeze to death."

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