Hell Isnt For Heroes

HELL isn’t for HEROES

“See you in hell tonight!” call out the patrons of a night club which chose this name for the publicity. Others, equally as flippant, say they want to go to hell – “Look at all the famous company I’ll be in !”

Don’t delude yourself! There is no “company” in hell. Only hatred. Total separation from everyone. Yes, there are many famous heroes in hell, but they will give you no enjoyment. Hell is total suffering and agony – unrelieved by any joy whatsoever.

“Go to hell!” say many with ease and frequency. Yet they say that they aren’t sure whether there is a hell. They live and act as if death ends everything. But their very use of such language shows that deep within them they feel that those who are wrong should be punished.

And this is exactly why there is a hell: because God is good. Goodness is gone if it tolerates badness. To maintain His goodness, God must completely triumph over evil.

There is a God. There is a heaven. There must also be a hell. God is a God of justice as well as love. He has clearly revealed that this is His nature, and man plays the fool when he thinks that he can set up the rules in the universe which God has created.

It is impossible to describe hell in language which we can understand. People suffering excruciating pain or mental torment say that they are ‘in hell.’ You’ve heard that ‘War is hell,’ These are only partly right. On earth there is still relief in drugs or sleep, and there is always hope. In hell there is absolute physical and mental suffering – and there is no hope.

The Bible uses the ideas of total darkness and the pain of burning to give us some conception of hell:

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. (Matthew 25:41)

The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God . . . and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone. (Revelation 14:10)

Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall he weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 22:13)

Of whom do these verses speak? The answer is clear:

The wicked shall be turned into hell. (Psalm 9:17)

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. (Mark 16:16)

For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation. (Hebrews 10:26,27)

“Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?” was the question Jesus asked in Matthew 23:33.

But the Bible gives a clear answer:

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matthew 3:2)

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. (Acts 16:31)

Have you ever read of those confined for years in total darkness? Have you ever been severely burned? Imagine suffering these fearful physical tortures plus the anguish of knowing you are separated from God and everything that is good. And that for all eternity!

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Hebrews 10:31)

Flee from the wrath to come!

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