The Case for Hell
2 Peter 2:4-10 (NLT)
The Second Coming and Heaven 03 | Curtis Thompson | Associate Executive Pastor of Engagement in Connect, Care & Grow / Local Outreach | first aired on 02.20.2022
I. Introduction
Read Scripture
4 For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment.
5 And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So, God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.
6 Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people.
7 But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him.
8 Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.
9 So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.
10 He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority. —2 Peter 2:4-10 (NLT)
A. Recap
- Is the Sign of the End of the Age Upon Us?
- Heaven
B. Is Hell Real?
- Matthew 25:31-34; 41 (NLT)
C. What is Hell?
Sheol
- Psalms 16:10 (NLT)
- Psalms 30:3 (NLT)
Hades
- Luke 16:22-24 (NLT)
Gehenna
D. Views on Hell
- Annihilationism
- Universalism
II. What Shall We Do?
A.
God and in Him
21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. 22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ 23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws. —Matthew 7:21-23 (NLT)
6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. —John 15:6 (NLT)
12There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. —Proverbs 14:12 (NLT)
23 Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” He replied, 24 “Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail. 25 When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ —Luke 13:23-25 (NLT)
13 “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell[a] is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. 14 But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it”.15 “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves” —Matthew 7:13-15 (NLT)
B.
- Spread the Gospel
- 2 Timothy 4:2-5 (NLT)
- Matthew 10:28 (NLT)
C.
- Galatians 5:19-21 (NLT)
- Hebrews 10:26-30 (NLT)
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