Life After Life Part 2
May 3, 2025

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Life After Life

What you and I believe about

determines you and I live .

hell

“There is no doctrine which I would more willingly remove from Christianity than this, if it lay in my power. But it has the full support of Scripture and, specially, of our Lord’s own words; it has always been held by Christendom; and it has the support of reason.” —C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

believes in Hell.

“If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.” —Jesus, Matthew 5:29

“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” —Jesus, Matthew 10:28

“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?” —Jesus, Matthew 23:33

Hell is a reminder of God’s

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“‘Woe to me!’ I cried. ‘I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.’” —Isaiah 6:5

Hell preserves human freedom.

Annihilationism

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“Better to reign in hell than serve in Heaven.” —Satan, from John Milton’s Paradise Lost

“There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘thy will be done.’ All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock it is opened.” —C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

“The doors of hell are locked from the inside.” —C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

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“This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” —1st Timothy 2:3-4

“My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” —Jesus, Matthew 27:46

“In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell, is itself a question: What are you asking God to do? To wipe out their past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every difficulty and offering every miraculous help? But He has done so, on Calvary. To forgive them? They will not be forgiven. To leave them alone? Alas, I am afraid that is what He does.” —C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

God doesn’t just want to get

out of ; God also wants to get out of .

“If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.” —C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

“There are people going to hell when they die, and many Christians live as if they don’t care. There are people going through hell right now, and many Christians live as if they don’t care.” —Bishop Scott Jones

“But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. Instead He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and Godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.” —2nd Peter 3:8-12a

The Welcoming Committee

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Practices

Sabbath: Worship.

Continue worshipping with The Way Church for the rest of our “Life After Life” series.

Scripture:

Read all of this week’s Bible verses from the “Sermon Notes” in The Way’s App.

Witness:

  1. Live like you’re dying.
  2. Provide a preview of the world to come.
  3. Invite folks to join The Way for special speaker John Burke on Sunday, May 18th.