When the topic of Hell is brought up, people often shrink back, cringe at the thought or just outright don't even want to touch on it. By being silent on the matter you are in fact doing exactly what the devil wants you to do. He wants you to remain quiet; because by remaining quiet on the fact, you'll remain uneducated and then we all know where that leads to. I mean why do you think Jesus Himself talked about Hell and talked about it quite often. Why? To warn you, so you would know exactly what not to do to end up there! So you would turn to Him and be saved.
The even sadder thing is that even the Preachers now and days have stopped preaching on Hell (but this really shouldn't be a surprise because a lot of them have even stopped preaching on Jesus and the Cross but that's a whole other subject). Aren't they supposed to be the ears for the people? Jesus said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." ~Luke 14:35. Why is this occurring? Well 9 times out of 10 it is because they are afraid of what people might think. Afraid that their Church attendance will go down. Afraid that members and financial partners may leave the Church. You do notice that the main reasoning behind this lapse in preaching is due to fear; the devil has them and so many of us right where he wants us, afraid!
I don't know about you but I thank God Almighty that He led me to a Church where the anointed man of God in the pulpit isn't the least bit afraid to not only talk about the subject but also talk about all the ways (sins) in which people end up there. I don't want to go to a Church where the preaching is sugar coated for seeker sensitive, backslidin people. No way! I want to go to a Church where the truth is spoken and not only spoken but spoken boldly. Let me know now what I have to do to make sure Hell is not my final destination. Let me know now that Heaven and Hell is a reality and that if I go to Hell, I will be there not just for a day, week or a year but for all eternity. LET ME KNOW! LET EVERYONE KNOW! DON'T SHRINK BACK! If I recall we are supposed to be bold in the Body of Christ! Not meek and mild! Not crowd friendly!
And don't be confused, God does not send you to Hell, YOU DO! God gives you a choice! Make the right one! (If you would like to read more on this, check out my blog post titled, It's On You.)
Jesus even goes on to describe Hell in Luke 16:19-31, a scenario is described about the rich man and Lazarus. I'll make this brief as possible. Lazarus was a beggar and the rich man was, well, a rich man, living in the lap of luxury (and you know what kind of mindset that comes with, again, that's a whole other topic). So Lazarus dies and goes to Heaven but the rich man goes to Hell. Well while in Hell the rich man can see up to Heaven, and He sees Lazarus. He ask Lazarus if he could just dip his finger into some water so he could cool his tongue because he was in so much agony. Of course that was impossible because no one can cross over from Heaven into Hell and vice versa. In closing the rich man is in so much agony and torture and wants to warn his family to not come where he is but isn't able to. Powerful isn't it? This is just a summary it would be better to actually read the scriptures for yourself but I pray you get the drift. Hell is not a place where there will just be people who didn't make it to Heaven and everyone will just be sitting there like lumps on a log. Oh No! I'm afraid it's not that way at all.
Hell is a very real place. It is the unrestrained wrath of God. Something you can't imagine. Something your worst nightmare couldn't even compare to. A place that the Hollywood movie makers couldn't even begin to depict in a film. Hell was made for the devil and his angels; not for you! But make no mistake about it, if you mess up and refuse to straighten up then that's where you'll end up. So I pray you come to realize that Hell is real, Hell is a reality! Don't go there for anyone or anything! Flee to Jesus! Let Him prepare you for Salvation! I pray that this has informed you in some form or another! Be enlightened! God Bless!
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