Is Hell Real?

Luke 16:23-30

Webster says “Hell is the place to which the sinners and unbelievers go to eternal punishment after death”.  The Bible Encyclopedia says it is “the place of eternal torment.”
In the book of Revelation (Chapter 20) it talks about the lake of fire. It is an everlasting fire, an everlasting punishment.

We have heard people say the word, and we all have used the word hell.  We have heard people say “Go to hell” or “It is hot as hell out here”.  There are even those that say “I’m catching hell”.

But……. is hell real?

If I were standing in a pulpit and said some of those things people would look at me sort of strange; they would look at me like I was crazy. But the bible speaks of hell, in fact Jesus himself used the word hell.
“There was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linen….and was buried”. This rich man fared “sumptuously”; this rich man had everything he needed. The beggar wanted just the crumbs. He didn’t want the whole pie; he didn’t want a whole dinner.

He didn’t even give the beggar the crumbs, but the dogs had compassion on him. The beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. The rich man died also and was buried, but nobody carried him into anybody’s bosom.

“And in hell he lifted up his eyes”. This rich man died and was buried but now look at him - he looked up, and he’s in hell.

Is hell real?  Do you think that Jesus would have said that this man was in hell if he wasn’t in hell? If we believe the word of God - if we believe the teaching of Jesus we learn that hell is real.

There is heaven and there is hell. Regardless as to if we are rich or we’re poor, black or white, we are going to end up in one of those places.  We might say: “Oh, he straddled the fence”. There is no such thing - You’re on one side or the other. There is no such thing as in between - you will go to heaven or hell.

I have a card in my wallet.
This card was given to me more than 20 years ago. I was going into the Ferguson Center and there was a man who gave me this card.  If someone were to say to me I’ll give you a million dollars if you can tell me the color of his hair, if he had a mustache or if he had glasses - I couldn’t do it. But I still have this card.
He gave me this card over 20 years ago. This card says “If you meet me and forget me you’ve lost nothing. If you meet Jesus Christ and forget him you have lost everything.”

Hell is real, brother.
It’s not a place of vacation, it’s not a paradise, it’s not a place you go and lounge around. It’s a place of torment. It was not created for you and I; it was created for the devil and those that will follow him such as the antichrist and the false prophets.  It was not created for the believers. 

​“And he cried… for I am tormented in these flames”. This man says I am tormented, I’m in torment in these flames. He begged for relief.  Hell is real, and the bible is letting us know we don’t want to go. Just as heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people, hell has been prepared for those who reject Christ.

I used to say to people all the time “Go to hell”.
Now I’m saying to you – Don’t go to hell.  Receive Jesus. Be a believer, and stay out of hell, because hell is real.
~J. T.
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