Hell? Yes

Published: Fri, 06/06/14

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Hell? Yes

A lot of people today are putting a question mark after Hell. They are questioning whether a loving God could send people to an eternity in Hell. Or, they believe in Hell, but they see it as an embarrassing side of God. A recent book was released whose title has this sentiment: Hell is Real (But I Hate to Admit it).

Perhaps you think it doesn’t matter. It does. The Evangelical Dictionary of Theology says, “Jesus spoke of Hell more often than did anyone else in the New Testament. And nowhere is there a hint of any possible reversal of the last judgment.” Jesus spoke often of Hell, so it must be important. Jesus spoke more on the subject of Hell than he spoke on the subject of Heaven. The reason there is so much Hell in our world is there is so little Hell in our pulpits.

Hell is real. We need to sound the alarm. We need to ring the bell. We need to tell people. We need to speak up before it is too late.

Paul said, “Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.” 2 Corinthians 5:11a (NKJV) R.T. Kendall said, “The teachings of Jesus on Hell were not meant to make us comfortable.”

William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army had an evangelism program that was the envy of the church in his day. He was asked how it could be better. “If all my soldiers could spend just five minutes in Hell, that would be the best training for our soldiers.”

Walter A. Elwell, Evangelical Dictionary of Theology: Second Edition (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001), 395.

Out of Your Comfort Zone: Is Your God Too Nice? By R. T. Kendall

Bailey Smith, Real Evangelism. P. 171.