Hell and Who Will Be There
A. JESUS TAUGHT THERE IS A HELL.
B. NOT A POPULAR TOPIC.
1. Some preachers avoid it on the basis of negativity.
2. Some don’t believe in hell – just superstition or myth. God’s bogyman.
3. Some don’t know what to say. Some preache error.
4. Jesus preached on it often. 11 out of 12 times discussed, Jesus was the one.
C. IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN HELL, YOU DON’T BELIEVE THE BIBLE!
1. Is it just too terrible to believe?
2. Is cancer or drowning too terrible to believe?
D. TWO QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:
1. What is hell?
2. Who will be there?
A. MUCH CONFUSION BECAUSE OF TRANSLATIONS. KJV is misleading.
1. Chart
Original Word KJV/ASV #of Usages Examples
a. O. T. Sheol Hell/Sheol (grave) 65 Isa. 28:15; Psa. 16:10
b. N. T. Haides Hell/Hades 10 Matt. 11:23; 16:18; Luke 16:23
c. N. T. Gehenna Hell/Hell 12 Matt. 10:28; 23:33; Mark 9:43
d. N. T. Tartarus Hell/Hell 1 2 Pet. 2:4
e. No mention of limbo or purgatory.
2. Definitions:
a. Sheol – Translated “grave,” “hell,” or “pit. “It really means the unseen world, the
state of the dead, and is the equivalent of the Gr. Haides, by which the word
is translated in the LXX.” (James Orr, ISBE).
b. Haides – The unseen – “the common receptacle of disembodied spirits” (Thayer).
c. Gehenna – “the valley of the sons of Hinnom"), a deep, narrow glen to the south
of Jerusalem, where the idolatrous Jews offered their children in sacrifice to
Molech (2 Chron 28:3; 33:6; Jer 7:31; 19:2-6). This valley afterwards
became the common receptacle for all the refuse of the city. Here the dead
bodies of animals and of criminals, and all kinds of filth, were cast and
consumed by fire kept always burning.” (from Easton's Bible Dictionary).
d. Tartarus – “Regarded by the ancient Greeks as the abode of the wicked dead,
where they suffer punishment of the evil deeds.” (Thayer, p. 615).
Found in 2 Pet. 2:4. Compare Luke 16:23.
B. DIAGRAM SHOWING THE RELATION OF THESES:
1. Man’s Present State and warnings to the living.
(2 Cor. 5:10-11; Heb. 10:31; 2 Cor. 6:2; James 4:13-14)
The End (Heb. 9:27; 2 Pet. 2:9).
2. The Intermediate State – Sheol or Hades.
a. Paradise (Luke 16:22; Luke 23:43). OR
b. Tartarus – Torment (2 Pet. 2:4, 9; Jude 6: Luke 16:23-28). BUT
c. No transfers (Luke 16:26).
3. Raised To The Final State – Eternity (John 5:28-29).
a. Heaven (John 14:1-3; Rev. 7:15; 21:25).
b. Gehenna (Rev. 20:10; Matt. 25:30).
c. Who goes where? (Rev. 20:13; John 12:48; 5:28-29).
C. SCRIPTURES DESCRIBE HELL.
1. Eternal Fire.
a. A lake (Rev. 20:14-15; 21:8).
b. A furnace (Matt. 13:41-42).
c. Unquenchable (Mark 9:48).
d. Coexistent with heaven.
1) Rev. 20:10; 7:15. Day and Night.
2) Rev. 21:15 No night in heaven. Matt. 25:30. Eternal darkness.
3) If one’s eternal, so’s the other (Matt. 25:46). One ends, so does the other.
2. Anguish & Tribulation (Rom. 2:8-9; Heb. 10:28-29). Sorer punishment than death.
3. Both body and soul are destroyed there (Matt. 10:28).
4. Room mates? (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 19:20). Alive!
A. ALL WHO DON’T GO TO HEAVEN (Matt. 7:13-14).
B. THOSE WITH HATEFUL, EVIL MINDS (Matt. 5:27-30).
C. HYPOCRITES (Matt. 23:27-30).
D. TEACHERS OF ERROR (Gal. 1:8-9; 2 Pet. 2:1-3).
E. AND THEIR FOLLOWERS (Matt. 15:13-14).
F. BACKSLIDERS (2 Pet. 2:20-22; Heb. 10:39).
G. THOSE WHO SERVE THE FLESH (1 Cor. 6:9-10; Rev. 21:8).
H. THE NEGLIGENT (Heb. 2:1-3), or UNPREPARED (Matt. 25:13).
I. THE DISOBEDIENT (2 Thess. 1:7-9; Matt. 7:21).
J. THE UNSAVED SINNER (Rom. 3:23; 6:23; Ezekiel 18:20) “The soul that sinneth …”
K. YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO THERE! (Matt. 7:21; James 1:21-22).
1. 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9.God wants you in heaven.
2. Jesus died for us (2 Cor. 5:14-15; 1 John 4:9-10).
3. We die with him … to sin (Rom. 6:1-4).