Matthew 15:19 NIV
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
27 "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
anyone who says, 'You fool!" will be in danger of the fire of Hell." (Matthew 5:22) "For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Matthew 7:13-14) "But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 8:12)
Jesus continues, "Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell."Matthew 10:28) In hell, people are not merely there in spirit, but in bodily form. Their senses are greatly increased, there is a foul odor, screams, the heat is unbearable, the people are always thirsty, always hungry, their desires (sex, drugs, etc) are multiplied and never fulfilled, there is a pervading fear, you have no strength, no rest nor sleep, no mercy, no water, no life, you are naked, you do not have time to get lost in your thoughts, and there is no purpose - all is over, lost, gone.[1]
There are many other verses on Hell. "...and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 13:50) There are those who believe that people who end up in Hell are either annihilated (Annihilationism) or are eventually saved out of Hell, having served time. (Universalism) However, both views are not biblically sound. Even from the aforementioned verses, it is evident that Hell is eternal torment, not annihilation nor eventual rescue. This is why it is so important to be saved from Hell.
Consider Matthew 25:46, "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." John 10:28 makes it clear that life for followers of Christ is eternal, and Revelation 20:10 makes it clear that life in Hell is eternal, non-stop, never-ending. Revelation 20:15 is one of the saddest verses found in God's Word. "All whose names were not found written in the book of life were thrown into the lake of fire." Revelation 21:8 continues, "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars - they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur."
Thoughts??
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
27 "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
anyone who says, 'You fool!" will be in danger of the fire of Hell." (Matthew 5:22) "For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Matthew 7:13-14) "But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 8:12)
Jesus continues, "Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell."Matthew 10:28) In hell, people are not merely there in spirit, but in bodily form. Their senses are greatly increased, there is a foul odor, screams, the heat is unbearable, the people are always thirsty, always hungry, their desires (sex, drugs, etc) are multiplied and never fulfilled, there is a pervading fear, you have no strength, no rest nor sleep, no mercy, no water, no life, you are naked, you do not have time to get lost in your thoughts, and there is no purpose - all is over, lost, gone.[1]
There are many other verses on Hell. "...and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 13:50) There are those who believe that people who end up in Hell are either annihilated (Annihilationism) or are eventually saved out of Hell, having served time. (Universalism) However, both views are not biblically sound. Even from the aforementioned verses, it is evident that Hell is eternal torment, not annihilation nor eventual rescue. This is why it is so important to be saved from Hell.
Consider Matthew 25:46, "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." John 10:28 makes it clear that life for followers of Christ is eternal, and Revelation 20:10 makes it clear that life in Hell is eternal, non-stop, never-ending. Revelation 20:15 is one of the saddest verses found in God's Word. "All whose names were not found written in the book of life were thrown into the lake of fire." Revelation 21:8 continues, "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars - they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur."
Thoughts??
