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The Hard Sayings: Hell and Its Deniers

Explore the challenging teachings of Jesus on love, divorce, and disorderly behavior, paired with the controversial topic of hell and the false doctrines surrounding it. Discover the reactions to these hard sayings and the reasons behind the denial of hell.

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The Hard Sayings: Hell and Its Deniers

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  1. “This is a hard saying” • Matthew 10:37 • "He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me."

  2. “This is a hard saying” • Matthew 19:9-10 • 9 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery." 10 His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry."

  3. “This is a hard saying” • 2 Thessalonians 3:6 • “But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.”

  4. Reactions To Hard Sayings • Some men will close their ears to it. • Acts 7:57 • Some will contradict& blaspheme it. • Acts 13:45 • Some men will mock the truth of God. • Acts 17:32 • Some men will be enraged by it. • Acts 19:28

  5. Reactions To Hard Sayings • Some men will raise voice against it. • Acts 22:22 • Some men will pervertGod’s Word. • Galatians 1:7 • Some men will twist God’s Word. • 2 Peter 3:16 • Some will be offended by it and leave. • John 6:60-61, 66

  6. The Bible Doctrine of Hell

  7. The Bible Doctrine of Hell • Matthew 10:28 • “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”

  8. The Bible Doctrine of Hell • Last weekend USA Today published an article on hell that reported “only 59% of Americans believe in hell, compared with 74% who believe in heaven.” • (“Many Americans don’t believe in hell, but what about pastors?”, Greg Garrison, RNS).

  9. All the common reactions about hell and preaching on hell were noted in the article, including “people want to avoid” the subject and “it’s a difficult topic”.  Preachers are not preaching on hell “out of fear of not appearing relevant,” said Kurt Selles, director of the Global Center at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School. “It’s pressure from the culture to not speak anything negative. I think we’ve begun to deny hell. There’s an assumption that everybody’s going to make it to heaven somehow,” he added.

  10. “The soft sell on hell reflects an increasingly market-conscious approach” to the gospel, said Selles. “When you’re trying to market Jesus, sometimes there’s a tendency to mute traditional Christian symbols,” he said. “Difficult doctrines are left by the wayside. Hell is a morally repugnant doctrine. People wonder why God would send people to eternal punishment.”

  11. False Doctrines of Hell • Edward Fudge (abandoned the way of truth for the “New Unity Movement” in the 1970’s):  “The term “conditionalist” is used of the view that the wicked will suffer conscious punishment precisely measured by divine justice but that they finally will perish in hell so as to become totally extinct forever,” (The Fire that Consumes, xvi).

  12. False Doctrines of Hell • Edward Fudge: “Does Scripture teach that the wicked will be made immortal for the purpose of suffering endless pain; or does it teach the at the wicked, following whatever degree and duration of pain God may justly inflict, will finally and truly die, perish and become extinct for ever and ever?” (Ibid. 425)

  13. False Doctrines of Hell • Samuel G. Dawson: “I now believe that hell is the invention of Roman Catholicism; and surprisingly, most, if not all, of our popular concepts of hell can be found in the writings of Roman Catholic writers like the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), author of Dante's Inferno.”

  14. False Doctrines of Hell • Samuel G. Dawson: “The English poet John Milton (1608-1674), author of Paradise Lost, set forth the same concepts in a fashion highly acceptable to the Roman Catholic faith. Yet none of our concepts of hell can be found in the teaching of Jesus Christ!” (Jesus’ Teaching on Hell, www.gospelthemes.com/hell.htm)

  15. False Doctrines of Hell • Homer Hailey(who once taught the truth on hell, but now writes): “Jude says, “These (Sodom and Gomorrah, jaf) are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire” (v. 7) …If they serve as an example, what do they teach except that those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire are to exist no more?” (God’s Judgments & Punishments: Individuals and Nations, 141-142)

  16. False Doctrines of Hell • Concerning Revelation 20:14, Haileywrote: “The first death pertained to the physical life and death; the second pertained to the end of each. Death and Hades and the wicked, those whose names were not written in the book of life, existence came to an end in the lake of fire…Since the second death is the lake of fire (v. 14b), then those whose names were not found written in the book of life were cast into the lake of fire, they suffer the same punishment as of death and Hades.” (Ibid. 178-179)

  17. The Bible Doctrine of Hell • Hell is Real • Jesus, John, and Paul all said so. • Described as a Furnace of Fire • Matthew 13:42, 50 • Causes Wailing & Gnashing of Teeth • Matthew 13:42, 50; 22:13; 25:30

  18. The Bible Doctrine of Hell • Cast Into Outer Darkness • Matt. 22:13-14; 25:30 • The Fire Shall Never Be Quenched • Mark 9:43-46, 48 • Their Worm Does Not Die • Mark 9:44, 46 • Cast Into “Everlasting” Fire • Matt. 18:8-9; 25:41-46

  19. The Bible Doctrine of Hell • Who Will Be There? • Prepared for the Devil & his Angels • Matthew 25:41 • Wicked Men and Women • Matt. 13:41-42, 49-50; 25:41; Revelation 21:8 • Beast and False Prophet • Revelation 19:20

  20. The Bible Doctrine of Hell • Who Will Be There? • Death & Hades Cast into Lake of Fire • Revelation 20:14-15 • Anyone Not Found in the Book of Life • Revelation 20:15 • Know not God, do not Obey Gospel • 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

  21. Commentary on Revelationby Homer Hailey • It should be observed that “they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” Torment (from basanizo) conveys the idea of torture, severe distress, and pain of the body and mind…and those who worshipped the beast would be tormented with fire and brimstone, and the smoke of their torment would ascend for ever and ever.

  22. Commentary on Revelationby Homer Hailey • And now the devil and his former helpers suffer the torment of the lake of fire and brimstone for ever and ever. • There are many who question the eternal duration of this torment,but these must explain away biblical teaching. • Hailey’s Remarks on Rev. 20:10, pp. 398-99

  23. Commentary on Revelationby Homer Hailey • Jesus said that at the judgment those on His left hand would be told, “Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels…and these shall go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life” (Matt. 25:41, 46). Both the punishment and the life are eternal.

  24. Commentary on Revelationby Homer Hailey • In Revelation it is said of these two groups that those before the throne “serve him day and night” (7:15), and the wicked “have no rest day or night” (14:11), and that with the devil they are tormented (25:41, 46), a torment which is “day and night, for ever and ever.” • Hailey’s Remarks on Rev. 20:10, pp. 398-99

  25. Commentary on Revelationby Homer Hailey • There is no day there, for it is “outer darkness” (Matt. 22:13; 25:30). Since the day is in heaven and the night in hell, and since the one group serves Him day and night while the other group is tormented night and day, it follows that the night endures as long as the day.

  26. Commentary on Revelationby Homer Hailey • But since God is the light of the eternal day, the day (and, consequently, the night) will never end. The period of this torment, “for ever and ever,” is the same in duration as God, for He lives “for ever and ever” (4:9). If there shall be total annihilation of the devil and the wicked it is not revealed. • Hailey’s Remarks on Rev. 20:10, pp. 398-99

  27. Why Does It Matter? • We Deny the Divine Authority and Inspiration of the Scriptures • Guilty of Changing the Word of God • Significantly Removes a Fear of God and Eternal Punishment • Consistency: Question Whether or Not the Righteous Enter “Eternal” Life? • Such Teaching will Lead to More Error

  28. The Bible Doctrine of Hell

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