Lesson 26: Objections to the Existence of Hell, part 3

The seventh objection to hell is that hell is life on earth. Besides, if there is a hell, we get to party with all our friends.

Revelation 21:8 - “…the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Anybody who makes this statement has obviously never read the Bible. They have obviously never studied what hell is like. And I personally like one man's study on hell:

"Picture a time that just continues to tumble on and on forever, never ending, never slowing down, the same years and decades of torment, regret, sorrow, pain, blanketed darkness, nights never ending, constant consciousness, lostness, aloneness, loneliness, rumblings from the pit, groans, torturing fire, choking smells, unending and unrelenting, no relief, no comfort, never resting, never ceasing, never letting up, no end in sight, one hundred years rolling into another one hundred years, slowly turning over into a thousand years, painstakingly evolving into another thousand years, and finally into a million years, the same grinding pain, the continual bone-racking agony, screams upon screams, weeping upon weeping, echoing sighs upon sighs!"

I do not know about you, but if that is your idea of a party, I am not going. I do not care how many times you invite me. The point is this: those who end up in hell will wish it was only as bad as life on earth. It is guaranteed: there will be no partying. Satan, who likes to tempt us away from Jesus with temporary pleasures here, will not be doing that in hell. He hates you, and the only reason he tempts you now is to get you to choose sin rather than Savior. Once someone is in hell, he will have nothing to do with people because of his hatred.


The eighth objection to hell is that only "bad" people go to hell.

This is actually one of the biggest lies from the pit of hell! You see, the Bible teaches that all people who have not accepted Jesus as their Savior are currently headed for hell. There is no neutral position.

John 8:42,44 - "Jesus said to them, ’If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of My own accord, but He sent Me…You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires.’"

The Bible is clear. We either belong to God or we belong the devil. There is no "middle road." We are all considered rotten because of our sin; we only cease to become a child of the devil and become a child of God when we get saved. Not one second sooner, not one second later. How ironic it is that those who think there is a "neutral" position out there not only still belong to the devil, but they are still on the way to hell. That is a pretty good trick of the devil’s ability to deceive.

* Ask Jesus today to show you someone who needs to hear His offer of forgiveness so they can go to Heaven with Him forever.