Lesson 27: Objections to the Existence of Hell, part 4

The ninth objection to hell is that hell is unfair. A good and loving God would never allow for such a place.

While that might sound wonderful, it is absolutely unbiblical. It is precisely because God is good that He must judge all. God must punish wickedness; otherwise He could not be loving or good. Would it be loving if God allowed people to get away with the murder, rape, torture, and more that we all know never makes it to court? Would it be loving or good for God to allow Hitler or terrorists to enjoy eternal bliss in heaven without having to deal with their wicked deeds? It is precisely because God is good and loving that He not only will judge all, but He also provided a way of out of it. Remember, He did not have to.

Throw up any objection you want, but if you are true to the Scripture you cannot deny the necessity of a hell. If you deny hell, you only show you do not understand the Holiness of God. What makes hell so horrible is not merely its necessity, but also its nature. It is the worst place you could ever dream of, yet not a dream. It is worse than your worst nightmare! No wonder Jesus spoke more about hell then He ever did about heaven. Since God really loves us, He would warn us about such a place and that is precisely what He did!

Read Matthew 5:22, 29; 10:28; 23:13, 15; Mark 9:43, 45; and Luke 12:5 just as a few examples.


If you believe Jesus when He talks about a heaven, then how much more should you listen to Him when He talks about hell! How sad it is that even though Jesus, out of love for us, clearly warned about the horrible nature of hell, that some people still ignore Him. What is even more shocking is that it is not only non-Christians who are refusing to believe in hell, but even so-called Christians are refusing to believe in hell. What an ultimate irony! Those who believe they are saved from hell no longer believe in hell. One way they show this denial of hell is their refusal to evangelize.

It is sad that Christians, entrusted with God's message of love and grace and forgiveness through Jesus Christ so as to escape hell, could care nothing about sharing that same message. Hell is not only one place you never want to go to, but what makes it even more horrible is that once you get there, you are never, ever, ever getting out! God is Holy, Holy, Holy. He never has and He never will mess around with sin committed against Him, and all sin is against Him!

This is the awesome message we get to tell others: "God not only exists, but through Jesus Christ people really can have an intimate personal relationship with the Creator of the universe before it is too late!" If the world is ever going to believe our message, then we must stop acting like practical atheists. We must start demonstrating by our lips as well as our lives that God is Holy!

* Memorize John 3:16-18, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”