Is Hell A Myth? # 3

Is Hell A Myth? # 3

Now consider some...

IV. Attestations

1. The Bible. We have looked at some scripture on the subject already. Here are more verses:

"And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matt. 25:30).

"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25:41).

"And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matt. 10:28).

See also, Revelation 20:25; Matt. 13:40-42; Rev. 14:10-11.

2. Dr. R. A. Torrey: "I claim to be a scholarly preacher. I have a right to so claim. I have two degrees, specializing in Greek in one of the most highly esteemed universities in America. I have read the Bible in three languages for many years. I have written between thirty and forty books that have been widely read. I have a right to claim to be a scholarly preacher. Yet I believe the old-fashioned Bible doctrine regarding hell."

3. D. L. Moody: "The same Christ that tells us of Heaven with all its glories, tells us of hell with all its horrors; and no one can accuse Christ of drawing this picture to terrify people, or to alarm them, if it were not true.

4. DeWitt Talmage: "Not having intellect enough to fashion an eternity of my own, I must take the word of the Bible. I believe there is a hell. If I had not been afraid of hell I do not think I would have started for Heaven."

5. Charles Spurgeon: "Our joy is that if any one of us are made, in God's hands, the means of converting a man from error of his way, we shall have saved a soul from this eternal death. That dreadful hell the saved one will not know, that wrath he will not feel, that being banished from the presence of God will never happen to him."

6. Paul Stewart: "The preaching that ignores the doctrine of hell lowers the holiness of God and degrades the work of Christ."

7. B. H. Lovelace: "There are foregleams of hell all around us (Rom. 8:22). Read the tragedies that besmear the front pages of our daily newspapers, behold the victim of drink writhing in the tortures of delirium tremens, see the human wrecks strewn all along life's highway, and hear the sobs and sighs of a sin-cursed world. These are but a few sparks from the Lake of Fire, the eternal abode of the lost. Hell is a logical necessity. It is the ultimate and inevitable consequence of the law of moral gravitation, which begins in life and ends in eternity. What was said of Judas Iscariot will be true of all men, "he went to his own place."

8. William Elbert Munsey: "There is a hell. All principles of quality, character, and state exist in correlative dualities. God and evil are correlates. The very argument which makes Heaven the saint's reward beyond the grave must, give a correlating punishment to the lost beyond the grave."

9. Billy Sunday: "You will not be in hell five minutes until you believe that there is one."

10. Sam Jones: "I believe in a bottomless hell, and I believe that the wicked will be turned into hell. The legitimate end of a sinful life is hell. Every sinner carries his own brimstone with him. How many men can meet Truth without a tremor in their muscles?"

The popular theory of this age is: "I die like my dog. I die a sinner, and am nowhere ever after. The coffin holds both body and soul so any kind of eternal punishment is an impossibility." This theory denies the immortality of the soul. God says, The wicked shall be turned into hell...where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." Go to your Bibles, men and women! Let us have the truth about the matter, whatever it be! I cite God himself, "The wicked shall be turned into hell..." You may scatter the everlasting mountains or split the sun in two, but you cannot alter God's Word. I cite the tenderhearted Saviour; and three times in one chapter! (Mark 9) He speaks of a worm that never dies, and a fire that never shall be quenched. Take time, you, whoever you are, to read the 9th chapter of Mark. Read it and then tell me, did the Lord Jesus lie when He spoke of unquenchable fire? Did the Son of God picture a lie when He showed us the rich man lifting up his eyes in torments, and begging a drop of water to cool his tongue? Did He purposely put fright in our souls with lying pictures of something which never existed? Scripture says, "It is impossible for God to lie." Well, then, it is impossible that there is no hell, and let that forever settle the question.

Now along with these attestations, I would have you think of some...

V. Adjectives

Here are some adjectives that describe the severe nature of hell.

1. "Everlasting Fire". I am not going to split hairs to prove the fire of hell is literal fire any more than I would split hairs to prove the gold of Heaven is literal gold. I believe when God says "fire", He means "fire." When He says "gold" he means "gold." Those who would deny the fire of hell have only removed part the physical pain, which is the least significant feature of its character. Hell is the madhouse of the universe where remorse and an accusing memory cause unspeakable torture. All words are incapable of describing that awful place. The very thought of hell ought to make one uncomfortable. No music - but the weeping, wailing gnashing of teeth. No rest - but the wicked wanting rest, yet forever tired. No fragrance - "smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever."

~Robert G. Lee~

(continued with # 4)