Should I believe that hell is real and eternal? More people believe in the existence of heaven than believe in the reality of hell.

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Should I believe that hell is real and eternal?

It is interesting that more people believe in the existence of heaven than believe in the reality of hell.

According to the Bible, though, hell is just as real as heaven.

The Bible clearly and explicitly teaches that hell is a real place to which the wicked and unbelieving are sent after death.

We have all sinned against God (Romans 3:23).

The just punishment for that sin is death - eternal death (Romans 6:23).

All of our sin is ultimately against the holiness of God (Psalm 51:4). And God is an infinite and eternal Being.

The punishment for sin must also be infinite and eternal death.

Hell is this infinite and eternal death which we deserve because of our sin.

The punishment of the wicked dead in hell is described throughout Scripture as:

- “eternal fire” (Matthew 25:41),

- “unquenchable fire” (Matthew 3:12),

- “shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2),

- a place where “the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:44-49),

- a place of “torment” and “fire” (Luke 16:23-24),

- “everlasting destruction” (2 Thessalonians 1:9),

- a place where “the smoke of torment rises forever and ever” (Revelation 14:10-11), and

-  a “lake of burning sulfur” where the wicked are “tormented day and night forever and ever” (Revelation 20:10).

The punishment of the wicked in hell is as never ending as the joys of the righteous in heaven.

Jesus Himself warned that punishment in hell is just as everlasting as blissful life in heaven (Matthew 25:46).

The wicked are forever subject to the fury and the wrath of God. Those in hell will acknowledge the perfect justice of God (Psalm 76:10).

Those who are in hell will know that their punishment is just and that they alone are to blame (Deuteronomy 32:3-5).

Yes, hell is real.

Yes, hell is a place of torment and punishment that lasts forever and ever, with no end.

Praise God that, through Jesus, we can escape this eternal condemnation (John 3:16, 18, 36).

Ensure your eternal destiny now by receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

“Father God, I confess I am a sinner and my sins have separated me from you.

I am truly sorry. I now want to turn away from my past sinful life and live a new life pleasing to you.

Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again.

I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer.

I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Thank you that according to your Word, I am now born again.

Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life.

In Jesus' name I pray, amen.”

  “At the Cross”              Isaac Watts

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN_vB0QtBQ0

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1.  Alas! and did my Savior bleed
And did my Sov’reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

o    Refrain:
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light,
And the burden of my heart rolled away,
It was there by faith I received my sight,
And now I am happy all the day!

2.  Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, Thine—
And bathed in its own blood—
While the firm mark of wrath divine,
His soul in anguish stood.

3.  Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

4.  Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut his glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker died,
For man the creature’s sin.

5.  Thus might I hide my blushing face
While His dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.

6.  But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe:
Here, Lord, I give myself away,
’Tis all that I can do.