Is There a Hell?

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Many professed Christians question it. Skeptics scoff at it. Atheists deny it. Decidedly it is an unpopular doctrine today. Few preachers mention it; some openly reject it. In view of all this opposition, what shall we say? Simply this! Men are but men, who of themselves know nothing beyond this present life on earth.
Now, God is the One who made all things, who put man upon this earth, and to whom man therefore is accountable. As He is the eternal I AM, let us inquire of Him; let His Word be our guide. What has He said?
"I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear Him, which after He hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, l say unto you, Fear Him." Luke 12:4, 54And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. (Luke 12:4‑5).
He who knows there is an everlasting fire which is "prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25:4141Then 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: (Matthew 25:41)) tells us that men also may be cast into it.
"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. 10:2828And 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. (Matthew 10:28). It is possible, then, for the body as well as the soul to be cast into hell.
"And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." Rev. 20:13, 1513And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. (Revelation 20:13)
15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:15).
There is no need of comment upon these statements of God's Word. God is too great, too holy to deceive any of His creatures. It is the "God who cannot lie" that in love warns men lest they come into that place of torment.
Be warned then. From these few passages of Scripture we learn that there is a hell and an everlasting fire which is the future doom of the lost who die in their sins. Flee from it while you may, to Christ, the only Savior.
"God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16).