What is That in the Road Up Ahead?

 

“The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment,”

Luke 16:22

Suppose you had convinced a brick wall straight ahead in the interstate did not exist.

Believing that to be true you barreled ahead at the 65 MPH speed limit.

What will happen when you hit that wall?

Of course, sadly it would be destruction and death.

Denying the existence of hell has much the same result.

Some would have you believe that denial is enough to erase hell.

But hell is real and is a consequence of rejection God’s free offer of salvation.

It is just as real as heaven.

I suspect if you surveyed a multitude of people the overwhelming majority would admit to believing in heaven while claiming there is no hell.

The argument usually goes something like this:

“How could a loving God send anyone to Hell?”

Of course He doesn’t.

The truth is that we send ourselves there when we reject His way out.

As we looked at it yesterday, God never created Hell for you and me.

But to deny it exists is worse than to play Russian roulette with your eternity.

 Don’t ignore the brick wall dead ahead.

Instead, change your destination before it is too late.

“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”

Hebrews 9:27