What Is Hell12 [Rev 21 : 8] / Ephphatha Church Discipleship Training (Basic Course)

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What Is Hell12

[Rev 21 : 8]

 

/ Ephphatha Church

Discipleship Training 

(Basic Course)

 

 

/ By Pastor Priscilla

 

Those who commit

crimes in the world

are definitely

 punished.

 

 

If so, what's the

punishment to those

who sinned before God?

 

 

Today, we are going to

see what it is in two

sections.

 

 

"For the wages of sin

is death, but the gift

of God is eternal life

in Christ Jesus

our Lord."

(Rom 6 : 23)

 

 

The Bible tells us that

we have two kinds

 of death.

 

 

1. Read the following

scripture and find out

the first death and what

the second death is.

 

 

"Just as man is destined

to die once, and after

that to face judgment."

 

 

"But the cowardly,

the unbelieving, the vile,

the murderers, the

sexually immoral,

 

 

those who practice

magic arts, the idolaters

and all liars--their place

will be in the fiery lake

of burning sulfur.

 

 

This is the

second death."

 

 

(1) First death:

 

 

We all die once and

nobody can avoid it.

 

 

"Just as man is destined

to die once, and after

that to face judgment."

(Heb 9 : 27)

 

 

(2) Second death

 

 

It is the punishment

that applies to those

who sin before God.

 

 

"But the cowardly,

the unbelieving, the vile,

the murderers, the

sexually immoral,

 

 

those who practice

magic arts, the idolaters

 

 

and all liars their place

will be in the fiery lake

of burning sulfur."

(Rev 21 : 8)

 

 

Therefore, we sinners

will meet two kinds

of death.

 

 

(1) First death

 

 

The body and soul

will be separated,

and the body will

return to dust.

(Job 19 : 26,

2 Peter 1 : 14, 15)

 

 

2) Second Death

 

 

Our souls will return

to God, be judged,

and thrown into

the fire of hell.

 

 

The saints,

who are saved,

will go to heaven

 

 

and become the

sons of God to

obtain an eternal

 inheritance.

 

 

However, those,

who are not, won't

be able to escape

being thrown into

the fire of sulfur.

(Rev 21 : 7-8) 

 

 

Therefore,

please keep in mind

that we are Christians.

 

 

And believe in and

follow Jesus our Savior,

and hope to go

 to Heaven.

 

 

Do you know

why hell exsits?

 

 

That's the place

where God punishes

his enemies, fallen

 devil, and demons.

 

 

(1) Those on God's left

who left him and

were cursed.

(Matt 25 : 41)

 

 

(2) The deceitful devil,

beasts, and false prophets

will be thrown into the

lake of burning sulfur

(Rev. 20 : 10)

 

 

But what is reserved

for those who have

become children

of God on his right?

 

 

(1) Those blessed

by their Father will take

their inheritance, that is,

the kingdom of God

 

 

prepared for them

since the creation

of the world.

(Matt 25 : 34) 

 

 

Originally, hell is

not the place to put

people created in the

image of God in.

 

 

But, why did humans

enter such hell? 

 

 

That's because the

gift of God is eternal

life in Christ Jesus,

 

 

but man in the image

of God has sinned.

 

 

In the end, every

human is under the

sin and the wages

of sin is death.

 

 

So he is doomed

to enter the place

of punishment for

the devil to enter.

 

(Rom 3 : 9, 23)

(Rom 6 : 20, 23)

 

 

However, in order to

save man from such

sins and punishments,

 

 

God brought his one

and only Son to death

as the wages of sin,

 

 

and we can be saved

through him. 

(1 John 4 : 9-10)

 

 

Therefore, the

religion of Christianity

does not simply seek

to solve all the problems

in this world

 

 

and to be blessed

worldly but it is the

religion of life

 

 

that can save our

own lives from

the punishment

of sin and hell.

 

(Matt 16 : 26)

(John 6 : 63)

 

 

As people live in this

world, probably they

really need

 

 

and want more of

the worldly things

they see.

 

 

However, from

God's point of view,

 

 

there is nothing more

urgent than delivering

his children from hell.

 

 

That is why

the Lord said,

 

 

"Do not be afraid

of those who kill the body

but cannot kill the soul.

 

 

Rather, be afraid of

the One who can

destroy both soul

and body in hell."

(Matt 10 : 28)

 

 

In addition,

the Lord told us to

ask for the kingdom

of God

 

 

first before

we ask for food,

clothing, and shelter.

(Matt 6 : 31-33)

 

 

That's because God

the Creator knows

what we humans need

most and supplies

 them as needed.

   

 

2. Find out what Hell

where sinners will go is.

 

 

Through the example

of a rich man and

a beggar named

Lazarus,

 

 

we can clearly see

that there is heaven

and hell to face

after death. 

(Luke 16 : 19-31)

 

 

As children of God,

we have some work to

do in advance to

enter heaven.

 

 

The Scripture definitely

warns us, children

of God as follows.

 

 

(1) We must hate sin

and make sure

to cut it off from

our mind and body. 

(Mark 9 : 43-49)

 

 

In particular,

in the aspect of

eternal life, God,

 

 

who hates sin,

first requires us to

have a definite attitude

 

 

and determination

to cut off sin.

 

 

Therefore, it's so

important to check out

what to look to as

children of God today

 

 

and we must always

be on the lookout for

our use of eyes,

hands, and feet.

 

 

We live with hope

for the kingdom of

God and heaven.

 

 

Eventually we must

keep in mind that

all we have to look

to is the 

 

 

'Jesus Christ'

who is our way,

truth, and life.

 

 

(2) The patience

of the saints.

 

 

"A third angel

followed them

and said in a loud

 voice:

 

 

"If anyone worships

the beast and his

image and receives

his mark on the

forehead

 

 

or on the hand,

he too, will drink

of the wine of God's fury,

 

 

which has been poured

full strength into the cup

of his wrath.

 

 

He will be tormented

with burning sulfur

in the presence

of the holy angels

 and of the Lamb.

 

 

 

And the smoke of

their torment rises

for ever and ever.

 

 

 

There is no rest day

or night for those

who worship the beast

and his image,

 

 

or for anyone

who receives the

mark of his name."

(Rev 14 : 9-11)

 

 

With God's

commandments

and faith,

 

 

we need patience

to overcome trials

and tribulations by

keeping faith in Jesus.

 

 

(3) "Watch and pray

so that you will not

fall into temptation."

(Matt 26 : 41)

 

 

We try to follow

God's commandments,

 

 

but it is easy to go astray

because the our spirit

is willing but our

body is weak.

 

 

Therefore, we must

keep watch not to fall

into temptations made

from circumstances

of the world.

 

 

As the Lord asked

His disciples to do,

all we need is God's

Word and prayer.

 

 

(4) Don't do evil.

 

 

"The Son of Man

will send out his angels,

 

 

and they will weed

out of his kingdom

everything that causes

sin and all who do evil.

 

 

They will throw them

into the fiery furnace,

where there will be

weeping

 

 

and gnashing

of teeth."

(Matt 13 : 41-43)

 

 

God has given message

to those who do evil

as follows.

 

 

His angels will weed

them out of his kingdom

and thrown into

the fiery furnace.

 

 

(5)The wicked will be

separated from

the righteous.

 

 

At the end of the age, 

the angels will come

and separate the

wicked from the

righteous

 

 

and throw them

into the fiery furnace.

(Matt 13 : 49-50)

 

 

Therefore,

It is the fact that

we can never go to

heaven only with

the name of being

a Christian.

 

 

This is truly

terrifying us.

 

 

If we simply

believe in Jesus

for the things of

the world,

 

 

would it have been

necessary for Jesus

to be cruelly killed

on the cross?

 

 

As you know,

there are people

who are models of

others by good deeds

without believing

in Christ

 

 

and happily enjoy

a wealthy life.

That might seem

envious to us.

 

 

Then, why was

the Lord killed

on the cross?

 

 

It is by no means

just for the things

of world.

 

 

Let's take a look at

some more important

reasons than that.

 

 

God could not

but sacrifice his one

and only Son so that

 

 

His beloved children

might have eternal

life even if they

left Him.

 

 

"We all, like sheep,

have gone astray,

each of us has turned

to his own way;

 

 

and the LORD has

laid on him the

iniquity of us all."

(Isa 53 : 6)

 

 

"For God so loved

the world that

he gave his one

and only Son,

 

 

that whoever

believes in him shall

not perish but have

eternal life."

(John 3 : 16)

 

 

The devil tries

to steal our happiness

and kill and destroy us.

 

 

But, God wants to

give a blessed life

to us and give an

inheritance to us,

 

 

and wants us to

have eternal life.

 

 

That's His purpose

 for each one of us.

 

 

Therefore, we must

realize that there is

not hell for us,

 

 

but, the kingdom

of life, that is, the

 kingdom of God.

 

 

Then, how do we live

to go to the kingdom

of God?

 

 

(1) Let's keep our faith.

 

 

While living on this earth,

we must not give up

our faith and live

by keeping our faith

definitely to the end

 

 

so that God's amazing

sacrificial love may

 not be meaningless.

 

 

(2) Let's become

the one who will

 overcome the world.

 

 

In the future,

until we enter the

kingdom of God,

 

 

we must overcome

ourselves and our

environment, that is,

the world.

 

 

Because the kingdom

is the place that only

those who will overcome

by faith can enter. 

(Rev 21 : 7)

 

 

(3) good news 

 

 

Let's be the one who

will diligently evangelize

the good news.

 

 

And we must guide

our households and

neighbors who do

not know this fact

 

 

into Christ and lead

them to salvation.

(2 Kings 7 : 9)

 

 

This is the mission

entrusted to us

who remain in this

world today:

 

 

Beautiful news,

Good News,

that is

- Gospel.

 

 

-Hallelujah!

     

 

3. Summary 

 

 

1) What is

the wages of sin?

- Death

 

 

2) What is the

 condition of death?

 

 

(1) The body and soul

will be separated,

and the body will

return to dust.

 

 

(2) Our souls will return

to God and be judged

and be thrown into

the fire of hell.

 

 

(3) What should we

 really be afraid of?

 

 

-You should be afraid

of falling into hell

 forever rather than life.

 

 

(4) What is hell and

who is it originally

 reserved for?

 

 

-It is not a place made

to put people in,

 

 

but a place that is

made to punish those

who oppose God,

fallen devil and

demons.

 

 

(5) What is the

 situation in Hell?

 

 

  -A place where there

is no rest day or

night with fire,

sulfur, worms,

 furnace fire,

and pain.

 

 

(6) Where is the place

 prepared for the saved?

 

 

-Kingdom of God,

heaven, peace, joy,

communion, glory,

 

 

health, inheritance,

rewarding and

prosperity

 

 

(7) Now, as a God's child

who have been saved,

what do you think

 your mission is?

 

 

That is to evangelize

the beautiful

 

 

and blessed life of

heaven to those

who don't  believe

in Jesus.

 

 

(Blessed News,

Gospel of Heaven)

 

 

 

 

2021/01/28 

 

 

/ By Priscilla