Let's Talk About Hell

What if the most loving thing you can do is tell a person they are going to Hell?

"Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God." (John 3:18)

This applies to everyone who calls upon the name of any god aside from the Lord, Who is Christ. 

This also applies to a great many people who would call themselves Christians. 

So, Christians, what are you going to do? What if the most loving thing you can do is tell a person they are going to Hell? Are you going to tell them that so long as they are unrepentant they are condemned? 

As real as Heaven is, that's just how real Hell is. And, for every word you say about Heaven, remember there is a word just as real, just as strong, and just as sure for Hell, too. 

Maybe you think I'm being harsh, but I don't know - I think it's a little harsh to see a person getting ready to leap into a lake of fire and not warn them that it's a lake of fire that they're getting ready to jump into. I think that if you see a person walking down a highway you should do what you can to get them off of the road and tell them that they're going to get hit by a truck if they don't. We have an obligation to let people know the reality of what's going to happen to them. 

And then... 

And then we have to pleasure and the joy of telling them it doesn't have to be that way.

And then we can tell them about Jesus Christ and His Love and His Compassion and His Mercy and His Graciousness and His Faithfulness and His Power.

But the Good News is not good unless we are sinners in need of a Savior, because if we were good in it of ourselves, we would not need a Savior! But, because we know we rightly deserve shame, pain, suffering, torment, hurt, punishment, and these even unto death, it is good. It is good, because we know also that Jesus bore our punishment and bore it to the full - every last part of it. He took the Father's wrath upon Himself when we are deserving of it, and this He did willingly and this He did perfectly, and that is what love looks like.

Love is not telling a person they are okay when they are not okay. Love is telling a person the truth - that they are a sinner - weak and in the flesh - in need of a Savior, because they're in so deep, they could never do enough to dig themselves out of this debt, but here's the good news... the debt has been paid in full by the One to Whom you owed it. 

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." (Romans 1:16)

In Hell, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, restlessness and much suffering.

In Heaven, there will be neither dark nor sorrow nor tears, but much joy and rejoicing. 

So, live your life in light of the knowledge of what Christ has done for you. Weep for those who will not be saved. Rejoice for those who will be saved. Pray for those who do not know Him, and be His ambassador to all people. Thank Him for bringing you to Himself and for His endless love. Let every act of your life be an act of worship. Give the whole of yourself, you life up to Him, and live always in prayer. Never forget this joy you have - that in Christ you have been made a child of God and you are well loved. Every breath is a gift from Him which He has given to you out of love. 

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." (Romans 12:1)

Cheap grace says Christ died, so I can live my life for myself, and I can keep sinning.

Costly grace says Christ died, so I can live my life for Him, and I am made new in His love.

He is costly, but He is worth so much more. This is love unexplainable and joy immeasurable.