more of a deep funk than a pit of fire modern visions arebeginning to emerge, suggesting that hell...

“Edwards would scarcely recognize the hell of today. After

decades of near obscurity, the netherworld has taken on a new

image: more of a deep funk than a pit of fire. While the

traditional infernal imagery still attracts a following, modern

visions of eternal perdition as a particularly unpleasant solitary confinement are beginning to emerge, suggesting that hell may not be so hot after all”

The NATURAL

Resistance Concerning

Hell

The NATURAL Resistance

Concerning Hell

The DEFINITION of a “natural man”

• Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breathה מ� ש� נ�nesh-aw-maw' of life; and man

became a living soul. • Proverbs 20:27 The spirit ה מ� ש� נ�

nesh-aw-maw' of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all

the inward parts of the belly.


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•Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men,

for that all have sinned

•John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,

verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

• John 3:3-6 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus

saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second

time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I

say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.


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The CONDITION of a “natural man”


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(sinfulness, un-holiness, consequences)

•Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by

hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

• Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing

by the word of God. • 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the

preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto

us which are saved it is the power of God.

• Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God


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(sinfulness, un-holiness, consequences)


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The HUMAN Rationalization Concerning Hell


“Jesus would never send me to hell”

“Most people who are going to hell find it more comfortable to

deny that fact than admit it. Their enemies assure them they

are not going to hell. Their friends warn them that they are.

Foolishly, they make their enemies friends for telling them

lies. They make their friends enemies for telling them the

truth, though with the kind of friends they have, they need no

enemies”

•Galatians 4:16 Am I therefore become your

enemy, because I tell you the

truth?


“Jesus would never send me

to hell”“Jesus would

never send anyone to hell”

“How can Christians possibly project a deity of

such cruelty and vindictiveness as to inflict

everlasting torture upon his creatures, however sinful they may have been? A

God who would do such a thing, is more nearly like

Satan than like God”


Concerning Hell The HUMAN Rationalization Concerning Hell

The BIBLICAL Reality

Concerning Hell


Concerning Hell

“NICE people” go

there

•Proverbs 14:12(a) There is a way which seemeth

right unto a man, ….

•Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth

right unto a man, but the end

thereof are the ways of death.


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“GOOD people” go

there

• Romans 3:10-12 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become

unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.


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“RELIGIOUS people” go

there

• Matthew 7:21-23 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he

that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in

thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful

works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from

me, ye that work iniquity.


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“MOST people” go

there

• Matthew 7:13-14 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is

the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,

and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the

way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.


Concerning Hell The HUMAN Rationalization Concerning Hell


Concerning Hell

•Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and

come short of the glory of

God


Concerning Hell

Real, Damnation, Everlasting, Outer

Darkness, Unquenchable Thirst, No Rest,

Weeping, Wailing , Gnashing


Concerning Hell The HUMAN Rationalization Concerning Hell The BIBLICAL

Reality Concerning Hell

The DIVINE Requisite

Concerning Hell

•James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift

is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with

whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

• 1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the

light which no man can approach unto; whom no man

hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power

everlasting. Amen.• Psalms 145:17 The LORD is

righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

•Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is

revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the

truth in unrighteousness

•Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and

come short of the glory of God

•Romans 6:23(a) For the wages of sin is

death; …





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•2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is

longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any

should perish, but that all should come to

repentance.

•1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of

the truth.





Concerning Hell

•Titus 2:11 For the grace of God

that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all

men





Concerning Hell

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