The NATURAL Resistance Concerning Hell
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“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 breathנשמה nesh-aw-maw' of life; and man
became a living soul. • Proverbs 20:27 The spirit נשמה
nesh-aw-maw' of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all
the inward parts of the belly.
The NATURAL Resistance
Concerning Hell
The DEFINITION of a “natural man”
•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.
The NATURAL Resistance
Concerning Hell
The DEFINITION of a “natural man”
The CONDITION of a “natural man”
The NATURAL Resistance
Concerning Hell The DEFINITION of
a “natural man” The CONDITION of
a “natural man”(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
The NATURAL Resistance
Concerning Hell The DEFINITION of
a “natural man” The CONDITION of
a “natural man”(sinfulness, un-holiness,
consequences)
The NATURAL Resistance
Concerning Hell
The HUMAN Rationalization Concerning Hell
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?
The HUMAN Rationalization Concerning Hell
“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”
The NATURAL Resistance
Concerning Hell The HUMAN Rationalization Concerning Hell
The BIBLICAL Reality
Concerning Hell
The BIBLICAL Reality
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.
The BIBLICAL Reality
Concerning Hell
“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.
The BIBLICAL Reality
Concerning Hell
“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.
The BIBLICAL Reality
Concerning Hell
“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.
The NATURAL Resistance
Concerning Hell The HUMAN Rationalization Concerning Hell
The BIBLICAL Reality
Concerning Hell
•Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and
come short of the glory of
God
The BIBLICAL Reality
Concerning Hell
Real, Damnation, Everlasting, Outer
Darkness, Unquenchable Thirst, No Rest,
Weeping, Wailing , Gnashing
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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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Concerning Hell The HUMAN Rationalization Concerning Hell The BIBLICAL
Reality Concerning Hell
The DIVINE Requisite
Concerning Hell
•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.
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The DIVINE Requisite
Concerning Hell
•Titus 2:11 For the grace of God
that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all
men
The NATURAL Resistance
Concerning Hell The HUMAN Rationalization Concerning Hell The BIBLICAL
Reality Concerning Hell
The DIVINE Requisite
Concerning Hell