Hell is one of those things for us as Christians (and non-Christians) that can be so overwhelming, vague, mysterious, and just down right scary that we tend to try to push it aside and squirm away from it as much as we can. Yet the scriptures teach that our final destination could be so awful that we should rather give up all things on this earth and in this life than to reside there. Interestingly hell in the Bible, was a topic in Jesus' ministry that He spoke about as prominently as many others.

"If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell." Matthew 5:29-30

Is hell a constant fear of yours as a Christian?

Hell in the Bible is very real, and Jesus preached about it quite often, teaching us to not take it lightly by any stretch. However, he also taught that he was able to fulfill perfectly the requirements of God (Matthew 5) and that we should have great confidence when approaching God (Hebrews 4) because Jesus has incurred God's wrath against our sin for us and has quenched it in totality (Romans 5; 1 Thessalonians 1; 5).
As a Christian, is hell a real possibility?

Just as we should not walk in an unhealthy fear of hell as Christians, but instead in faith as we follow Christ and trust in his redemption, we are also taught from the scriptures to have a sober estimate of ourselves (Romans 12) and to be ware lest we back slide, and turn away from the living God (Hebrews 12; 3).

Talk to someone about the realities of hell in the Bible. Today.

Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-matthew-5-29-30-hell-in-the-bible/