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Pastor Mike will be speaking on Does God Send People to Hell Part 1. He will be reading out of Revelation 14:8-10,20:15.
If you have ever doubted whether God loved you I want you to look to the cross if you have ever doubted whether God cares about your plight look to the cross Because Jesus on full display of love. He gave his life for you and for me Can God’s people say man? This is hope worth having and this is your host pastor Mike Sanders looking forward to sharing the hope that is found in Jesus Christ today We are gonna be in Revelation chapter 14, and we’re gonna be addressing this question Does God send people to hell so I want you to think about that and I want you to join me as we study this incredible question this morning I Want you to take your Bible this morning and join me in Revelation chapter 14 We’re gonna be covering verse 8 through 10 plus chapter 20 So put your finger there in chapter 14 and make sure that you go ahead and look up chapter 20 and verse 15 Revelation 14 8 through 10 and Revelation 20 through 15. I want to read these verses and then kind of give you a quick overview of Revelation chapter 14 and Dive into this all-important question Does God? Send people to hell Now we have been studying This series about five questions about heaven and five questions about hell Last week we finished our fifth question about heaven and today is our final question about hell Not that there aren’t other questions and not that we would never come back and consider those questions But for our particular series and study that we have been doing for the last few weeks This will be the final question that we will address in this series Revelation chapter 14 verse 8 The Bible says and another angel followed saying Babylon is fallen is Fallen that great city Because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication Then a third angel followed them saying with a loud voice if anyone worships the beast and his image and Receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand He himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God Which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation He shall be tormented with fire and Brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels and in the presence of the Lamb Now I want you to go to chapter 20 verse 15 the last verse of chapter 20 The Bible says that anyone not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire Revelation chapter 14 is an exciting chapter.
It’s an interesting chapter When you study this chapter, you’ll find that verses 1 through 5 describes the fate of the hundred and forty four Thousand that you may have heard of before but perhaps out of context we know the Bible teaches us that after the rapture of the church is the emergence of the Tribulation period which is for seven years within that seven-year period God will raise up a hundred and forty four thousand Jewish evangelists who will crisscross the known world preach the gospel to every person and Every part of the planet there is no person that will not hear about The gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the death burial and resurrection of Jesus these men that God has raised up in the tribulation will be divinely sealed and Protected as they carry out their ministry You know that the Antichrist will be in full reign during the tribulation period He will make every effort to stop the hundred and forty four thousand Evangelists he will oppress them. He will oppose them. He will do everything he can to silence them Destroy them and to kill them but because they are sealed and protected by God his Plans meaning the plans of the devil and the Antichrist will be thwarted but as we study revelation 14 we see that eventually the Timing and the lifespan of these hundred and forty four thousand evangelists will come to a completion and Then the Antichrist will be allowed to take their lives in Verses 1 through 5 we see them in heaven We see them in the presence of Jesus Christ We jump down to verse 14 through 20 of chapter 14 and we see the horrific battle of Armageddon That will occur at the end of the tribulation Now when people read the book of Revelation They make the mistake of thinking everything from verse to verse to chapter to chapter is in chronological order But that’s not always true So keep that in mind as you’re studying the book of Revelation and if you’re like me Sometimes I have to have my study helps just to figure out where am I at in the midst of the tribulation? Thank God Realistically, I believe that we’ll be raptured before the tribulation period because we have not been appointed unto wrath and That the tribulation period is about calling the nation of Israel back to him.
I hope your ears are open I hope your eyes are wide open I hope you’re hearing and seeing the signs of the times that are all around us one of the things that we know that is going to be a part of the beginning of the tribulation period is that there is going to be a peace agreement signed by the Antichrist for the nation of Israel and Promising them seven years of peace. Now. Why would that even be necessary? It is because all the nations will rise up Against the nation of Israel and they will want Israel to be destroyed The Bible gives a promise in Genesis 12 that if we will bless God’s people his chosen people the nation of Israel the Jewish people that if we will bless them Then he will bless us But we are in the midst of a time period in the nation of America where even our government opposes the nation of Israel You should not be shaken You should not be startled you should know that the signs of the times are upon us and That it won’t be long before Jesus calls the church home and we will be in the presence of God rejoicing enjoying all that he has promised us while the tribulation period is unfolding here on this earth We may not always like what we see we may not always agree with what we see But we need to have our spiritual antennas up and we need to be alert to what is happening so that we can make sure a that our heart is ready for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ and That not only that we are spiritually ready on fire on the front lines Totally committed fully devoted followers of Christ not playing footsie with the world and not trying to keep the other foot inside The church but totally committed to Jesus Christ all in 100% Amen, go ahead but the second reason that our antennas need to be up is because we have a Responsibility to be a voice in the wilderness and we must tell our friends We must tell our family we must tell every person that crosses our path whether they are strangers or people that we know that the signs of the times are among us and we must be ready and We must implore them and plead with them to be spiritually ready for we are not ignorant of the schemes and the tactics of the devil So in verses 14 through 20 this battle of Armageddon that will occur at the end of the tribulation We get a little insight, but we jump back to verse 6 through 13 and it helps us to see the future The future that awaits for two distinct classes of people verses 12 through 13 tell us the future of the faithful servant of God who endures who is obedient who will not quit who keeps going on who gets up every day and is Committed to the cause and the purpose of Jesus Christ But in verses 6 through 11 we learn about the future of lost sinners a Future that the Bible describes as a place called hell the Bible describes this place as being a place where the cup of God’s indignation or It is a place of torment and fire and brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels in the presence of the Lamb We go on and we could read in verse 11 and it talks more about this place where the Bible says in verse 11 that the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever and they have no rest day Or night who worshiped the beast and his image and whoever receives the mark of his name You know that in the tribulation period the Bible teaches us that they will not be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast in Today’s terminology, we might say you can’t run to Walmart unless you have the mark of the beast You won’t be able to have your own business unless you have the mark of the beast.
They’ll be buying and selling But it won’t be for those Who do not have the mark of the beast? Who are those who will refuse to receive the mark of the beast during the tribulation period? It is those who will come to Jesus Christ Who will believe in Christ? this is why your testimony now is so essential to your family and to your friends because as you are warning them as you are pleading with them as you are Instructing them about what is to come and the signs of the times that are all around us that even though they may Resist you now and they may mock you or even laugh at you and think I think dad has gone Over and has lost it There’ll be one day that when the rapture takes place and they cannot find you and They are left behind That the Bible says in Daniel 12 verse 2 that they’ll be running to and fro that is that they’ll be running everywhere they can to find the answers and Daniel was reminded by the Angels that the book of Daniel will be opened up and people will begin to understand what they’re going through what they’re Experiencing and they’re gonna say grandma’s, right? We need to give our life to Christ so much better to do it now than later can God’s people say amen So much better now for today is the day of salvation Don’t wait, but friends if you do choose to wait I want you to know that it’s not gonna be an easy road. It’s not gonna be an easy life You say well my life’s not easy now friends. It’ll be Thousands of times worse in the tribulation period because if you become a believer and follow Christ And you refuse to take the mark of the beast that you will fall into the category of Matthew chapter 25 when the Bible tells us That I was hungry and you fed me I Was thirsty and you gave me to drink I Was naked and you clothed me.
Who are these people? I was in prison and you visited me Who are these people we think that they are people of today? Certainly applicable certainly something that is scriptural and we are taught in the scriptures But particularly in the context of Matthew 25 He is talking about the tribulation period and he is talking about those who refuse the mark of the beast and this is their plight And they will run to the hills they will have to hide from the Antichrist because his wrath will be upon this nation and he will want to destroy anyone who Believes in the Lord Jesus Christ and they will be thrown into prison They will not be able to eat or drink and they will not have any clothing and they will not be able to buy or sell Because they do not have the mark of the beast upon them and it’ll be those Who will step up and put their lives on the line to visit them to clothe them to minister to them They are the ones That God will honor and some will become martyrs and when you get to Revelation chapter 6 You see some of these martyrs around the throne and saying Lord, when will our blood be avenged? When will you make right every wrong that is happening in this world? God promises them that he will But it’ll be in his timing and his way and it’ll be in the scope of what he is doing in this nation and friends the Bible teaches us according to what we just read in Revelation that those who receive this mark and those who Refuse to follow Christ and those who refuse to believe in Jesus Christ that they will be cast into the lake of fire We shared with you a few weeks ago That we do not believe this lake of fire is a metaphor We do not believe that it’s something that Jesus was speaking in symbolism, but rather it was literal that as Jesus describes The place called hell and as we read the scriptures over and over we are reminded that it is a place of Torment and it is a place forever and ever So we have this question About hell and it is an often-asked question whether God could be a loving God and That if he is a loving God, how could the doctrine of hell be true? This is an issue that troubles many people It is so much of a hurdle for many people that they will just reject the doctrine of hell They’ll just say there’s no way that the love of God is Compatible with there being a place of hell for those who do not believe in Jesus Christ some even dismiss Christianity altogether and refuse to believe in Christ because they will not believe in a God That sends people to hell now some would say that if you believe in a God of love if God wants all the world to be saved and if he is not willing that any should perish and if he gave his own son to die for our sins How can it be that any would perish Why wouldn’t everybody just be saved? what kind of love sends people to an eternal lake of fire the Bible teaches us That God created hell He originally created hell according to the gospel of Matthew for Satan and his demonic angels who rebelled against him in heaven a Third of the angels were cast out of hell But not only will we find that there are demonic angels in hell, but we will find that there are humans God never intended That you and I that humans would go to hell but here we are the Bible teaches us Jesus says there’s only two ways There is the narrow way and There is the broad way the narrow way is those who believe in Christ those who follow God those who are fully devoted followers of Christ and then the broad way is those who Walk the way of the world live selfishly Do what they want could care less about God or Jesus What nothing to do with Christ the broad way would also include those who are religious They are religious on the outside, but there is no relationship with Jesus Christ in their heart Jesus said in Matthew 7 he said To those who were listening to him Depart from me you that work iniquity for I never knew you My friends you get to heaven by who you know Not by what you do Jesus already did all the work on the cross and you must have a relationship with Jesus Christ that relationship may have high Moments and low moments it may have an ebb and flow to it not because of Jesus But because of our hearts and because sometimes of our struggles and sometimes because of where we’re at in our faith in our maturity But I promise you my friends that if you have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ The Bible tells us that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be what church Yeah And so that’s the most important thing we’ll get back to that and I’m jumping ahead of myself Which I tend to do My wife says Mike stick to the notes Stick to the notes. So three perspectives on this question that we have before us does God send people to hell The first thing I want you to see this morning is that God’s attribute of love is consistent with hell We have a harmony of God’s love and God’s justice We have a harmony of God’s love and this place that is called hell And I think no better verse captures that than Romans chapter 5 in verse 8 in which the Bible says God Commend us his love towards us and while we were yet sinners Christ died for us How much does God love you my friends so much? He wants to keep you out of hell. He gave his life for you He took the punishment.
He took the pain He took the very wrath of God upon him So you and I do not have to and that by faith in Jesus Christ that is applied to our heart now the particulars may vary from person to person and society to society But there is an agreement among all society and most likely all people That things that are wrong or what people do that are wrong should be punished That evil must be judged. I Stand up when you read the news or you you see it on your social media feed or you see it on television That’s why you stand up and say it’s just not right Well, where did that come from? For God has created within us a conscience and he has established within us a moral compass That the things that are wrong Somebody’s got to stand up and somebody’s got to say that it’s wrong and then it must be dealt with We think about drug dealers rapists murderers serial killers Corrupt politicians greedy people who get their way and they push on people take advantage of people and they create injustices in Our hearts we know that they must be dealt with and that they must be punished I appreciate Brother Arnold reaching reading Romans 5 because it’s such a beautiful text to understand Where you and I are at? And I want you to understand that all of us are under the wrath of God and Condemnation because we are sinners We are sinners and I know some of you say man Mike. I’m a pretty good guy I’ve do all these things and you got your ten good lists that you’re doing and I’m here and I’m with you and I’m Glad that you’re doing those ten things, but listen to me our righteousness doesn’t even come close to the righteousness of God The prophet Isaiah said that our righteousness is as filthy rags, and I know you don’t like me to talk about it But it’s true that you got to understand This is not the rag in your kitchen that you’ve been washing dishes with for the last 30 days And I would recommend that you put it in the laundry Ladies you’re killing us and guys.
I know not not just ladies excuse me. I am so out of touch. I apologize.
I apologize But this is the rag that the lepers would use to wipe the pus off of their skin Their skins would be filled with boils They would wipe it off And you would think that somebody would come along and they would give them a new rag and they would put it in the laundry And they would clean it up, but no this is the same rag that you would put in the laundry That one leper after another was used to wipe and they would come and they would take that same rag and wipe it again All over their body to wipe that pus off and here’s what the Bible says to us That our righteousness the best of Mike Sanders is nothing but a filthy leper Rag the best of Mike. I know that’s hard to swallow in this self-esteem world that we live in when everybody is so proud of themselves and Every once in a while somebody will tell me and I was just talking to something they were telling me how good they were And I said if you don’t say so yourself Amen the Bible says let another man’s lips praise you But we often jump in and I find myself there You know, I Do something and I say honey, isn’t that nice? I mow that lawn. Look at that lawn Ain’t that nice looking out there and She reminds me let another man’s lips praise you.
I Said I was hoping your lips would But here we are Hmm, we are sinners for all have sinned to come short of the glory of God. We’re all flawed We’re not perfect and this sin must be dealt with it must be paid for and the way that it is dealt with is through God’s holiness and Jesus delivered us and how did he do that by going to the cross being our substitute? Taking our place. Isaiah 53 5 says he was wounded for our transgressions He was bruised for our iniquities and the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes We are healed.
How is the love of God and the holiness of God? How are they? compatible and how are they in harmony because though we are sinners and Though we deserve to be in hell because of our sin out of great love God has reached out to us and he has provided a way for us to Experience the forgiveness of Jesus Christ and that he has taken our punishment on the cross He has taken our pain and if we would put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ Then my friends we can experience the true love of Jesus If you have ever doubted whether God loved you I want you to look to the cross if you have ever doubted whether God cares about your plight look to the cross Because Jesus on full display of love he gave his life for you And for me can God’s people say man. Oh Yeah, I love it now God’s provision for salvation Should ever put to rest the notion That God’s love and wrath or holiness are incompatible I Want you to understand that? Unlike us God can do two things at once. Amen.
I Was taking prayer requests this morning and some of the people that usually do that We have a little Facebook thing where we keep track of our prayer requests for each other in our Sunday school class I know pastor Mike was listening hearing Trying to type on his little phone to get it in there all by himself and I told him I said look you guys have got to slow down because I can’t take all this at once It’s too many things going on. I got to slow down one thing at a time Ladies, I’m not talking about just manhood. I Know you ladies say well we do all kinds of things At a time I hear you but God can love you and God can still punish sin.
Did you know that it’s true? So the second thing I want you to consider this morning is how can a God of holiness? Admit sinful people to heaven now the Bible says that God loves us But the Bible also declares that God is not only God of love but he is a God who is holy and And Someone says well pastor. How can a loving God send people to hell? Well, let me just invert it for you because this is the greater question I want you to consider how can a God of holiness admit sinful people into heaven? That’s the greater question That’s the most amazing thing to me that I’m not worthy of heaven I’m not worthy of salvation I am NOT deserving. I didn’t go to church enough God would say to me Hey Mike because you came 50 times out of the year then you get a straight pass into heaven.
That’s not how it works The question is not does God send people to hell that should not shock us But what shocks us is that God would send anybody to heaven because who is worthy to be in heaven? Who is worthy to stand before a holy God and yet? God makes that possible through Jesus Christ and today if you have never received Christ as your Savior this is your moment and it’s as simple as ABC by Acknowledging your sin that you are a sinner in need of a Savior and that be you believe in your heart that Christ died on the cross for your sin and he rose again for your future and Then that you would call upon him and that you would surrender your life to him Whoever calls on the name the Lord shall be saved how wonderful and beautiful that is my friend Don’t go to hell go to heaven through Jesus Christ and believe in him if you have made that decision today go to our website, let us know and Contact us and let us know of your decision to receive Christ. We want to know God’s good work in your life Maybe you’re rededicating your life to him We encourage you to inform us of that so we can send you some materials that will help you in your journey of faith This is pastor Mike Sanders reminding you that in Christ. There is hope worth having.
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Pastor Mike will be speaking on Does God Send People to Hell Part 1. He will be reading out of Revelation 14:8-10,20:15.
If you have ever doubted whether God loved you I want you to look to the cross if you have ever doubted whether God cares about your plight look to the cross Because Jesus on full display of love. He gave his life for you and for me Can God’s people say man? This is hope worth having and this is your host pastor Mike Sanders looking forward to sharing the hope that is found in Jesus Christ today We are gonna be in Revelation chapter 14, and we’re gonna be addressing this question Does God send people to hell so I want you to think about that and I want you to join me as we study this incredible question this morning I Want you to take your Bible this morning and join me in Revelation chapter 14 We’re gonna be covering verse 8 through 10 plus chapter 20 So put your finger there in chapter 14 and make sure that you go ahead and look up chapter 20 and verse 15 Revelation 14 8 through 10 and Revelation 20 through 15. I want to read these verses and then kind of give you a quick overview of Revelation chapter 14 and Dive into this all-important question Does God? Send people to hell Now we have been studying This series about five questions about heaven and five questions about hell Last week we finished our fifth question about heaven and today is our final question about hell Not that there aren’t other questions and not that we would never come back and consider those questions But for our particular series and study that we have been doing for the last few weeks This will be the final question that we will address in this series Revelation chapter 14 verse 8 The Bible says and another angel followed saying Babylon is fallen is Fallen that great city Because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication Then a third angel followed them saying with a loud voice if anyone worships the beast and his image and Receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand He himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God Which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation He shall be tormented with fire and Brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels and in the presence of the Lamb Now I want you to go to chapter 20 verse 15 the last verse of chapter 20 The Bible says that anyone not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire Revelation chapter 14 is an exciting chapter.
It’s an interesting chapter When you study this chapter, you’ll find that verses 1 through 5 describes the fate of the hundred and forty four Thousand that you may have heard of before but perhaps out of context we know the Bible teaches us that after the rapture of the church is the emergence of the Tribulation period which is for seven years within that seven-year period God will raise up a hundred and forty four thousand Jewish evangelists who will crisscross the known world preach the gospel to every person and Every part of the planet there is no person that will not hear about The gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the death burial and resurrection of Jesus these men that God has raised up in the tribulation will be divinely sealed and Protected as they carry out their ministry You know that the Antichrist will be in full reign during the tribulation period He will make every effort to stop the hundred and forty four thousand Evangelists he will oppress them. He will oppose them. He will do everything he can to silence them Destroy them and to kill them but because they are sealed and protected by God his Plans meaning the plans of the devil and the Antichrist will be thwarted but as we study revelation 14 we see that eventually the Timing and the lifespan of these hundred and forty four thousand evangelists will come to a completion and Then the Antichrist will be allowed to take their lives in Verses 1 through 5 we see them in heaven We see them in the presence of Jesus Christ We jump down to verse 14 through 20 of chapter 14 and we see the horrific battle of Armageddon That will occur at the end of the tribulation Now when people read the book of Revelation They make the mistake of thinking everything from verse to verse to chapter to chapter is in chronological order But that’s not always true So keep that in mind as you’re studying the book of Revelation and if you’re like me Sometimes I have to have my study helps just to figure out where am I at in the midst of the tribulation? Thank God Realistically, I believe that we’ll be raptured before the tribulation period because we have not been appointed unto wrath and That the tribulation period is about calling the nation of Israel back to him.
I hope your ears are open I hope your eyes are wide open I hope you’re hearing and seeing the signs of the times that are all around us one of the things that we know that is going to be a part of the beginning of the tribulation period is that there is going to be a peace agreement signed by the Antichrist for the nation of Israel and Promising them seven years of peace. Now. Why would that even be necessary? It is because all the nations will rise up Against the nation of Israel and they will want Israel to be destroyed The Bible gives a promise in Genesis 12 that if we will bless God’s people his chosen people the nation of Israel the Jewish people that if we will bless them Then he will bless us But we are in the midst of a time period in the nation of America where even our government opposes the nation of Israel You should not be shaken You should not be startled you should know that the signs of the times are upon us and That it won’t be long before Jesus calls the church home and we will be in the presence of God rejoicing enjoying all that he has promised us while the tribulation period is unfolding here on this earth We may not always like what we see we may not always agree with what we see But we need to have our spiritual antennas up and we need to be alert to what is happening so that we can make sure a that our heart is ready for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ and That not only that we are spiritually ready on fire on the front lines Totally committed fully devoted followers of Christ not playing footsie with the world and not trying to keep the other foot inside The church but totally committed to Jesus Christ all in 100% Amen, go ahead but the second reason that our antennas need to be up is because we have a Responsibility to be a voice in the wilderness and we must tell our friends We must tell our family we must tell every person that crosses our path whether they are strangers or people that we know that the signs of the times are among us and we must be ready and We must implore them and plead with them to be spiritually ready for we are not ignorant of the schemes and the tactics of the devil So in verses 14 through 20 this battle of Armageddon that will occur at the end of the tribulation We get a little insight, but we jump back to verse 6 through 13 and it helps us to see the future The future that awaits for two distinct classes of people verses 12 through 13 tell us the future of the faithful servant of God who endures who is obedient who will not quit who keeps going on who gets up every day and is Committed to the cause and the purpose of Jesus Christ But in verses 6 through 11 we learn about the future of lost sinners a Future that the Bible describes as a place called hell the Bible describes this place as being a place where the cup of God’s indignation or It is a place of torment and fire and brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels in the presence of the Lamb We go on and we could read in verse 11 and it talks more about this place where the Bible says in verse 11 that the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever and they have no rest day Or night who worshiped the beast and his image and whoever receives the mark of his name You know that in the tribulation period the Bible teaches us that they will not be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast in Today’s terminology, we might say you can’t run to Walmart unless you have the mark of the beast You won’t be able to have your own business unless you have the mark of the beast.
They’ll be buying and selling But it won’t be for those Who do not have the mark of the beast? Who are those who will refuse to receive the mark of the beast during the tribulation period? It is those who will come to Jesus Christ Who will believe in Christ? this is why your testimony now is so essential to your family and to your friends because as you are warning them as you are pleading with them as you are Instructing them about what is to come and the signs of the times that are all around us that even though they may Resist you now and they may mock you or even laugh at you and think I think dad has gone Over and has lost it There’ll be one day that when the rapture takes place and they cannot find you and They are left behind That the Bible says in Daniel 12 verse 2 that they’ll be running to and fro that is that they’ll be running everywhere they can to find the answers and Daniel was reminded by the Angels that the book of Daniel will be opened up and people will begin to understand what they’re going through what they’re Experiencing and they’re gonna say grandma’s, right? We need to give our life to Christ so much better to do it now than later can God’s people say amen So much better now for today is the day of salvation Don’t wait, but friends if you do choose to wait I want you to know that it’s not gonna be an easy road. It’s not gonna be an easy life You say well my life’s not easy now friends. It’ll be Thousands of times worse in the tribulation period because if you become a believer and follow Christ And you refuse to take the mark of the beast that you will fall into the category of Matthew chapter 25 when the Bible tells us That I was hungry and you fed me I Was thirsty and you gave me to drink I Was naked and you clothed me.
Who are these people? I was in prison and you visited me Who are these people we think that they are people of today? Certainly applicable certainly something that is scriptural and we are taught in the scriptures But particularly in the context of Matthew 25 He is talking about the tribulation period and he is talking about those who refuse the mark of the beast and this is their plight And they will run to the hills they will have to hide from the Antichrist because his wrath will be upon this nation and he will want to destroy anyone who Believes in the Lord Jesus Christ and they will be thrown into prison They will not be able to eat or drink and they will not have any clothing and they will not be able to buy or sell Because they do not have the mark of the beast upon them and it’ll be those Who will step up and put their lives on the line to visit them to clothe them to minister to them They are the ones That God will honor and some will become martyrs and when you get to Revelation chapter 6 You see some of these martyrs around the throne and saying Lord, when will our blood be avenged? When will you make right every wrong that is happening in this world? God promises them that he will But it’ll be in his timing and his way and it’ll be in the scope of what he is doing in this nation and friends the Bible teaches us according to what we just read in Revelation that those who receive this mark and those who Refuse to follow Christ and those who refuse to believe in Jesus Christ that they will be cast into the lake of fire We shared with you a few weeks ago That we do not believe this lake of fire is a metaphor We do not believe that it’s something that Jesus was speaking in symbolism, but rather it was literal that as Jesus describes The place called hell and as we read the scriptures over and over we are reminded that it is a place of Torment and it is a place forever and ever So we have this question About hell and it is an often-asked question whether God could be a loving God and That if he is a loving God, how could the doctrine of hell be true? This is an issue that troubles many people It is so much of a hurdle for many people that they will just reject the doctrine of hell They’ll just say there’s no way that the love of God is Compatible with there being a place of hell for those who do not believe in Jesus Christ some even dismiss Christianity altogether and refuse to believe in Christ because they will not believe in a God That sends people to hell now some would say that if you believe in a God of love if God wants all the world to be saved and if he is not willing that any should perish and if he gave his own son to die for our sins How can it be that any would perish Why wouldn’t everybody just be saved? what kind of love sends people to an eternal lake of fire the Bible teaches us That God created hell He originally created hell according to the gospel of Matthew for Satan and his demonic angels who rebelled against him in heaven a Third of the angels were cast out of hell But not only will we find that there are demonic angels in hell, but we will find that there are humans God never intended That you and I that humans would go to hell but here we are the Bible teaches us Jesus says there’s only two ways There is the narrow way and There is the broad way the narrow way is those who believe in Christ those who follow God those who are fully devoted followers of Christ and then the broad way is those who Walk the way of the world live selfishly Do what they want could care less about God or Jesus What nothing to do with Christ the broad way would also include those who are religious They are religious on the outside, but there is no relationship with Jesus Christ in their heart Jesus said in Matthew 7 he said To those who were listening to him Depart from me you that work iniquity for I never knew you My friends you get to heaven by who you know Not by what you do Jesus already did all the work on the cross and you must have a relationship with Jesus Christ that relationship may have high Moments and low moments it may have an ebb and flow to it not because of Jesus But because of our hearts and because sometimes of our struggles and sometimes because of where we’re at in our faith in our maturity But I promise you my friends that if you have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ The Bible tells us that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be what church Yeah And so that’s the most important thing we’ll get back to that and I’m jumping ahead of myself Which I tend to do My wife says Mike stick to the notes Stick to the notes. So three perspectives on this question that we have before us does God send people to hell The first thing I want you to see this morning is that God’s attribute of love is consistent with hell We have a harmony of God’s love and God’s justice We have a harmony of God’s love and this place that is called hell And I think no better verse captures that than Romans chapter 5 in verse 8 in which the Bible says God Commend us his love towards us and while we were yet sinners Christ died for us How much does God love you my friends so much? He wants to keep you out of hell. He gave his life for you He took the punishment.
He took the pain He took the very wrath of God upon him So you and I do not have to and that by faith in Jesus Christ that is applied to our heart now the particulars may vary from person to person and society to society But there is an agreement among all society and most likely all people That things that are wrong or what people do that are wrong should be punished That evil must be judged. I Stand up when you read the news or you you see it on your social media feed or you see it on television That’s why you stand up and say it’s just not right Well, where did that come from? For God has created within us a conscience and he has established within us a moral compass That the things that are wrong Somebody’s got to stand up and somebody’s got to say that it’s wrong and then it must be dealt with We think about drug dealers rapists murderers serial killers Corrupt politicians greedy people who get their way and they push on people take advantage of people and they create injustices in Our hearts we know that they must be dealt with and that they must be punished I appreciate Brother Arnold reaching reading Romans 5 because it’s such a beautiful text to understand Where you and I are at? And I want you to understand that all of us are under the wrath of God and Condemnation because we are sinners We are sinners and I know some of you say man Mike. I’m a pretty good guy I’ve do all these things and you got your ten good lists that you’re doing and I’m here and I’m with you and I’m Glad that you’re doing those ten things, but listen to me our righteousness doesn’t even come close to the righteousness of God The prophet Isaiah said that our righteousness is as filthy rags, and I know you don’t like me to talk about it But it’s true that you got to understand This is not the rag in your kitchen that you’ve been washing dishes with for the last 30 days And I would recommend that you put it in the laundry Ladies you’re killing us and guys.
I know not not just ladies excuse me. I am so out of touch. I apologize.
I apologize But this is the rag that the lepers would use to wipe the pus off of their skin Their skins would be filled with boils They would wipe it off And you would think that somebody would come along and they would give them a new rag and they would put it in the laundry And they would clean it up, but no this is the same rag that you would put in the laundry That one leper after another was used to wipe and they would come and they would take that same rag and wipe it again All over their body to wipe that pus off and here’s what the Bible says to us That our righteousness the best of Mike Sanders is nothing but a filthy leper Rag the best of Mike. I know that’s hard to swallow in this self-esteem world that we live in when everybody is so proud of themselves and Every once in a while somebody will tell me and I was just talking to something they were telling me how good they were And I said if you don’t say so yourself Amen the Bible says let another man’s lips praise you But we often jump in and I find myself there You know, I Do something and I say honey, isn’t that nice? I mow that lawn. Look at that lawn Ain’t that nice looking out there and She reminds me let another man’s lips praise you.
I Said I was hoping your lips would But here we are Hmm, we are sinners for all have sinned to come short of the glory of God. We’re all flawed We’re not perfect and this sin must be dealt with it must be paid for and the way that it is dealt with is through God’s holiness and Jesus delivered us and how did he do that by going to the cross being our substitute? Taking our place. Isaiah 53 5 says he was wounded for our transgressions He was bruised for our iniquities and the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes We are healed.
How is the love of God and the holiness of God? How are they? compatible and how are they in harmony because though we are sinners and Though we deserve to be in hell because of our sin out of great love God has reached out to us and he has provided a way for us to Experience the forgiveness of Jesus Christ and that he has taken our punishment on the cross He has taken our pain and if we would put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ Then my friends we can experience the true love of Jesus If you have ever doubted whether God loved you I want you to look to the cross if you have ever doubted whether God cares about your plight look to the cross Because Jesus on full display of love he gave his life for you And for me can God’s people say man. Oh Yeah, I love it now God’s provision for salvation Should ever put to rest the notion That God’s love and wrath or holiness are incompatible I Want you to understand that? Unlike us God can do two things at once. Amen.
I Was taking prayer requests this morning and some of the people that usually do that We have a little Facebook thing where we keep track of our prayer requests for each other in our Sunday school class I know pastor Mike was listening hearing Trying to type on his little phone to get it in there all by himself and I told him I said look you guys have got to slow down because I can’t take all this at once It’s too many things going on. I got to slow down one thing at a time Ladies, I’m not talking about just manhood. I Know you ladies say well we do all kinds of things At a time I hear you but God can love you and God can still punish sin.
Did you know that it’s true? So the second thing I want you to consider this morning is how can a God of holiness? Admit sinful people to heaven now the Bible says that God loves us But the Bible also declares that God is not only God of love but he is a God who is holy and And Someone says well pastor. How can a loving God send people to hell? Well, let me just invert it for you because this is the greater question I want you to consider how can a God of holiness admit sinful people into heaven? That’s the greater question That’s the most amazing thing to me that I’m not worthy of heaven I’m not worthy of salvation I am NOT deserving. I didn’t go to church enough God would say to me Hey Mike because you came 50 times out of the year then you get a straight pass into heaven.
That’s not how it works The question is not does God send people to hell that should not shock us But what shocks us is that God would send anybody to heaven because who is worthy to be in heaven? Who is worthy to stand before a holy God and yet? God makes that possible through Jesus Christ and today if you have never received Christ as your Savior this is your moment and it’s as simple as ABC by Acknowledging your sin that you are a sinner in need of a Savior and that be you believe in your heart that Christ died on the cross for your sin and he rose again for your future and Then that you would call upon him and that you would surrender your life to him Whoever calls on the name the Lord shall be saved how wonderful and beautiful that is my friend Don’t go to hell go to heaven through Jesus Christ and believe in him if you have made that decision today go to our website, let us know and Contact us and let us know of your decision to receive Christ. We want to know God’s good work in your life Maybe you’re rededicating your life to him We encourage you to inform us of that so we can send you some materials that will help you in your journey of faith This is pastor Mike Sanders reminding you that in Christ. There is hope worth having.
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