Series Title: Hell Sermon 2/2  Introduction:  “It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills,It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.”Today we are going to finish our conversation about eternity without God, what happens to those who choose to live without God in control of their lives. Well the Bible can be vague about how death works, it’s really clear about what happens to us when we die. We either spend eternity with God, or without him.Last week we talked about fire. That an eternity without God is like being burned and destroyed for our sins. It means standing up to the full wrath of god on our own human power. An eternity without God is one of torment based on our own wicked natures. This week, we are going to talk about Darkness. Eternity without God is like being cast into the darkest of places with no light or hope.It makes sense that the Bible uses darkness as a metaphor for eternity without God, everyone at some point in their lives is afraid of the dark. In the dark, we don’t know what dangers are out there. In the dark, we loose control. Fun Fact: My wife is still kinda freaked out by the dark. If I turn of the lights in the basement while she’s still in there I’ll get yelled at to turn them back on every time. With these metaphors of Fire and Darkness the bible is trying to explain the unexplainable. They are like the different facets of a diamond. All true, yet none of them the complete reality. We don’t know what eternity without God will look like but we do know what it will be like. Section 1: Darkness for our Children So our new metaphor, Darkness, is another favourite word of Jesus throughout the Gospel of Matthew. To best understand the use of Darkness we are going to keep coming back to one passage Matthew 22:1-14The story starts by explaining that a king invited people to a banquet, yet the chosen people ignored the king and even killed his messangers! So the king decided to ignore the chosen and invite everyone, the good and the bad. From he lowest beggar to the nobles that weren’t invited. The interesting part is at v. 11“But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding. 12 ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply. 13 Then the king said to his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”  So whats going on here? Why would the The king, who supposed to represent God, throw this man out for not wearing the right cloths? What is Jesus trying to say. Well, if you look at the other times that “Outer Darkness” is used within the book of Matthew, you’ll begin to see a pattern. The Outer Darkness Metaphor is reserved for those who think they should be apart of God’s kingdom “And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven. 12 But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Jesus is trying to say that eternity with God is not hereditary. It doesn’t matter if you think you deserve to be in God’s kingdom, what matters is living in submission to him. In the story, the guest who wore the wrong clothes knew he was being offensive to God, yet he thought he could get away with it. He was noble, he was chosen, he was prophesied over, obviously God would overlook his dress? Not so. Jesus is saying that an eternity without God is for all who don’t live in submission to God. Being chosen, being born into the right family doesn’t mean anything. It’s our choices as indiv