Luke 16:19-31

For many ‘hell’ is a word merely to be used in a turn of phrase. For some, ‘hell’ is a place where really bad people go when they die and definitely not a place for good people like them. For others, the concept of Hell is just plain comical or repulsive or altogether non-existent. But if we scour the four gospels we discover that Jesus has a lot to say about the existence and experience of Hell. One such place is the parable before us. Having seen heaven’s joy over one repenting sinner in the lost sheep & lost coin (15:1-10), and having seen a perfect picture of true repentance in the lost younger son (15:11-32), and then having seen what a hardened un-repentant heart looks like in response to Jesus’ salvation agenda (16:14-18), the time has come to wrestle with the question—Where does un-repentance lead? Jesus warns that the highway to hell is paved with un-repentance. Main Idea—Jesus stresses the reality of Hell.