Speaker: Pastor Jay Childs
Scripture: Revelation 20 & 21
Series: Your Ever After

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Did you grow up believing in a literal heaven and hell? How did it impact you?

1. Read Matthew 5:21-22, 29-20, 10:26-28, 25:40-46.
   Why do you think Jesus spoke so often about hell?
2. Read Revelation 20:10-15.
   What is being described here? What is the "lake of fire?" Is it eternal?
3. Discuss: How can God be loving if there is an eternal hell?
4. Read 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10.
   How does Paul describe the final judgment and the final state of the wicked?
5. Discuss: What should we be teaching our children and grandchildren about hell?
6. Read Matthew 11:20-24.
   • Discuss: Will there be degrees of reward and punishment in heaven and hell? Why? Why not?
   • (cf Wayne Grudem; Systematic Theology; chapters 56 & 57)
7. Read Revelation 21:1-18.
   How does John describe the "new earth?"  
8. Read John 14:1-4.
   What is the “place” Jesus is preparing for us? Evidence?
9. Discuss: What excites you the most about the new earth?
10. Read Matthew 7:13-14, John 14:6.
    Discuss: Is Jesus really the only path to eternal life?   
11. Read 2 Peter 3:11-13.
    Discuss: How should the doctrine of last things impact us?

Discuss the statement by theologian Miroslav Volf:

 “God is not loving in spite of his wrath;  He is loving because of His wrath.”

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