Four Letter Words: HELL 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

Four Letter Words: HELL
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

Introduction

There are some four-letter words that should not come out of our mouths and there are other four-letter words that we should be talking about. Maybe we don’t because these words make us uncomfortable or we don’t know what to say about them, but that doesn’t mean we should hide from them and the conversations they produce! Words like fear, rest, work, and hope are sometimes misunderstood because the world has redefined them. Let’s explore what the Bible says about these four-letter words together so we can stop avoiding them and start proclaiming what is good and true in our lives and in our world.

Four Letter Words:

April 9 – HOPE – 1 Corinthians 15:1-20

April 16 – WORK – 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

April 23 – FEAR – Psalm 46:1-3

April 30 – OBEY – John 14:15-31

May 7 – HELL – 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

May 14 – REST – Matthew 11:28-30

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

7And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,

8in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.

9They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.

The safest road to hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. -C.S. Lewis

1. The of hell for me.

A. If it’s not real: ________________________________________________!

B. If it is real: ____________________________________________________!

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

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2. The reality of an hell.

“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”

Matthew 25:46

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3. The reality of a hell.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.

John 1:5

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This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.

1 John 1:5

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4. The reality of unquenchable in hell.

“…where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.”

Mark 9:48

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5. The reality of endless in hell.

²³”…and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.

²⁴ The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.’”

Luke 16:23-24

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6. The reality of no in hell.

Peace: God is the Prince of Peace

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

Love: God is love

But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1 John 4:8

Comfort: God is the comforter

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.

2 Corinthians 1:3

Hope: God is the giver of hope

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

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Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” 

John 14:6

It’s your sins that have cut you off from .

Isaiah 59:2a

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s standard.

Romans 3:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:9

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