Internet Church Service – January 10, 2021 Why is there a hell for those who reject God’s offer of Salvation?
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Why is there a hell for those who reject God’s offer of Salvation?
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from - Romans 8:38-39
Hymn #1
Hymn #2
Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word
Before we begin, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is— you have trusted in Him for eternal life), it is important to prepare yourself to take-in God’s Word or participating in a Communion Service, so take a moment to name, cite or acknowledge your sins privately directly to God the Father. This will assure that you are in fellowship with God the Father and the Holy Spirit’s convicting ministry, also called the convincing ministry will then be able to teach you as the Holy Spirit is the real teacher and the pastor’s message is the vehicle the Holy Spirit uses to convince you what you are learning is true or not.
1 John 1:9, says—
“If we confess (
simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father]
our sins [
known sins],
He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [
known sins]
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [
all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (
New King James Version); we call this REBOUND, read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually.
REBOUND
If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life>), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life and you will be saved the very second you believe in Him:
John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV
Notice again what John 6:47 says,
“he who believes in Me [
Jesus Christ]
has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “
has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (
it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (
John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (
also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.
John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV
Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:
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Sermon: Why is there a hell for those who reject God’s offer of Salvation?
1. A list that should motivate you to ‘learn the Word of God’ so that the “life of God’ is found in the “work of God” that our Lord describes just for us to handle any problem in life.
Luk 4:4, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'”
Matt 24:35 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away.
Happiness and contentment are promised: Luk 11:28 But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and observe it.”
John 6:63 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.”
Heb 1:3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.
Jm 1:21 Therefore putting aside all filthiness and {all} that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.
In Psa 107:20, our Lord commanded His word to heal those who were desiring to be healed; He sent His word and healed them, And delivered {them} from their destructions.
There are a lot of passages that are popular when it comes to the word of God like Psa 138:2; Matt 4:4; Heb 4:12; etc.
Psa 56:4 In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can {mere} man do to me?
Psa 56:10 In God, {whose} word I praise, In the Lord, {whose} word I praise,
Job 23:12 “I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
Life Changing = “your life changing you” as you grow in the (charis) grace and (gnosis) knowledge of our Lord and Savior which is the basis of your spiritual growth.
Grace is always available for anyone who desires to be changed, Zec 4:6, “It is not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts [armies].”
“be transformed” = the present-passive-imperative of the Greek verb susxhmatizw suschematizo = do not be conformed, or transformed, or changed, or even converted to the Cosmic System.
If God loves us so much, then why do we suffer?
“If God loves us so much then why do people die?”
“If God loves those He created so much, then why did He create the eternal lake of fire or hell for those who reject the Gospel and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ?
Our Lord said in Matt 25:41 that the eternal fire had been originally prepared for the devil and his angels, not the human race.
Matt 25:41 “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
Sheol [the part of Hades where unbelievers go] had to be enlarged, that is to make room for members of the human race who reject the Gospel.
Isa 5:14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure;
So many people do not realize the importance of repetition, because even though I have taught on this passage many times before, I still am learning more about it myself.
The personal pronoun autou [translated “His”] anggelos [fallen angels who recognize the authority of Heylel or the devil or Satan].
Even the devil and his angels know and recognize the importance of authority, especially the spiritual authority of the two different kingdoms.
Matt 26:29 “But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
Mr 1:15, where our Lord said; “The time is fulfilled, and “the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Here is one of the most common description that is used and called “The Kingdom of God.”
In Jn 18:36, our Lord called it “My Kingdom.”
Eph 5:5 For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
In Col 1:9-17, the word kingdom was also known as the domain or the kingdom of darkness or the kingdom of His beloved Son.
Isa 65:24 “It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
This answer for us from God tells us that before we call or ask Him for anything, we should realize that He has already answered us even before we ask?
If He hears us” while we are “still speaking,” then that means He already knows what we were going to ask Him before we do ask Him.
“seeming contradictions” = they appear to be saying one thing while they are really saying another.
They love to stand and pray in the synagogues in order to be seen by men.
This is the motivation that keeps them going which is to do things in front of others for the sake of promoting self or promoting man instead of trying to live in their self-promotion as a man-pleaser.
If not, we need to make sure that we are also always ready and prepared for any spiritual combat that comes our way.
One of the major attacks we all must face, is the attack of the temptation to become men-pleasers rather than God-pleasers.
You cannot please men and be a bond servant of Christ; Gal 1:9-10.
The Apostle Peter — “We must” or “We need” to live according to the divine principle of obeying or choosing God over man.
Ac 5:29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
Look at what the apostle Paul stated concerning this principle in Eph 6:5-9.
There is also the warning in Jn 12:43 which is given for those who “love the approval of men rather than the approval of God.”
Here comes the main doctrinal principle; For that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.
If this is true, and it is, then how should we answer the questions that others have concerning prayer as to why ask God for things if He already knows what we need.
The implication here is that if the Father knows what we need before we ask Him, then why do we ask Him?
We ask Him because the Bible tells us to and because in Jm 4:2 “You have not because you ask not” or in Jm 4:2 “You do not have because you do not ask.”
One of the most popular questions really is why is there a hell for those who reject God’s commands.
Does man or woman have the freedom to choose whatever they desire?
Does man or woman have a choice to choose whatever they desire?
We are not really free to do whatever we want, or to think whatever we want, say what whatever we want or live like we want.
We do have freedom, but the freedom is limited by the choices we are offered, because the freedom that we have is freedom to choose from the choices that we are offered.
There is a bondage of the will which is based upon the fact that we are not really given freedom as we know it, we are given a choice.
Matt 22:42 “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?”
Jn 3:18 “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Man is not really a product of his own free will because he is not given freedom to do whatever he wants to do, in reality, he is given a choice as to what kingdom he wants to be a part of.
This is why it is the importance of preparation for these questions that cause us to “grow in God’s grace and knowledge.” 2Pe 3:18.
Before we go on with more principles of doctrine from Jn 15, probably one of the most frequent asked categories of questions come from both believers and unbelievers and deals with Satan and Hell.
We begin with some of the questions and answers that deal with the Problem of Hell, Satan and the eternal judgments, are they fair or unfair?
Perhaps the greatest of all stumbling blocks is the concept of Hell.
Skeptics believe it is repulsive, unjust, an overkill, or torture.
We also need to understand why we are given two choices, either the kingdom of God or the kingdom of Satan or the kingdom of darkness?
With the fall of Adam and Eve, Satan gained their God given authority over the world as this world and this world’s kingdoms are under the domain of Satan (2Co 4:4).
Could Satan offer all the world’s kingdoms to Jesus Christ?
The answer is yes! Jesus did not argue with Satan, but accepted Satan’s temporary worldly authority.
Satan’s kingdom consists of Satan, also called the devil, and an untold number of fallen angels that are now called demons or evil spirits.
Satan and his kingdom’s primary objectives are attacking God’s children and preventing the unsaved from understanding the gospel message so that they might be saved.
The kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness are diametrically opposed to one another, both competing and contending for the souls of mankind.
Both kingdoms have long been established on earth, and while neither has yet been outwardly revealed, both will be when their respective ‘kings’ emerge onto the world stage.
Jesus Christ will destroy the Antichrist and his satanic kingdom and replace it with His millennial kingdom, as King of kings and Lord of lords (Rev 11:15; 19:16).
He gave us one of the most important lessons to learn about religion which is the fact that religion is the devil’s ace trump, especially against our Lord and then others.
In 2Ti 4:18, it is called His heavenly kingdom.
In Heb 12:28, it is said to be a kingdom which cannot be shaken,
2Pe 1:11, it is also called the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
In Rev 12:10, the apostle John calls it the kingdom of our God.
Hymn #3
The following link is to a good-news message describing how one can receive eternal life:
Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about of their eternal future.
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