Six Horrible Things The Bible Teaches…

That is, there are certain kinds of birds, fish, animals, and insects that die and become few in numbers because of hunting or natural disasters.

When this happens, they are placed on the “Endangered Species” list so that they will not become extinct.

Once they are placed on this list, everything that is imaginable is done to preserve them.

This is good, because if they were not placed on this list, soon these birds, fish, insects and animals would no longer exist.

Humor: But if there was only one “Fire Ant” living, I would love to wipe it from the face of the earth.

We all know the importance of the “Endangered Species” list.

There are also certain scriptures that should be placed on the “endangered” list. One of them is the teaching about Hell.

Illus: William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, had tremendous insight in this matter about Hell when he was alive. He said, “The day will come when they will preach heaven without preaching Hell.”

The teaching about Hell today is something that we very seldom hear preached on anymore in some churches. You can attend these churches for years and you will never hear a sermon on Hell. Never! Never!

The Bible is filled with many good things for a preacher to preach about. If he is truly a Bible preacher he will preach on these good things many times, such as…

• Heaven

• Love of God

• Eternal life

• Peace of God

• Joy of the Lord

Again, if he is a good Bible preacher he will preach on these topics many times.

If he is a bad preacher these things are the only things he will preach about.

THESE PREACHER WHO ONLY PREACH ON THESE GOOD TOPICS ARE CALLED COTTON CANDY PREACHERS!!!

The whole counsel of God’s Word needs to be preached. No preacher has the right to…

• Sugar Coat God’s word

• Water down God’s Word

But a lot of this kind of preaching is being preached today especially on television.

We call them COTTON CANDY preachers but the Word of God has something else to say about them.

Look at Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

These cotton candy preachers are not ministers of God.

WHAT DOES GOD WORD SAY ABOUT THEM?

God’s Word say if a preacher is a cotton candy preacher who only preach on the good things this Bible teaches, Paul said, “…I should not be the servant of Christ.”

God willing I shall continue to preach on:

• Heaven

• Love of God

• Eternal life

• Peace of God

• Joy of the Lord

But this same Bible also has some horrifying things that needs to be address sometimes from this pulpit.

Today I am going to preach on six horrifying things that this Bible teaches.

Let the lord speak to your heart today as we look together at these SIX HORRIBLE THINGS THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT HELL!!!

The most horrible thing the Bible teaches...

I. HELL IS A REAL PLACE

The word Hell today has become a word that many use wrong in their every day conversation. I have heard and you have heard people say…

• Hell Yes!

• Hell No!

• Get the Hell out of here!

These people who use the word hell like this do not seem to realize HELL IS A REAL PLACE!!!

To use the word hell the way they use it does not make sense BECAUSE hell is a real place. That would be like saying:

• Columbia Yes! (That does not make sense!)

• Columbia No! (That does not make sense!)

• Get the Columbia out of Here! (That does not make sense!)

Using the word hell and Columbia like this does not make sense!

Why? Because hell is a REAL PLACE just like Columbia, South Carolina is a real place.

It is a real place where the sinner will spend eternity!

All of the God haters there has to be a place for God to put these people and hell is that place.

The Word of God has some horrible things to say about this place call hell.

For example the Bible tells us it is a…

II. Place Of Torment

For example, the Bible tells us a rich man who died and went to this real place call hell and he was very conscious of his surroundings.

Hear the Word of God in Luke 16:22-24 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.