The Road To Hell... Where Does It Lead?

But I want to ask you another question, how did the Lord Jesus preach His sermons when He was here on earth?

We do not have to do any surmising, to find the answer to that question, all we have to do is turn to the scriptures.

How?

It depended on who He was preaching too…

(1)HE PREACHED SOFT SERMONS.

As you read through the New Testament you see many examples of the Lord preaching with SOFTNESS when He preached to some people.

Matthew 19:13-14 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

HE PREACHED SOFT SERMONS.

But, also...

(2) HE PREACHED HARD SERMONS

In fact, I have never heard any preacher in my life time preach any HARDER sermon than He preached.

The liberal preachers of this land would have you believe that all the sermons the Lord preached were SOFT sermons about LOVE and KINDNESS and etc.

Yes, He did preach those kinds of sermons, but He also preached some BLISTERING sermons.

One of the sternest sermons we can ever read was preached by Christ to the Pharisees in Matthew 23:14-33.

Look at some of the very strong language the Lord used in describing these Pharisees.

• Verse 14, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!”

• Verse 15, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!

• Verse 16, “Woe unto you, ye blind guides...”

• Verse 17, “Ye fools...”

• Verse 19, “Ye fools...”

• Verse 23, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!”

• Verse 24, “Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.”

• Verse 25, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.”

• Verse 26, “Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.”

• Verse 27, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!”

• Verse 28, “Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”

• Verse 29, “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.”

But, as strong as these words are, the most devastating blow was yet to come.

Look at verse 33. We read, “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, HOW CAN YE ESCAPE THE DAMNATION OF HELL?”

The reason He preached this stern sermon to these Pharisees was BECAUSE EVERYTHING HE SAID ABOUT THEM WAS TRUE and THEY NEEDED TO HEAR IT.

They were hypocrites!!!

Jesus was using tough love to open their eyes to the truth.

• You see, hypocrites are not saved. They just pretend they are.

• The danger of hypocrisy is that not only does the hypocrite fool others, they also fools themselves.

The Lord asked these hypocrites, “...HOW CAN YE ESCAPE THE DAMNATION OF HELL?”

• Hell is not a curse word.

• Hell is not the product of someone’s imagination.

• Hell is a real place!

WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS IT?

It is a place prepared for the devil and his angels.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT?

Look at Matthew 25:41. We read, “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.”

God has prepared heaven for us. He said, “I go to prepare a place for you.”

Illus: He was not talking about going to Lowe’s and getting some lumber, He was talking about going to the cross AND DYING FOR OUR SINS so that we can have a home in heaven.

The hyper-Calvinists teach that God created some people for heaven and some for hell.

Not so!

The Bible says hell was prepared for the devil and his angels. It never was created for you and I, or any other person.

If you insist on going there, you go as a trespasser.

Many today are on the road that leads to hell at break-neck speed.

• Did you know that the Bible has more to say about HELL than it does about HEAVEN?

• Have you ever wondered why God had more to say about HELL than HEAVEN?

I think I know why?

You see Heaven is such a wonderful place, beautiful place it would be hard for us to comprehend heaven because we do not have anything to compare it to here on earth.

The only thing that gives us some idea about the greatness of heaven is the Bible talks about STREETS OF GOLD.

Gold is so valuable to us humans that if you have only one little small ounce it is worth over three thousand dollars,