The Right Way To Preach About Hell - Milton Goh

“Whoever will cause one of these little ones
who believe in me to stumble, it would be better
for him if he were thrown into the sea with a
millstone hung around his neck. If your hand
causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for
you to enter into life maimed, rather than having
your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the
unquenchable fire, ‘where their worm doesn’t
die, and the fire is not quenched.’ If your foot
causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for
you to enter into life lame, rather than having
your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the
fire that will never be quenched— ‘where their
worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It
is better for you to enter into God’s Kingdom
with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be
cast into the Gehenna of fire, ‘where their worm
doesn’t die, and the fire is not
quenched.’”
( Mark 9:42-48 WEB)
No one in the Bible preached more about Hell than
Jesus. Jesus is the embodiment of God’s grace and
truth, and yet He talks about Hell.
Love warns because love doesn’t want to see loved
ones suffer harm.
If from your home window you saw your loved one
crossing the road downstairs, and a speeding vehicle
was charging towards them, wouldn’t you shout out
an urgent warning to them?
Jesus warned about Hell because He knows how
terrible that place is for the tormented souls.
It is a place that is so torturous, that it is better to cut
off your hands, feet and gouge out your eyes, than to
end up in Hell. Think about that!
Many are not preaching about Hell correctly. Yes
it’s hot and full of undying worms, but only an
unbeliever can go there upon death.
Preaching about Hell is powerful in evangelism. It
presents the problem that mankind needs saving
from. Why would a person think he needs to be
saved, if he doesn’t know the consequence of not
being saved?
Preaching about Hell should be appropriately
combined with the truth about the Ten
Commandments of the Law—that we have all sinned
and failed to keep them.
Because God is so holy, He cannot allow sinful man in
His presence, so the departed spirit of a sinner must
be imprisoned in Hell, forever separated from the
joys of Heaven. The spirit is eternal and never ceases
to exist, so the torment continues forever.
If committing a crime against an earthly king is
deserving of death, then what punishment is fitting
for committing a lifetime of sins against the King of
Heaven and earth?
God is exceedingly patient towards sinners, giving
them chances throughout their lifetime to hear
about Jesus, and to seek the true God in prayer.
The Ten Commandments must be kept perfectly in
both thought (inward) and deed (outward) if one
desires to be justified through it. One transgression is
enough to condemn a person to Hell.
“For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles
in one point, he has become guilty of all. For he who
said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not
commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery,
but murder, you have become a transgressor of the
law.” (James 2:10-11 WEB)
It is impossible for man to keep the Law,
because of sin in the flesh that we inherited
from Adam. From the moment we were born,
we were tainted by sin and pre-disposed to
commit sin.
Left to ourselves, we would surely be
condemned to Hell.
But because God loves us—His creation who are
made in His image, He sent Jesus to pay the full price
of our sins, so that we would not have to bear the
punishment ourselves.
Our sins were laid upon Jesus Christ at the cross,
and God the Father poured out His fiery wrath
against sin upon Jesus at the cross. He bore your
punishment, so that you can go free.
Jesus was then raised from the dead on the third
day, never to die again, to proclaim that your sins
have really been paid in full.
Had He not been a perfect substitute for you, He
wouldn’t have been raised to eternal life in a
glorified body.
There would be no righteous basis for that to happen
if He was a sinner.
But because He is sinless, Death had no claim over
Him. He rose victoriously, testifying that all our sins
have been forgiven.
When you place your faith in Jesus as Lord, you’re
accepting Jesus’ payment on your behalf, and you
are forgiven of all the sins that you will ever
commit.
Think about it: when did Jesus die for you? When
your parents were not even born yet. All your sins
were future sins, and He bore the punishment for
them all.
All charges that were formerly against you are
cleared because they were imputed to Jesus at
the cross.
Through faith in Him, you are reborn as a perfectly
righteous spirit, adopted into God’s own family.
You are reconciled to God, and will enjoy eternal life
with Him.
Hell is real, but preachers need to stop using it to
intimidate born-again believers into behavior
modification! Fear and insecurity can never
produce the fruit of holy living. Only the Gospel
truly transforms!
We have to keep hearing the good news of how
through Jesus’ finished work at the cross, all our sins
have been totally forgiven. It is only through the
revelation of believing how great this forgiveness you
have received is, that you will produce the good fruit
of loving God and fellow men.
Once in a while, pause and remind yourself how
great is this salvation you have received. You
have been snatched out of Hell’s mouth, and
safely placed in Christ, at God’s right hand in
Heaven.
“Rescue those who are being led away to death!
Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the
slaughter! If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this”;
doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He
who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he
not render to every man according to his
work?” (Proverbs 24:11-12 WEB)


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