On the Table: How Does Hell Exist if God is Love?

Joe Stewart
Sunday, October 13, 2024
On the Table
Sunday Morning

How Does Hell Exist if God is Love?

We are putting the big questions on the table. The big questions you and your friends have asked about God. Questions such as: Why is there suffering? Why are people abandoning their faith? Is Jesus the only way to God? What does God say about the transgender movement? The Scripture does not avoid your questions and God is not frustrated by them. God welcomes us with our questions and meets us with His grace and truth. Join us for our new series, On the Table, as we unpack several pressing questions confronting the Christian faith.

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First Baptist Church Seminole Tx

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Erasing Hell by Francis Chan

Erasing Hell by Francis Chan

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We are continually blinded by the temporal, subtly numbed by the trivial, and desperately need to contemplate the eternal.

Eternity is real. Heaven exists. Hell is a reality. If you live without Christ now, you will die without Christ forever. You give your life to Jesus today; you will live with Jesus for eternity.

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In her work Confronting Christianity, Rebecca McLaughlin reserved the topic of hell for her last chapter. In her writing, she asked, “How could a loving God send people to hell? Every other question pales in comparison.”
1. God is Love

2. What is Hell? (Next Week)

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We yearn that somehow, someway, someday we will have a better world.

ALL LOVING PEOPLE ARE SOMETIMES FILLED WITH WRATH BECAUSE OF LOVE.

Love isn’t indifferent.

Tim Keller
The Bible says that God’s wrath flows from His love and delight in creation. He is angry at evil and injustice because it’s destroying peace and integrity.

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2. Love and Justice

“Love incorporates justice.” Nicholas Volter, Yale University

3. Patient for Repentance

A. Live for Eternity

B. Wait Patiently

C. Expect God's Remedy

D. Repent Immediately

2 Peter 3:8-13 NIV

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly livesas you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

Discussion Questions

What, if any, core Christian beliefs have been reluctant to explain or defend to someone who does not follow Jesus? How does 2 Corinthians 5:10, 14-15 impact your view of eternity?

We are continually blinded by the temporal, subtly numbed by the trivial, and desperately need to contemplate the eternal. How do you explain this phenomenon?

Read Psalm 89:14. According to this passage, what two qualities of God define the way He rules the world? How do we see the relationship between these two things play out in the way God rules the world?

Read 2 Peter 3:8-13
Of the 4 things Joe mentioned how does the final judgement impact your view of eternity:
Life for Eternity
Wait Patiently
Expect God's Remedy
Repent Immediately

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:10, 14-15