Things You Won’t Have To Do

In Hell

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“I’d rather be burning in hell”2

Hell is Real

“…not willing that any should perish…” (2 Peter 3:9)

• Torment, Matthew 25:30

• Outer darkness, Matthew 25:30

• Unquenchable fire, Mark 9:44-48; Revelation 21:8

• Everlasting punishment, 2 Thess. 1:8-9; Rev. 20:10, 14-15 3

You will not have to attend worship services

(Hebrews 10:24-27)

“…these will go away into everlasting punishment…” (Matthew 25:46)

No Sunday schedule to keep, Acts 2:42 (cf. Psalm 122:1)

No more saying, “I gotta get up and go to church!” 1 John 5:3

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You will not have to worship God

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No more having to sing to God, Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16 (Rev. 14:3)

No more having to pray to God, 1 Thess. 5:17; Luke 18:1

No more sermons, 2 Timothy 4:2-4; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 1:21; Isaiah 30:8-

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“…these will go away into everlasting punishment…” (Matthew 25:46)

You will not have to love your neighbor (Galatians

5:13-15)

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You will be all aloneThe “golden rule” that you ignored

on earth now haunts your thoughts, Matthew 7:12

Not helping others forever regretted, 1 Timothy 6:17-19

“…these will go away into everlasting punishment…” (Matthew 25:46)

You will not have to love God (Matthew 22:37)

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• No more commandments to obey, John 14:15; 1 John 5:2-3

• No more sacrifices for God, Romans 12:1-2

• No more Bible study, Psalm 119:104

• No more walking by faith, 2 Corinthians 5:7

“…these will go away into everlasting punishment…” (Matthew 25:46)

You will never have to stand up for the truth

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• Facing ridicule for Christ is over, 1 Peter 4:4; Mark 8:38

• Weariness over fighting the good fight is finished, 1 Tim. 6:12; Jude 3; Ephesians 6:10-13– Tired of the confrontational nature of

truth“…these will go away into everlasting punishment…” (Matthew 25:46)

You Don’t Have To Do Any Of These

Things

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• Going to hell is a choice you make…–God is trying to save you!

• “I’m not going to hell because…”– “I’ll change before I die!” James 4:14– “God is too good to send me to hell!”

Matthew 7:23; 2 Thess. 1:8-9 (Heb. 10:26-31)“…these will go away into everlasting

punishment…” (Matthew 25:46)

You Can Escape the Punishment of Hell

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• Today is the day of salvation, 2 Corinthians 6:2–God want to save you!

• What will you and I inherit:– Eternal rest? or– Eternal anguish? Revelation 21:4-8

“…these will go away into everlasting punishment…” (Matthew 25:46)