God's Description of Hell

 Last week, I posted on the subject, "What A Lost Soul Discovers One Minute After Death in Hell." Today, we are going to look at God's description of hell. You don't wany my opinion, or for that fact, any man's opinion on this subject. This is too important subject for a mistake. God has told us in His Holy Word, The Bible, exactly what hell will be like. If you are unsaved, read about your eternal dwelling place. However, you don't have to go there. Come to the Lord Jesus Christ and He will never cast you aside. If you have been converted, read the description and thank the Lord Jesus Christ for blood redemption and hell will not be your home. If you know someone unsaved, I encourage you to share this with him. Now, let's see what God says about hell.

First, hell is a prison house. 11 Peter 2:4: "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness." 

Second, hell is a bottomless pit." Rev. 20:1: "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand."

Third, hell is a place of sorrows. Psalm 18: 5: "The sorrows of hell compassed me about." Matthew 13:42: "And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

Fourth, hell is a place of darkness. Matthew 8: 12: "But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Fifth, hell is a place where they curse God. Rev. 16: 11: "And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds." 

Sixth, hell is a place of filthiness. Rev. 22:11: "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be fithy still."

Seventh, hell is a place of no mercy. Luke 16: 24: "And he cried and said, Father Abraham , have mercy on me!" But the answer was, no mercy. 

Eighth, hell is a place of no rest. Rev. 14: 11: "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image...."

Ninth, hell is eternal. Matthew 25: 46: "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment."

Tenth, hell is a place of everlasting punishment. Psalm 11:6: "Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup."

Eleventh, hell is a place where conscious never dies. Mark 9: 48: "Where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. The fire of an awaked conscious is never put out. 

Twelfth, hell is a place of the wrath of God. Rev. 14: 10: "The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimestone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb."

Thirteenth, hell is a place prepared for the devil and his angels. Matthew 25: 41: 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."

The above descriptions of hell come right from God's Word. They are not my opinion. My opinion is worthless unless it is based on the Word of God. You don't hear much about hell today from the pulpit. Instead, you hear things like, "God is not mad at you, He is mad about you." The previous statement demonstrates a lack of true salvation on the part of the one saying it. How can I make such a claim? No one comes to Christ until that person sees himself as a lost sinner headed to hell.  Holy Spirit conviction awakens the sinner to his lost condition and need for salvation. The "mad about" you statement is designed to soften Holy Spirit conviction. 

So, tell me, who wants to reduce Holy Spirit conviction? Is it God or Satan? Also, remember that there is a similar statement that God loves the sinner but hates the sin. Untrue and I wouldn't take much comfort in it. Why? God doesn't cast the sin into hell, He casts the sinner into hell.

If you know the truth, tell someone you care about. Perchance, God may use you to reach the lost.