HOW CAN A LOVING GOD SEND SOMEONE TO HELL? (4 OF 5)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: Luke 16:19-31
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How can a loving God send someone to Hell? (4 of 5)
Series: Big Questions and Big Answers
Josh Malone
Luke 16:19-31
There is no doctrine that causes people to squirm more than the doctrine of Hell. It disgusts many unbelievers and skeptics and many Christians seem almost embarrassed by it. However, when you look at the Bible honestly you can't help but notice it speaks of Hell, of God's Judgment and wrath, A LOT. This is confusing and offensive to some people. They ask how can you say God is a God of love and say that He would consign anyone to go to Hell?
What I want you to see this morning is that Hell is in fact real and so is God's love. By watering Hell down or ignoring it all we really do is water down God's love. You don't understand God's love better by ignoring, redefining, or eliminating Hell. You actually miss the truth of Scripture and something in Scripture that helps us more fully understand God and His love. As Timothy Keller says, ''You can't understand God's love without understanding Hell.''
Jesus talked about Hell a lot. No one in human history is seen as a more loving person who taught on love than Jesus... and He spoke regularly, clearly about Hell.
Context of Luke 16:19-31- Jesus is talking to the Pharisees. He has been teaching on stewardship, money. He makes the statement in Luke 16:13 that you cannot serve God and money. Then Lk. 16:14 says ''The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.''
The Pharisees are revealed by Luke as being lovers of money. They are the ones that would take advantage of the widows and manipulate people out of their money. They were greedy. They were also spiritual and thought of themselves as godly. Use of money is a SPIRITUAL INDICATOR.
Then starting in v. 19 Jesus gives a parable. Jesus uses this parable as a way to communicate to the Pharisees the danger they are in.
Luke 16:19-31- ''There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine l ...
Series: Big Questions and Big Answers
Josh Malone
Luke 16:19-31
There is no doctrine that causes people to squirm more than the doctrine of Hell. It disgusts many unbelievers and skeptics and many Christians seem almost embarrassed by it. However, when you look at the Bible honestly you can't help but notice it speaks of Hell, of God's Judgment and wrath, A LOT. This is confusing and offensive to some people. They ask how can you say God is a God of love and say that He would consign anyone to go to Hell?
What I want you to see this morning is that Hell is in fact real and so is God's love. By watering Hell down or ignoring it all we really do is water down God's love. You don't understand God's love better by ignoring, redefining, or eliminating Hell. You actually miss the truth of Scripture and something in Scripture that helps us more fully understand God and His love. As Timothy Keller says, ''You can't understand God's love without understanding Hell.''
Jesus talked about Hell a lot. No one in human history is seen as a more loving person who taught on love than Jesus... and He spoke regularly, clearly about Hell.
Context of Luke 16:19-31- Jesus is talking to the Pharisees. He has been teaching on stewardship, money. He makes the statement in Luke 16:13 that you cannot serve God and money. Then Lk. 16:14 says ''The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.''
The Pharisees are revealed by Luke as being lovers of money. They are the ones that would take advantage of the widows and manipulate people out of their money. They were greedy. They were also spiritual and thought of themselves as godly. Use of money is a SPIRITUAL INDICATOR.
Then starting in v. 19 Jesus gives a parable. Jesus uses this parable as a way to communicate to the Pharisees the danger they are in.
Luke 16:19-31- ''There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine l ...
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