WHY DID GOD MAKE HELL? (3 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Matthew 10:24-33
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Why Did God Make Hell? (3 of 4)
Series: Answers For Joe
Jeff Strite
Matthew 10:24-33
OPEN: I read the true story of a detective who was investigating a burglary at a church building. He questioned one suspect - who he was pretty sure committed the crime - but he couldn't prove it. Finally, the preacher of the church stepped up and asked if he could talk to the suspect alone. Within minutes, the preacher came back to detective with information about the pawnshop where the thief had pawned the stolen items.
The detective was amazed. ''How did you do that?'' he asked.
The preacher replied: ''I told him you could send him to jail... but I could send him to hell.'' (Reader's Digest 4/99 p. 118 by Lisa Hensley)
The past couple of weeks we've been focusing on a monologue by one of my favorite YouTube speakers - named Joe Scott. And we've been trying to answer his very sincere questions that explained why he struggled with his faith in God. One of those questions was: ''If God is all love then why would He send me to hell for eternity because I didn't honor my father and mother correctly? For that matter, why did He make hell in the first place?'' (See Footnote)
So the TOPIC for this Sunday is Hell. And Joe Scott has actually asked 2 questions:
1) Why did God make Hell? And
2) Why would God send ME to hell?
But before we try to answer Joe's questions we need to understand a couple things.
ILLUS: A preacher named Vance Havner told about a church member who didn't like the sermons he preached about hell. The member told him: ''Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus.''
Havner replied: ''That's where I got my information about Hell.''
And he was right. Most of what we know about hell was taught to us by Jesus. That's the first thing we need to realize.
Secondly, we need to realize that hell is NOT a real popular place for most people. A survey by Gallup in 2009 found that 86% of Americans believed in Heaven, and most thought they were going to ...
Series: Answers For Joe
Jeff Strite
Matthew 10:24-33
OPEN: I read the true story of a detective who was investigating a burglary at a church building. He questioned one suspect - who he was pretty sure committed the crime - but he couldn't prove it. Finally, the preacher of the church stepped up and asked if he could talk to the suspect alone. Within minutes, the preacher came back to detective with information about the pawnshop where the thief had pawned the stolen items.
The detective was amazed. ''How did you do that?'' he asked.
The preacher replied: ''I told him you could send him to jail... but I could send him to hell.'' (Reader's Digest 4/99 p. 118 by Lisa Hensley)
The past couple of weeks we've been focusing on a monologue by one of my favorite YouTube speakers - named Joe Scott. And we've been trying to answer his very sincere questions that explained why he struggled with his faith in God. One of those questions was: ''If God is all love then why would He send me to hell for eternity because I didn't honor my father and mother correctly? For that matter, why did He make hell in the first place?'' (See Footnote)
So the TOPIC for this Sunday is Hell. And Joe Scott has actually asked 2 questions:
1) Why did God make Hell? And
2) Why would God send ME to hell?
But before we try to answer Joe's questions we need to understand a couple things.
ILLUS: A preacher named Vance Havner told about a church member who didn't like the sermons he preached about hell. The member told him: ''Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus.''
Havner replied: ''That's where I got my information about Hell.''
And he was right. Most of what we know about hell was taught to us by Jesus. That's the first thing we need to realize.
Secondly, we need to realize that hell is NOT a real popular place for most people. A survey by Gallup in 2009 found that 86% of Americans believed in Heaven, and most thought they were going to ...
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