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This Is Serious!

October 13, 2019 • Lead Pastor Tim Moen

John 3:16-18

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

• Jesus came to give life!

• Jesus did not come to condemn!

• Jesus came to save us!

• Whoever believes in Jesus is not condemned!

• Whoever does not believe is condemned already!

• Why is he condemned? Because he does not believe in the only Son of God!



Romans 3:23 “ For all have sinned and fallen short of the Kingdom of God.”

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

John 3:3 “Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

How can you enter Heaven? By being born again!
How can you become born again?
By believing in God’s only Son... Jesus Christ!
It is the only way into heaven!

Matthew 8:12 “while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

4 Truths About Hell

#1. Hell is a state of separation from God.

In hell, a person will be forever separated from God in His kindness, mercy, grace, and goodness. He will be consigned to deal with Him in His holy wrath.

Reference: 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12

Revelations 20:11-15 “Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

#2. Hell is a state of association.

Matthew 25:41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

People who die in their sin... without Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior... will spend eternity in hell with the one being who is most unlike God.
It is a tragic irony that many who do not believe in the Devil in this life will wind up spending eternity being tormented with him in hell.

#3. Hell is a state of punishment.

Jesus describes it as “fire” in Matthew 25:41 and a place of “punishment” Matthew 25:46...

“And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Hell is a place of retribution where justice is served through the payment for crimes.

#4. Hell is an everlasting state.

Though some would like to shorten the duration of this state... Jesus’
words are very clear. He uses the same adjective to describe both punishment and life in
verse 46...

Hell was not intended for any of us... However... It will be the fate for all who reject Jesus Christ as their savior... According to the Holy Scriptures.


#THERE IS GOOD NEWS

Anyone...

• Can be Born Again

• Forgiven of their sins

• Have New Life

• Be saved from Hell


2 Corinthians 5:17 " Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Titus 3:5 “He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit”

1 Peter 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."

John 1:12-13 “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.”

Mark 9:38-50
38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.”

39 But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.

40 For the one who is not against us is for us.

41 For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.

42 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.

45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.

47 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,

48 ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’

49 For everyone will be salted with fire.

50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”


Friends... This is Serious!