Lesson Theme: Why does hell have to be eternal?
A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages.
‘Mum, look what I found,’ the boy called out.
‘What have you got there, dear?’
With astonishment in the young boy’s voice, he answered,
‘I think it’s Adam’s underwear!’
We want fast, performance, fuel-efficient cars. We want our phones to be like computers and our computers to have more phone-like apps. We want free apps on our phones but do NOT want the ads. We want movies to stream for free but do NOT want the ads.
Mankind is perpetually perplexed trying to invent a bigger 3×5″ card. But no matter how creative or inventive… we are disappointed that it isn’t as portable as the old 3×5″ card.
Just like this, man wants a loving, good, kind, benevolent God… WITHOUT the eternal damnation part.
In this week’s lesson, let’s look at WHY hell would have to be eternal.
Understanding Eternal Judgment – PowerPoint
Understanding Eternal Judgment – Lesson
“Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the
Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.”— 2 Thessalonians 1:9-10
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