We are continuing looking at what the eternal destiny for the unbeliever looks like.
We looked at some false views and some words that are translated in Scripture as hell and the differences in those words.
Our question today is: Why is God going to send people to hell?
We start with this. God is a holy God, and we are sinners. So, the primary reason why people go to hell is because they are unrighteous. They have not been rescued or delivered from their sins. They are in sin. Romans 3:23 says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” So, the Lord cannot populate, and He will not populate heaven with those who are unrighteous, those who are still in their sinfulness and wickedness. That is why Jesus Christ came, of course. He came to save us from our sins and deliver us from our sinfulness and bring us to be with the Lord forever. We will look at that later. Right now, we are looking at why people go to hell. The primary reason is because they are sinners.
If we get more particular about that, what is the sin that condemns us to hell? Is it the sin of the nasty nine? The horrible sins? Is it the sins of not obeying the Ten Commandments? What exactly is the sin that condemns us to hell? I think the answer is broader than a particular sin. The issue is that we have rejected Jesus Christ. The ultimate sin is the rejection of Jesus Christ. In Hebrews 2:3, we read, “how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard.” So, this is a warning to the people that were being written to in the book of Hebrews that if they neglect salvation, if they neglect that which the Lord has provided for them for deliverance from sin, then the ultimate result of that is going to be eternal judgment and eternal punishment. He doesn’t talk about that there.
