Who Is Hell For?

In brief, I touched on this subject last Thursday. Hell was made to quarantine those wicked angels who sided with Satan. I also pointed out that even religious people end up there, as was the case with the Pharisees.

As we study the scriptures, we understand that hell is for all who reject God. One category of sinners is those who never heard the gospel. Some people call that unfair but God doesn't. This is because the Holy Spirit inspired the Apostle Paul to write in Romans 1:20 (BBE) regarding the Lord's revelation in his creation, "For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:"

There are also people who deliberately disobey the Lord. As Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 1:8 and 9 (BBE), "We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it, With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,"

Then there are those who profess to believe in the Lord but don't obey his commandments. As Paul wrote in Titus 1:16 (BBE), "They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work."

We also observe the way people choose heaven or hell by how they live. Using a farming metaphor, Paul warned his readers about planting the right seeds in Galatians 6:7 and 8 (BBE). "Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain. Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life."

From these verses alone, we realize that the people who live only for themselves are hellward bound whereas those who live to please God inherit paradise. Selfishness is pride's armor but yielding to Christ makes him our spiritual protection.

I hope to be writing more about this dichotomy in my next Book, You Think You're Going to Heaven? Living only for self is a sure way to end up in eternal torment.

On Thursday, I'll explain from the scriptures why God created such a horrible place like hell