Bethel Christian Church - Sunday, June 1, 2025
God's Justice & Hell
Speaker: Jeremy Burnett, Executive Pastor Sermon Series: Uncomfortable: Big Topics We Avoid Sermon Text: Matthew 25:31-46
Locations & Times
Bethel Christian Church
12901 W Pleasant Valley Rd, Parma, OH 44130, USA
Sunday 10:30 AM
When you think about people headed to Hell, does it move you to ACTION or APATHY?!
Statistically speaking, 94% of believers never share their faith with another person.
3 Things to Look at:
- Hell’s Badness
- Humanities Judgment (God’s Justice)
- God’s Goodness
- Hell’s Badness
- Humanities Judgment (God’s Justice)
- God’s Goodness
#1 HELL’S BADNESS
The Bible calls Hell:
- “eternal punishment” (Matthew 25:46)
- “the lake that burns with fire and sulfur” (Rev. 21:8)
- a place of torment day and night forever and ever (Rev. 20:10)
The Bible calls Hell:
- “eternal punishment” (Matthew 25:46)
- “the lake that burns with fire and sulfur” (Rev. 21:8)
- a place of torment day and night forever and ever (Rev. 20:10)
Hell is not only real, it is eternal & irreversible
Matthew 25:46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Matthew 25:46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
#2 Humanity’s Judgment (God’s Justice)
Alternative views of Hell
Second Chance View
Hebrews 9:27 “people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.”
Annihilationism
John 5:28-29 (ESV) 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Universalism
John 3:16
“16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:36
“36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.”
Second Chance View
Hebrews 9:27 “people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.”
Annihilationism
John 5:28-29 (ESV) 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Universalism
John 3:16
“16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:36
“36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.”
What will God see when he looks at your heart?
#3 God’s Goodness
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June 22 - NextGen Service - We are excited to celebrate what God is doing in the next generation. Child dedication is part of this service. Sign up on our website.
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