How bad is hell?

If you didn't get up in the morning, how do you think you would feel? The rich man (Luke 16:23) was able to "lift up his eyes" in "torments," so we know there is consciousness after death. Would you go to heaven? Thinking about heaven is great, but it is also beneficial to talk about hell every so often.

In my mind, a lot of times I think about going to heaven, not because heaven is so wonderful, but because I don't want to go to hell. Fear is a strong motivating factor.

So how bad is hell? Jude 6 refers to it as "everlasting chains." Second Peter 2:4 calls it "chains of darkness." How do you fell about being in an utterly dark place? It's pretty terrifying isn't it? The "torment" mentioned above means "mental agony; anguish." Revelation 19:20 and 20:10 calls hell a place of "fire and brimstone." Mark 9:44, 48 adds that the "fire is not quenched." Burning alive is the most horrifying way to die, and this is the way the Bible describes the anguish of hell! Finally, Matthew 13:50 describes hell as a "furnace of fire" where there is "wailing and gnashing of teeth."

I don't want to go to hell, and I don't want you to go either! You need to come to Christ and obey His gospel. Contact us if you would like to study further.

Kyle Campbell