When you think about the reality of hell, it's tempting to think that God’s love for humanity is diminished, but nothing could be further from the truth. In this sermon and PowerPoint outline, I share the 5 views of hell that various believers and nonbelievers hold to based on Scripture, and how only a biblical view of hell makes sense. The reality of hell only goes to support the idea of a loving God. Why? Because only a loving and gracious God demands justice for sin.

1. “Hell Can’t
Diminish the Love of God”
Selected Passages

2. 1. Your view of hell can reveal a great deal
about how you view the Bible.

3. Five Views of Hell

4. Hebrews 9:27 (ESV) And
just as it is appointed for
man to die once, and
after that comes
judgment,
Five Views of Hell

5. Five Views of Hell
Annihilationism

6. John 5:28-29 (NASB) "Do
not marvel at this; for an
hour is coming, in which
all who are in the tombs
will hear His voice, 29 and
will come forth; those
who did the good deeds to
a resurrection of life,
those who committed the
evil deeds to a
resurrection of judgment.
Five Views of Hell
Annihilationism

7. Five Views of Hell

8. John 3:16, 36 (ESV) “For
God so loved the world,
that he gave his only
Son, that whoever
believes in him should
not perish but have
eternal life. … 36
Whoever believes in the
Son has eternal life;
whoever does not obey
the Son shall not see life,
but the wrath of God
remains on him.
Five Views of Hell

9. Five Views of Hell

10. Matthew 25:41 (ESV) “Then he will say to
those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you
cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the
devil and his angels.
Five Views of Hell

11. Five Views of Hell
Conditionalism

12. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 (ESV) They will suffer
the punishment of eternal destruction, away
from the presence of the Lord and from the
glory of his might,
Five Views of Hell
Conditionalism

13. Luke 16:23-26 (ESV) and in Hades, being in
torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham
far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called
out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and
send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water
and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this
flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember
that you in your lifetime received your good
things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things;
but now he is comforted here, and you are in
anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and
you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that
those who would pass from here to you may not
be able, and none may cross from there to us.’

14. 2. Those who object to a biblical view of hell
demean God and taint His character.

15. 2. Those who object to a biblical view of hell
demean God and taint His character.
Romans 2:11-12 (HCSB) There is no
favoritism with God. 12 All those who sinned
without the law will also perish without the
law, and all those who sinned under the law
will be judged by the law.

16. 3. Believers can be assured the reality of hell
doesn’t diminish God’s love for humanity.
On the contrary, the reality of hell
magnifies His love.
John 3:17-18 (NASB) "For God did not send
the Son into the world to judge the world,
but that the world might be saved through
Him. 18 "He who believes in Him is not
judged; he who does not believe has been
judged already, because he has not believed
in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

17. 3. Believers can be assured the reality of hell
doesn’t diminish God’s love for humanity.
On the contrary, the reality of hell
magnifies His love.
John 3:17-18 (NASB) "For God did not send
the Son into the world to judge the world,
but that the world might be saved through
Him. 18 "He who believes in Him is not
judged; he who does not believe has been
judged already, because he has not believed
in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

18. 2 Peter 3:9 (NASB)
The Lord is not slow
about His promise,
as some count
slowness, but is
patient toward you,
not wishing for any
to perish but for all
to come to
repentance.