Jesus frequently preached about hell and the reality of eternal punishment for those who reject God. He used the term "Gehenna" to refer to hell 11 times in public settings. While some today reject the concept of hell, Jesus saw it as important to preach about in order to motivate obedience to God out of both fear of judgment and gratitude for God's love.

1. Jesus was a “Hell Fire”
Preacher
Many today have decided that
hell is not real;
That we should not preach
about hell;
That we should just preach
love and heaven.

2. The word translated:
Hebrew – OT – Sheol
65 times
Hell – 31
Grave – 30
Pit – 3
Sheol is the Hebrew equivalent of
Hades in Greek

3. The word translated:
Greek – NT – Hades
12 times
In KJV always translated Hell
Most other translations - Hades
Hades = hidden, unseen world
It is the world of departed spirits
Study Luke 16

4. The word translated:
Greek – NT – Tartarus
2 times
Hell – 1 time – deep pit, abyss
2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare
the angels who sinned, but cast
them down to hell and delivered
them into chains of darkness, to be
reserved for judgment;

5. The word translated:
Greek – NT – Basanos
3 times
Torments – 2; Torment – 1

6. The word translated:
Greek – NT – Gehenna
12 times
Hell – the place of eternal fire,
eternal punishement
“The term Gehenna arose from the
valley of Hinnom, south of
Jerusalem, where the Canaanites
burned human sacrifices to
Moloch.”

7. The word Gehenna:
Greek – NT – Gehenna
“After the return of the Jews from
the captivity they made it a place
of defilement, where the refuse of
the city was thrown and burned.
The name was applied to the place
of future punishement by the
Jews.”
B. W. Johnson, Johnson's Notes

8. The word Gehenna:
Greek – NT – Gehenna
12 times in the New Testament
1 time Jesus did not use the word
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire,
a world of iniquity. The tongue is
so set among our members that it
defiles the whole body, and sets
on fire the course of nature; and it
is set on fire by hell.

9. The word Gehenna:
Greek – NT – Gehenna
12 times in the New Testament
1 time Jesus was in a private setting
Matthew 10:28 And do not fear
those who kill the body but cannot
kill the soul. But rather fear Him
who is able to destroy both soul
and body in hell.

10. The word Gehenna:
Greek – NT – Gehenna
12 times in the New Testament
11 of those 12 were spoken by
Jesus
10 of the 11 times Jesus used the
word was in a public setting
Jesus was a “hell fire” preacher.

11. The word Gehenna:
Jesus – Gehenna – in public setting
Matthew 5:22 But I say to you that
whoever is angry with his brother
without a cause shall be in danger of
the judgment. And whoever says to his
brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of
the council. But whoever says, 'You
fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire.

12. The word Gehenna:
Jesus – Gehenna – in public setting
Matthew 5:29 If your right eye causes
you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from
you; for it is more profitable for you
that one of your members perish, than
for your whole body to be cast into
hell.

13. The word Gehenna:
Jesus – Gehenna – in public setting
Matthew 5:30 And if your right hand
causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it
from you; for it is more profitable for
you that one of your members perish,
than for your whole body to be cast
into hell.

14. The word Gehenna:
Jesus – Gehenna – in public setting
Matthew 18:9 And if your eye causes
you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from
you. It is better for you to enter into life
with one eye, rather than having two
eyes, to be cast into hell fire.

15. The word Gehenna:
Jesus – Gehenna – in public setting
Matthew 23:15 Woe to you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel
land and sea to win one proselyte, and
when he is won, you make him twice
as much a son of hell as yourselves.

16. The word Gehenna:
Jesus – Gehenna – in public setting
Matthew 23:33 Serpents, brood of
vipers! How can you escape the
condemnation of hell?

17. The word Gehenna:
Jesus – Gehenna – in public setting
Mark 9:43 If your hand causes you to
sin, cut it off. It is better for you to
enter into life maimed, rather than
having two hands, to go to hell, into
the fire that shall never be quenched--

18. The word Gehenna:
Jesus – Gehenna – in public setting
Mark 9:45 And if your foot causes you
to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to
enter life lame, rather than having two
feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire
that shall never be quenched--

19. The word Gehenna:
Jesus – Gehenna – in public setting
Mark 9:47 And if your eye causes you
to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to
enter the kingdom of God with one
eye, rather than having two eyes, to
be cast into hell fire--

20. The word Gehenna:
Jesus – Gehenna – in public setting
Luke 12:5 But I will show you whom
you should fear: Fear Him who, after
He has killed, has power to cast into
hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

21. Hell in the NT:
2 Motivations for us to obey God
2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing, therefore,
the terror of the Lord, we persuade
men; but we are well known to God,
and I also trust are well known in your
consciences.

22. Hell in the NT:
2 Motivations for us to obey God
2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of
Christ compels us, because we judge
thus: that if One died for all, then all
died;