Pastor Elio Marrocco's "The Reality of Hell" sermon at New Life Christian Church on May 20, 2012. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca

1. THE REALITY OF HELL

2. THE REALITY OF HELL
2 Corinthians 4:16-ff (CEV)
“Our bodies are gradually decaying and
becoming weaker. [Anybody want to give
a testimony on that?] But our spirits
inside of us are growing stronger each
day. These little troubles that we face
here on earth are getting us ready for an
eternal glory that will make all of our
troubles seem like nothing…

3. THE REALITY OF HELL
2 Corinthians 4:16-ff (CEV)
… [Now listen to this] The things that are
seen don’t last forever but the things that
are not seen are eternal. That’s why we
keep our minds on the things that we
cannot see. [That’s why I’m calling this
series Eternal Realities.] Our bodies are
like tents that we live in here on earth…

4. THE REALITY OF HELL
2 Corinthians 4:16-ff (CEV)
…[Some of us have big tents.] But when
these tents are destroyed God will give us
each a new place to live and our new
bodies and homes are in heaven and they
will last forever. These physical tents
that we now live in right now are heavy
burdens and we groan not just because
we want to leave these bodies that are
going to die but because we want to
exchange them for bodies that will never

5. THE REALITY OF HELL
2 Corinthians 4:16-ff (CEV)
…God is the one who makes all of this
possible and He has given us His Spirit to
make certain that He will do it. So
always be cheerful. As long as we are in
these earthly bodies we are away from
the Lord. So we live by faith and not by
what we see. [I can’t see God. I can’t see
heaven. I can’t see angels. I can’t see all
the spiritual realities so he says we live by
faith not by what we see.] …

6. THE REALITY OF HELL
2 Corinthians 4:16-ff (CEV)
…We’d rather leave these bodies and be at
home with the Lord [In other words in
heaven] but whether we’re with the Lord
or whether we’re away from Him we still
try our best to please Him. After all
Christ will judge each of us for the good
or the bad that we do while living in
these bodies.”

7. THE REALITY OF HELL
1 Corinthians 13:12 (AMP)
“Right now we are looking in a mirror that
gives only a dim reflection of reality. But
one day we shall see reality face to face.”

8. THE REALITY OF HELL
REALITIES OF LIFE
1.God made you to love you and He wants
you to learn to love Him back.
Jeremiah 31:3
“I have loved you with an everlasting love.
And with unfailing love I have drawn you
to Myself.”

9. THE REALITY OF HELL
REALITIES OF LIFE
1.God made you to love you and He wants
you to learn to love Him back.
2.You were made to last forever.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
“He has planted eternity in the human
heart.”

10. THE REALITY OF HELL
REALITIES OF LIFE
1.God made you to love you and He wants
you to learn to love Him back.
2.You were made to last forever.
3.God has prepared two eternal places:
heaven and hell.
4.You will get to choose where you’ll
spend eternity.
5.There is no second chance after you die.

11. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
1. Because sin and evil exist.
Genesis 8:5-6
“The Lord observed the extent of people’s
wickedness and He saw that all their
thoughts were consistently and totally
evil. And He [that’s God] was sorry
that He had ever made them [He was
sorry He had made the human race]
and it broke His heart.”

12. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
1. Because sin and evil exist.
2. Because God is holy and just.
Psalms 27:13
“I would have despaired if I hadn’t believed
in the goodness of God.”

13. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
1. Because sin and evil exist.
2. Because God is holy and just.
Ecclesiastes 8:9-12
“I thought about the things that are done
in the world, a world where some
people have power and others have to
suffer under them. I’ve seen the
wicked buried and in their graves. But
on the way back from the cemetery, …

14. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
1. Because sin and evil exist.
2. Because God is holy and just.
Ecclesiastes 8:9-12
… people praised them in the very city
where they did their evil. Why do
people commit crimes so readily?
Because crime is not punished quickly
enough. A sinner may commit a
hundred crimes and still live. That’s

15. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
1. Because sin and evil exist.
2. Because God is holy and just.
2 Thessalonians 1:6-9
“...God is a righteous God and He will bring
suffering on those who make you
suffer. And He’ll give relief to you who
suffer as well. He will do this when
the Lord Jesus appears from heaven to
punish those who reject God…

16. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
1. Because sin and evil exist.
2. Because God is holy and just.
2 Thessalonians 1:6-9
… who do not obey the good news about
our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the
punishment of eternal destruction,
separated from the presence of the
Lord.”

17. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
“In darkness they will cry out and grit their
teeth in pain.”
1 Corinthians 16:22
“If anyone does not love the Lord, let him
be separated from God- and lost
forever.”

18. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
1 John 5:13 (AMP)
“I write this to you who believe in the name
of the Son of God so that you may
know with settled and absolute
knowledge that you already have life.
Yes, eternal life.”

19. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
1 John 5:11-12
“God has given us eternal life, and this life
is in His Son. He who has the Son has
life; and he who does not have the Son
of God does not have life.”

20. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
Colossians 2:21-22
“At one time you were separated from
God. You were His enemies in your
minds, and the evil things you did
were against God. But now God has
made you His friends again…

21. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
Colossians 2:21-22
…He did this through Christ’s death in the
body when He died on the cross so
that He might bring you into God’s
presence. as people who are holy, with
no wrong, nothing of which God can

22. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son that whosoever
believes in Him should not perish but
have everlasting life.”

23. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
A – Admit I Need a Savior to Get to Heaven
B – I Believe Jesus died for me.
Romans 10:9
“If you confess with your mouth Jesus is
Lord and if you believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead you

24. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
A – Admit I Need a Savior to Get to Heaven
B – I Believe Jesus died for me.
C – I Commit myself completely to Him.

25. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
C – I Commit myself completely to Him.
There are two ways:
• BAPTISM
• JOINING THE CHURCH

26. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
C – I Commit myself completely to Him.
“If anyone acknowledges Me publicly here on
earth, I will openly acknowledge that
person before My Father which is in
heaven. But if anyone denies Me here on
earth, I will deny that person before My

27. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
A – Admit I Need a Savior to Get to Heaven
B – I Believe Jesus died for me.
C – I Commit myself completely to Him.
D – I depend on God’s promise.

28. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
IV. WHAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY?
Ezekiel 33:8 (NLT)
“If I announce that some wicked people are sure
to die and you fail to warn them about
changing their ways, then they will die in
their sins, but I will hold you responsible for
their deaths.”

29. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
IV. WHAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY?
Romans 10:13-15 (NLT)
"Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will
be saved. But how can they call on Him
unless they believe in Him? And how can
they believe in Him if they have never
heard about Him? …

30. THE REALITY OF HELL
I. WHY DOES HELL EXIST?
II. WHAT IS HELL LIKE?
III. HOW DO I SETTLE MY ETERNAL
DESTINY?
IV. WHAT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY?
Romans 10:13-15 (NLT)
…And how can they hear about Him unless
someone tells them? And how will anyone
go and tell them without being sent? It’s
what the Scriptures mean when they say,
‘How beautiful are the feet of those who