 Amen. Keep your place here in Luke chapter 16. So in Luke chapter 16 and verse number 19, we see the story that we're going to look at this morning. So here we see a story and I specifically say story because this is not a parable. Okay, this is not a parable. A parable is a comparison. You'll see you'll see words like, you know, like as unto, you know, you'll see things like it's, you know, it's like a metaphor that a story is being used. But this is actually a story. And in verse number 19, you'll see there was it starts out saying there was. So this is something that happened. Okay, this is the story that happened this morning. I want to talk to you about the title of the sermon this morning is, you know, what if there was no hell? Okay, so we don't hear what a hell is one of these things that we don't hear a lot about today that if you go to churches around the country today, you're not going to hear a lot about hell. As a matter of fact, if you're a soul winner, you'll know that there's a lot of people that claim to be Christians that don't even believe in hell. Okay, so I want to talk to you about hell this morning. We see a story of a man that went to hell in the Bible. Now, these are our red words. If you have a red letter Bible, this is actually Jesus telling this story. So the Bible talks a lot about hell. Hell is another one of those things. You know, we're a King James only church, but hell is another one of those things where if you don't have a King James Bible, you're going to be very confused on hell. There's a lot of crazy false doctrine from new Bible versions that come out of, you know, the doctrine of hell because they changed the word to Hades and they teach these weird doctrines like there's a half hell that Christians will go to for a while. You know, it's similar to the heresy of purgatory. Okay, look, it's not in the Bible. There's heaven and there's hell, which is what the Bible was talking about in Luke chapter 16. Let's look at a few verses on hell and then we're going to do a thought experiment this morning. We're going to do a thought experiment and because look, everything in the Bible makes sense. Okay, everything that is taught in the Bible will make sense to you. And today we have this idea that hell is mean, that hell is, you know, judgmental and hell is, so that's why people don't talk about it. That's why you'll get these feel good preachers up there that are talking about just nothing but good things. I'm going to show you this morning how that preacher is actually the mean one. Okay, we're going to do a thought experiment this morning on what things would be like if there was no hell. Right, that's what churches teach now. So let's look at what things would actually be like if there was no hell. First, let's do a little Bible study on what the Bible says about hell. Turn to Mark chapter 9 and I'm going to read for you Matthew 10 and verse 28. The Bible says in Matthew 10, 28, you're going to go to Mark chapter 9, but Jesus says in Mark 10 or Matthew 10 verse 28, he says in fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, but rather feel fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. So the Bible here is saying Jesus is here saying that you know your soul will be destroyed in hell, not just your body. Okay, look at Mark chapter 9, look at verse 43. The Bible says, and if I hand offend thee, cut it off, for it is better for thee to enter into life maimed than having two hands to go into hell into the fire that shall never be quenched. Of course in Luke chapter 16, you know we see in verse number 22 of Luke chapter 16 of the story that we just looked at. The Bible says, and it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. That's heaven, folks. That's not some weird, you know, different place that certain people go to. It's just talking about heaven, paradise, heaven, same thing. The rich man also died and was buried. And right away by the way there's no soul sleep. Okay, right away Lazarus was carried to heaven. Right away he woke up and he was in hell. As soon as he lifted up his eyes he was in torment. He lifted up his eyes being in torment. He's in pain. He's suffering immediately. And see if Abraham afar off in Lazarus in his bosom, he could see Lazarus in heaven. And Abraham could see him. Look at Revelation chapter 20 in verse number 14. Actually you just turn to Isaiah 14. I'll read for you Revelation chapter 20 verse 14. Very popular soul winning verse that we talk about out giving the gospel to people. The Bible says in death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. That leads me to my next point I'm going to get at. The Bible says in death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. So hell at some point will be cast into the lake of fire. So the question is where is hell? Where's hell located? Turn to Isaiah 14 in verse number 15. I'm sorry. Isaiah 14 in verse number 15. Because the Bible tells us where hell is. It's a physical place. It's an actual place that is going to be at some point taken and all the people that were in it are going to be put into this place called the lake of fire. So the lake of fire and hell are, the concept is the same, but right now hell is not in the lake of fire. It will be one day. Look at Isaiah 14 and look at verse number 15. Let's look at where hell is. The Bible says, yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. So here we see that, you know, the Bible says that hell, you know, if you go to hell from where you are now, you're going down. Okay? It's a location. It's a direction. You're going down to the sides of the pit. This is also very interesting. Okay? Because Revelation 9, 2 and Revelation 20, verse number 3, call it the bottomless pit. Okay? So they say that it's this pit that it has sides but it doesn't have a bottom. So what does that mean? Go to Ephesians chapter 4 and look at verse number 9. Go to Ephesians chapter 4 and look at verse number 9. Ephesians chapter 4, in verse number 9, the Bible says, let's start up in verse number 8. Actually, it says, wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, this is talking about Jesus, when he ascended up on high he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men. Now look at verse number 9. In parenthesis here it says, now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first. This is talking about when Jesus ascended into heaven but the Bible says he descended first into what? The lower parts of the earth. Now of course, no, I just preached a whole sermon on this in Acts chapter 2 that when Jesus died on the cross his soul, the Bible says, actually went to hell. His soul was in hell and that's what the Bible is saying here, is that he descended first into the lower parts of the earth. It calls it here. So where is hell? Hell is this place of torment, is this place that the rich man Luke chapter 16 went. Hell is down. Hell is a bottomless pit. The pit has sides. It's in the lowest part of the earth. The Bible says, well, what's the shape of the earth? It's not flat, just to let you know. The earth is not flat. I didn't even know that was a thing until like three years ago. I did not know the flat earth thing was a thing until I moved to California. But it's a real thing out there, folks. I mean, it's like crazy town. People actually think the earth is flat. It's actually like a pancake, they say. But anyway, we're not getting into that. The point is, the earth is round. The earth is round. If you go down and you go to the lowest part of any round structure, where are you at? You're at the center. You're at the center. So hell, the Bible is telling us that hell is at the center of the earth. And it makes sense because you think about a bottomless pit, you think about something that has sides. You just take a basketball. I should have brought a ball up here. Take a basketball and just like turn it around and swirl it around. There's no bottom to that thing, but all there is is sides. All there is is sides. The Bible is teaching us that hell is a physical, actual place in the center of the earth. At some point, at some point, that place will be moved to the lake of fire. Okay, but right now that's where hell is. Go to Luke chapter 10. Luke chapter 10, and look at verse number 15. Luke chapter 10, look at verse number 15. Look, the Bible tells us where hell is. It makes all kinds of sense when you look at it. It's a bottomless pit. It has sides. Look at verse number 15. It says, and thou can perturb, which are exalted to heaven. So here's this city that's all, they think that they're just great and they think that they're just very heavenly. He says, no, thou shalt be thrust down to hell. Again, showing us that hell is down from where a city would be on the surface of the earth. Hell is in the center of the earth. It's very simple. Okay, turn to Matthew chapter 25. Okay, so hell is in the center of the earth. We see in Luke chapter 16, this rich man, he went to hell. So how long does it last? How long is he going to be there? That's the next question. I mean, how bad is it? I mean, he's in torments. How long is this guy going to be in torments? I mean, how much time does he have to put in there? I mean, that's isn't don't we have a prison mentality in the United States, you know, you do certain amount of time. How long does it last? Look at Matthew 25 and verse 46 that Jehovah's Witnesses will tell you that, you know, you go to hell or whatever their place is called you just burn up. You know, you're just you're just destroyed. Okay, some people believe just go on the ground. And you just you go nowhere. But the Bible says you go to hell. This man went to hell. How long does it last? Look at Matthew 25 verse 46. The Bible said the Bible says and these shall go away into everlasting punishment. But the righteous into life eternal. It kind of makes sense. If you think about, you know, I believe in on the Lord Jesus Christ and being saved that we have everlasting life. Hell is the opposite of that. You have everlasting punishment. When's it end? It doesn't end. Doesn't end. Mark chapter nine verse 43 through 48, which I read you one of the verses into that in those sets of verses. Jesus says the fire that shall never be quenched. He says it five times. Whenever the Bible repeats something, you should pay attention. You know, when it says in Galatians chapter one, verse number eight and verse number nine, that who shall ever teach the fault, you know, a gospel other than what we've given to you, you know, they shall be accursed. He says they'll be accursed in both verses. That's all that's how serious God takes the gospel. Jesus says that hell is eternal in Matthew or in Mark chapter nine, five times in a row. Five times. You think he's trying to, you know, I mean, the thing I'll mention this out soul winning to people. But here's the thing, you know, another thing people, you know, churches today, these liberal churches, they're not teaching about hell. They're not talking about hell at all. That's why you'll see Christians that don't even believe in hell. Because nobody's talking about why would they believe it? They don't read their Bible. If they read their Bible, it's some fake Bible that doesn't even talk about hell. So nobody tells them about it. You know, nobody's talking about it. But here's the thing, you know, the Bible, I mean, it's real. It's real. It's, it's there. I will talk to people out. It's the same reason that they change who Jesus is, these same liberal churches. They talk about, you know, this Jesus that is that just like, oh, I just love everybody, never judge anybody, all this, you know, he's just, you know, he's the sheep Jesus. He's carrying the sheep in the cane. He's just walking around. He's along here at Hippie wearing a dress. And he's just this super nice guy. Look, Jesus, Jesus talked about hell 10 times more than he talked about heaven. That's the truth. That's the truth of the Bible. In Mark chapter nine, verse 43, 348, he says hell is everlasting five times. Is that sheep Jesus? Jesus is just like hell, hell, everlasting punishment. He's like, cut your hands off if it's keeping you from being saved. Why, why is he talking about Jesus so much? Because he's some big jerk? You know, because he doesn't want people going there. People will get that too. You tell people that Jesus talked about hell 10 times more than he talked about heaven. You say, why do you think that is? They'll be like, oh, he's probably warning people. People will tell you that. People will say that to you. He doesn't want you to go there. Would a loving God not tell you about hell? It makes no sense. Look at Jude chapter one, verse number six. Look at Jude chapter one and verse number six. Jude one, six, the sixth verse of Jude. Right before the book of Revelation. Look at Jude. And look at verse number six. The Bible says in the angels would kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation. He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Look, folks, it is torment. You're going to be chained up in the dark being tormented for eternity. It's literally the most horrible thing you could ever think of. This hell that the Bible is teaching about again, that Jesus is talking about again and again and again. Most of the verses that I just read you are read in your red letter Bible. It's Jesus talking about this. It's Jesus telling us about hell. But no one talks about hell. But no one wants to talk about hell. Churches don't want to discuss it. You go out, you go out soul winning. You will meet people that hell is actually a stumbling block for them to get saved. How many times have you heard people say, well, I just don't believe in a God that would send people to hell. That just sounds cruel. That just sounds mean. I just don't believe in a God. Look, they're not thinking it through. That's what I'm going to show you this morning. We're going to do a thought experiment this morning. We're going to, we're going to do, what's a thought experiment? We're just going to, we're going to just pretend. We're going to do a Bible study on the idea that there's no hell. Okay, we're going to suspend that. We're going to say, we know the Bible says that there's hell. Okay, we're going to suspend that for a second. And we're just going to look at what things would be like if there was no hell. And you will quickly be able to realize that hell is a merciful thing that God has done. It's fair. Because we think in our lives, you know, I don't know if you saw Pastor Anderson Sermon from the Red Hot Preaching Conference, you should listen to it. We've been thinking in our lives, like, not fair. Like, no, no, no, what you think is fair, if it doesn't match up with the Bible is false. You read the Bible. And when you read the Bible, hopefully when you leave here today, when you read the Bible and you come across something in the Bible that goes against the culture that you were brought up in, you accept the culture of the Bible. You cancel your culture with this culture. Because this is the truth, my friends. But here's the irony of these churches that never talk about hell. These people that go to these churches that never talk, they don't even know if they're going to go there. They go to some church that doesn't tell them if they're going to go to heaven. They have no idea if they're going to go to heaven. They don't know if they're going. You know what they're doing? They're just playing the odds. So what are the odds? You know what? Jesus tells us that, too. What does that mean? You know, that's why most people that go to churches like this, look, if you are a soul winner, you will have your pulse on what people believe like nobody else. That's why most people today in America think that most people are going to heaven. Because like hell's just not something to hear about. It's not something that they know about. Look at Luke chapter 13. Most people today that go to a liberal church, they think that most all people are going to go to heaven. And it makes sense because they'll think that some people are going to hell like Hitler. Hitler's in hell for sure. And some serial killer that they've heard of or something. That guy's in hell. There's like four people in hell to the American Christian today. Jesus actually answered this question. Look at Luke chapter 13. Look at Luke chapter 13. Actually, you turn to Matthew 7. You turn to Matthew chapter 7. And I'm going to read for you Luke chapter 13 because this was explained by Jesus in two places in the gospels. Then one of them, you go to Matthew 7.13. In Luke 13 23, the Bible says, then said one unto him, one of the disciples, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Jesus answers to him. The disciple walks up to Jesus and asks Jesus this question that everyone has wronged today. They go up and they ask Jesus, Lord, are most people going to heaven or just or is it a majority or a minority of the people that are going to heaven? Look what Jesus says. He says, strive to enter in at the straight gate. For many, I will say to you, will seek to enter in. It shall not be able. Look at Matthew chapter 7. He gives a little bit more detail where I had you turn. Look what he says. He says, enter ye in at the straight gate. This isn't the straight as an arrow. This is an S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T. This is S-T-R-A-I-T. A straight. What it means is like a narrow passageway. Like the Persian Gulf has the straight of Hormuz, if you've ever heard about it. It's this narrow passageway to get from the Persian Gulf out to the Gulf of Oman, I think it is, into the Indian Ocean. But it's this big Gulf and it goes into this narrow passageway that's a straight. That's what Jesus is talking about here. He says, enter ye in at the straight gate. He said, for wide is the gate. The opposite. Wide is the gate and broad is the way. That lead it to destruction. And many there be which go in there at. Because straight is the gate and narrow is the way. Look, this is another reason you've got to have a King James Bible. Because in many of the new Bible versions, most of them I believe. It says, straight is the gate and difficult is the way. Is the way to salvation difficult? Is it difficult to receive a free gift? No. See, they're changing the gospel in these new Bible versions. It's not just these random little words. You know, it's they are changing the guy, the gospel. Pastor Bursons had a great sermon on the NIV and some of the major errors in the NIV. You should also listen to that sermon as well. Listen to them all but just it applies here. Because straight is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life. And few there be that find it. He's saying that that it's going to be the few that go to heaven. It's not hard. The Bible compares salvation to eating a piece of bread. The Bible compares salvation to walking through a door. Look, as man's pride. That the reason that few will be saved. Jesus has been happy to report this. He's not like, yay. Few people are going to be saved. That's the way it is. If you are out there so many you will know that the vast majority of people are unsaved. The vast majority of people think that they're going to get themselves to heaven. And they're going to be broad. That's broad way to destruction. Okay, look, most people are going to hell. It doesn't make me, it doesn't make me happy to report that to you. But when you see these liberal churches, they're out there, they're teaching people exactly the opposite. When these people come out of these churches saying, oh, most people are going to heaven, God would never judge anybody. God would never throw anybody in hell. You know, they're being taught a false God. They're being taught a false Jesus. And I mean these churches are sending people straight to hell. Is that, is that nice? Is that good? No. So let's look at this. Let's look at this this morning. Let's do a thought experiment on if there was no hell. Okay, so let's just, aside from the Bible not being true, I mean that would be a problem. But let's just put aside these verses that talk about hell. And let's just look at the logical, just the logical reasoning. What would things look like if there was no hell? I'm going to show you some things that would not be able to exist if there was no hell. Turn to Psalm chapter 89. Right in the center of your Bible you'll find the book of Psalm. Just Psalm chapter 89. Psalm chapter 89. The first thing is this. The first thing is this. If there was no hell, and I'll show you these things from the Bible, if there was no hell there would be no justice if there was no hell. Look at Psalm chapter 89. Look at verse number 14. Psalm chapter 89 verse number 14. Look what the Bible says. It says justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Notice how justice goes. Now you turn to Proverbs chapter 21. Just one book over. Proverbs chapter 21. Notice how in Psalm chapter 89 and verse number 14 we see that justice it goes with judgment. They're together. And it doesn't say justice or judgment. It says justice and judgment. They're like a married couple going together. They're together. Justice and judgment. Which is what? Hell is judgment. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne. So the first thing that you wouldn't have if there was no hell is there would be no justice. There would be no justice. Look at Proverbs 21 verse number three. Bible says to do justice what? Oh here it is again. And judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Justice and judgment go together. There cannot be one without the other. Another false doctrine being taught in all these churches that ironically don't teach hell is that you are not to judge. Is that no one is to judge. You know what judgment is? Judgment see just because people today in our society redefine words we always have to define words from what the Bible tells us. Judgment isn't like I think I'm better than you. That's what people think judgment is today. Just like I think I'm better than you and I just think I'm better than you and I just think I'm better than everybody. Everyone is like oh that person is really judgmental. No judgment is discerning good from evil. That's what judgment means. God literally ruled the nation of Israel using judges. They governed the nation. We studied through the entire book in this church on Wednesday nights. You think that when people came to the judges they just went eh I'm better than you. No they judged situations. They discerned good from evil. If you go to a judge today I'm not saying they're good but that's what they're attempting to do is judge right from wrong. Look at Matthew chapter 7 are you there? The Bible says judge not I mean this is another one that's misquoted all over the place. You know don't judge don't ever judge. No the Bible says in Matthew 7 verse number 1 it says judge not but let's keep reading. Let's not just read two words. It says judge not that ye be not judged. Now let's keep reading even further. For with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged. And with that measure ye meet it shall be measured to you again. And it says and why beholdest thou the moat that is in thy brother's eye but consider us not the beam that is in thine own eye. You know what the Bible says let's continue reading through the whole thing. Or how would I say to thy brother let me pull the moat out of thine own eye and behold a beam is in my own eye. A moat is like a sliver a little piece and a beam is like a big railroad tie in your eye. And then it says thou hypocrite. And then look what it says. It says first it doesn't say don't ever judge. It says first cast out the beam out of thine own eye and shall thou clearly see to cast out the moat out of thy brother's eye. It doesn't say that your brother doesn't have anything wrong. This is a guy who's a drunk going up to somebody who went out on Friday night and drank alcohol being like you shouldn't drink alcohol as he says they're drinking. This is talking about. It's not saying don't ever judge. It's saying don't be a hypocrite. It's saying fix your own and you know what you'll find this with people. You'll find this with people. People have massive problems. Massive sin in their life. And they're going to tell people how to fix their own sin. It's like no, no, no. Fix your sin first. Look, that's motivation as motivation to be in a Bible preaching church that just sits here and rips your face off about all the sin in your life. So you can get your sin out of your life because why? Why if you have sin in your life are you not saved? Are you unsaved all of a sudden? No. Your salvation is going nowhere. Your life, your Christian life and building your Christian life according to the Bible is all about how you will profit other people. And the Bible here is saying hey, you want to be a prophet to your brother, get the beam out of your eye man. Get the sin out of your life. Get the sin out of your life and then you can help your brother with his moat. It's not saying like don't ever judge anything. That would be the craziest thing in the world. Look, that's what we're being told today. Everything's okay. There's no shame. There's no bad. There's no good. There's no evil. That's what we're being told today. You see, it's an agenda folks. It's an agenda. It's all coming from the same thing. It's all getting you to stop discerning evil. And that's why they don't talk about hell. But the point I'm trying to get at here is like back to the original point, without judgment there's no justice. Who would you walk up to today that would say justice is a bad thing? But without judgment you can't have justice. Would you like to live in a world with no justice? Think about that. Would you like to live in Fresno with no justice? Think of the examples we see today. Just people running wild. I mean someone commits someone commit just let's look at some examples. Somebody just commits evil. Somebody just goes and just is murdering innocent people. And there's just no judgment. How's that going to go for a society? Just unfettered murder. How about this one? Abortion is a perfect example of this. Completely legal. Completely accepted by society. And 60 million people died. 60 million people. There is no equivalent to those numbers of murder in the Bible anywhere. All the wicked kings, Manasseh that sacrificed children to false gods. There's nothing near what we've already done in this country in the last 50 years. But why? Because there's no judgment. Meaning there's no justice. Think about theft in California. This is a small example. There's no judgment. You get in no trouble. There's no consequences of stealing something. It's like every single time, like not every time, but like my wife will tell me of instances every week where she sees people just stealing things. Where she's grocery shopping or maybe going to buy a shirt for the kids or something. It's just open. It's just right there. They just walk in and take things. Why? Because there's no judgment. So there's no justice. That's the way it goes. Turn to Judges Chapter 21. Chapter 21. In verse number 25. I read a couple months ago about like a camp or an outpost like northeast of LA somewhere. It was like this anarchist paradise or whatever. And some reporter went in there for just a day or two and they had to leave. But they're just like, it's just a cesspool, this anarchist paradise where there's no rules and no law. There's just like assaults going on of all different types. There's drugs just everywhere. Disease everywhere. There you go. There's no judgment. There's no justice either. I'll get Judges Chapter 21 in verse number 25. Look, there's a reason that we read through Judges. You see the story of Jeptha in Judges Chapter 11 who sacrifices his own daughter. We see the story of the Levite and the concubine in Judges Chapter 19 which is probably the most horrifying story in the Bible. This woman who is just horribly assaulted until she's dead. By these just wicked you know, sodomites and just these horrible wicked people. But look at Judges Chapter 21 in verse number 25. How could that how could a society get to that point? Look at Judges Chapter 21 in verse 25. The Bible tells us, we can kind of see like when you read through those things in the Bible, many people will be disturbed by things like that that they read in the Old Testament. You have to remember that stories in the Bible is not like what God agrees with. We're just reading stories. God's just telling you, look this is what these people did. You know, I mean all these terrible stories you read about in the Bible, people will be like, oh look, everything that man did in the Bible is not good. There's history in the Bible. There's a reason it's there. Okay? Look at Judges Chapter 21 verse 25. The Bible gives us the answer of why we just read through all these messed up situations. It says in those days there was no king in Israel and what every man did just that was right in his own eyes. There was no judgment. Every man was just doing whatever he thought was right. I was talking to the kids the other day and I was talking about one thing you have to recognize about bad people. One thing you have to recognize about bad people about people that do evil things is that they're not evil. They're not bad because they have a tail and horns and like a fork and tongue. They're bad because of the things that they do. Many bad people many bad people think that they're good. You'll see Christians doing bad things. They think they're good though. Why? They just don't know what the Bible says. They're not following the Bible. They're just doing what? They're doing what's right in their own eyes. They're not esteeming others. So when you get somebody who's walking through their life and they're just crushing people around them just doing horrible things to people around them it's very possible that they think they're doing the right thing in their own eyes. You know maybe they're blinded by pride or whatever their sin is in their life but that's what makes somebody a bad person just doing what's right in their own eyes. So the point I'm trying to get at back to point number one if there's no hell, if there's no judgment there's no justice. And we see plenty of those examples of how no justice goes in the Bible. So no hell, no justice. How about this one? There's no hell, there's no mercy. Ooh. How'd you like to live in a world where there's no mercy? You say what do you mean no mercy? Did you know? I think it's higher than this but I'm just quoting a scientific website here from LiveScience.com and you think about this. If you know what this type of person is you have met them and you will recognize them in your life. 1% of the United States population I think it's a little higher than 1% at this point but 1% according to LiveScience.com this is not the Bible this is what scientists will tell you. 1% of the United States population is a psychopath. Oh, like what? That means 1 in 100 people. Do you know 100 people? Many people know 100 people. If you know 100 people or you've ever met 100 people in your life you've met a psychopath. Now what is a psychopath? Are they all serial killers? That's what people will think. But that's not what it is. Here's what a psychopath is according to LiveScience.com Psychopathy describes a set of personality traits and behaviors frequently associated with lack of emotional sensitivity and empathy impulsiveness superficial charm. Many of these people are very, very charming people and insensitivity to punishing consequences. Look, if there was you say, is every psychopath a serial killer? No. And they find that a lot of psychopaths the percentage of people that the percentage of psychopaths rises significantly when you get up like in high levels of executive levels of, you know, large corporations. I'm not going to name names or anything but I mean the point is is that these people are very charming people and the reason that they can rise to power so quickly is because they don't care there's no rules for them. Think about it. Think about the Christian at work the Christian at work you can look at if all I care about is climbing the ladder in a corporation I'm at severe disadvantage as a Christian why? Because I mean I'm to follow the Bible that means I'm going to be ethical I'm to esteem others better than myself that means when something great happens or some big project happens I'm to give the credit to other people I'm to give the credit to the Lord I'm just to treat other people better than I would treat myself whereas if you're the psychopath you just take credit for everything you smash other people down all around you you're very charming about it people believe you man I've seen this person so many times in my life but here's the thing the only reason that that person is not a serial killer it doesn't go out and murder people is like self-preservation those are no consequences if there was no justice that person would have no problem doing those things because they don't care about other people they don't have that conscience anymore that everyone was born with so look the only thing holding people like that back is consequences so no hell would just create more victims folks it would create more victims which would show a lack of mercy from God I mean so many people I've run into have this stumbling block of why does God allow bad things to happen I've knocked on people's door and they've just been like they don't believe in God because something terrible they ran into one of these people and they hurt their family or they hurt someone that they loved and they're like why does God allow bad things to happen why does God allow these people to exist these psychopaths but here's the thing turn to Romans chapter 1 that they exist it is not God's fault that these psychopaths exist it's not his fault he did not start it it is not God's fault that they exist look for these people and you'll run into these we've had long conversations with people at the door about this for these people hell is necessary hell is necessary but look it is not God's fault let's just look at this real quickly Romans chapter 1 is talking about people look it's not even that these people don't believe in God they believe in God they believe in God look at Romans chapter 1 verse 21 talking about people that their conscience just they killed their conscience basically look what verse 21 says it says because that when they knew God these people knew God glorified him not as God neither were thankful but became vain in their own imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened professing themselves to be wise they became fools these people they knew God they decided to not acknowledge God they didn't want to thank God for anything they became look being unthankful is a serious thing in the Bible and changed the glory of the corruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man four footed beast and creeping things look they changed who God was they started saying God was an idol or God was a bird or an animal and then look at verse 24 and this is where you need to understand where for where for God gave them up to uncleanness through the lust of their own heart because of these things because that they changed the truth of God into a lie because they changed who God was because they turned on God the Bible says God gave them up he gave them up look at verse 26 look at verse 25 it says they changed the truth of God into a lie what does Satan do we're going to talk about that tonight but he takes what God says and he changes it Satan doesn't have his own ideas he just takes what God says he just changes it what people did they changed what God said what do the new Bible versions do they changed what God said they changed they changed the gospel they changed the gospel into a lie they changed the gospel to say it's difficult to get to heaven what does difficult mean means it's hard work you see what they did there they added work to salvation but there will be no salvation for people that believe that it's wicked as hell these people changed God for this cause because of this he's saying they did these things why does God create evil he doesn't create evil people people turn on God and for this cause God gave them up he gave them up under vile affections and now we get into natural and unnatural things you see how this happens now for even their women to change the natural use into that which is against nature like was also the men leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust towards one another men with men working that which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meat and even as they did not like to retain God and their knowledge we see it again right here God gave them over to a reprobate mind that means a rejected mind this means so when we talk about someone being a reprobate a sodomite being a reprobate that means they've been rejected by the Lord I mean that's just what the Bible says so these psychopaths it's not God's fault that they exist it's they turned on the Lord and they were given over to these things they turned on him and guess what he will repay he will repay but hell is the tool for this folks so it is unmerciful to believe that there's no hell because think about even Christ even Christ talked about this turned to Matthew 18 verse number I mean think about somebody who is a victim of a psychopath or a victim of some child molester or something just think about the horrible terrible things that these people do think about this but without hell there's no mercy for these people Christ even warned these people look at Matthew 18 verse number 6 Christ even warned these people that would do these things he says but who so shall offend one of these little ones he's talking about the children he's not saying offend like speak harshly to them he's talking about committing an offense against them who would ever commit an offense against these little ones these children which believe in me it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he was drowned in the depth of the sea it says it would be better for him what could be worse what could be worse than having someone literally tie a brick around your neck and throw you in the ocean what would be worse than that hell that's what would be worse hell is necessary for God's mercy anybody that commits an offense against the child look they've done that because they have a reprobate mind they're a rejected mind there's no salvation for that person that's another stumbling block for people this doctrine in Romans 1 is so important because people will say you can just go and just murder a bunch of people and all this kind of stuff say I believe in Jesus and then I'll go to heaven they don't like that but no if somebody goes and does these horrible things they do unnatural things that's a sign that they have a reprobate mind that God's already given them up and hell is waiting for them and look go to Romans 12 19 I'll just read it for you avenge not yourselves because whatever you could do to someone that hurt someone that you loved this is what I told a lady at the door one time she didn't tell me exactly what happened to her but I just told her whatever you think you could do on this earth you repay that person that hurt your child or hurt the one that you love it's like you don't have to worry about that you don't have to carry that because Jesus said Paul says avenge not yourselves but rather give place under wrath which is not your place he says for it is written vengeance is mine I will repay sayeth who the Lord whatever you could do to someone on this earth compared to what God has waiting for those people that's why hell is so important it's mercy it's justice and that's why judgment is necessary how about this one turn to Genesis chapter 6 how about this one turn to Genesis chapter 6 does this sound like a society that you would want to live in as we do this thought experiment on what if there was no hell Genesis chapter 6 look at verse number 4 Genesis chapter 6 is talking about right before the flood Genesis chapter 6 is when God came and he spoke to Noah about I'm going to need you to build an ark because I'm wiping this slate clean Genesis chapter 6 look at verse number 4 it says there were giants in the earth in those days there were giants folks there were giants Goliath was a giant they weren't 450 feet tall they were 8 close to 9 feet tall there were giants in the Bible there were just large people there were giants in those days and also after that when the sons of God came into the daughters of men they bear children under them the same became mighty men which were of old men of renown there's a lot of false doctrine about this one from new bible verses 2 angels came down and had half angel it's talking about the sons of God lower case s guess what you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you are a son of God it's talking about God's people were going in and they were just marrying like the heathen people they were just marrying heathen people and like these people became very powerful people that's why it mentions that there were giants there were very strong powerful nations and Christians Christians were intermingling like the heathen which we know God does not like come out from among them be separate be not unequally yoked with unbelievers the same command is given to us that's given to them and then look what happened as they just mixed up and married and they became very powerful they became mighty men which were of old men of renown this is back when men lived hundreds of years men of renown they were very powerful they were very knowledgeable and God saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually and it repented the Lord by the way repent means to change your mind it repented God changed his mind that he had made man on the earth and he grieved him at his heart and the Lord said I will destroy man who I've created from the face of the earth and creeping thing in the fowls of the air for it repenteth me that I had made them see the problem here wasn't the power itself David, King David was powerful there's many kings in the Old Testament that were powerful here's another thing that you'll have if there's no hell there's no fear of God the Bible here is saying like it was the lack of fear of God without God's judgment there will be no fear of the Lord and what ensued look at verse 11 God didn't destroy the earth because man was environmentally ruining the planet I mean that's what Hollywood will tell you today it's stupid look what it says he destroyed the earth with the flood because it was what he said the earth was corrupt before God what do you mean could you be more specific and then he does and the earth was filled with violence violence is the innocent people being harmed that's the definition of violence and it's funny because when there's no judgment there's no mercy there's no justice there's no fear you know what you'll have you'll have no peace isn't that what everybody wants peace isn't that what everybody wants there'll be no peace with no hell all you will have is violence everywhere the whole earth was filled with violence it says everyone was violent imagine that imagine Fresno and just every single person except eight people are just violent filled and look they were very powerful they're very powerful people you know what you have in a situation like that a lot of powerful people and they're all violent you know who gets hurt the weakest ones the weakest people that's why when you get into societies where there's no justice we seem to want to move towards that's why the women and the children suffer first because they're the weakest think about a society where there's no justice no rules no mercy no judgment that's my car and he's just a little bit stronger than me he gets my car and then somebody else wants his two cars and they're a little bit stronger than him they get all the cars this is why god flooded the earth right here look folks here's another one here's the last one I'll leave you with I gotta hurry up here the bible says this I listen to like many hour over hour sermons it's rubbing off on me look at matthew chapter 23 here's another thing if there's no damnation if there's no judgment guess what all sin would be equal what would be the point of there being that's another thing that's taught in churches today all sin is equal all sins the same don't judge all sins equal are you perfect brother look at matthew 23 verse 14 look this is a terrible heresy today this all sin is equal look at matthew 23 verse 14 what does it mean if all sin is equal first of all that doesn't match the law that god wrote in our heart in romans chapter 2 verse 15 does it make sense to you would it make sense to anyone in this room if I said that stealing a pencil is the same as killing 20 people does that make sense to anybody why do people accept this it makes no sense at all but the bible doesn't teach that the bible doesn't teach it in james 210 let's turn to james 210 first let's just do a little bible study let me clear this up if anybody has any confusion go to james chapter 2 and look at verse number 10 my bible here is not working for me james chapter 2 look at verse number 10 james chapter 2 this is what people justify this is what people use to say that all sin is equal right here james 210 james chapter 2 in verse number 10 the bible says for whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point he's guilty of all all sin is equal that's saying anybody you know what that's trying to explain to you what that's saying does that say first of all does it say all sin is equal I mean they're just changing what the bible says what it says is if somebody keeps the whole law because like say I mean isn't it true that some people are probably better than other people some people probably have more sin than other people it says if somebody keeps the whole law and then they make they tell one lie it's like they're guilty they're going to hell they need to be saved that's what the bible is saying because like nobody could do that nobody could do that didn't say all sin is equal look at matthew 2314 I hope you kept your place the bible says Jesus is yelling at the Pharisees here and he says woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for you devour widows houses and for a pretense make long prayer therefore he's like because of this you shall receive the greater damnation if all sin is equal what is he talking about there he's saying you're going to get it worse he's going to say you're going to suffer more in hell there's like different levels that people are going to I don't know what that looks like or what that feels like and thank God none of us in this room will ever know that but Jesus is saying there's a greater damnation but you know what this is actually used for this all sin is equal it's just used by wicked people to justify sin that's what it's used for you know like stealing a pencils as bad as killing somebody it's ridiculous like looking at a woman walking by on the sidewalk is the same as committing actual adultery look both are bad both are sins to lust after you know a woman for a man that's married but the bible says that you know not all sins equal I mean women have used that argument to divorce their husbands like he committed adultery at me because he looked at a magazine at the grocery store he committed adultery in his heart that's true that's what Jesus was talking about he should not do those things we need to guard our eyes men but all sin is not equal turn to 1 John chapter 5 if all sin was equal why does God have different punishment for different sins I mean in the civil law of the bible why is there different punishment for different sins if all sins equal either have no punishment or just put everyone to death whatever look at 1 John chapter 5 verse 16 the bible says if any man sees his brother sin a sin which is not unto death meaning that there's a sin that doesn't deserve death he shall ask and he shall give him life for that sin not unto death then look at this there is a sin unto death I do not say that he shall pray for it so the bible here is telling us that there's a sin not unto death and that there's a sin unto death the bible puts the death penalty on a lot of things on adultery on men stealing that's why the slavery of the 17th century in early America they deserve death they're stealing people people misused even back then they misused the servitude of the bible which was a financial repayment for labor with just stealing people if one over these countries just stole people people deserve death adultery, men stealing sodomy death penalty this is what the bible says rape, murder if a woman is raped by someone that she has to marry them hello? who's reading this? who's reading this garbage? you all study through that with you sometime in Deuteronomy 22 who could follow a religion like that? get rid of that thing throw out the trash get rid of it murder, of course, death penalty turn to Exodus chapter 22 verses stealing though and I mean this punishment for stealing actually makes more sense than what we do today which is nothing by the way but Exodus chapter 22, look at verse number 1 so what am I getting at? that if there was no hell if there was no judgment then just everything is the same all sin and all errors is the same look at Exodus chapter 22 that's not what the bible teaches look at verse 1, the bible says if a man steal an ox or a sheep and kill it or sell it anymore he shall restore 5 oxen for an ox and 4 sheep for a sheep if a thief he found breaking up and be smitten that he die there shall be no blood shed for him if the sun be risen upon him there shall be blood shed for him for he should make full restitution so the bible says here if somebody steals from you in the dark if somebody breaks into your house in the dark and you kill them it's just like fine why? why is the dark matter? because you couldn't tell what they were really trying to do maybe they were trying to kill you or whatever it was dark but the bible says if the sun be risen it's like he should just pay you back he shouldn't kill him if he steals from you if you have nothing then what? here's servitude from the bible he shall be sold for his theft because you know all these bums out here all these people you know what they still have they don't have nothing when I see a 30 year old man with 2 arms and 2 legs you know what he's got? he's got his labor and these people that stole this they're like oh he has nothing he has nothing look at him poor guy he stole so all these drug addicts are going to steal and all this stuff no they can repay you know how they repay the bible would say? with their labor put them to work put them to work you know what that would help them that would help them let's give them more drugs we've lost our ever loving minds we can get back to the bible in this country now look at this if the theft be certainly found in his hand alive whether it be ox or ass or sheep he should restore double so if he didn't sell it and he didn't kill it he just gives it back and then he gives them another one now think about that doesn't that make more sense let's say you just think put yourself in this situation somebody steals your car you're like man I got one car it could be 5 years to pay this thing off and somebody steals it from you so we take that person and we put him in prison my car is gone what in the world how does that help me? he drove in a ditch and he lit it on fire and I got no car but he's in prison yay I still don't have a car the bible just makes sense he's like you know that guy he should give you two cars he doesn't have any money make him work for it and he works and he goes and he works and he works for two years he works for 5 years like I worked he works for 10 years and he buys me two cars you know I bet people would steal a lot less stuff because you know people still have their labor folks even biblical servitude makes perfect sense in the bible turn to Proverbs chapter 6 I'll just read it for you Proverbs 6.31 we got to get through this but if he be found he should restore talking about if he stole food or some sustenance from somebody he should restore 7 fold he should give all the substance of his house he should be able to take if I come into your house and I steal a bunch of your food I need a refrigerator I need to give you 7 times that and you're where I need to take it from I need to take it from my house and if I don't have it I need to go work for it and get it and pay you back look Alston is equal to just a wicked doctrine just used by wicked people to justify their own wicked sins that's what it is you need to fear the person that is telling you not fear them but you need to be very suspect of the person that is telling you no that's a wicked person they're trying to justify wicked things look at Revelation chapter 20 in verse number 11 Revelation chapter 20 in verse number 11 just to finish up this all sin is equal all sin is equal Revelation 20 verse number 11 all these people are going to be brought out of hell and they're going to stand before Jesus this is why every knee will bow the moment somebody dies I don't care the most rabid atheist out there the moment that they die they will believe in Jesus they're going to wake up in hell and they're going to be like oh it was real it was true they will believe in Jesus and after the millennial reign this is what's going to happen Revelation chapter 20 in verse number 11 and I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it from whose face the earth and heaven fled away that's Jesus and there was found no place for them and I saw the dead small and great stand before God it was opened and another book was opened which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books here you want to believe in works to get you to heaven you're going to end up in hell and then you're going to be judged you're going to get what you want you're going to be judged at the great white throne judgment by your works it says which were written in the books according to their works and the sea gave up the dead which were in it and the death and hell the dead which were in them and they were judged every man according to their works meaning some men had way worse works than other men Hitler and Stalin Stalin was going to be way below Hitler by the way he killed way more people tens of millions of more people Stalin killed the guy that was on our side the Hitler they're both burning in the lowest parts of hell don't get me wrong but Stalin was terrible I don't know why Stalin was terrible he killed tens of millions of his own people before we even started World War II but not to get into that but the point is the unsaved will get their wish they will be judged according to their works here's the last thing I'm going to finish up right here here's the last thing there would be nothing turn to Ephesians 5 not Ephesians 2 here's the last thing that we would not have if there was no hell there would be the worst one I saved the worst one for last if there was no hell there would be no salvation you say what? look at verse number 8 you won't know it by heart if you're a soul winner for by grace are ye saved through faith I make sure that when I'm talking to somebody at the door when I say for by grace are you saved through faith and not of yourselves it is the gift of God I said that means saved from hell because guess what every single person in this room even though you're saved you deserve hell you deserve hell if there's no hell there's no salvation if there's no hell there's no Jesus what would God send his son here for to save us from what? save us from nothing? if there's no hell there's no point there's no point in God sending his own son in God becoming a man to be tortured and beaten and beaten to the point where you couldn't even tell he was a man anymore beaten to that point hung on the cross have his soul go to hell rise again from the dead why go through all that drama pain and suffering there's no hell look folks it makes no sense whatsoever that there would be no hell and actually who would want to live in a world where there's no hell would you like to live in a world where there's no mercy where there's no justice where there's no peace we already get taste of this we get taste of this from the Bible we get taste of this in our own nation as we walk away from the word of God we get taste of this would you like to just have none of this no fear of the Lord no Jesus it makes no sense logically spiritually it would be terrible you just look around you at all the violence and all the innocent people being hurt this is what happens when we walk away from the word of God but when people aren't educated on the Bible and educated on how much God's word makes sense and how much it fits with our heart I don't want to say stupid things I don't want to worship a God that would create a hell it's just this is what happens so these liberal happy-clappy churches with the smoke machines and the skinny jeans and the Hawaiian shirts they're wicked as hell they're sending people to hell they're causing innocent people to suffer because of this doctrine I'm glad there's a hell it's fair it's merciful I'm thankful for it and you know what we get Jesus we get Jesus even though we deserve it let's bow our heads and have a word of God