TOPIC: HELL FIRE AND LAKE OF FIRE

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THE MINISTERS CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL BIBLE LESSONS FOR 2016
Sunday 14th Feb. 2016
TOPIC: HELL FIRE AND LAKE OF FIRE
TEXT: Mt 25:30 'And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
          INTRODUCTION
The word hades or shoel means the land of the dead but when you read the bible use the word ‘hell’ it denotes the state of the dead in shoel or hades or land of the dead. Christ often used hell because it explains more the presence of suffering. The experience of the rich man in the story of Lazarus perfectly explained the state sinners are in hell.  Is hell fire same as lake of fire?
          Questions/discussions
1.    What is lake of fire? Re 20:14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. Lake of fire is the final place of torment that God would cast everyone who has not taken advantage of the salvation of Christ to gain redemption. Lake of fire shall be the place of punishment for the resurrected bodies of sinners
2.    Are we going to remain dead? Seeing that resurrection will both affect saints and sinners, it means that sinners would resurrect and we are not going to remain dead. Dan. 12:2, Joh 5:28-29;
3.    What is hell fire? Hell fire is the temporal place of torment for the souls of the dead until the day they’ll resurrect to face judgment and then cast into the lake of fire.
4.    Argument against hell fire. Many argue that nothing like hell fire, but the truth is, if there is nothing like hell fire, Christ would become a liar because He told us more clearly about hell (Luke 16:19-31)
CONCLUSION

Hell fire is the place temporal place of torment for the souls of the dead while lake of fire or gehenna in Hebrew term which derived its name for the valley of hinnom (This was originally the valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and burned; a fit symbol of the wicked and their destruction) it the place of eternal suffering for the resurrected bodies of sinners. Give your life to Christ today and avoid these places, it was meant for the devil and all his followers and not you.

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