No One Goes To Hell: Modern Day Heresies

Series: Modern Day Heresies

“No One Goes to Hell”

Luke 13:22-30

A majority of those in America who believe in an afterlife believe most people go to heaven, and no one goes to hell. 

In the early 3rd century, Origen taught universalism: the belief that all people would be saved.   

modern expressions of universalism:  

Inclusivism = Christ receives all who have any kind of faith.

Post-Mortem Opportunities = People get a chance to believe after death.

Annihilation = Bad people cease to exist.

Earthly Purification = Punishment occurs on earth.

Why the struggle? 

·      People overvalue man’s goodness.  

·      It seems inconsistent with God as He has been taught.

·      Descriptions of hell seem absurd to the modern mind.

·      People want it to be wrong.

·      Pastors want to be liked.   

Jesus on eternal life        Luke 13:22-30

Jesus was clear—some people go to heaven, some do not.   

Jesus taught that opportunities for salvation would end.

Jesus connected entrance to heaven to a relationship with God. 

Jesus believed in hell. 

Jesus’ taught…

·      Hell was a place of punishment

·       Hell was Everlasting  

·       Hell was the satisfaction of the wrath of God   

TODAY’S TAKEAWAYS

1.    Scripture is the Christian’s final source of authority about eternal matters.  

2.    Man’s opinion about eternity may change, eternal realities will not. 

3.    Not everyone goes to heaven, but everybody spends eternity somewhere.