Absolutely. God said there is a hell, and he came to warn people about it, so they would not end up there. Hell is mentioned in the Bible more than heaven, because it is such a horrible place, God wants to make sure we know about it and no one ends up there. He wants to make sure we know how to get to heaven. He is not willing that [u]any[/u] should perish.
God doesn’t send people to hell, they choose it (Romans 1:18,21,25). When we choose sin and unrepentance, over God and his Plan of Salvation to save us from hell, then we are choosing the worst alternative. After death, there is no way to escape hell. That's why Jesus said to plan for eternity while you are still alive, here. There is not one verse in the Bible that says we are reincarnated. In fact, it states just the opposite. “It is appointed unto men [u]once[/u] to die, and after that the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). Not one person has to miss heaven. But if a person wants nothing to do with God and makes that known, and curses him, and mocks him, they have set their own fate. He will grant them their wish and leave them alone. The biggest lie that Satan wants us to believe is that after death we are annihilated. The Bible says differently. We live for eternity. The theory of annihilation denies the resurrection of the unsaved (John 5:28).
What is amazing, is that Christ died for our sin and freely offers salvation to all (Romans 2:4; 3:22-24; 4:7,8; 5:8,9).
God has provided the way of salvation to all (John 3:16,17;2 Corinthians 5:14,15;1 Timothy 2:6; 4:10;Titus 2:11;2 Peter 3:9).
I believe that God loves us. I believe that he will separate the good people from the bad at judgement day, but I also believe that ALL people, even the bad people, will be shown some degree of God's mercy. I believe the really bad people will discover that "Hell" is an afterlife separated from God.
I don’t take personal testimony of people that said they came from hell. They are only fallible people. I will take the Word and authority of Jesus to speak about hell and its reality.
@Pfuzylogic Right, but I do believe the NDE's are real experiences. Some deceased people have described even what the doctors have spoken about, while they were trying to resuscitate people and they were right and confirmed by the doctors. I can see God using them, to come back and tell people that hell is real and they need to prepare for it. I can't see Satan using that. However there are also people coming forth saying they went to heaven and came back so they could write a book and profit off of it. We must always solely go by the gospel.
@OogieBoogie There's more than one hell. Not the one you're talking about. The other is quite literal and is talked about in many places in the Bible as Jesus doesn't want anyone to go there.
