Pastor Elio Marrocco's "Why People Will Go To Hell" sermon at New Life Christian Church on October 3, 2013. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca

1. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
Text: John 3:16-21

2. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
Luke 9:56
“For the son of man did not come to
destroy men’s lives but to save them.”

3. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
1 Timothy 2:4
“God desires all men to be saved and to
come to the knowledge of the truth.”

4. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord is longsuffering toward us, not
willing that any should perish but that all
should come to repentance.”

5. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
‘Not only is man’s salvation God’s desire,
he’s also done everything possible,
short of violating man’s free will,
to keep him from perishing and
give him eternal life.’
(Brian Brodersen)

6. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
But why will people go to hell?

7. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
John 3:18-20
“There is no judgment against anyone
who believes in him. But anyone who
does not believe in him has already been
judged for not believing in God’s one and
only Son…

8. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
John 3:18-20
…And the judgment is based on this fact:
God’s light came into the world, but
people loved the darkness more than the
light, for their actions were evil. All who
do evil hate the light and refuse to go
near it for fear their sins will be
exposed.”

9. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
I. ULTIMATELY, PEOPLE ARE
CONDEMNED FOR REJECTING JESUS
CHRIST.

10. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
a. Not the sin of Adam & Eve that will
finally condemn man.
b. Not even a person’s own sins that
will bring his eternal damnation.
c. Ultimately, people will be
condemned for refusing God’s
remedy for sin.

11. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
That is Jesus Christ.

12. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
II. THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION.
A. Light has come into the world.

13. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
1. Light of Creation.
2. Light of Conscience.
3. Light of the Scriptures.
4. Light of the Gospel.

14. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
Hebrews 1:1-3
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors
through the prophets at many times and
in various ways, 2 but in these last days
he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he
appointed heir of all things, and through
whom also he made the universe…

15. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
Hebrews 1:1-3
…3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory
and the exact representation of his
being, sustaining all things by his
powerful word. After he had provided
purification for sins, he sat down at the
right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

16. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
• Islam – accepts Jesus as a prophet.
• Buddhism – looks at Jesus as a wise
and moral teacher.
• Hinduism – will consider Jesus as that
array of ascended masters and
Wiseman.

17. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
II. THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION.
A. Light has come into the world.
B. People love darkness!

18. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
1. The darkness of their pride.
2. The darkness of their thoughts.
3. The darkness of their will.
4. The darkness of their hatred.
5. The darkness of their lust.

19. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
II. THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION.
A. Light has come into the world.
B. People love darkness!
C. People hate the light!
D. Their deeds are evil.

20. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
We are today called by this
culture to tolerate everything,
and only intolerance is not to be
tolerant of everything.

21. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
Romans 3:10
‘There is none righteous, no not one.
There is none who understands; there is
none who seeks after God…’

22. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
Darwin
Marx
Freud

23. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
II. THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION.
E. There are a variety of reasons for a
person being religious.

24. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
1. Cultural
2. Family
3. Self-fulfillment

25. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
III. WHAT OF THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER
HEARD THE GOSPEL?
1. What we know

26. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
a. Original sin is a Biblical doctrine.
b. Personal sins accountable for.
c. General revelation we all have
received.

27. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
d. Response to light brings more light,
and more light is needed for
salvation.
e. God has commanded the gospel be
preached to every person, and that
all men everywhere repent.

28. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
Matthew 28:19-20
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey everything I
have commanded you. And surely I am with
you always, to the very end of the age.”

29. WHY PEOPLE WILL GO TO HELL
f. We can never take the position that
we should not be concerned about
those who have never heard the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.