ABC News will air a special episode regarding the issue of hell on Friday, July 13. After you watch the ABC video, you can read and interact with my comments below.
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In response to this video, let me pose a few questions.
1. If there is no hell, can there be a heaven?
Honestly, heaven is not heaven if everyone gets to spend eternity there. Heaven would not be heaven with the likes of Hitler and Hussein, who were unrepentant mass murderers, residing there. Heaven is heaven because everyone there got in on Christ's ticket, which leads me to my next question.
2. If there is no hell, why did Jesus talk about it so much?
In fact, Jesus spoke more about hell than than he did about heaven. The Bible says that Jesus believed that hell was a literal place. Check out these references: Lu 23:43; Ac 2:31; 1Pe 3:19; and Lu 16:23.
3. If there is no hell, why did God send Jesus to the cross?
The Bible says in Romans that the "wages of sin is death". Jesus' mission in life was to die on the cross for my sin and for the sins of humanity. He took my place. His perfection (sinless life) canceled out my imperfection. God doesn't send people to hell. People who reject God's love demonstrated on the cross through Christ make the choice themselves to spend eternity outside of God's presence - otherwise known as hell.
