Where In The Bible Will I Find:

Lost Souls In A Place Of Eternal Punishment?

There is a false doctrine that teaches against any idea of eternal punishment. They like to cite the fact that God is love, as if that is all that is revealed of the nature of God and then they will contend that a loving God will not send anyone to a place of eternal punishment. "God is Love" (I John 4:8), but there is another side of God, "For our God is a consuming fire" (Heb. 12:29).

There are far more revealed of God's punishment and vengeance than all His rewards of mercy and kindness. Jesus taught about the torture of hell, "The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity, And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth” (Matt. 13:41-42).

He gave us a picture of hell for He wanted us to prepare ourselves that we may shun that place of torment. His words to those who have NOT prepared themselves, are, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels .... And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal" (Matt. 25:41-46).

Everlasting punishment and life eternal are of the same duration, there is no end. Those who have been baptized into Christ (Gal. 3:27), will be with the Father, Son, Holy Spirit, and all the redeemed in heaven, enjoying all the pleasures for life eternal, while those who have refused the gospel plan of salvation will suffer everlasting punishment in a burning hell of fire and brimstone, "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched" (Mark 9:44-48).

Peter asks the question, "....what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?” (I Peter 4:17). Paul answers that question, "And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power" (II Thess. 1:7-9). These are lost, doomed, tormented souls, who cry for relief in vain, for they will not be heard.

There will be NO second chance. They will regret their refusal to obey the gospel, but too late, too late, too late. YOU are still alive and have time to obey, for, "...behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation" (II Cor. 6:2). "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation”  (Heb. 2:3). For those who neglect our Lord's great gospel plan of salvation, THERE IS NO ESCAPE (Luke 16:26).