“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.”
—Matthew 25:41
Have you ever heard this statement, “My God is a God of love and would never send anyone to Hell”? Those who make such foolish statements have forgotten at least two things: the holiness of God and the cross of Jesus Christ. God’s holiness demands that sin be punished with extreme, and the words of Christ from the cross, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?” demonstrates that God does indeed punish sin. Therefore, to not believe in Hell is to reject the truth of God’s Word because Scripture teaches that Hell is a real place.
In the Bible, Hell is called a bottomless pit (Revelation 9:1), and a lake of fire burning with brimstone (Revelation 19:20). It is a place where unbelievers are tormented, held in chains of darkness, and the smoke of their torment ascends forever, and they have no rest day or night (Revelation 14:11). In Matthew 23, Jesus called the scribes and Pharisees the “sons of Hell” because they were leading the people astray with their false teaching. Do you realize that Jesus spoke more about Hell than He did about Heaven? He said in Matthew 10:28 that we must not fear those who kill the body and then can do nothing, but fear God who can cast both body and soul into Hell. In Matthew 8:11, Jesus described Hell as a place of “weeping and gnashing of teeth where the worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.” He said in Matthew 22 that everyone not found on the last day robed in His righteousness would be cast into “outer darkness.” In Luke 13, Jesus warned that those who rejected Him as Savior would forever suffer the condemnation of Hell. And in Matthew 11, Jesus said it would be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment then for those who heard His Word and did not believe.
In Matthew 25:41, Jesus speaks of the final judgment when every person will be gathered before Him, and He will divide them as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. “Then shall He say unto them on the left hand, depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.” The time will come when unbelievers will hear the awful words of Jesus, “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire.” To be under the curse and wrath of God is God’s just penalty against all who break His Covenant. To be cursed is to stand before the throne of God as a law breaker without the Mediator, Jesus Christ. “Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them” (Gal. 3:10). Yet Galatians 3:13 also tells us that Christ redeemed every believer from God’s wrath when He was made a curse upon the cross.
If you do not trust in Christ as your only Savior, I urge you, RUN to Jesus for He alone is your refuge against the wrath of God. Flee to Jesus because He alone can deliver from eternal torment all that come to Him by faith. But for those who trust Christ as Savior, Jesus has delivered you from the torments of Hell. On the cross Christ suffered all the blows of God’s holy wrath, which should have been directed against each of us, so that on the Day of Judgment, when Christ separates the sheep from the goats, all who trust in Him will hear the sweet words of Jesus saying, “Come you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Therefore, give Him all the honor, praise, and glory as you endeavor to live a life of thankfulness for such a wondrous redemption.
Tuesday Encouragement: February 24, 2026
In Christ,
Pastor S. Henry
