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Good evening, welcome to our middle school friends.

Grady is on vacation so he asked if y’all could join us out here for the evening, and hopefully this paints for y’all something to look forward in the years to come.

I got to hand with many of y’all at FUGE and at other retreats and trips and it’s always gets me hype to think about who I got coming up into high school….

For the most part… Reece…

Good evening, welcome to our middle school friends.

Grady is on vacation so he asked if y’all could join us out here for the evening, and hopefully this paints for y’all something to look forward in the years to come.

I got to hand with many of y’all at FUGE and at other retreats and trips and it’s always gets me hype to think about who I got coming up into high school….

For the most part… Reece…

Just kidding, if you have your Bible and I hope that you do, if you’re not in the habit of bringing your Bible to church… Let’s change that.

But we have some copies int eh back or maybe you have digi-Bible, I encourage you to open up to .

Good evening, welcome to our middle school friends.

Grady is on vacation so he asked if y’all could join us out here for the evening, and hopefully this paints for y’all something to look forward in the years to come.

I got to hand with many of y’all at FUGE and at other retreats and trips and it’s always gets me hype to think about who I got coming up into high school….

For the most part… Reece…

Just kidding, if you have your Bible and I hope that you do, if you’re not in the habit of bringing your Bible to church… Let’s change that.

But we have some copies int eh back or maybe you have digi-Bible, I encourage you to open up to .

As you get there just as a way of review, we continue on in this series called “The Leap of Doubt,” our apologetics series where we are going week by week, tackling the tough questions and seeking to find reasoned, biblical answers to a lot of questions that we are facing amongst friends and probably wrestling with, within ourselves.

We’ve asked questions like, “Can there really be just one religion?”

“Why is there so much suffering in the world?” “Why do so many Christians seem hypocritical?”

And tonight we pose a question and an issue that is both difficult, but incredibly important for us to find firm footing on.

Just kidding, if you have your Bible and I hope that you do, if you’re not in the habit of bringing your Bible to church… Let’s change that.

But we have some copies int eh back or maybe you have digi-Bible, I encourage you to open up to .

As you get there just as a way of review, we continue on in this series called “The Leap of Doubt,” our apologetics series where we are going week by week, tackling the tough questions and seeking to find reasoned, biblical answers to a lot of questions that we are facing amongst friends and probably wrestling with, within ourselves.

We’ve asked questions like, “Can there really be just one religion?”

“Why is there so much suffering in the world?” “Why do so many Christians seem hypocritical?”

And tonight we pose a question and an issue that is both difficult, but incredibly important for us to find firm footing on.

As you get there just as a way of review, we continue on in this series called “The Leap of Doubt,” our apologetics series where we are going week by week, tackling the tough questions and seeking to find reasoned, biblical answers to a lot of questions that we are facing amongst friends and probably wrestling with, within ourselves.

We’ve asked questions like, “Can there really be just one religion?”

“Why is there so much suffering in the world?” “Why do so many Christians seem hypocritical?”

And tonight we pose a question and an issue that is both difficult, but incredibly important for us to find firm footing on.

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“Can a loving God really send people to Hell?”

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You will hear so often in this day and age that a God of Love and a God of Judgement cannot coexist.

But what if I said that it is because God judges, that He is loving.

“Can a loving God really send people to Hell?”

“Can a loving God really send people to Hell?”

You will hear so often in this day and age that a God of Love and a God of Judgement cannot coexist.

But what if I said that it is because God judges, that He is loving.

First of all, let's dispel of some rumors.

Many of you might think that Heaven and Hell, God and the Devil, good vs. evil are tied up in some cataclysmic, end-all, be-all grudge match of the century.

You will hear so often in this day and age that a God of Love and a God of Judgement cannot coexist.

But what if I said that it is because God judges, that He is loving.

First of all, let's dispel of some rumors.

Many of you might think that Heaven and Hell, God and the Devil, good vs. evil are tied up in some cataclysmic, end-all, be-all grudge match of the century.

As silly as it may be some of you may genuinely think that this is what we are dealing with.

First of all, let's dispel of some rumors.

Many of you might think that Heaven and Hell, God and the Devil, good vs. evil are tied up in some cataclysmic, end-all, be-all grudge match of the century.

As silly as it may be some of you may genuinely think that this is what we are dealing with.

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As silly as it may be some of you may genuinely think that this is what we are dealing with.

[SLIDE: arm wrestling match]

[SLIDE: arm wrestling match]

Right?

That Jesus is matched up against is greatest adversary for a main event title fight for a match for the ages.

But guys, it couldn’t be further from the truth.

Hell is definitely a place that is miserable beyond all description, but it’s that way because God rules it in the way of removing his presence from it.

This isn’t a place where the devil rules, that flies in the face of an all-powerful, sovereign God, but Hell is where God exercises his judgement.

Right?

That Jesus is matched up against is greatest adversary for a main event title fight for a match for the ages.

But guys, it couldn’t be further from the truth.

Hell is definitely a place that is miserable beyond all description, but it’s that way because God rules it in the way of removing his presence from it.

This isn’t a place where the devil rules, that flies in the face of an all-powerful, sovereign God, but Hell is where God exercises his judgement.

Right?

That Jesus is matched up against is greatest adversary for a main event title fight for a match for the ages.

But guys, it couldn’t be further from the truth.

Hell is definitely a place that is miserable beyond all description, but it’s that way because God rules it in the way of removing his presence from it.

This isn’t a place where the devil rules, that flies in the face of an all-powerful, sovereign God, but Hell is where God exercises his judgement.

But Eric how can that be?

How is judgement good news?

Doesn’t even the Bible say judge not so that you will not be judged?

First of all that is out of context, and second of all we have to ask ourselves if we believe in a true, perfect, holy God, that yes he is perfectly loving, but he is also perfectly just.

And because of that fact we have to walk away knowing that those two attributes are not in opposition to one another.

But Eric how can that be?

How is judgement good news?

Doesn’t even the Bible say judge not so that you will not be judged?

First of all that is out of context, and second of all we have to ask ourselves if we believe in a true, perfect, holy God, that yes he is perfectly loving, but he is also perfectly just.

And because of that fact we have to walk away knowing that those two attributes are not in opposition to one another.

Before we get too much further, let’s back this up biblically.

Let’s go to and read what Jesus himself has to say about this place called Hell.

But Eric how can that be?

How is judgement good news?

Doesn’t even the Bible say judge not so that you will not be judged?

First of all that is out of context, and second of all we have to ask ourselves if we believe in a true, perfect, holy God, that yes he is perfectly loving, but he is also perfectly just.

And because of that fact we have to walk away knowing that those two attributes are not in opposition to one another.

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was lying at his gate.

He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side.

The rich man also died and was buried.

And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.

Before we get too much further, let’s back this up biblically.

Let’s go to and read what Jesus himself has to say about this place called Hell.

Before we get too much further, let’s back this up biblically.

Let’s go to and read what Jesus himself has to say about this place called Hell.

‘Father Abraham!’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’