How Can We Escape the Condemnation of Hell?

1. Introduction Matt. 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
2. A reality
   1. All Nations Matt. 25:32-33, 41, & 46
      Matt. 25.32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
      Matt. 25.33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
      Matt. 25.34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
      
      Matt. 25.41 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:
      
      Matt. 25.46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
   2. Lake of Fire Rev. 20:10
      Rev. 20.10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
   3. Fire that can not be quenched Mark 9:43-48
      Mark 9.43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
      Mark 9.44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
      Mark 9.45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
      Mark 9.46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
      Mark 9.47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
      Mark 9.48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
3. Deception of People Matt. 23
   1. Religious people
   2. People with no Savior
   3. People without knowledge
4. Ways of escape suggested in verse - by doing the will of Christ/God
   1. Matt. 23.37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
   2. John 10.9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
   3. John 14.6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
   4. Heb. 5.9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
   5. Rev. 22:12-14
      Rev. 22.12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
      Rev. 22.13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
      Rev. 22.14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
5. We can not escape if we are negligent
   Heb. 2.3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

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