The Problem of Hell

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Why do some of us struggle so much with the Bible's teaching about hell? In this episode, R.C. Sproul explains that it's not because we have a higher view of justice than God does.

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0:00.0	I ask myself, why do I struggle so much with the biblical concept of hell?
0:09.0	Maybe it's because I don't like to see my comrades suffer.
0:19.0	You have trouble with hell?
0:23.0	I do.
0:25.0	I cannot enjoy contemplating for one minute any human being in hell.
0:33.0	I'll talk to my people, say to me, do you believe that hell is a lake of fire?
0:36.0	Literally, I say no.
0:39.0	And they say, what do you think it is?
0:41.0	They say, well, I think it's separation from God.
0:43.0	And you know what their usual response is?
0:47.0	Man, am I glad to hear this?
0:50.0	Glad to know that hell is just separation from God.
0:58.0	I have to tell you how our thinking gets mixed up here.
1:02.0	A couple of things.
1:03.0	One, it's commonplace in our life to say, oh, that guy went through hell.
1:08.0	Or war is hell.
1:10.0	Or this disease is hell.
1:12.0	Getows are hell and all that.
1:15.0	Hey, that's hyperbole, don't forget it.
1:19.0	Because hell is a place where not one ounce of the benefits of God's grace penetrate.
1:29.0	And I don't care how miserable the worst human condition is in this world.
1:36.0	There is nowhere where you can go in this world where the benefits of God's grace are absolutely absent.
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