{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"The Righteousness of Judgment - June 11, 2023","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2233,"description":"Dennis R Wiles FBC Arlington June 11, 2023 2023 - Why Does It Matter? SUMMER 2023 Eternity: Why Does It Matter? June 1 – August 5, 2023 The Righteousness of Judgment Revelation 20:11-15 www.fbca.org/john316 Tell Me More Podcast There is one very serious defect to my mind in Christ's moral character, and that is that He believed in hell. I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment . . . I cannot myself feel that either in matter of wisdom or in matter of virtue Christ stands quite as high as some other people known to history. I think I should put Buddha and Socrates above Him in those respects. -Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian  Of all the doctrines of Christianity, hell is the most difficult to defend, the most burdensome to bear, and the first to be abandoned. -Peter Kreeft, Boston College MATTERS TO CONSIDER Is Hell a real place? Is Hell an eternal reality? Is Hell a place of torment and suffering? How could a loving God cast people into Hell? What about people who have never heard about Jesus? Barely mentioned in the Old Testament, Hell is mentioned, addressed, and acknowledged by Jesus in all four Gospels—and, by Paul, Peter, James, Jude, and John in their writings in the New Testament. VOCABULARY SHEOL – Old Testament word for the “abode of the dead.” HADES – New Testament word for the intermediate dwelling place of the wicked. TARTARUS – Used one time in the NT to refer to Hell (2 Peter 2:4). GEHENNA – Most common word for Hell in NT. Derived from the Valley of Hinnom outside of Jerusalem. AUTHORITY: Reason or Revelation? The Bible is the only religious text that portrays God as both a loving and just God. The Bible affirms there will be a Day of Judgment for all humans to render an account of how we have lived in response to His assignment for us to bear His image and reflect His glory in His world.  -Acts 17:29-31 -Romans 2:12-16 -Revelation 20:7-15 On Judgment Day, the righteous...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UAbjbO_BQA3R5XEsQj1SCg2lWzYdffFGQbPeYIvJPQ8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0Mjg4LzE2NjM1/OTk5NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}