Different Levels of Punishment in Hell (TMF:286)

Monday, November 09, 2015
Peace to Live By: Different Levels of Punishment in Hell (TMF:286) - Daniel Litton
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       Jesus talked about different levels of punishment for people in Matthew 10:15. Here, Jesus is talking about a house or town the rejects the Good News, who wont hear it preached from the disciples. He said, “And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town” (Matthew 10:14, 15, ESV). So, these people of the house or town who rejected the Gospel will face stricter punishment than those in B.C. towns of Sodom and Gomorrah, even though they practiced perverse sexual immorality. Other passages, in Matthew, to consider in regard to levels of punishment in hell are Matthew 16:27 and Matthew 23:14. You see, the greatest sin a person can commit is rejecting the Gospel of Christ. That is, a person who hears the truth―Christ going to the cross and dying on his or her behalf―and then rejects that truth, that's the greatest sin a person can commit in this life.