Jesus does NOT WANT ANYONE to go to hell.

Jesus knew, believed, and warned us of the realities of hell. It is a real place. And God's desire is that no human would reject Him and choose hell over a relationship with Him. 1 Peter 5 tells us God's will is that no human would perish in hell.

Scripture tells us that one day God will cast the devil and his followers into hell for eternity. Those who choose to follow the devil will end up with him in eternal punishment. Some people wonder if hell in the Bible is literal or figurative. The fact of the matter is, if hell is figurative, it is immeasurably worse than what the Bible even describes. God has done everything for us by paying for our sin and repairing the way back to Him through Jesus. All we have to do is choose Jesus.

Prep your heart for this serious message as pastor Rich shares on the realities of hell as we continue our series on heaven and hell.

One day, God will make the world as it should be. We call that Heaven.

Heaven is so much more than just some far-off place that people go to when they die. The Bible gives us incredible depictions of the reality of Heaven. Revelation 22:3 tells us that someday when God returns to make everything right again, there will no longer be a curse on anything in the universe. Heaven will be perfect, literally.

Heaven is not some place where all of our earthly desires are given to us. In fact, your desires will be completely different in heaven because you will be sinless. You will be perfectly fulfilled. Heaven is also not Jesus and a bunch of naked babies flying around singing with harps. It is not a boring place. There are many inaccurate depictions of heaven in our society, but the Bible gives us an objective reality of what Heaven is like.

Heaven is a place that consumes us with every good promise from God. It strikes us eternally with awe and wonder. Heaven's beauty is beyond mortal comprehension, and its glory is limitless. Check out this inspiring message by Pastor Kason on the glory and wonder of Heaven!

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom

Some people like to think that “fearing God” simply means “respecting God” or being in awe of God. While that’s partly true, it’s not the whole truth. The incredible justice and righteousness of God gets left out of some of our depictions of God because we don’t like dealing with the fact that we are all accountable to Him, and being on the wrathful side of God means we have to face up to things in our lives that don’t belong there. But if we’re going to accept the truth, we need to accept that God’s love and God’s justice are both equally part of His character. We can water down our understanding of God to make it suit what we want, but that doesn't make it true.

Check out this week's heavy message from Lead Pastor Rich Ryfun as he kicks off our new sermon series, "Heaven and Hell."