Morning Worship
Hell and Heaven, A Contrast – Part One
Hell: Eternal Punishment
Matthew
25:46
46
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into
life eternal.
Heaven: Eternal Rest
Revelation
14:13
13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may
rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Hell: Crowded
Matthew
7:13, 14
13
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.
Heaven: Few
Matthew
7:13, 14
13
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.
Hell: Undesirables
Revelation
21:8
8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death.
Heaven: nothing impure
Revelation
21:27
27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither
whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written
in the Lamb's book of life.
Hell: Those who die in their sins
John
12:48
48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him:
the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Romans
6:23
23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Heaven: Those who have their robes washed in the blood of the Lamb
Revelation 7:14
14
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they
which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made
them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Hell: A “Garbage Dump”
Mark
9:43-48
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:
44
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Isa
66:24
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:
46
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Isa
66:24
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:
48
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Isa
66:24
Heaven: mansions
John
14:1-6
1
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told
you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you
unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we
know the way?
6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me.
II
Corinthians 5:1
1
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we
have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens.
Hell: Lake of fire
Revelation
19:20
20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought
miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark
of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive
into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Heaven: River of Life
Revelation 22:1
1
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding
out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Hell: Satan and company
Matthew
25:41
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:
Heaven: God, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and the heavenly host
Revelation 4:2-10
2
And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in
heaven, and one sat on the throne.
3
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and
there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I
saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had
on their heads crowns of gold.
5
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and
there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the
seven Spirits of God.
6
And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the
midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of
eyes before and behind.
7
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and
the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying
eagle.
8
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full
of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy,
LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
9
And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on
the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
10
The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and
worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the
throne, saying,
Revelation 7:9
9
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number,
of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the
throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their
hands;
Evening Worship
Hell and Heaven, A Contrast – Part Two
Hell: Darkness
Matthew
22:13
13
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him
away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.
Heaven: Light
Revelation
21:23
23
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it:
for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Hell: Everlasting Fire
Matthew
18:8
8
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them
from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather
than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Heaven: The Son of God
Revelation
21:23, 24
23
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it:
for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and
the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Hell: Weeping and gnashing of teeth
Matthew
22:13
13
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him
away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.
Heaven: No tears
Revelation 21:4
4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away.
Isa
25:8
Hell: Torment
Luke
16:24
24
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus,
that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am
tormented in this flame.
Heaven: Comfort
Luke 16:25
25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy
good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and
thou art tormented.
Revelation
21:4
4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away.
Isa
25:8
Hell: Eternal Death
Revelation 20:14
14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second
death.
Heaven: No more death
Revelation
21:4
4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away.
Isa
25:8
Hell: Isolation
II
Thessalonians 1:7-9
7
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey
not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the
Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Heaven: Gates Open
Revelation 21:25
25
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no
night there.
Hell: Those who practice false doctrine
Matthew 15:9
9
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of
men.
Isa
29:13
Mark
7:7
Matthew
7:23
23
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that
work iniquity.
Matthew
25:41
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:
Heaven: The faithful
John
4:24
24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in
truth.
Revelation
2:19
19
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and
thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
Matthew 25:34
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: