This is important to do, because as the video title suggests, there will be two types of people in hell. The two types are based on the verse from Matthew 13:50, where at the end of the age, angels will
throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
By the way, when you study angels you notice how active they are in executing all God's commands, especially in Revelation. Anyway, in the clip, Dr Sproul explains why the weeping and what gnashing of teeth is.
The weepers are weeping because they were self-deceived all along and were not saved when they thought they were. Jesus will declare to them, "Depart from me you workers of iniquity, I never knew you." (Matthew 7:21-23). Hence the urgency to check one's self to see if we are in the faith. (2 Corinthians 13:5).
The gnashers are angry. They refuse to acknowledge God for who He is, even while they are justly tormented in the fires of hell. How can this be, one might wonder, when the entire lake of fire has been prepared by God for the devil and his angels, and the unforgiven sinners? The fires are real, they are in them. How can they not acknowledge God?
Revelation gives us a clue as to the depth of sin and the anger at God's authority. Even while they were alive and under punishment of God's plagues, they did not repent. Revelation 9:20-21 has the first instance. The Lord sent an angel to open the pit and release hordes and billions of demons, which were so many they clouded the sun upon their release. The demons were given authority to plague mankind with sores and pain. A third of all mankind is killed! Further billions will be laying around writhing at the sting of demons, and yet-
The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
To make the depth of their depravity even more pointed, the next verse from Revelation shows clearly that they KNOW it is God sending the plagues, and they did not repent. Instead, they cursed his very name!
They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory. (Revelation 16:9).
And again in verse 11 when another plague was sent, they did not repent but instead cursed the name of God again. Instead, they began assembling at Armageddon to fight him!
This all goes to show the power of sin. The power of sin to delude us as to its power. It can blind us. Am I self-deceived? Am I not in the faith? Will I hear those dread words 'depart from me?' Will I be weeping?
Please watch the short video and ponder the gravity of it all. The cross of Jesus split history. It split the whole of humankind into two types of people- saved and unsaved. It split the world into Gospel-loving and hell-bound. The cross stands alone as the point of beginning or the point of departure.
There will be two types of people in hell...
I thank God that there are and were men to preach the truth, even the unpleasant truths of scripture, such as hell, self-delusion, and false conversion. It's important. Now, how do we examine one's self? Further resources are listed below.
Sermon series:
Undoubtedly the sincere claims people make are sometimes far from reality. As chilling as that thought may be, there are countless well-meaning people who believe they’re saved, but they aren’t. Could you or someone you know be one of them? How do you know your faith is built on a solid foundation? Or is that something you can ever know this side of eternity?
Determine for yourself whether you are a Christian. John MacArthur shows you how to assess your spiritual condition in Examine Yourself.
If you don't want to go through a series of sermons, here is a 15-page free booklet called Is it Real? 11 Biblical Tests of Salvation
If you don't want to read a 15 page booklet, here is a 5-page free booklet called Examine Yourself.
If you don't want to read 5 pages, here is a 515 word essay from GotQuestions on What does it mean to examine yourself?
If you don't want to read 500 words to examine yourself, then I direct you back up to the top to re-watch the clip, where there will be two types of people in hell. I'm not saying that if you don't follow through in looking at these particular resources you'l go to hell, but I'm emphasizing that the power of sin to delude us is great and must be constantly watched against. There is nothing more important than checking one's self to make sure we are not one of the two types. It's the best thing you could do all day or for all eternity. :) If nothing else, you will receive assurance! This illustration by artist Boris Sajtinac is all too vivid!
Believe me, I checked myself immediately after watching the clip. I know the power of sin to delude me is too great. I've seen it happen to others and I know it dwells inside myself. Please, pray and check, and be assured, dear sister.
