“THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED!”

 Mark 9:42-48                         (ESV)

Temptations to Sin

“[42] “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in ME to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. [43] And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. [45] And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. [47] And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of GOD with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, [48] ‘where their worm does not die and “THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED”.’”

JESUS had a way of saying the precise point HE was making with the precision and exactness that transcended what mankind had ever experienced!  In the focal passage of Scripture above, when JESUS tells us “THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED” it is stating that the torment will not lessen for eternity!  The pain from NOT surrendering to HIS call will not reduce when we are consumed!  We will never burn up, but will burn ETERNALLY, FOREVER AND FOREVER!!!

We CANNOT fathom the GRUESOMENESS of the punishment that hell will bring with it.  If we could, we would most likely stand before everyone proclaiming that they MUST turn from their ways and surrender to JESUS!  We can’t imagine ETERNITY with GOD, but we certainly don’t want to think about a place where “THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED”!!!