Billy Graham

It is unbelief that shuts the door to heaven and opens it to hell. It is unbelief that rejects the Word of God and refuses Christ as Savior. It is unbelief that causes men to turn a deaf ear to the Gospel.

A godly person__ne who serves Christ and exhibits purity and integrity in his life__s not necessarily welcomed or admired by those who live differently. They may even react in scorn, or refuse to include a christian in their social gatherings because his very presence is a rebuke to them.

Will a loving God send a man to hell? The answer from Jesus and His teachings of the Bible is, clearly, __es!_ He does not send man willingly, but man condemns himself to eternal hell because . . .he refuses God__ way of salvation and the hope of eternal life with Him.

Immorality is glorified today. The Scripture teaches that God hates immorality! The ideal of purity is scorned, immorality is laughed at in school___od is old-fashioned!_ What else can we expect but that thousands of our young people are growing up to be immoral?7

When we all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, we will have our true motives revealed.

The subject of heaven is much easier to accept than the subject of hell. And yet the Bible teaches both.

In our spiritual pilgrimage we see sins which mar our relationship with God, but beneath it is a commitment which seeks to move beyond to a higher life, based on wholehearted surrender to God.

Hundreds of passages point to a time of judgment for every person who has ever lived__one will escape. If you took all the references to judgment out of the Bible, you would have little Bible left.

God__ judgment echoes the sound of hoofbeats, but God__ love quietly convicts.

Thousands of people have entered churches without discovering a vital experience with Jesus Christ. The substitutes have been handed them in the guise of religious rituals, good works, community effort, or social reform . . .none of which can gain a person a right relationship with God.

I am conscious of the fact that the subject of hell is not a very pleasant one. It is very unpopular, controversial, and misunderstood . . .As a minister I must deal with it. I cannot ignore it.

We can__ flee from temptation in our own strength__ut God will give us the strength we need, if we__l only seek it. A friend of mine says, __hen the devil knocks, I just send Jesus to the door!

I would not change places with the wealthiest and most influential person in the world. I would rather be a child of the King, a joint-heir with Christ, a member of the Royal Family of heaven!

It is vitally important for local church leaders to keep in touch with the spiritual state of their members, to discuss their level of biblical knowledge, and to teach them how to study God__ Word and pray.

Movie and television stars lay down the law offashions, manners, speech, and even moral behavior. It has been proven that a movie or a television program can brainwash.

Not one word about hell in the Bible would ever make you want to go there.

God judges mankind by the standard of the only God-man who ever lived, Jesus Christ. Jesus, the innocent Lamb of God, stands between our sin and the judgment of God the Father.

I believe that one of the reasons for crime, perversion, and the evils of modern mankind is that we have lost belief in the certainty of God being just, holy, and righteous, and that He will judge the world.