Matthew 5:22
Fire of Hell
22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Luke 16:19-31
The Rich Man, Lazarus, and Hell
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
2 Peter 2:1-16
False Teachers and Their Destruction
1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3 In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; 6 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority.
Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; 11 yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from the Lord. 12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.
13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you. 14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood! 15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness. 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
C. S. Lewis said that he would gladly bet rid of the doctrine of hell, but he concluded that he could not...There are teachings of Jesus and in the New Testament that would not allow him to do so...
Jesus spoke the mind of God, when He was on earth...It would be nice if there was no hell and everyone went to heaven...After all, God is love and the pure energy of light and love ought to let everyone go to heaven...How could God send anyone to hell, if He is Love?...It would be nice if we could pick and choose the teachings we liked of Jesus and just could drop the hard ones, and the ones we don't understand...But that is not the way Jesus works, and really not the way life works...We can't ignore the things we do not like, such as evil...Ignoring these things we do not like, does not make them go away...
Jesus does not go into a lot of detail about hell...But He does say a few things in general, about hell...Jesus tells us in the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man, that Lazarus goes to heaven...The rich man goes to hell, where he is in torment and agony and in the fire...Jesus also tells us in Matthew that there will be those that are in danger of going to the fires of hell...St. Peter tells us that God will not even spare His angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell...Sin is the darkness, and sin is what sends one to hell...
So it is hard just to dismiss the concept of hell when Jesus talks about it, and His disciples mention it in the New Testament...Jesus often talked about a place where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth...This may be where the soul goes and finds this eternal agony, or hell...
Jesus tells us that He is the Truth...We know that He went ahead after His resurrection and prepared a place for His disciples and us...For us not to believe in the doctrine of hell is picking and choosing to drop or dismiss the concept of hell that Jesus talks about and teaches about...If He teaches the Truth and you believe that He is the Truth and teaches all truth, then we have to try to understand, what He talks about and means when the rich man goes to hell, while Lazarus goes to heaven...It seems that if we have a heaven, then there is a hell...Hell may be something we do not like, but that does not mean it does not exist...We should believe in things because they are true...Why believe in anything if it is not true?...Just because there are things that are evil and like hell that we do not like, does not mean they do not exist...I often think that hell is apart from God...So in hell one does not get to see God...