Correcting a Common Misconception

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It has been stated that Jesus spoke more about Hell than Heaven. This has been a common misconception that needs to be corrected. Churches and prominent evangelists have taught this, but it is totally false. Let the facts speak. I looked up all passages on hell including other terms of imagery such as "lake of fire", "everlasting fire", "eternal punishment", "weeping and gnashing of teeth", etc. Likewise, I did the same for the Heaven. We have to get rid of the morbid message that uses fear to motivate people. Fear works, but it is only temporary...it is the goodness of God that motivates us to repentance...which is total dependancy on God and the good news of Jesus Christ

Passages of Hell

Matthew Mark Luke
1. 5:22 1. 9:43 1. 12:5
2. 5:29 2. 9:45 2. 16:23
3. 5:30 3. 9:47
4. 10:28
5. 18:9
6. 23:15
7. 23:33
Passages of Fire, Eternal Fire When referring to Hell

Matthew Mark Luke
1. 7:19 1.9:48 1. 16:24
2. 18:8
3. 25:41

Total 17

Passages of Heaven or Kingdom of Heaven or Kingdom of God

Matthew
1. 1:51
2. 5:10
3. 5:12
4. 5:19
5. 6:10
6. 6:20
7. 8:11
8. 10:7
9. 11:12
10. 13:11
11. 13:31-47
12. 16:17-19
13. 18:1
14. 18:10
15. 19:14
16. 19:21
17. 20:1 2
18. 22:2
19. 25:1 4
20. 6:33
21. 12:28
22. 21:31
23. 26:29
Mark
1. 10:21
2. 4:11
3 4:26
4. 9:47
5. 10:14
6. 14:25
Luke
1. 6:23
2. 6:20
3. 8:10
4. 10:9
5. 12:32
6. 22:16
7. 23:43(paradise)
John
1. 5:3
2. 14:29 (Father’s House)

Total 38

It is obvious that Jesus spoke about Heaven more than twice as many times as He talked about Hell. “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them.”

Comments

Anonymous said…
i do believe it was
Dr. Billy Graham who said Jesus talked more about hell than heaven...it just goes to show that we should always check it out...even the best of godly men are fallable.
March 11, 2008 at 1:38 PM
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