“God is love. This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one & only Son into the world that we might live through Him.”

1 JOHN 4:9

“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”

1 JOHN 3:1

“The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”

2 PETER 3:9

“Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by My Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.”

MATTHEW 25:34,41

“Then He will say to those on His left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil & His angels.’ ”

MATTHEW 25:34,41

“At the heart of this perspective is the belief that, given enough time, everybody will turn to God & find themselves in the joy & peace of God’s presence. The love of God will melt every hard heart, & even the most ‘depraved sinners’ will eventually give up their resistance and turn to God.”

“Once the owner of the house gets up & closes the door, you will stand outside knocking & pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.' "But He will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.’ ”

LUKE 13:25-28

“Then you will say, 'We ate & drank with You & You taught in our streets.' "But He will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. Away from Me, all you evildoers!’ ”

LUKE 13:25-28

“There will be weeping there, & gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac & Jacob & all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.”

LUKE 13:25-28

“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul

& body in hell.”

MATTHEW 10:27-28

“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways & My thoughts than your thoughts.”

ISAIAH 55:9

“Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy,

& He hardens whom He wants to harden. One of you will say to me: ‘Then why does God still blame us? For who resists His will?’ ”

ROMANS 9:18-21

“But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, 'Why did You make me like this?’ ” Does not the Potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes & some for common use?”

ROMANS 9:18-21

- 186,000mi per SECONDTHE SPEED OF LIGHT

- 186,000mi per SECOND- Normally takes 9-10hrs to drive

from Lawrence to Chicago

THE SPEED OF LIGHT

THE SPEED OF LIGHT

- 186,000mi per SECOND- Normally takes 9-10hrs to drive

from Lawrence to Chicago- Light could travel from

Lawrence to Chicago & back in one minute 10,000 TIMES

- Love is wrapped up in God’s character & HE defines it, not us

THREE ELEMENTS OF PERFECT LOVE & JUSTICE

- Love is wrapped up in God’s character & HE defines it, not us

- All loving people can be filled with wrath, not just DESPITE of love, but BECAUSE of it

THREE ELEMENTS OF PERFECT LOVE & JUSTICE

THREE ELEMENTS OF PERFECT LOVE & JUSTICE

- Love is wrapped up in God’s character & HE defines it, not us

- All loving people can be filled with wrath, not just DESPITE of love, but BECAUSE of it

- Hell isn’t just what happens TO you, but what happens IN you

This is not God’s will for human life

HELL…