there is a hell

A man told me once if you don't believe in hell then you don't believe in the God of the bible.  I believe that is very true because God is just and God is righteous and Holy.  He does not allow the wicked to go unpunished.

O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. Psalm 95:1-2

Since even back in the day the people of God have been looking for justice. What if a man commits murder and is never found out? Where is his judgement? What if a man steels a person's wallet and never gets caught?  Those are laws against men and they should be prosecuted by the court.  How about if a man sleeps with many women and causes emotional damage to them?  Or a women is a gossip and ruins the lives of people around her?  These are against God's laws.  Is there no punishment for these?

And He shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yeah, the LORD our God shall cut them off. Psalm 95:23

My answer to these questions are the Lord shall cut them off.  What then shall he cut them off from?  The glorious kingdom of God.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?  Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

But not only that but they shall receive a payment for what is due, for there is life after this one.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Hebrews 9:27 

And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.  Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.  This is the second death, the lake of fire. Revelations 20:13-15 ESV

How great it is to be redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ who has saved us from our former selves.  For we all were living in this path but a transformation through Jesus's sacrifice on the cross is the only reason that salvation is here now. And how great it is to know that the wicked shall not go unpunished.  But we must all remember that tho we get hurt in these lives that it is our duty as Christians to forgive and to reconcile others to Christ, for we too were in the same place yet we are washed by His blood, made whole by His sacrifice and been redeemed by his grace.