Jesus mentioned hell a lot. He talked of it as a real place. He doesn't want anyone to go there either; if we don't choose him, we choose hell. Jesus died and was raised from the dead to provide us a way into heaven -- it is the door -- one door in. We expect people to enter our house through the door. That is the way in, and everyone finds that reasonable. That is what the door is for. Heaven can be entered by anyone who chooses to enter through the door -- through Jesus. Some who haven't accepted Jesus think it is unfair that we have to accept Christ, to believe in him, to go to heaven, but it isn't unfair at all. It is mercy. We sinners deserve hell. Choosing to live for ourselves, to live contrary to what our Creator created us to be, is a choice we can make. But it is a choice that leads to sin and death and hell.
Jesus isn't trying to keep anyone out of heaven. He made the way. And he made that way clear so there is no confusion. He says, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6).
That is very clear.
Prior to that verse he says, "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also." John 14:1-3
He wants everyone!
Yet, each of us has to choose.
No conscious choice is a choice. And it isn't a choice for Jesus.
Hell is described as "the punishment of eternal destruction" (2 Thessalonians 1:9); "flaming fire" (2 Thessalonians 1:8); "eternal fire" (Matthew 25:41); "a punishment of eternal fire" (Jude 7); "the lake of fire and sulfur" (Revelation 20:10); "the second death, the lake of fire" (Revelation 20:14).
This is not a place anyone wants to go. It is not "polite" conversation to mention hell, but we must mention it to others if we love them. Heck, even if we don't love them because Jesus loves them. Each of us needs to think about where we will spend eternity --eternity is a whole lot longer than the years we will spend on this earth. Jesus says in Matthew 12:30, "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters."
Where is your heart? Have you chosen Jesus? I mean, really chosen Jesus? Just saying a prayer once long ago and never giving him another thought is not choosing Jesus. If you aren't sure, ask Jesus. He is right there with you. He knows. And you can be sure where you will be in eternity. And you can have Jesus in your life all the time. Why wouldn't you want to? In him is abundant life. In him you will have the best, most adventurous, most wonderful life.
What the world offers doesn't compare to Jesus at all.