Go To Hell - Part 1
Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore
May 9, 2021
First Half of the Apostle’s Creed:
“I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell …”
Was the Apostle’s Creed true or false regarding this four-worded phrase: "He descended into hell"? There have been millions of Christians who have repeated this Creed in unison in their congregations since it was first written over the last 1500 years. Very few preachers ever preach on this subject.
Modern liturgy and catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Presbyterianism, the Moravian Church, the Methodist Church and the Congregational Church all participate in saying the Apostles’ Creed. What is meant by this phrase "He descended into hell"?