Why does God send people to hell?

God doesn’t send anyone to hell. It was never His design to send people to hell. It breaks the heart of God to see humanity, made in His image, make the deliberate choice to go to hell. Hell was not made for people; it was made for the angelic being that rebelled against God, Satan. In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says the everlasting fire was prepared for the devil and his angels. Scripture also teaches, “[God] is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). That is why God sent Jesus to die on the cross in our place–to bridge the gap between sinful man and a Holy God. God wants you to go to heaven and not hell.