• Buried With A Fire Extinguisher!

  Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jun 6, 2022 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Luke 16

  Tags:  Hell, Death, Eternity, Judgment, Deceived  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An interesting newspaper clipping from 1999 told of a British

man who was quite a character.

Two or three days AFTER his funeral his friends started

getting signed postcards from him.

The cards said "wish you were here" and were addressed from

"Celestial City."

The cards were authentic - before he died he had written them

and asked a friend to mail them on the day of his funeral.

This same man also had a VERY UNUSUAL request in his will -

HE ASKED TO BE BURIED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER!!

I doubt this jokester really believed in Hell, but he wanted

his friends to think he was prepared for every possibility.

The sad truth is........Hell is no joke, my friend.

Read Luke chapter 16:19-31 (Rich Man & Lazarus) and weep over those who have not trusted in Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.