Baptism In The Holy Spirit

7. This story which Jesus relates does give us a glimpse into the after life

M. Here are a few things we can learn about hell…

1. it is that it is a place of great torment

2. The pain and suffering are real and awful

a) if you have ever suffered a third degree burn, you have had only a small taste of the pain

b) I remember one brilliant day in may past when I opened the radiator cap of my overheated car… the boiling steam and water came gushing out and splattered my arm and the side of my face

3. There is no quenching or relief from the pain and suffering…

a) The rich man asked if Lazarus could come and help… offer some relief

4. Abraham’s answer… there is no crossing over

a) Once the last breath has been taken by a person, their fate is sealed once and for all

5. It is a place of everlasting torment…

N. Hell is a real place, and it is the destination of those whose names are not written in the Lambs book of life

1. All your good neighbors

2. All those nice people who you say.. wouldn’t they make great Christians…

3. All those folks who say they are Christians, but deny Jesus by their words and actions…

4. Yes all those who deny that Jesus Christ is the one and only way to the Father

O. In the Gospel of John 3, Jesus has an encounter with one of the religious rulers of his day, a man named Nicodemus

1. Jesus told the religious man, Nicodemus that his religion was not enough… he needed to be born again

2. It was not by good deeds or religious activity that he could inherit the kingdom of God… but rather by accepting the fact that he was a sinner in need of a Savior

3. Jesus said…

John 3:16 through John 3:18 (NIV) 16“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

P. The rich man made another appeal… send Lazarus to my brothers and warn them…

1. Abraham’s response gives us another truth which we must take to heart today…

Luke 16:29 through Luke 16:31 (NIV) 29“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’

30“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

31“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Q. There is enough power in the Word of God to warn a man and show him the way to salvation

1. There is enough truth in this book …

2. And the Spirit of God is powerful enough if God can find someone who will speak it to those in need

1 Cor. 1:18 (NIV) 18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.