0:00:01.247,0:00:07.447 Is there anybody here 0:00:07.447,0:00:15.617 that you expect that when you die, 0:00:15.617,0:00:20.371 you will end up in hell? 0:00:20.371,0:00:23.168 Is there anybody here 0:00:23.168,0:00:29.555 that thinks that when you die 0:00:29.555,0:00:35.218 that you be cast into hell? 0:00:35.218,0:00:38.460 Nobody thinks that. [br] 0:00:38.460,0:00:40.456 (to person in audience) You think that. 0:00:40.456,0:00:43.284 You expect to go to hell. 0:00:43.284,0:00:45.794 Do you want to go there? 0:00:45.794,0:00:52.346 But you expect to. 0:00:52.346,0:00:57.367 Is there anybody here that 0:00:57.367,0:01:03.627 has ever believed they were going to hell 0:01:03.627,0:01:07.746 even though now they [br]don't believe they are? 0:01:07.746,0:01:13.294 Yeah, that would be me. 0:01:13.294,0:01:17.327 Do you think that is normal? 0:01:17.327,0:01:23.020 Do you think it is normal that people 0:01:23.032,0:01:25.609 don't think they're headed there 0:01:25.609,0:01:29.769 who really are, 0:01:29.769,0:01:34.837 who then come to realize that they are, 0:01:34.837,0:01:39.313 and then they're saved and they don't? 0:01:39.313,0:01:44.902 Does that make any sense or [br]does that totally confuse you? 0:01:44.902,0:02:30.023 (unintelligible) 0:02:30.023,0:02:32.324 Let me ask this: 0:02:32.324,0:02:35.324 Do you think it's common 0:02:35.324,0:02:38.760 that people who are very much lost 0:02:38.760,0:02:44.330 and headed there think they're not? 0:02:44.343,0:02:52.252 (unintelligible) 0:02:52.252,0:02:55.942 Right. But give me a Scripture 0:02:55.942,0:02:59.516 that would tend to lead us to believe 0:02:59.516,0:03:03.032 that people by the multitudes 0:03:03.032,0:03:09.312 think things are okay when they're not. 0:03:09.312,0:03:11.852 Matthew 7 would definitely be one place. 0:03:11.852,0:03:15.013 But Matthew 7 is one that [br]we talk about a lot. 0:03:15.018,0:03:16.483 And I mean for a reason. 0:03:16.483,0:03:19.483 It has some really powerful truths. 0:03:19.483,0:03:22.899 But prove it from somewhere else. 0:03:22.899,0:03:30.847 (unintelligible) 0:03:30.847,0:03:36.200 There's a way that seems right to man 0:03:36.200,0:03:40.370 but the end is not so nice. Right? 0:03:40.370,0:03:42.492 Yeah, and that's a good text. 0:03:42.492,0:03:44.522 Was that the one you were thinking about? 0:03:44.522,0:03:47.860 No, you were thinking [br]about a different one. 0:03:47.860,0:03:52.650 (unintelligible) 0:03:52.650,0:03:56.076 Right, and do we not [br]have in Ecclesiastes, 0:03:56.076,0:04:00.166 the reality that because the punishment 0:04:00.166,0:04:03.090 for people's sins is not [br]carried out immediately, 0:04:03.090,0:04:05.623 men seem to think that punishment 0:04:05.623,0:04:11.283 is never going to come. 0:04:11.283,0:04:15.996 Yeah, men are naturally deceived. 0:04:16.004,0:04:22.042 Most men - in fact, all men - 0:04:22.042,0:04:24.473 you know one thing we know about all men? 0:04:24.473,0:04:27.088 All men fear death. 0:04:27.088,0:04:28.988 No one wants to die. 0:04:28.988,0:04:31.815 Who wants to be thrown [br]into a lake of fire? 0:04:31.815,0:04:33.805 Obviously, nobody. 0:04:33.805,0:04:35.437 And you know what the problem is? 0:04:35.437,0:04:37.271 Again, out of Ecclesiastes, 0:04:37.271,0:04:40.061 God has written eternity on men's hearts. 0:04:40.061,0:04:41.811 God has given man a conscience. 0:04:41.811,0:04:43.578 (incomplete thought) 0:04:43.578,0:04:46.646 And you know what Romans 1 says. 0:04:46.646,0:04:48.951 There is no true atheist. 0:04:48.951,0:04:51.651 Men try to suppress truth 0:04:51.651,0:04:54.939 but the problem is they have eyeballs, 0:04:54.939,0:04:56.399 or they have senses 0:04:56.399,0:04:58.929 that tell them that creation 0:04:58.929,0:05:01.361 has God's fingerprints all over it. 0:05:01.361,0:05:02.901 And they have a conscience 0:05:02.901,0:05:05.058 whereby they know right and wrong. 0:05:05.058,0:05:07.178 As shattered as that may be, 0:05:07.178,0:05:08.641 that image of God 0:05:08.641,0:05:10.879 that was first implanted upon man, 0:05:10.879,0:05:12.579 there's vestiges of it. 0:05:12.579,0:05:15.469 And men know and they can't run. 0:05:15.469,0:05:17.281 And death haunts them. 0:05:17.281,0:05:21.518 Men know they're going to die. 0:05:21.518,0:05:24.037 Now even though they may, in some ways, 0:05:24.037,0:05:26.408 act like they're going to live forever, 0:05:26.408,0:05:33.166 men have a gnawing fear inside. 0:05:33.166,0:05:35.660 And here they are in life, 0:05:35.660,0:05:38.180 and there's a way that seems right. 0:05:38.180,0:05:40.938 In other words, men have a plan. 0:05:40.938,0:05:44.072 Men think that they are [br]going to construct a way 0:05:44.072,0:05:46.267 that they're going to escape this. 0:05:46.267,0:05:49.417 Every single man desires to miss hell. 0:05:49.417,0:05:50.871 (incomplete thought) 0:05:50.871,0:05:55.102 Now they may try to [br]replace hell with annihilation, 0:05:55.102,0:05:59.308 or they stay here [br]with the Jehovah's Witnesses, 0:05:59.308,0:06:02.518 or there is a kingdom, or there is heaven, 0:06:02.518,0:06:04.873 they try to construct something. 0:06:04.873,0:06:09.799 Mormons have all their insanity. 0:06:09.799,0:06:12.490 You've got the paradise of Islam, 0:06:12.490,0:06:15.247 you've got basically nirvana. 0:06:15.247,0:06:18.140 I mean you just reach [br]a state of nothingness. 0:06:18.140,0:06:20.919 But anyways, whatever [br]it is, it's not hell. 0:06:20.919,0:06:24.348 Men try to construct any way they can 0:06:24.348,0:06:27.584 because everything about hell 0:06:27.584,0:06:30.894 is absolutely hellish. 0:06:30.894,0:06:36.782 Men recoil at everything that hell is. 0:06:36.782,0:06:39.132 But the thing is, 0:06:39.132,0:06:41.834 every single man 0:06:41.834,0:06:45.464 has constructed in his own mind, 0:06:45.464,0:06:51.826 or her own mind some way. 0:06:51.826,0:06:53.757 No man plans to go to hell. 0:06:53.757,0:06:56.876 I guarantee if we could randomly 0:06:56.876,0:06:59.452 take a cross-section of people - 0:06:59.452,0:07:04.008 ethnicity, color, race, economic status - 0:07:04.008,0:07:07.348 and we could resurrect [br]them out of hell right now, 0:07:07.348,0:07:09.028 If we could bring up a hundred 0:07:09.028,0:07:11.328 or a thousand people from hell right now, 0:07:11.328,0:07:13.574 I guarantee every one [br]of them would tell you, 0:07:13.574,0:07:15.208 "I never thought to go there. 0:07:15.208,0:07:17.938 I did not believe I would go there." 0:07:17.938,0:07:21.380 And you know what? 0:07:21.380,0:07:23.120 They went there. 0:07:23.120,0:07:25.515 Why? They were dead wrong. 0:07:25.515,0:07:27.630 They were dead wrong. 0:07:27.630,0:07:29.630 They were deceived. 0:07:29.630,0:07:30.940 Men are always thinking, 0:07:30.940,0:07:33.666 somehow I'm going to miss it. 0:07:33.666,0:07:35.702 How do they think to do it? 0:07:35.702,0:07:37.833 One, by constructing religion 0:07:37.833,0:07:40.833 that they think is going to get them - 0:07:40.833,0:07:44.329 whether it's some form [br]of Christianity by name, 0:07:44.329,0:07:45.869 or it's some other religion. 0:07:45.869,0:07:47.262 They construct religions 0:07:47.262,0:07:49.299 whereby they think to be moral and good 0:07:49.299,0:07:53.460 and basically please God [br]out of their own doings, 0:07:53.460,0:07:56.146 and thus miss it. 0:07:56.146,0:07:59.161 But you know the vast majority of people 0:07:59.161,0:08:01.391 that have heard of Christ, 0:08:01.391,0:08:04.000 you have to think that [br]the way they thought 0:08:04.000,0:08:06.880 they were going to miss it is, 0:08:06.880,0:08:11.764 "I'm going to get right tomorrow." Right? 0:08:11.764,0:08:15.953 It's procrastination. They put it off. 0:08:15.953,0:08:18.212 "I want to live it up now, 0:08:18.212,0:08:21.212 and I'll settle matters...." 0:08:21.212,0:08:23.146 Brethren, you know I'm talking 0:08:23.146,0:08:25.076 to real people here in this room. 0:08:25.076,0:08:27.742 You know this is how we thought. 0:08:27.742,0:08:28.922 I mean I thought, 0:08:28.922,0:08:30.593 with all the wickedness in my life, 0:08:30.593,0:08:33.078 I thought that I was [br]going to be good enough. 0:08:33.078,0:08:35.631 I thought somehow that I was [br]going to be good enough. 0:08:35.631,0:08:37.751 And I realize things [br]weren't exactly right 0:08:37.751,0:08:39.288 but I also had that other idea 0:08:39.288,0:08:44.103 that I'll get it more right tomorrow. 0:08:44.103,0:08:46.612 I mean, one of the things [br]that the missionaries 0:08:46.612,0:08:48.534 that work over in Turkey told me 0:08:48.534,0:08:53.928 is that you see these nominal Muslims. 0:08:53.928,0:08:57.951 Turkey is vastly populated [br]by nominal Muslims. 0:08:57.951,0:09:00.616 Very few of them are radical. 0:09:00.616,0:09:03.444 And what the missionaries [br]over there pointed out, 0:09:03.444,0:09:06.725 you know most Muslims get serious 0:09:06.725,0:09:12.060 about their religion when they're old. 0:09:12.060,0:09:14.377 Now you think about why that would be. 0:09:14.377,0:09:15.559 You know why it is? 0:09:15.559,0:09:18.598 Their conscience is telling [br]them something's wrong. 0:09:18.598,0:09:21.176 Now they may be deceived [br]about who the real God is, 0:09:21.176,0:09:23.623 and who the real Prophet is, 0:09:23.623,0:09:26.868 but the fact is they have a [br]conscience that's telling them, 0:09:26.868,0:09:29.177 "You are in trouble." 0:09:29.177,0:09:31.191 And so now when they get older, 0:09:31.191,0:09:36.134 they're making sure they [br]go to prayer all the time. 0:09:36.138,0:09:39.868 Men never think to go there. 0:09:39.868,0:09:41.739 Or men say this, 0:09:41.739,0:09:44.973 and this kind of goes along with [br]constructing their own religion. 0:09:44.973,0:09:46.778 But men basically say this - 0:09:46.778,0:09:49.603 how many people say, 0:09:49.603,0:09:53.923 "Oh, well the Bible says[br]all I have to do is believe. 0:09:53.923,0:09:56.242 I've called on the Lord Jesus Christ. 0:09:56.242,0:09:58.119 The Scripture tells me I'll be saved." 0:09:58.119,0:10:00.794 And yet, they've never [br]repented of their sins. 0:10:00.794,0:10:02.995 They've never bowed the knee to Christ. 0:10:02.995,0:10:04.653 And they've got this idea 0:10:04.653,0:10:09.703 that they are forgiven of their sins, [br] 0:10:09.703,0:10:16.212 they've got this idea [br]that they're forgiven. 0:10:16.212,0:10:19.675 One of the truths 0:10:19.675,0:10:21.825 that the writers of the New Testament 0:10:21.825,0:10:26.608 try to emphasize as [br]much as almost anything, 0:10:26.608,0:10:29.797 is this reality that if [br]you are truly forgiven, 0:10:29.797,0:10:31.326 if you are truly justified, 0:10:31.326,0:10:32.896 if you are truly a Christian, 0:10:32.896,0:10:34.168 if you truly belong to God 0:10:34.168,0:10:35.979 if you're truly heaven bound, 0:10:35.979,0:10:37.892 your life is radically different. 0:10:37.892,0:10:41.564 Doesn't Scripture literally deal [br]with that everywhere? 0:10:41.564,0:10:42.984 You know why it does? 0:10:42.984,0:10:46.025 Because men are masters 0:10:46.025,0:10:48.879 at wanting to think 0:10:48.879,0:10:50.489 that they get to heaven 0:10:50.489,0:10:53.157 and keep their sin on the way. 0:10:53.157,0:10:56.686 And they totally forget that [br]the way is very narrow. 0:10:56.686,0:10:59.498 And that there are few that are on it. 0:10:59.498,0:11:01.984 Because unless you forsake [br]all that you have, 0:11:01.984,0:11:05.061 Jesus keeps you at arm's length. 0:11:05.061,0:11:06.921 You can't come to His side, 0:11:06.921,0:11:08.621 you can't be His disciple, 0:11:08.621,0:11:10.463 you're no follower of His, 0:11:10.463,0:11:12.769 if you think that you're [br]going to get to heaven 0:11:12.769,0:11:15.988 and still enjoy all your sin on the way. 0:11:15.988,0:11:24.034 Hell. Hell is a reality. 0:11:24.034,0:11:26.684 And just like we were talking [br]about several weeks ago, 0:11:26.684,0:11:29.785 you know there's people [br]in Reformed circles today, 0:11:29.785,0:11:33.188 or at least would [br]identify in those circles, 0:11:33.188,0:11:35.299 that are seeking to dismiss 0:11:35.299,0:11:38.299 the idea of hell. 0:11:38.299,0:11:40.761 And I don't know how I came upon it, 0:11:40.761,0:11:44.458 but something somebody sent me, 0:11:44.458,0:11:46.941 and I think it was actually good stuff, 0:11:46.941,0:11:51.465 but has anyone ever sent you a good video, 0:11:51.465,0:11:53.901 and then you got the [br]thumbnails over there, 0:11:53.901,0:11:56.028 and you're like, oh, [br]that one interests me. 0:11:56.028,0:11:58.870 I ended up watching something by Rob Bell. 0:11:58.870,0:12:00.732 And he's just putting out a book 0:12:00.732,0:12:03.692 where he said that they had 0:12:03.692,0:12:06.868 some kind of art exhibit at their - 0:12:06.868,0:12:09.008 I don't even want to call it a church - 0:12:09.008,0:12:10.738 but within their gathering 0:12:10.738,0:12:12.962 there in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 0:12:12.962,0:12:15.262 and somebody had done 0:12:15.262,0:12:18.042 a picture of Gandhi. 0:12:18.042,0:12:21.698 And he said somebody came 0:12:21.698,0:12:23.588 and did a handwritten note 0:12:23.588,0:12:26.139 and put it on that picture and said, 0:12:26.139,0:12:29.737 "Why is everybody making a [br]big deal out of this picture? 0:12:29.737,0:12:32.157 Gandhi is in hell." 0:12:32.157,0:12:34.327 Well, that just stirred [br]Rob Bell to no end. 0:12:34.327,0:12:35.898 Rob Bell is a universalist. 0:12:35.898,0:12:38.982 He thinks everybody's on [br]their way to heaven. 0:12:38.982,0:12:44.915 He thinks that it's a strike 0:12:44.915,0:12:46.755 at God's character 0:12:46.755,0:12:48.318 if we would believe in a god 0:12:48.318,0:12:51.088 that puts people in hell. 0:12:51.088,0:12:53.358 And I would say Rob Bell is destroying 0:12:53.358,0:12:54.818 the true character of God, 0:12:54.818,0:12:58.122 by saying that God wouldn't. 0:12:58.122,0:13:02.893 His idea of God is not [br]the biblical idea of God. 0:13:02.893,0:13:06.528 But let's think about hell. 0:13:06.528,0:13:08.979 Let's think about what [br]Scripture says about it. 0:13:08.979,0:13:12.158 Somebody tell me somewhere in the Bible 0:13:12.158,0:13:13.758 that you can think of 0:13:13.758,0:13:18.502 where something about hell is described. [br] 0:13:18.502,0:13:20.172 (unintelligible) 0:13:20.172,0:13:23.820 Where is it? 0:13:23.820,0:13:27.574 Matthew 25. Well, let's turn there. 0:13:27.574,0:13:30.433 I'll have you guys guide [br]me around the Scriptures 0:13:30.433,0:13:32.563 and we'll look at various verses 0:13:32.563,0:13:34.037 that have to do with it. 0:13:34.037,0:13:35.828 And by the way, 0:13:35.828,0:13:50.758 if Jesus is right, and He is - 0:13:50.769,0:13:54.327 few there be that find life. 0:13:54.327,0:13:56.597 Do you know the reality is? 0:13:56.597,0:13:59.319 The reality is it's very likely 0:13:59.319,0:14:01.709 that there are a number of people 0:14:01.709,0:14:04.504 in this room 0:14:04.504,0:14:06.944 that will actually end up in the place 0:14:06.944,0:14:08.424 that we're going to look at. 0:14:08.424,0:14:10.688 You don't think you are. 0:14:10.688,0:14:13.382 But see, you are crafting 0:14:13.382,0:14:16.382 your own means of escaping it. 0:14:16.382,0:14:20.173 And there's only one [br]way to escape this place. 0:14:20.173,0:14:24.058 You see, this place 0:14:24.058,0:14:27.248 is that which God created 0:14:27.248,0:14:34.009 to righteously deal with sin. 0:14:34.009,0:14:39.708 It's a place where people rightly suffer 0:14:39.708,0:14:42.708 what their sin deserves 0:14:42.708,0:14:45.070 for assaulting the glory of God 0:14:45.070,0:14:47.210 the way that they do. 0:14:47.210,0:14:48.969 Listen, can I tell you something 0:14:48.969,0:14:51.749 before we look at this Matthew 25 verse? 0:14:51.749,0:14:53.970 I want you to hear [br]something very carefully, 0:14:53.970,0:14:56.503 because you know when we talk about hell, 0:14:56.503,0:14:59.228 what happens is, a lot of times, 0:14:59.228,0:15:03.053 people begin to think God's a monster. 0:15:03.053,0:15:04.959 Rob Bell thinks the God 0:15:04.959,0:15:07.759 that will send people [br]to hell is a monster. 0:15:07.759,0:15:12.298 But listen, God is no monster. 0:15:12.298,0:15:20.091 The Lord says that God's kindness - 0:15:20.091,0:15:22.058 you know right there in Romans 2 0:15:22.058,0:15:24.811 where it talks about God's fury, 0:15:24.811,0:15:30.050 and God's wrath, God's judgment, 0:15:30.050,0:15:32.932 it says that God's kindness is meant 0:15:32.932,0:15:34.802 to lead people to repentance. 0:15:34.802,0:15:37.385 You need to think on that. 0:15:37.385,0:15:43.645 Listen, one of the reasons people 0:15:43.645,0:15:46.745 just have this idea that somehow 0:15:46.745,0:15:49.428 it's just going to turn [br]out okay in the end 0:15:49.428,0:15:51.405 is because - listen, 0:15:51.405,0:15:56.835 that text in Ecclesiastes is so real. 0:15:56.835,0:15:58.472 You know what happens? 0:15:58.472,0:16:03.172 People sin and then they eat. 0:16:03.172,0:16:06.809 Or even when they're [br]eating they're sinning. 0:16:06.809,0:16:10.583 God is giving them food. He's being kind. 0:16:10.583,0:16:13.133 Men and women sin, 0:16:13.133,0:16:15.073 and the sun shines on them 0:16:15.073,0:16:17.793 and it rose on them today. 0:16:17.793,0:16:19.442 (incomplete thought) 0:16:19.442,0:16:22.120 Jesus Christ by the word of His power, 0:16:22.120,0:16:25.292 He upholds this whole universe. 0:16:25.292,0:16:28.285 He is so relevant 0:16:28.285,0:16:31.285 to every single little particle of dust 0:16:31.285,0:16:33.563 and everything, every bird, 0:16:33.563,0:16:35.523 every aspect of this creation. 0:16:35.523,0:16:37.175 Christ is so real to it. 0:16:37.175,0:16:39.515 He upholds all the atomic matter 0:16:39.515,0:16:40.855 that makes up the air, 0:16:40.855,0:16:43.488 that you can wave your hand through, 0:16:43.488,0:16:45.247 He upholds it all. 0:16:45.247,0:16:47.247 He is this reality 0:16:47.247,0:16:51.144 that virtually engulfs this world, 0:16:51.144,0:16:53.134 and yet man looks around at it. 0:16:53.134,0:16:56.394 He strikes God out [br]of it, he suppresses it, 0:16:56.394,0:16:58.349 he suppresses what can be known, 0:16:58.349,0:17:00.795 he doesn't want to see, [br]he doesn't want to know. 0:17:00.795,0:17:03.409 He looks around at creation 0:17:03.409,0:17:05.129 and he invents evolution, 0:17:05.129,0:17:07.777 and he wants to just dismiss God, 0:17:07.777,0:17:11.593 and you can go through [br]95% of the radio stations 0:17:11.593,0:17:12.993 and God isn't there. 0:17:12.993,0:17:16.160 And you can go through 95% [br]of the television stations 0:17:16.160,0:17:17.504 and God isn't there. 0:17:17.504,0:17:20.337 And you can go through [br]99% of all that's made 0:17:20.337,0:17:21.697 to show at the movies, 0:17:21.697,0:17:23.837 and He is not there. 0:17:23.843,0:17:26.633 You can look on the [br]billboards and He's not there. 0:17:26.638,0:17:28.348 He is this great reality 0:17:28.348,0:17:29.777 and in the midst of all of it, 0:17:29.777,0:17:32.476 the sun and the moon and the rain, 0:17:32.476,0:17:35.233 and just the beauty we can look at, 0:17:35.233,0:17:37.700 and blue skies and to hear birds singing, 0:17:37.700,0:17:40.363 and to enjoy the things [br]that He allows us to enjoy, 0:17:40.363,0:17:43.719 and to actually have a night where [br]we can lay our heads on our pillows 0:17:43.719,0:17:44.959 and rest and rise up, 0:17:44.959,0:17:47.361 that happens repeatedly [br]over and over and over, 0:17:47.361,0:17:48.861 to people who are wicked. 0:17:48.861,0:17:50.293 And they sin and they think 0:17:50.293,0:17:52.183 because that's the case, 0:17:52.183,0:17:53.936 there is no God to contend with. 0:17:53.936,0:17:57.048 Certainly, He couldn't be like [br]what we're about to look at, 0:17:57.048,0:17:59.635 because if He was, how in the world 0:17:59.635,0:18:03.389 does He abide us when we sin like that? 0:18:03.389,0:18:05.519 And it's because God is indeed kind 0:18:05.519,0:18:07.353 and God is indeed patient, 0:18:07.353,0:18:10.626 and He's giving time for us to repent. 0:18:10.626,0:18:13.098 And the time that He gives us to repent 0:18:13.098,0:18:16.747 is never meant to make [br]us think everything is okay. 0:18:16.747,0:18:19.545 Oh, how many people think that? 0:18:19.545,0:18:22.356 Listen, I've had people tell me this, 0:18:22.356,0:18:24.993 you've had people [br]tell you this, undoubtedly, 0:18:24.993,0:18:26.967 if you've done any amount of evangelism. 0:18:26.967,0:18:28.237 But people tell me, well, 0:18:28.237,0:18:30.066 I was sick and God healed me. 0:18:30.066,0:18:31.066 I got better. 0:18:31.066,0:18:33.918 I got sick, I prayed, God made me better, 0:18:33.918,0:18:37.246 so I think everything is okay with God. 0:18:37.246,0:18:40.218 But you see God's kindness isn't meant 0:18:40.218,0:18:42.848 to lead people who are [br]living in their rebellion 0:18:42.848,0:18:45.295 to think that everything is okay. 0:18:45.295,0:18:51.700 God's kindness is meant to lead [br]them to repent and turn to Christ. 0:18:51.700,0:18:56.566 Brethren, you see, it's hard [br]for people to imagine. 0:18:56.566,0:18:59.131 You know, the fornicator [br]and the adulterer, 0:18:59.131,0:19:00.581 he goes and does his thing, 0:19:00.581,0:19:02.673 the homosexual goes [br]and does his thing, 0:19:02.673,0:19:06.748 and then he comes home and he eats. 0:19:06.748,0:19:09.232 And he sleeps. 0:19:09.232,0:19:15.033 And he feels health [br]pulsating through his veins, 0:19:15.033,0:19:16.543 and he lives like that. 0:19:16.543,0:19:20.052 He can't imagine that he just sinned 0:19:20.052,0:19:25.323 in the sight of a God who is so angry, 0:19:25.323,0:19:28.954 and whose glory has been 0:19:28.954,0:19:31.874 so assaulted and insulted, 0:19:31.874,0:19:33.149 and diminished 0:19:33.149,0:19:34.609 and stamped on 0:19:34.609,0:19:37.779 and trampled over. 0:19:37.779,0:19:40.179 He can't imagine that what he just did 0:19:40.179,0:19:41.724 deserves to be punished 0:19:41.724,0:19:46.134 forever and forever and forever [br]and forever and forever. 0:19:46.134,0:19:48.089 Because when he just did it, 0:19:48.089,0:19:50.319 all he got was kindness. 0:19:50.319,0:19:52.100 And that's right, he did. 0:19:52.100,0:19:54.730 But that kindness, the Scripture says, 0:19:54.730,0:19:58.245 isn't meant to convince him 0:19:58.245,0:19:59.965 that it's all okay. 0:19:59.965,0:20:01.875 It's meant to convince him 0:20:01.875,0:20:03.665 that there is a kind God 0:20:03.665,0:20:05.645 that will indeed receive him 0:20:05.645,0:20:10.025 and forgive all of his sins if he turns. 0:20:10.025,0:20:15.262 Let's look at Matthew 25. 0:20:15.262,0:20:23.865 Here's one place that [br]we see hell described. 0:20:23.865,0:20:28.265 Listen to what describes 0:20:28.265,0:20:32.850 people who are going there. 0:20:32.850,0:20:34.555 Verse 41. 0:20:34.555,0:20:36.175 They're on his left. 0:20:36.175,0:20:39.755 "Depart from me, you cursed, 0:20:39.755,0:20:43.087 into the eternal fire 0:20:43.087,0:20:46.977 prepared for the devil and his angels." 0:20:46.977,0:20:49.177 Eternal fire. 0:20:49.177,0:20:50.689 Brethren, being burned alive 0:20:50.689,0:20:53.309 is one of the most horrific [br]things we can think about. 0:20:53.309,0:20:57.807 When you see somebody [br]that has been burned... 0:20:57.807,0:21:08.292 I was just reading about Gehenna, 0:21:08.292,0:21:12.702 or the Valley of Hinnom. 0:21:12.702,0:21:15.943 It used to be, I understand, [br]a pleasant place. 0:21:15.943,0:21:18.032 In fact, it was pleasant, 0:21:18.032,0:21:20.052 had a river flowing through it. 0:21:20.052,0:21:22.761 It was a valley not far from Jerusalem, 0:21:22.761,0:21:25.732 but what happened in evil days, 0:21:25.732,0:21:31.102 is that's where they sacrificed to Molech, 0:21:31.102,0:21:32.802 and if you've read anything 0:21:32.802,0:21:34.296 or know anything about it, 0:21:34.296,0:21:40.008 is basically this god [br]they created - a statue - 0:21:40.008,0:21:46.745 that was part man and [br]part cow and had arms. 0:21:46.745,0:21:50.026 They would heat that thing [br]up until it glowed red hot, 0:21:50.026,0:21:57.570 and they would put their children [br]in the arms of that statue. 0:21:57.570,0:22:01.075 And in days of good kings 0:22:01.075,0:22:03.055 that became a repulsive place 0:22:03.055,0:22:06.130 and they would put their garbage there. 0:22:06.130,0:22:10.857 That's the picture that is created. 0:22:10.857,0:22:14.823 If Jesus could liken hell to anything, 0:22:14.823,0:22:18.553 He likened it to a place 0:22:18.553,0:22:22.303 that was absolutely abominable to the Jew, 0:22:22.303,0:22:25.464 where children had been [br]sacrificed to a false god. 0:22:25.464,0:22:28.524 It was a place where [br]fires burned all the time 0:22:28.524,0:22:31.960 to burn up the garbage [br]that was stacked there. 0:22:31.960,0:22:36.348 Dead bodies, and refuse, [br]and sewage, and all sorts... 0:22:36.348,0:22:39.647 I mean it was a place that [br]was absolutely defiled. 0:22:39.647,0:22:43.897 It had fire. 0:22:43.897,0:22:47.353 To a Jew, you probably couldn't imagine 0:22:47.353,0:22:52.465 any more horrible place in the world. 0:22:52.465,0:22:55.231 "Cursed people..." 0:22:55.231,0:23:00.852 Listen, when Christ says, "Depart," 0:23:00.852,0:23:07.032 people don't understand. 0:23:07.032,0:23:10.601 Jesus upholds the universe 0:23:10.601,0:23:14.581 with the word of His power. 0:23:14.581,0:23:16.673 And in His kindness, 0:23:16.673,0:23:21.013 He gives you everything you have. 0:23:21.013,0:23:23.275 Anything that is enjoyable, 0:23:23.275,0:23:25.175 anything that is pleasurable, 0:23:25.175,0:23:27.034 anything that is peaceful, 0:23:27.034,0:23:29.224 anything that is restful, 0:23:29.224,0:23:31.862 He gives it to you. 0:23:31.862,0:23:33.918 Men don't realize it. 0:23:33.918,0:23:37.552 Because they live habitually seeking 0:23:37.552,0:23:39.882 to strike God from their minds, 0:23:39.882,0:23:43.698 suppress Him from their thoughts, 0:23:43.698,0:23:48.068 they exchange the glory [br]of God for everything else. 0:23:48.068,0:23:51.722 They seek to worship money, 0:23:51.722,0:23:54.312 and fun, and pleasure, 0:23:54.312,0:24:00.221 and sex, and sports, and power. 0:24:00.221,0:24:04.807 And they have so sought to "atheitize" 0:24:04.807,0:24:07.227 (if that's such a word) themselves 0:24:07.227,0:24:11.518 and to suppress God out of it, 0:24:11.518,0:24:17.392 man doesn't realize that every good thing 0:24:17.392,0:24:20.392 comes from the Lord. 0:24:20.392,0:24:23.503 And when He says, "Depart," 0:24:23.503,0:24:28.803 He is withdrawing every good thing. 0:24:28.803,0:24:30.757 When He says to "Depart," 0:24:30.757,0:24:33.597 that's it. Cursed. 0:24:33.597,0:24:35.772 Everything in this life [br]that was a blessing, 0:24:35.772,0:24:38.858 everything in this life that was [br]an expression of His kindness, 0:24:38.858,0:24:41.667 it's pulled. 0:24:41.667,0:24:45.117 Men don't understand 0:24:45.117,0:24:51.048 if God withdraws everything. 0:24:51.048,0:24:58.052 It's not just the church down [br]on the corner goes away, 0:24:58.052,0:25:01.638 every pleasure is gone forever. 0:25:01.638,0:25:05.812 Every satisfaction is gone forever. 0:25:05.812,0:25:09.148 Every joy, every smile, 0:25:09.148,0:25:13.415 every form of happiness is gone forever. 0:25:13.415,0:25:16.762 Any sense of relief - you know the relief 0:25:16.762,0:25:18.512 when you've had a bad cold, 0:25:18.512,0:25:21.207 and you start getting better? 0:25:21.207,0:25:24.896 Or you pounded your thumb with a hammer 0:25:24.896,0:25:28.149 and the pain begins to go away? 0:25:28.149,0:25:31.093 You're exhausted and weary, 0:25:31.093,0:25:34.395 and you're able to lay [br]your head down and rest. 0:25:34.395,0:25:36.500 Don't you understand? 0:25:36.500,0:25:40.474 There's no rest, night or day, 0:25:40.474,0:25:43.474 forever and ever. 0:25:43.474,0:25:48.338 There is no rest. It's cursed. 0:25:48.338,0:25:52.598 It's blackness of darkness. 0:25:52.598,0:25:55.105 It's a fiery furnace. 0:25:55.105,0:25:59.952 Listen, if you were [br]thrown bodily into fire, 0:25:59.952,0:26:01.782 that's the kind of reality. 0:26:01.782,0:26:03.272 When you go to take a breath, 0:26:03.272,0:26:04.297 there's no cool air, 0:26:04.297,0:26:07.087 fire goes in your lungs. 0:26:07.087,0:26:10.220 If you seek to have relief, there is none, 0:26:10.220,0:26:16.642 because every nerve is [br]being confronted by pain. 0:26:16.642,0:26:22.404 There's no rest in the [br]soul if that happens. 0:26:22.416,0:26:25.435 Listen, things go bad now, 0:26:25.435,0:26:27.975 we can find relief, typically. 0:26:27.975,0:26:30.824 There's some relief. There's some way out. 0:26:30.824,0:26:32.382 There's no way out. 0:26:32.382,0:26:34.504 "Depart from me..." 0:26:34.504,0:26:38.214 Those are the words of the cursed. 0:26:38.214,0:26:40.377 They're words that are falling 0:26:40.377,0:26:43.377 upon the ears of people who deserve it. 0:26:43.377,0:26:48.772 Nobody is going to say, "This isn't fair." 0:26:48.772,0:26:51.536 You say, "Isn't that overreaction?" 0:26:51.536,0:26:53.788 "That if I sin once, 0:26:53.788,0:26:59.728 God's going to remove every kindness?" 0:26:59.728,0:27:03.115 You haven't sinned once. 0:27:03.115,0:27:05.325 You've done nothing but sin. 0:27:05.325,0:27:07.063 That's what Scripture says. 0:27:07.063,0:27:08.839 Scripture says we're worthless. 0:27:08.839,0:27:12.103 And even our righteousness's [br]are filthy rags. 0:27:12.103,0:27:16.892 And here's the catcher for [br]everybody in this room. 0:27:16.892,0:27:22.841 You can't argue the way a cannibal can 0:27:22.841,0:27:27.187 who might live on a South Seas island 0:27:27.187,0:27:31.837 (unintelligible) 0:27:31.837,0:27:34.501 and he died before Clark 0:27:34.501,0:27:38.841 and Harris and Paton arrived. 0:27:38.841,0:27:42.215 You don't have that. 0:27:42.215,0:27:44.194 You've sinned a lot, 0:27:44.194,0:27:46.764 and you've had Christ offered. 0:27:46.764,0:27:51.564 And if anybody in this room perishes, 0:27:51.564,0:27:54.678 it will be with so much light, 0:27:54.678,0:28:00.478 there will be no excuse. 0:28:00.478,0:28:03.883 God's judgments may seem severe, 0:28:03.883,0:28:10.044 but brethren, I think if [br]we could have talked with Isaiah 0:28:10.044,0:28:12.691 the moment he came out of the temple 0:28:12.691,0:28:14.421 there in Isaiah 6 - 0:28:14.421,0:28:17.232 I mean he saw the Lord - 0:28:17.232,0:28:19.041 brethren, there probably was not 0:28:19.041,0:28:22.041 a more righteous man in the land. 0:28:22.041,0:28:26.734 Isaiah was "the" prophet. 0:28:26.734,0:28:28.354 I mean was God was looking 0:28:28.354,0:28:30.605 for somebody to take the message, 0:28:30.605,0:28:34.791 He chose Isaiah. 0:28:34.791,0:28:36.791 Isaiah saw the Lord and he said, 0:28:36.791,0:28:38.573 "I'm a man of unclean lips." 0:28:38.573,0:28:40.952 "I dwell in the midst a [br]people of unclean lips." 0:28:40.952,0:28:43.827 He said, "Woe is me." 0:28:43.827,0:28:47.695 If you would got him coming [br]out of the Temple and said, 0:28:47.697,0:28:49.866 "Isaiah, what do you think? 0:28:49.866,0:28:51.595 You think when we sin it's overkill 0:28:51.595,0:28:54.495 for God to send us to [br]hell forever and ever?" 0:28:54.495,0:28:57.886 He'd have said, "You have no idea." 0:28:57.886,0:28:59.557 The Lord is so glorious, 0:28:59.557,0:29:01.386 to sin against Him is a crime 0:29:01.386,0:29:05.386 of unimaginable heinousness, 0:29:05.386,0:29:08.205 and wickedness, and depravity. 0:29:08.205,0:29:11.276 You have no idea when you sin 0:29:11.276,0:29:14.036 the glory that you are sinning against. 0:29:14.036,0:29:17.257 He would have been speechless, I'm sure. 0:29:17.257,0:29:20.928 He probably would have looked [br]at you with glazed over eyes 0:29:20.928,0:29:24.944 of amazement and astonishment. 0:29:24.944,0:29:28.258 To even think that he could [br]have come into the presence 0:29:28.258,0:29:32.537 of the high and exalted Christ like that 0:29:32.537,0:29:35.384 and have emerged without being consumed. 0:29:35.384,0:29:37.315 And there's only one way. 0:29:37.315,0:29:38.885 It's the only way that you and I 0:29:38.885,0:29:40.644 will escape in Judgment Day 0:29:40.644,0:29:44.048 It's if our sin is forgiven. 0:29:44.048,0:29:46.582 Brethren, we're talking a place 0:29:46.582,0:29:49.582 that was made for the [br]devil and his angels. 0:29:49.582,0:29:52.188 There's a reason why, 0:29:52.188,0:29:54.608 if you die unrepentant, 0:29:54.608,0:29:56.438 you go to a place that was made 0:29:56.438,0:29:58.120 for the devil and his angels. 0:29:58.120,0:30:01.254 It's because you are as bad as they are. 0:30:01.254,0:30:03.144 They may have had a lot longer 0:30:03.144,0:30:04.629 to do their wickedness, 0:30:04.629,0:30:06.299 but listen, if you're being sent 0:30:06.299,0:30:08.491 to the same place they are, 0:30:08.491,0:30:11.835 it's because you are like they are. 0:30:11.842,0:30:13.573 Do you not realize that? 0:30:13.573,0:30:16.710 Men are like demons. 0:30:16.710,0:30:18.160 They're like the devil. 0:30:18.160,0:30:20.707 That's why they're sent there. 0:30:20.707,0:30:23.204 They are liars, they're murderers, 0:30:23.204,0:30:26.364 they're God-haters, they're in rebellion. 0:30:26.364,0:30:28.447 It is a place for those 0:30:28.447,0:30:31.447 who have sinned against a kind God. 0:30:31.447,0:30:33.438 Listen, if you end up there 0:30:33.438,0:30:36.158 after all the kindnesses He showed you, 0:30:36.158,0:30:38.596 and after the times you've had to repent, 0:30:38.596,0:30:42.587 and after the pleadings of God's people 0:30:42.587,0:30:46.177 to you, the brethren [br]even from this church, 0:30:46.177,0:30:49.003 and you were given [br]opportunity upon opportunity. 0:30:49.003,0:30:50.673 I mean what can you say, 0:30:50.673,0:30:52.216 if you come to Judgment Day, 0:30:52.216,0:30:54.604 and you're told to depart, [br]and every goodness, 0:30:54.604,0:30:56.304 every kindness 0:30:56.304,0:30:58.284 is withdrawn and taken away. 0:30:58.284,0:30:59.974 And not momentarily. 0:30:59.974,0:31:01.957 It's not like when you get sick here, 0:31:01.957,0:31:05.627 or you fall into some infirmity. 0:31:05.627,0:31:09.157 There's no relief. 0:31:09.157,0:31:11.947 And it will be just, 0:31:11.947,0:31:16.847 and you will see that it will be just. 0:31:16.847,0:31:20.665 Eternal fire prepared for [br]the devil and his angels. 0:31:20.665,0:31:24.617 And who goes there? 0:31:24.617,0:31:27.727 Mass murderers, 0:31:27.727,0:31:30.387 Adolf Hitler, 0:31:30.387,0:31:37.247 pedophiles, 0:31:37.247,0:31:45.887 no - yes, they do - [br]and some of those don't, 0:31:45.887,0:31:49.062 because they looked to Christ in faith. 0:31:49.062,0:31:53.468 But listen to the description of those 0:31:53.468,0:31:58.123 who find their place in the lake of fire. 0:31:58.123,0:32:04.798 "I was hungry and you gave Me no food." 0:32:04.798,0:32:09.609 Wait, where's the pedophiles, [br]where's the sodomites? 0:32:09.609,0:32:11.947 Where are the real wicked people? 0:32:11.947,0:32:14.991 I mean, I thought you had to be [br]like Adolf Hitler to go to hell. 0:32:14.991,0:32:18.596 This is saying somebody was [br]hungry and I didn't feed him. 0:32:18.596,0:32:22.202 That ought to startle us. 0:32:22.202,0:32:24.032 It's not just the Adolf Hitler's. 0:32:24.032,0:32:29.471 It's not just the people [br]that killed the six million Jews. 0:32:29.471,0:32:32.827 This brings it down to [br]where you and I live. 0:32:32.827,0:32:38.326 No, you didn't kill six million [br]Jews, and neither did I. 0:32:38.326,0:32:40.491 But all you have to do [br]to be like the devil 0:32:40.491,0:32:46.241 and end up where he is, 0:32:46.241,0:32:51.871 basically see other people in need, 0:32:51.871,0:32:54.691 and you turn your back. 0:32:54.691,0:32:56.741 You say, "Is that evil, is that wicked?" 0:32:56.741,0:33:01.546 You better believe it is. 0:33:01.546,0:33:03.685 "I was hungry, you gave Me no food. [br] 0:33:03.685,0:33:06.225 I was thirsty, you gave Me no drink. 0:33:06.225,0:33:09.244 I was a stranger, you did not welcome Me. 0:33:09.244,0:33:13.545 Naked, you did not clothe Me." 0:33:13.545,0:33:16.711 Brethren, we jump down to verse 46: 0:33:16.711,0:33:22.141 "These will go away [br]into eternal punishment." 0:33:22.141,0:33:26.010 You say, "What?! Some guy needed clothes, [br]and I didn't give him clothes? 0:33:26.010,0:33:28.827 I'm going to hell forever? [br]Eternal punishment? 0:33:28.827,0:33:38.206 Isn't that a bit overkill?" 0:33:38.206,0:33:42.786 But you see, this is an [br]expression of what's in men: 0:33:42.786,0:33:46.285 rebellious, lawless, 0:33:46.285,0:33:49.285 all they think about is themselves. 0:33:49.285,0:33:51.365 Brethren, the idea here isn't 0:33:51.365,0:33:52.817 that if you go feed somebody, 0:33:52.817,0:33:54.803 you're going to earn your way to heaven. 0:33:54.803,0:33:57.427 The idea here is look, 0:33:57.427,0:33:59.747 if you turn from your sin, you repent, 0:33:59.747,0:34:02.517 you bow the knee and surrender to Christ, 0:34:02.517,0:34:05.700 and you trust Him, 0:34:05.700,0:34:08.890 what Jesus does in your life, 0:34:08.890,0:34:12.052 is He gives you a heart to love people. 0:34:12.052,0:34:14.102 If you don't have a heart to love people, 0:34:14.102,0:34:16.182 you can't say you're one of Christ's. 0:34:16.182,0:34:18.892 And you have no claim on heaven. 0:34:18.892,0:34:20.983 And listen, if you'll flee to Christ, 0:34:20.983,0:34:22.953 He'll make you into a person 0:34:22.953,0:34:25.573 who will be concerned to feed others. 0:34:25.573,0:34:27.999 If you look and you say, [br]"All I've had is hatred, 0:34:27.999,0:34:29.759 all I've had is selfishness, 0:34:29.759,0:34:31.412 all I've had is self-centeredness, 0:34:31.412,0:34:32.412 that's all I have. 0:34:32.412,0:34:34.009 I don't really care about others. 0:34:34.009,0:34:35.669 If I ever do anything for others, 0:34:35.669,0:34:37.944 it's just what I can [br]do to be seen by others. 0:34:37.944,0:34:39.537 Just so I get a good reputation. 0:34:39.537,0:34:42.161 If that's all it is, and you [br]know in the secret places, 0:34:42.161,0:34:44.201 you don't really care about other people, 0:34:44.201,0:34:47.179 you just care about how you're perceived, 0:34:47.179,0:34:49.498 you care about your reputation, 0:34:49.498,0:34:52.307 but you don't really care about others, 0:34:52.307,0:34:53.307 turn from it. 0:34:53.307,0:34:55.517 That doesn't mean you have to fix it. 0:34:55.517,0:34:58.082 It just means run to Him who can. 0:34:58.082,0:35:00.112 Confess it all to Him. 0:35:00.112,0:35:02.272 Ask Him to make you like He is. 0:35:02.272,0:35:06.247 Ask Him to begin to [br]make you into His image. 0:35:06.247,0:35:09.475 That's what He does. Trust Him. 0:35:09.475,0:35:12.900 Turn from this. Turn [br]from the selfish life. 0:35:12.900,0:35:18.080 The righteous -- they [br]go into eternal life. 0:35:18.080,0:35:21.233 Eternal punishment. 0:35:21.233,0:35:27.723 The fires there don't burn out. 0:35:27.723,0:35:32.193 There's no end. 0:35:32.193,0:35:37.013 Eternity. 0:35:37.013,0:35:41.202 I mean, think about eternity. 0:35:41.202,0:35:46.459 Listen, we can sit here now 0:35:46.459,0:35:53.101 and we feel comfortable we're not there. 0:35:53.101,0:35:57.312 We can breathe. 0:35:57.312,0:35:59.462 You know, men comfort themselves: 0:35:59.462,0:36:02.094 well, I'm not there right now. 0:36:02.094,0:36:05.094 I've got time. 0:36:05.094,0:36:09.071 Well, listen, what time do you have? 0:36:09.071,0:36:10.611 Your life is but a vapor. 0:36:10.611,0:36:12.522 You don't know if you have tomorrow. 0:36:12.522,0:36:13.906 There's no guarantee of it. 0:36:13.906,0:36:17.845 People get cut off. 0:36:17.845,0:36:22.010 What you have time for [br]is right now to repent. 0:36:22.010,0:36:23.864 Listen, God has been kind 0:36:23.864,0:36:27.104 to bring all of us to this hour. 0:36:27.104,0:36:30.803 This is a real place. 0:36:30.803,0:36:35.183 I can just move through some other verses. 0:36:35.183,0:36:37.123 Just right here in Matthew. 0:36:37.123,0:36:38.514 Matthew, by itself, 0:36:38.514,0:36:45.149 just gives us material [br]for an outstanding study. 0:36:45.149,0:36:49.817 Let's all turn over to Matthew 13, 0:36:49.817,0:36:52.817 a tremendous study on hell. 0:36:52.817,0:37:01.307 It shows up again and again. 0:37:01.307,0:37:04.807 Matthew 13:24: "He put another [br]parable before them, saying, 0:37:04.807,0:37:07.241 'The kingdom of heaven may be compared 0:37:07.241,0:37:09.581 to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 0:37:09.581,0:37:11.395 but while his men were sleeping, 0:37:11.395,0:37:15.224 his enemy came and sowed weeds [br]among the wheat and went away. 0:37:15.224,0:37:18.510 So when the plants came up and bore grain, 0:37:18.510,0:37:20.686 then the weeds appeared also. 0:37:20.686,0:37:23.792 And the servants of the master [br]of the house came and said to him, 0:37:23.792,0:37:26.212 "Master, did you not sow[br]good seed in your field? 0:37:26.212,0:37:28.805 How then does it have weeds?" 0:37:28.805,0:37:30.989 He said to them, "An enemy has done this." 0:37:30.989,0:37:32.589 So the servants said to him, 0:37:32.589,0:37:34.913 "Then do you want us [br]to go and gather them?" 0:37:34.913,0:37:37.226 But he said, "No, lest [br]in gathering the weeds 0:37:37.226,0:37:39.326 you root up the wheat along with them. 0:37:39.326,0:37:41.807 Let them grow together until the harvest, 0:37:41.807,0:37:44.128 and at harvest time [br]I will tell the reapers, 0:37:44.128,0:37:45.368 gather the weeds first 0:37:45.368,0:37:47.910 and bind them in bundles to be burned, [br] 0:37:47.910,0:37:50.210 but gather the wheat into my barn." 0:37:50.210,0:37:52.711 And then He goes on to [br]explain it, down in verse 36. 0:37:52.711,0:37:58.624 But we'll just jump to verse 39: 0:37:58.624,0:38:03.272 "The enemy who sowed them is the devil. 0:38:03.272,0:38:04.952 These are the sons of the evil one 0:38:04.952,0:38:06.889 who find their way into the kingdom. 0:38:06.889,0:38:10.174 The harvest is the close of the age. 0:38:10.174,0:38:12.214 The reapers are the angels. 0:38:12.214,0:38:15.137 And as the weeds are gathered [br]and burned with fire, 0:38:15.137,0:38:17.907 so will it be at the close of the age. 0:38:17.907,0:38:20.086 The Son of Man will send His angels 0:38:20.086,0:38:22.216 and they will gather out of His kingdom 0:38:22.216,0:38:29.078 all causes of sin and all law-breakers." 0:38:29.078,0:38:31.238 If that's your life, [br]if you're a lawbreaker, 0:38:31.238,0:38:33.704 and you're a cause of sin, 0:38:33.704,0:38:35.948 here's your lot at the end of this age: 0:38:35.948,0:38:38.986 "And throw them into the fiery furnace. 0:38:38.986,0:38:43.700 It that place, there will be weeping 0:38:43.700,0:38:46.030 and gnashing of teeth. 0:38:46.030,0:38:48.140 Then the righteous will [br]shine like the sun 0:38:48.140,0:38:50.127 in the kingdom of their Father. 0:38:50.127,0:38:54.536 He who has ears, let him hear." 0:38:54.536,0:38:56.653 You get the same thing, look at verse 47: 0:38:56.653,0:38:59.214 “Again, the kingdom [br]of heaven is like a net 0:38:59.214,0:39:00.925 that was thrown into the sea 0:39:00.925,0:39:03.505 and gathered fish of every kind. 0:39:03.505,0:39:04.745 When it was full, 0:39:04.745,0:39:06.409 men drew it ashore and sat down 0:39:06.409,0:39:08.539 and sorted the good into containers 0:39:08.539,0:39:10.023 but threw away the bad. 0:39:10.023,0:39:11.904 So it will be at the close of the age. 0:39:11.904,0:39:15.153 The angels will come out and separate [br]the evil from the righteous 0:39:15.153,0:39:17.850 and throw them into the fiery furnace. 0:39:17.850,0:39:21.556 In that place there will be [br]weeping and gnashing of teeth." 0:39:21.556,0:39:23.965 Listen, if you have a red-letter Bible, 0:39:23.965,0:39:26.445 you'll notice, that's in red letters, 0:39:26.445,0:39:33.401 which means Jesus Himself, the Christ, 0:39:33.401,0:39:37.978 He came and He looked [br]men square in the face, 0:39:37.978,0:39:41.532 and He said, "There is [br]a hell to be avoided." 0:39:41.532,0:39:43.242 It is a place of outer darkness, 0:39:43.242,0:39:44.556 it is a place of weeping, 0:39:44.556,0:39:47.360 it is a place of the gnashing of teeth, 0:39:47.360,0:39:51.066 it is a place that He [br]likens to fiery furnace. 0:39:51.066,0:39:52.788 Now look, you say, 0:39:52.788,0:39:55.788 "Well, it's called the lake of fire; 0:39:55.788,0:39:57.718 it's called the fiery furnace, 0:39:57.718,0:40:03.225 how can it be fire if it's outer darkness? 0:40:03.225,0:40:05.859 Isn't that maybe just symbolic?" 0:40:05.859,0:40:08.511 Okay, maybe it is. But I'll tell you what. 0:40:08.511,0:40:13.337 If the closest thing Jesus [br]has to describing it is fire, 0:40:13.337,0:40:15.627 if that's all there is in this world 0:40:15.627,0:40:17.584 that He can come up with, 0:40:17.584,0:40:21.292 that even approximates [br]what it is, I would say, 0:40:21.292,0:40:25.471 even if it's spiritualization, 0:40:25.471,0:40:27.211 even if it's symbolic, 0:40:27.211,0:40:31.387 that certainly would not be [br]anything to find comfort in, 0:40:31.387,0:40:34.052 because it's not going [br]to be better than fire. 0:40:34.052,0:40:36.257 If anything, it's going to [br]be worse than fire. 0:40:36.257,0:40:38.398 And if it is the same as fire, 0:40:38.398,0:40:40.898 being thrown into a lake of fire forever, 0:40:40.898,0:40:42.368 brethren, do you recognize, 0:40:42.368,0:40:44.476 when it happens, you're there. 0:40:44.476,0:40:46.446 When you wake up, you're there. 0:40:46.446,0:40:47.761 And it's all over. 0:40:47.761,0:40:49.571 Eternity is written over everything. 0:40:49.571,0:40:50.724 There is no escape. 0:40:50.724,0:40:52.134 There is no second chance. 0:40:52.134,0:40:53.895 There is no time to repent now. 0:40:53.895,0:40:56.753 And for all you would kick [br]yourself, and feel foolish, 0:40:56.753,0:40:58.577 and hate God for putting you there, 0:40:58.577,0:41:00.177 and hating everybody else 0:41:00.177,0:41:01.938 that encouraged you in your sin, 0:41:01.938,0:41:03.998 and realizing how many times 0:41:03.998,0:41:06.998 you despised the preaching of the Word, 0:41:06.998,0:41:11.082 how you'd want to pull your own hair out, 0:41:11.082,0:41:12.642 gnash your teeth, 0:41:12.642,0:41:15.060 whether in hatred to God 0:41:15.060,0:41:20.660 or in absolute devastation 0:41:20.660,0:41:25.373 because of your own foolishness. 0:41:25.373,0:41:27.627 Brethren, this is real 0:41:27.627,0:41:31.047 and Christ says, "Wake up." 0:41:31.047,0:41:52.790 Christ says in another [br]place, Matthew 18:8: 0:41:52.790,0:41:57.316 "If your hand or your foot causes [br]you to sin (or to stumble), 0:41:57.316,0:42:00.371 cut it off and throw it away. 0:42:00.371,0:42:03.683 It is better for you to [br]enter life crippled or lame 0:42:03.683,0:42:06.110 than with two hands or two feet 0:42:06.110,0:42:08.770 to be thrown into the eternal fire. 0:42:08.770,0:42:10.520 If your eye causes you to sin, 0:42:10.520,0:42:12.464 tear it out and throw it away. 0:42:12.464,0:42:14.974 It is better for you to [br]enter life with one eye 0:42:14.974,0:42:20.051 than with two eyes to be [br]thrown into the hell of fire." 0:42:20.051,0:42:26.397 Listen, Jesus knows what hell is. 0:42:26.397,0:42:36.940 And He is not only the Truth, [br]and the Way, and the Life, 0:42:36.940,0:42:40.791 He came to bear truth and to speak truth 0:42:40.791,0:42:42.261 and He looked at men, 0:42:42.261,0:42:48.871 and He said, "I know what you don't know. 0:42:48.871,0:42:53.992 I know how bad, how hellish, 0:42:53.992,0:42:57.532 how fiery it is. 0:42:57.532,0:43:01.991 I know the punishment [br]that takes place there." 0:43:01.991,0:43:05.869 Listen, Jesus Christ is the One 0:43:05.869,0:43:11.009 who tramples out the [br]fury of God the Almighty. 0:43:11.009,0:43:14.082 It is the wrath of the [br]Lamb you have to fear. 0:43:14.082,0:43:18.367 He knows His own wrath. 0:43:18.367,0:43:22.231 He could look at everything in this world, 0:43:22.231,0:43:24.221 everything that is to be prized, 0:43:24.221,0:43:25.969 everything that is to be cherished, 0:43:25.969,0:43:27.789 everything that is to be yearned for 0:43:27.789,0:43:29.369 and longed after by man, 0:43:29.369,0:43:30.899 and He could look at hell, 0:43:30.899,0:43:32.186 and He could say to men, 0:43:32.186,0:43:33.651 "I know. 0:43:33.651,0:43:37.121 I know what the real value [br]of things in this world are, 0:43:37.121,0:43:40.530 and I know the real [br]terror of what hell is. 0:43:40.530,0:43:44.220 And I'll tell you this: 0:43:44.220,0:43:47.984 whatever it takes for you [br]to cut off or tear out 0:43:47.984,0:43:50.566 the things of this world [br]that hold you back 0:43:50.566,0:43:52.602 and keep you from following Me, 0:43:52.602,0:43:54.844 every idol, every lust, 0:43:54.844,0:43:57.884 every sin, every thing, 0:43:57.884,0:44:00.294 that you would have over Me, 0:44:00.294,0:44:04.107 that would have follow [br]after to disobey Me, 0:44:04.107,0:44:06.953 that you think you need in your life, 0:44:06.953,0:44:08.833 at the expense of Me, 0:44:08.833,0:44:10.331 and surrendering to Me, 0:44:10.331,0:44:11.912 and trusting Me, 0:44:11.912,0:44:13.872 believing in Me, 0:44:13.872,0:44:15.362 coming to Me, 0:44:15.362,0:44:16.862 calling upon Me, 0:44:16.862,0:44:18.365 putting all your trust, 0:44:18.365,0:44:21.892 I know it is not worth holding on 0:44:21.892,0:44:23.822 to all the money that Gates has. 0:44:23.822,0:44:25.762 It is not worth all the money 0:44:25.762,0:44:27.426 that is to be had in this world, 0:44:27.426,0:44:29.228 all the treasure, all the pleasures, 0:44:29.228,0:44:31.446 even if you could live [br]as long as Methuselah 0:44:31.446,0:44:33.256 and enjoy everything to the full 0:44:33.256,0:44:35.615 and live life to the [br]complete in this life, 0:44:35.615,0:44:36.815 to have it all, 0:44:36.815,0:44:38.720 to have all that men aspire after, 0:44:38.720,0:44:40.440 all the fame, and all the money, 0:44:40.440,0:44:41.509 and all the houses, 0:44:41.509,0:44:43.391 and all the beauty, 0:44:43.391,0:44:46.051 all the health, to have it all. 0:44:46.051,0:44:48.492 All that men think they [br]want and think they need, 0:44:48.492,0:44:50.787 He knows, if you had it all, 0:44:50.787,0:44:54.260 and you could live as long [br]as the oldest man ever lived, 0:44:54.260,0:44:56.527 if you could have it all [br]for a thousand years, 0:44:56.527,0:44:58.047 He looks at it and He says, 0:44:58.047,0:44:59.335 there's no comparison. 0:44:59.335,0:45:01.795 Whatever it takes to [br]cut it off and tear it out, 0:45:01.795,0:45:02.834 you better do it. 0:45:02.834,0:45:07.923 It is better for you to do that [br]than to end up in this place. 0:45:07.923,0:45:11.996 It's insanity to go after [br]anything in this world 0:45:11.996,0:45:14.676 that's going to be gone soon. 0:45:14.676,0:45:18.781 And the truth is 0:45:18.781,0:45:22.251 you're not going to live [br]as long as Methuselah. 0:45:22.251,0:45:29.016 The truth is, if you [br]live 80 years, it's long. 0:45:29.016,0:45:31.490 And the truth is, you're not going to get 0:45:31.490,0:45:33.540 all the money in the world, 0:45:33.540,0:45:35.633 and the truth is that whatever you do get 0:45:35.633,0:45:39.273 in this world is not going to satisfy you. 0:45:39.273,0:45:43.995 It's going to leave you empty, 0:45:43.995,0:45:49.233 because it's a lie. 0:45:49.233,0:45:52.453 (incomplete thought) 0:45:52.453,0:45:57.579 Brethren, Jesus is [br]offering men eternal life. 0:45:57.579,0:46:00.539 He's offering men forgiveness. 0:46:00.539,0:46:03.076 He's offering men the opportunity 0:46:03.076,0:46:06.306 of seeing God face to face. 0:46:06.306,0:46:09.025 He's offering men the opportunity 0:46:09.025,0:46:12.025 of having every tear wiped away. 0:46:12.025,0:46:16.566 All sorrows and pain and death. 0:46:16.566,0:46:22.186 He's offering you 0:46:22.186,0:46:25.196 the treasures of Christ, 0:46:25.196,0:46:29.186 an eternal inheritance. 0:46:29.186,0:46:36.053 He's offering you riches 0:46:36.053,0:46:37.983 and He's calling you 0:46:37.983,0:46:43.603 to flee from the wrath to come. 0:46:43.603,0:46:49.108 Folks, this is what it means to be saved. 0:46:49.108,0:46:54.261 To be spared from the wrath of God. 0:46:54.261,0:46:55.991 Jesus said many are going to come 0:46:55.991,0:46:57.354 from the east and the west, 0:46:57.354,0:46:59.081 and from the north and the south, 0:46:59.081,0:47:01.432 and they're going to sit [br]down in that kingdom. 0:47:01.432,0:47:03.891 They're going to sit down with [br]Abraham and Isaac and Jacob 0:47:03.891,0:47:05.884 while many of the sons of the kingdom [br] 0:47:05.884,0:47:08.297 are going to be cast into outer darkness. 0:47:08.297,0:47:15.625 Brethren, let me hit you [br]with another verse. 0:47:15.625,0:47:18.037 One of the pictures that we see 0:47:18.037,0:47:23.427 comes at us in 2 Thessalonians. 0:47:23.427,0:47:31.334 "When Jesus comes..." 0:47:31.334,0:47:37.144 it says mid-way through [br]2 Thessalonians 1:7: 0:47:37.144,0:47:40.644 "...when the Lord Jesus [br]is revealed from heaven." 0:47:40.644,0:47:43.230 Here's His coming. 0:47:43.230,0:47:45.120 "...With his mighty angels..." 0:47:45.120,0:47:46.871 That's what we saw in the parables. 0:47:46.871,0:47:48.581 He's coming and He's going to 0:47:48.581,0:47:51.091 send His angels out to gather in 0:47:51.091,0:47:55.211 the wheat and the chaff, 0:47:55.211,0:47:56.881 the good and the bad. 0:47:56.881,0:47:58.211 Here He comes, 0:47:58.211,0:48:00.111 "...in flaming fire, 0:48:00.111,0:48:02.871 inflicting vengeance on those 0:48:02.871,0:48:04.821 who do not know God 0:48:04.821,0:48:07.479 and on those who do not obey 0:48:07.479,0:48:09.649 the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 0:48:09.649,0:48:15.344 They will suffer the punishment [br]of eternal destruction 0:48:15.344,0:48:17.588 away from the presence of the Lord 0:48:17.588,0:48:19.688 and from the glory of His might, 0:48:19.688,0:48:21.148 when He comes on that day 0:48:21.148,0:48:23.246 to be glorified in His saints, 0:48:23.246,0:48:25.216 and to be marveled at 0:48:25.216,0:48:27.003 among all who have believed, 0:48:27.003,0:48:34.410 because our testimony [br]to you was believed." 0:48:34.410,0:48:37.823 Listen, who are these people 0:48:37.823,0:48:40.823 who are going to face this punishment? 0:48:40.823,0:48:43.983 They're the people who are going [br]to be condemned when He comes. 0:48:43.983,0:48:46.436 Can I show you a picture of these people? 0:48:46.436,0:48:51.243 It says here that they will suffer 0:48:51.243,0:48:59.623 this punishment who did what? 0:48:59.623,0:49:02.823 They didn't obey the gospel [br]of our Lord Jesus Christ. 0:49:02.823,0:49:04.025 They didn't know God. 0:49:04.025,0:49:09.435 But jump over to 2 Thessalonians 2:12: 0:49:09.435,0:49:11.975 "...in order that all may be condemned [br] 0:49:11.975,0:49:15.855 (here's our group who's being condemned) 0:49:15.855,0:49:18.556 who did not believe the truth 0:49:18.556,0:49:23.016 but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 0:49:23.016,0:49:30.092 You say, who are the people 0:49:30.092,0:49:38.692 who are going to go into the hell-fire? 0:49:38.692,0:49:40.589 What describes them? 0:49:40.589,0:49:43.329 They just simply live lives 0:49:43.329,0:49:47.951 where they had pleasure [br]in unrighteousness. 0:49:47.951,0:49:51.649 You say, what? It's not the [br]Adolf Hitler's? Yes, it's them. 0:49:51.649,0:49:56.790 But listen, who has pleasure [br]in unrighteousness? 0:49:56.790,0:50:00.297 People who can sit down and [br]watch things on the computer, 0:50:00.297,0:50:07.427 on the television that's unrighteous, 0:50:07.427,0:50:10.747 and just delight in those things. 0:50:10.747,0:50:13.005 They can here a filthy joke at work 0:50:13.005,0:50:14.805 and laugh with the other guys, 0:50:14.805,0:50:18.180 then go to church on Sunday. 0:50:18.180,0:50:22.166 Listen, one of the things [br]about the parables, 0:50:22.166,0:50:24.246 those parables by and large 0:50:24.246,0:50:26.916 are not talking about the whole world. 0:50:26.916,0:50:29.236 When it says the net gathers in 0:50:29.236,0:50:30.824 the good and the bad; 0:50:30.824,0:50:33.151 when it says that the [br]angels are going to go out 0:50:33.151,0:50:35.431 and they're going to [br]gather some into the barn 0:50:35.431,0:50:38.026 and the others they're going to burn, 0:50:38.026,0:50:42.537 folks, this is a picture of the kingdom. 0:50:42.537,0:50:47.321 This is the idea of who looks [br]like they're in the church; 0:50:47.321,0:50:49.961 who looks like they're on the way. 0:50:49.961,0:50:52.907 When Jesus talks there in Matthew 7 0:50:52.907,0:50:57.763 about the broad way, 0:50:57.763,0:51:00.763 wide is the gate, broad is the way, 0:51:00.763,0:51:04.029 brethren, that leads to destruction. 0:51:04.029,0:51:05.869 He's not talking there about 0:51:05.869,0:51:07.793 just anybody and everybody. 0:51:07.793,0:51:12.690 He's talking about the crowd [br]that's down in verses 21, 22, 23, 0:51:12.690,0:51:15.686 who are saying, "Lord, Lord... 0:51:15.686,0:51:18.686 we did many mighty [br]works, we were there..." 0:51:18.686,0:51:20.489 He says, "Depart from me." 0:51:20.489,0:51:23.229 Why? Because you're lawless. 0:51:23.229,0:51:26.381 You are people that [br]took delight in lawlessness. 0:51:26.381,0:51:29.976 You loved unrighteousness. 0:51:29.976,0:51:34.176 That's it. 0:51:34.176,0:51:37.758 And now they've lost it all. 0:51:37.758,0:51:40.748 Listen, that's what repentance is, 0:51:40.748,0:51:43.095 it's turning away from [br]the unrighteousness. 0:51:43.095,0:51:45.289 It's not making yourself righteous. 0:51:45.289,0:51:47.649 It's not making yourself clean. 0:51:47.649,0:51:50.803 It's fleeing to Christ [br]in your filthiness, 0:51:50.803,0:51:52.773 to Him to clean you, 0:51:52.773,0:51:55.127 to Him to save you, 0:51:55.127,0:51:58.127 to Him to help you and forgive you, 0:51:58.127,0:52:01.658 and wash you in His blood, 0:52:01.658,0:52:05.438 confessing your sin to Him. 0:52:05.438,0:52:06.951 That's the picture. 0:52:06.951,0:52:09.951 He says this is to be [br]escaped at all costs. 0:52:09.951,0:52:12.316 And He bids men, "Come." 0:52:12.316,0:52:15.747 The Scripture says, whoever comes [br]to Him, He'll never cast out. 0:52:15.747,0:52:18.891 You come to Him, He'll never let [br]you fall into a place like that. 0:52:18.891,0:52:21.191 But listen, if you think [br]you're coming to Him 0:52:21.191,0:52:22.591 to get your sin forgiven, 0:52:22.591,0:52:23.911 but you're going to go on 0:52:23.911,0:52:26.478 loving your unrighteousness -- [br]no, no, no, no. 0:52:26.478,0:52:28.640 You're not coming to Him in reality. 0:52:28.640,0:52:30.802 Nobody comes to Christ in reality 0:52:30.802,0:52:32.964 who just wants to get delivered from hell. 0:52:32.964,0:52:34.573 That's not it. 0:52:34.573,0:52:37.273 We come to Him to be saved [br]from the wrath of God. 0:52:37.273,0:52:41.257 The wrath of God is for our sin. 0:52:41.257,0:52:45.178 It's to take care of all of [br]the problems of our sin. 0:52:45.178,0:52:47.618 The guilt of the sin, [br]the power of the sin, 0:52:47.618,0:52:49.190 the presence of the sin, 0:52:49.190,0:52:51.860 my inclination to sin, 0:52:51.860,0:52:57.940 my love of it. 0:52:57.940,0:53:05.798 Brethren, folks, friends, 0:53:05.798,0:53:09.348 I'll just look at one last verse, 0:53:09.348,0:53:11.963 I know there's a whole lot more 0:53:11.963,0:53:15.303 and I was going to have you [br]guys throw them at me, 0:53:15.303,0:53:17.875 but I guess the one you threw at me [br] 0:53:17.875,0:53:21.825 was almost good enough [br]for an entire message. 0:53:21.825,0:53:30.216 But just think of Revelation 19. 0:53:30.216,0:53:34.506 You have them singing there. 0:53:34.506,0:53:37.569 The marriage supper of the Lamb, 0:53:37.569,0:53:43.149 they're singing, "Hallelujah!" 0:53:43.149,0:53:44.901 Great things. 0:53:44.901,0:53:52.661 “Hallelujah! For the Lord our [br]God the Almighty reigns. (v. 6) 0:53:52.661,0:53:56.237 Let us rejoice and exult [br]and give Him the glory, 0:53:56.237,0:53:58.647 for the marriage of the Lamb has come, 0:53:58.647,0:54:01.122 and His bride has made herself ready." 0:54:01.122,0:54:06.734 Oh, you want to be there at all costs. 0:54:06.734,0:54:08.753 "It was granted her to clothe herself 0:54:08.753,0:54:11.753 with fine linen, bright and pure - 0:54:11.753,0:54:15.190 for the fine linen is the [br]righteous deeds of the saints." 0:54:15.190,0:54:16.924 You see that? 0:54:16.924,0:54:18.934 Jesus changes His people 0:54:18.934,0:54:25.094 into righteous-deed doing people. 0:54:25.094,0:54:27.212 "Blessed are those who are invited 0:54:27.212,0:54:32.762 to the marriage supper of the Lamb." 0:54:32.762,0:54:36.648 But this Christ, 0:54:36.648,0:54:40.558 who is marrying His people, 0:54:40.558,0:54:42.558 down in verse 15: 0:54:42.558,0:54:45.850 "From His mouth comes a sharp sword 0:54:45.850,0:54:50.480 with which to strike down the nations, 0:54:50.480,0:54:53.937 and He will rule them with a rod of iron. 0:54:53.937,0:54:57.255 He will tread the winepress of the fury 0:54:57.255,0:55:07.135 of the wrath of God the Almighty." 0:55:07.135,0:55:12.617 Do you realize this? 0:55:12.617,0:55:22.257 When Jesus comes, Scripture says this, 0:55:22.257,0:55:25.765 earlier in the Book of Revelation 1:7. 0:55:25.765,0:55:30.306 Behold, He is coming with the clouds, 0:55:30.306,0:55:32.476 and every eye will see Him, 0:55:32.476,0:55:36.056 even those who pierced Him." [br]And listen to this. 0:55:36.056,0:55:39.744 "All tribes of the earth will wail 0:55:39.744,0:55:42.864 on account of Him. 0:55:42.864,0:55:47.694 Even so. Amen." 0:55:47.694,0:55:52.913 That verse strikes me. 0:55:52.913,0:55:56.463 You say, wait, over in 2 Thessalonians 1, 0:55:56.463,0:55:58.714 it says that there are going to be those 0:55:58.714,0:56:01.174 who are awaiting His return. 0:56:01.174,0:56:03.152 They're going to rejoice when He comes. 0:56:03.152,0:56:07.584 They're going to be amazed, that's true. 0:56:07.584,0:56:10.511 But, brethren, can I tell you something? 0:56:10.511,0:56:12.770 Scripture speaks about a remnant, 0:56:12.770,0:56:15.422 and it speaks about [br]few there be that find it. 0:56:15.422,0:56:18.920 And it says many are on the way 0:56:18.920,0:56:21.090 that leads to destruction. 0:56:21.090,0:56:24.111 There are so many on [br]the way to destruction 0:56:24.111,0:56:27.111 that when Jesus comes, 0:56:27.111,0:56:35.193 it says not some tribes [br]wail, some tribes rejoice. 0:56:35.193,0:56:39.262 In John's mind, he sees a picture 0:56:39.262,0:56:41.482 of the coming of Christ, 0:56:41.482,0:56:46.962 where all the tribes wail. 0:56:46.962,0:56:50.272 Why? 0:56:50.272,0:56:54.774 Because there's so few in light of 0:56:54.774,0:57:00.164 the vast multitudes of humanity 0:57:00.164,0:57:02.940 that John can speak that way 0:57:02.940,0:57:07.100 and be biblically accurate [br]and biblically true, 0:57:07.100,0:57:09.431 even though he does not mention 0:57:09.431,0:57:12.359 the saints being there. 0:57:12.359,0:57:14.601 Why do I stress that? 0:57:14.601,0:57:18.281 I stress it for this reason. 0:57:18.281,0:57:23.963 Throughout all of history, 0:57:23.963,0:57:26.891 most men do not hear 0:57:26.891,0:57:31.361 a clear presentation of the gospel. 0:57:31.361,0:57:43.139 In all of history, most men miss heaven. 0:57:43.139,0:57:44.845 You know it's true. 0:57:44.845,0:57:50.055 There are people in this room [br]that are going to perish. 0:57:50.055,0:57:53.860 You know it's true. 0:57:53.860,0:57:56.497 I'm saying this because, look, 0:57:56.497,0:58:01.165 if God has not only shown you [br]all the kindnesses of creation, 0:58:01.165,0:58:05.453 but in addition, He's [br]shown you the kindness 0:58:05.453,0:58:08.256 to allow you to hear the Gospel [br]and hear the truth 0:58:08.256,0:58:11.554 and know that Jesus [br]Christ died on that cross 0:58:11.554,0:58:15.294 to save sinners just like you and me; 0:58:15.294,0:58:19.246 to save even the chief of sinners. 0:58:19.246,0:58:22.102 I mean, why would God want us to know 0:58:22.102,0:58:25.658 that God has saved the chief of sinners? 0:58:25.658,0:58:27.731 Why would God want us to know 0:58:27.731,0:58:30.201 that He saved the thief on the cross? 0:58:30.201,0:58:32.498 Why would God want [br]us to specifically know 0:58:32.498,0:58:34.848 that Mary Magdalene had 7 demons? 0:58:34.848,0:58:36.778 Ever think about why these things 0:58:36.778,0:58:38.571 have been specifically told to us? 0:58:38.571,0:58:40.572 They're told to us [br]so that you might see 0:58:40.572,0:58:43.572 how bad the people are that God saves. 0:58:43.572,0:58:45.732 And if you've had this kindness, 0:58:45.732,0:58:48.648 that God has not only given [br]you all this light of creation, 0:58:48.648,0:58:50.328 all the light of His kindness, 0:58:50.328,0:58:51.612 but in light of all that, 0:58:51.612,0:58:56.076 in addition to all that, on top of it, 0:58:56.076,0:58:59.274 you've been allowed to hear the truth, 0:58:59.274,0:59:03.283 come, flee to Him at once. 0:59:03.283,0:59:06.638 Listen, I remember my step-dad. 0:59:06.638,0:59:09.908 My step-dad came down to Texas, 0:59:09.908,0:59:12.076 and I wanted him to hear the truth. 0:59:12.076,0:59:15.090 And he sat under Pat Horner [br]out at Community Baptist Church. 0:59:15.090,0:59:16.900 I was out there then. 0:59:16.900,0:59:19.392 He came and he heard me preach - 0:59:19.392,0:59:23.213 at a nursing home I know [br]he heard me preach - 0:59:23.213,0:59:26.473 (incomplete thought) 0:59:26.473,0:59:29.894 but he was able to sit under [br]the preaching several times. 0:59:29.894,0:59:32.019 I had evangelized my dad, 0:59:32.019,0:59:33.619 I had spoken to my dad, 0:59:33.619,0:59:35.349 but I think that was the most truth 0:59:35.349,0:59:36.994 he ever got in his life, 0:59:36.994,0:59:39.719 I know that was the [br]first time he ever sat under 0:59:39.719,0:59:42.719 a good and solid sermon 0:59:42.719,0:59:46.191 that had truth in it [br]that was actually preached 0:59:46.191,0:59:50.621 by one of God's messengers. 0:59:50.621,0:59:51.816 He refused it, 0:59:51.816,0:59:54.816 even when I was speaking [br]at the nursing home, 0:59:54.816,0:59:56.416 he was rebelling against it, 0:59:56.416,0:59:58.182 he was rejecting it, 0:59:58.182,1:00:00.621 and he no more than [br]went back to Michigan, 1:00:00.621,1:00:05.686 he had a massive heart [br]attack -- it was amazing -- 1:00:05.686,1:00:08.440 he had a massive heart attack, [br]then he had a stroke, 1:00:08.440,1:00:12.044 then he got cancer, then he died. 1:00:12.044,1:00:17.850 Brethren, folks, when you hear the truth, 1:00:17.850,1:00:20.850 there's a real hell out there. 1:00:20.850,1:00:25.302 And Jesus, by way of His [br]ambassadors, is telling you, 1:00:25.302,1:00:29.532 escape that place at all costs. 1:00:29.532,1:00:32.854 What will you give in [br]exchange for your soul? 1:00:32.854,1:00:34.914 You'll give everything. 1:00:34.914,1:00:38.122 (incomplete thought) 1:00:38.122,1:00:44.332 Look, don't wait until the flames [br]overflow you to realize, 1:00:44.332,1:00:47.891 "Okay, okay, now I'll give [br]everything in exchange for it!" 1:00:47.891,1:00:50.801 Don't wait till then. It's too late. 1:00:50.801,1:00:53.969 He speaks to you now while you have life. 1:00:53.969,1:01:00.579 Do not leave this place [br]tonight if you are lost 1:01:00.579,1:01:02.281 and run back your sin. 1:01:02.281,1:01:05.011 It is suicidal. Don't do it. 1:01:05.011,1:01:10.472 You've heard the truth. 1:01:10.472,1:01:12.742 Oftentimes, when people hear the truth 1:01:12.742,1:01:14.142 and they harden themselves, 1:01:14.142,1:01:17.404 God will see to it that they get hardened. 1:01:17.404,1:01:20.967 And many times when you harden [br]yourself against the truth, it's all over. 1:01:20.967,1:01:22.972 You won't get to hear it again. 1:01:22.972,1:01:25.224 You'll be like my step-dad. 1:01:25.224,1:01:30.004 The next thing you'll be in the grave. 1:01:30.004,1:01:33.377 I don't remember who it was, 1:01:33.377,1:01:39.657 they told the story about the 2 young men 1:01:39.657,1:01:42.872 that had girlfriends that went to church. 1:01:42.872,1:01:46.178 Their girlfriends' parents [br]made them go to church. 1:01:46.178,1:01:49.353 The two guys showed up to get the girls 1:01:49.353,1:01:52.353 and the preacher saw them come in. 1:01:52.353,1:01:53.783 They stood there in the back 1:01:53.783,1:01:55.551 waiting for the service to get over 1:01:55.551,1:01:57.247 and he make a beeline to them, 1:01:57.247,1:02:01.947 and went back and began to talk to them. 1:02:01.947,1:02:04.242 And they rejected and they refused, 1:02:04.242,1:02:09.223 and one of those young men [br]died right away after that. 1:02:09.223,1:02:12.250 We sought to proclaim truth 1:02:12.250,1:02:15.030 to a prostitute who [br]came and lived with us. 1:02:15.030,1:02:18.387 And she rejected it and died after that. 1:02:18.387,1:02:20.397 There was a man that joined our church. 1:02:20.397,1:02:21.644 He was a heroin addict, 1:02:21.644,1:02:23.194 and he went back to his heroin 1:02:23.194,1:02:25.359 after he'd heard the truth, 1:02:25.359,1:02:27.851 and God took his life. 1:02:27.851,1:02:30.071 There was a young man.[br] 1:02:30.071,1:02:32.071 He joined this church. 1:02:32.071,1:02:33.844 Exposed to a lot of truth, 1:02:33.844,1:02:37.804 he went back to his coke, [br]God took his life. 1:02:37.804,1:02:40.037 There's a prostitute by [br]the name of Zebedee, 1:02:40.037,1:02:44.783 she was exposed to the truth [br]in this church in our early days. 1:02:44.783,1:02:48.103 God took her life. 1:02:48.103,1:02:50.823 There was a man from [br]one of the local churches 1:02:50.823,1:02:52.269 that had us come preach, 1:02:52.269,1:02:55.104 and he tried to pull a scam on us, 1:02:55.104,1:02:56.940 but we preached truth to him. 1:02:56.940,1:02:59.822 He rejected it and God took his life. 1:02:59.822,1:03:03.434 He was young. 1:03:03.434,1:03:09.065 Brethren, folks, do not [br]go out the door tonight 1:03:09.065,1:03:12.065 and go back to your sin. 1:03:12.065,1:03:14.862 This could very well be from God, 1:03:14.862,1:03:17.862 that it's your last time. 1:03:17.862,1:03:20.546 It's it. It's over. It's done. 1:03:20.546,1:03:22.226 And what's been described, 1:03:22.226,1:03:26.088 you may in unbelief go [br]back to your sin right now, 1:03:26.088,1:03:28.776 but you will believe it one day. 1:03:28.776,1:03:32.461 And the sad things is, it's going to take 1:03:32.461,1:03:34.091 you being plunged into it 1:03:34.091,1:03:39.647 to realize how valuable your soul was. 1:03:39.647,1:03:43.307 How bad your sin was. 1:03:43.307,1:03:46.307 How foolish you are to reject -- 1:03:46.307,1:03:50.255 do you realize that place was made 1:03:50.255,1:03:52.075 for the devil and his angels 1:03:52.075,1:03:56.169 and they don't get any chance. 1:03:56.169,1:03:59.169 They don't get the opportunity to repent. 1:03:59.169,1:04:02.039 Can you imagine those demons in hell, 1:04:02.039,1:04:11.049 screaming at you? 1:04:11.049,1:04:15.311 "You had the truth set before you. 1:04:15.311,1:04:20.140 You had the opportunity we never had. 1:04:20.140,1:04:22.801 You had the opportunity to be in heaven, 1:04:22.801,1:04:24.971 and to have Christ, 1:04:24.971,1:04:29.120 and to walk with God and to live forever, 1:04:29.120,1:04:32.276 and you chose drugs, alcohol, 1:04:32.276,1:04:37.306 sex, partying, money, greed, sports, fame, 1:04:37.306,1:04:42.301 and just wanting to do life your own way." 1:04:42.301,1:04:45.443 "I don't want to feed any hungry people, 1:04:45.443,1:04:47.343 I want to live for me." 1:04:47.343,1:04:52.207 Just do it your way. 1:04:52.207,1:04:55.207 What a fool if that's what you would do. 1:04:55.207,1:05:02.492 Listen, there are people [br]in here that love their sin. 1:05:02.492,1:05:05.509 I'm telling you, do not go out the door 1:05:05.509,1:05:07.759 without crying out to the Lord, 1:05:07.759,1:05:09.358 confessing your sin, 1:05:09.358,1:05:11.698 calling on Him to save you from it. 1:05:11.698,1:05:16.618 Don't go! 1:05:16.618,1:05:20.295 There's a good possibility you [br]will never come back again. 1:05:20.295,1:05:25.009 Some of you. 1:05:25.009,1:05:29.242 Amen. We're dismissed.