Thank you.
Good evening, everyone.
Welcome to our services tonight here at Faith Ward Baptist
Church.
It's very good to see you all here on this Wednesday night.
If you would all please find your seats and take your
samples.
We'll begin with tonight's song service.
So go to hymn number 49 once you have a book.
Take your hymnals now.
Let's go to hymn number 49.
Meet me there.
Hymn number 49.
Once you've found your place, we'll start together on that
first verse.
On the happy golden shore where the faithful part of the Lord.
Number 49.
Let's sing it out.
On this first verse together now.
On the happy golden shore where the faithful part of the Lord.
When the storms of life will only be there.
Where the night dissolves away into fair and perfect day.
I am going home to say he'll be there.
Meet me there.
Where the tree of life is growing.
Meet me there.
Where the storms of life are over
On that happy golden shore.
Where the
faithful heart no more
Meet me there.
Where the hearts of angels ring
And the blessed forever sing
In the palace of the king
Meet me there.
Where it's safe and union land
Mark with heart and friend with friend
Give the world that there shall end
Meet me there.
Where the tree of life is growing.
Meet me there.
Where the storms of life are over
On that happy golden shore.
Meet me there.
Where the
faithful heart no more
Meet me there.
Where the
faithful heart no more
Meet me there.
Where the faithful heart no more
Meet me there.
We thank you for the opportunity to get into us
to gather here on this Wednesday night.
We thank you for the privilege we have
to sing together as a church.
I ask that you please fill us with your spirit
to uh fill Pastor Jimenez with
the Holy Spirit and help him
come preach the word boldly to
us and help us have open hearts
and ears to the preaching
tonight and we'll thank you for
everything that takes place in
Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Him
number eighty-four is next.
Number eighty-four. Jesus is
coming again. Him number
eighty-four. It begins
marvelous message. We bring him
number eighty-four. Let's sing
it out together on this verse.
Let's sing it out on this verse
together now.
Maybe morning, maybe noon,
maybe evening, and maybe soon.
Love me again, love me again.
Oh, what a wonderful day it will be.
Jesus is
for
mountain
all earth and heaven
Jesus is coming again
coming again
maybe morning, maybe noon
maybe evening, and maybe soon
coming again
Oh, what a wonderful day it will be
Jesus is coming again
standing before him at last
trial and trouble all past
grounds at his feet we will cast
Jesus is coming again
coming again
maybe morning, maybe noon
maybe evening, and maybe soon
coming again
Oh, what a wonderful day it will be
Jesus is coming again
every Sunday at 10 30 a.m. again at 6 30 p.m. or excuse me 6 p.m.
Wednesdays at 7 and then we've got the churchwide soul winnings
times listed below that as well as the salvations and baptisms
throughout the year happy birthday to everybody celebrating
in the month of July including the many wedding
anniversaries there so take note of that and be sure to
congratulate those folks also on the back a thank you to those
who participated in the Hopi reservation mission trip
we had 10 salvation excuse me 10 soul winners and five
salvations and then of course we're in the midst of the mega
conference right now you're at it right now if you're wondering
where that when and where that is this is it so of course we
got Pastor Jimenez with us here tonight we're glad to have him
here preaching for us it's always a blessing to hear him
preach especially you know not just over YouTube but in person
so it's always great so we thank him for coming out
and taking the time to bless us with that and then don't forget
we've also still got Pastor versions coming this Sunday and
Pastor Jason Robinson next week so there's still two more
great services before Pastor Anderson gets back and then
we'll just have some more great services after that right so and
amen to that and then don't forget the Mexico Monday has
been put out until this next Monday that's coming up so I
just wanted to mention that as well but let's go ahead and
count up the salvations going back to Monday the fourth does
anyone have anything for Monday the fourth no and how about
Tuesday the fifth we got four there anything else for Tuesday
and then how about today Wednesday was there a total for
the van six for the van anything else outside the van no
all right that's going to do it for announcements we'll go ahead
and sing our next song before we go to the preaching tonight
all right you should find the insert of Psalm 126 and your
hymnal if you don't have one please raise your hand and we'll
sing it on that first when the Lord turned again the captivity
of Zion let's sing it on that first one twenty six
when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion they were
like them that dream then was our mouth filled with laughter
and our tongue with singing then said they among the heathen
the Lord had done great things for them the Lord had done
great things for us where of we are glad there again our
captivity oh Lord as the streams in the south they that
sow in tears shall reap in joy they that sow in tears shall
reap in joy then said they among the heathen the Lord had
done great things for them the Lord had done great things
for us where of we are glad need them going forth and
weeping bearing precious heat shall doubtless come again
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing bringing his
sheets with him then said they among the heathen the Lord
had done great things for them the Lord had done great things
for us where of we are glad
all right good singing everybody let's go to your
song books now to him number ninety one number ninety one
hiding in the him number ninety one begins those saved to
the rod that is higher than I in number ninety one let's
sing it out together on that first hit number ninety one
oh saying to the rock that is higher than I my soul in its
hands and sorrows would fly so simple so living I would I be
the last rock of ages I am hiding in the in the in the
out west of the ages I am hiding in the in the fall of the
new time in sorrows or now in times when temptation has
only is found in the tempest of life on its wide
the
turn your Bibles Isaiah chapter fourteen and while while I'm
reading Isaiah chapter fourteen ushers will be collecting the
offering
the Bible reads Isaiah chapter fourteen for the Lord will have
mercy on Jacob and will yet choose Israel and set them in their own
land and the strangers shall be joined with them and they shall
cleave to the house of Jacob and the people shall take them and
bring them to their place and the house of Israel shall possess
them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids and they
shall take them captives whose captives they were and they shall
rule over their oppressors and it shall come to pass in the day
that the Lord shall give the rest from my sorrow and from my fear
and from the hard bondage wherein now was made to serve that thou
shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon and say how
hath the oppressor ceased the golden city ceased
the Lord had broken the staff of the wicked and the scepter of the rulers
he who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke he
that ruled the nations in anger is persecuted and none hindereth
the whole earth is at rest and is quiet they break forth
into singing yea the fir trees rejoice at thee and the cedars of
Lebanon saying since thou art laid down no feller has come up against us
hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy
coming it stirreth up the dead for thee even all the chief ones
of the earth it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations
all they shall speak and say unto thee art thou also
become weak as we art thou become like unto us
thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy
of thy vials the worm is spread under thee
and the worms cover thee how art thou fallen from heaven
oh lucifer son of the morning how art thou cut down to the ground
which didst weaken the nations for thou hast said in thine heart I will
ascend into heaven I will exalt my throne above the stars of god
I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the
north I will ascend above the heights of the clouds I will be like the
most high yet thou shall be brought down to hell to the sides of the pit
they that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee and consider thee
saying is this the man that made the earth to tremble that did shake kingdoms
that made the world as a wilderness and destroyed the cities thereof that
opened not the house of his prisoners all the kings of the nations even all
of them lie in glory every one in his own house but thou art cast out
of that grave like an abominable branch and as the raiment of those
that are slain thrust through with the sword that go down to the stones
of the pit as a carcass trodden under feet
thou shall not be joined with them in burial because thou hast destroyed
thy land and slain thy people the seed of evildoers shall
never be renowned prepare slaughter for his children for the
iniquity of their fathers that they do not rise nor possess
the land nor fill the face of the world with cities for I will rise up
against them sayeth the lord of hosts and cut off from Babylon the name
and remnant and son and nephew sayeth the lord I will also make
it a possession for the biddern and pools of water and I will
sweep it with the besom of destruction sayeth the lord of hosts
the lord of hosts hath sworn saying surely as I have thought
so shall it come to pass and as I have purpose so shall it
stand that I will break the Assyrian in my hand and upon my mountains
tread him underfoot and then shall his yoke depart from off them and
his burden depart from off their shoulders this is the purpose that is
purposed upon the whole earth and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all
the nations for the lord of hosts hath purposed and who shall
fulfill it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back
in the year that king Ahaz died was this burden rejoice
not thou whole palestina because the rod of him that smote thee is broken
for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice
and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent and the firstborn
of the poor shall feed and the needy shall lie down in safety and I will kill
thy root with famine and he shall slay thy remnant
oh gate cry oh city thou whole palestina
art dissolved for there shall come from the north a smoke
and none shall be alone in his appointed times what shall one
then answer the messengers of the nation that the lord hath
founded Zion and the poor of his people shall trust in it
to your father heaven please fill pastor with your spirit and please give us all ears to hear
mercy and wisdom this evening from the sermon we pray in Jesus name Amen
Amen
Alright well thank you very much for being here tonight I appreciate all of you coming
out it's a great crowd for a Wednesday night service and of course
I want to begin by saying thank you to Pastor Anderson and
to Miss Susana of course for their friendship to me and my wife
over many many years I'm always a little self conscious behind this
stinking pulpit so I might have to preach on my tippy toes
but thank you for your friendship
thank you for having us out tonight and thank you
for the baskets that we received they're very very nice
very kind and of course brother Chris Segura and
Deacon Corbin thank you for your hospitality we appreciate
your friendship of course as well and we're there in
Isaiah chapter 14 tonight and I want to preach tonight
on a subject that has recently
captured my attention as I've been reading the Bible
and there are these passages in the Bible
these passages of scripture that
record for us conversations that were had
in hell and of course hell is not a popular subject
it's one that's clearly taught in the Bible but it's not
something that people today want to talk about and Joel Osteen
one of the most famous false prophets today has publicly said
in interviews that he does not preach on hell he doesn't bring it up from the pulpit
he doesn't preach about sin and of course it's something that people don't
want to hear about but if you're there in Isaiah chapter 14
I'd like you to look down at verse number 9
notice the Bible says hell from beneath
is moved for thee now in Isaiah 14 what we have
is the devil who's being cast
into hell and this is an event that has not yet happened it's a future event
it's a prophetic passage but I want you to notice how the Bible
describes this event it says hell from beneath is moved for thee
the thee there is referring to Satan to the devil
it says to meet thee at thy coming
and then it says this it stirreth up the dead
for thee the it there is referring to hell
and it tells us that hell stirreth up the dead
for thee it says even all the cheap ones
of the earth have raised up from their thrones all the kings
of the nations I want you to notice there that in this passage
we see Satan being cast into hell and we see this interesting
idea where it tells us that hell is actually moving
in order to meet Satan at his coming
into hell and it says that it stirreth up the dead
the dead referring to those that are in hell notice verse 10
it says all they the they there is referring to the dead
it says all they and here's what I want you to notice it says
they will speak and say unto thee art thou also
become weak as weak art thou become like
unto us so it's interesting to me that in the Bible
we have these passages of scripture there are unique
passages there's not a lot of them where we find these conversations
that are had in hell and here we have these
dead who the Bible tells us are going to speak and say
unto Satan they're going to have a conversation with him
notice there in verse 12 a very well known passage of course
Isaiah 14 and verse 12 how art thou fallen from heaven oh
Lucifer and of course this is the only place in scripture
where we see this name of Lucifer used if you don't have a
King James Bible you're not going to see it at all but we see this Lucifer
son of the morning how art thou cut down from the ground which its weakens the
nations notice verse 15 yet thou shalt be brought down to hell
to the sides of the pit verse 16 they
the they there is referring to the dead to those that are stirred
up to meet him the same they that in verse 10 shall speak
and say unto thee here in verse 16 the Bible says they that
see thee shall narrowly look upon thee and consider
thee notice this word saying is this the man that made the earth
to tremble that did shake the kingdoms and so on
so I want you to notice in this passage here in Isaiah 14 that
we have this chapter where we can see
this conversation between people in hell
specifically here the dead and Satan at
his coming now I'd like you to keep your place there in Isaiah 14 we're going to come
back to it but go with me if you would to the gospel of Luke
chapter 16 in the New Testament you have Matthew, Mark, Luke, Luke chapter 16
in Luke 16 we find another one of these
unique scriptures where we can listen in on a
conversation in hell and tonight what I would
like to do is to just look at some of these passages
and I'd like for you if you would not mind
to take a journey with me through the scriptures
down into the depths of hell I'd like for us to walk
the halls of hell I'd like for us to take
some time through the word of God and to listen
in to the conversations that are had
in hell as we listen to these conversations
as we listen to people speak to people talk to people
cry in hell I'd like us to notice what
is it that people talk about in hell what are the things that people say
in hell what are the conversations that are had in hell
I think you'll Lord willing find it interesting tonight
look down at Luke chapter 16 look at verse number 19
Luke chapter 16 and verse 19 again we see
one of the most famous conversations held in hell
the Bible says there was a certain rich man
and I want to highlight the fact that when the Bible tells us a story it tells us
a story about a rich man it could have told us this about anyone who went to hell
but Jesus chose to tell us about a rich man I want you to remember that
there was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linen
and fared sumptuously every day the word fair means
that he experienced he lived a life that was
described as sumptuously the word sumptuously is
lavish or luxuriously verse 20 and there was a certain
beggar named Lazarus now some people believe that
Luke 16 is a parable I don't believe that
one of the reasons I don't believe that is because of the fact that we are given a proper name here
of one of these men in the story Lazarus usually in a parable
that's not the case Jesus would often say in parables
a sower went out to sow or a certain man did this
or a certain householder did that but here we're given a
proper name there was a certain beggar named Lazarus which was laid at his gate
full of sores and designed to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's
sable moreover the dogs came and licked his sores and it came to pass
that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into
Abraham's bosom the rich man also died and was
buried so I want you to understand the story I'm sure you're familiar with it you've got this
rich man who was not saved he dies and you've got this
poor man who was saved who also dies Lazarus
is carried up into Abraham's bosom we're told and
in verse 23 the Bible tells us about this rich man
and in hell he lifted up his eyes being
I want you to notice these two words in torment
the word torment means afflicted with great suffering
bodily or mental pain and seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus
in his bosom and I want you to notice verse 24 and he cried
and said here we have a story
where Jesus tells us about the cries in hell
about the people that are in hell the things that they say
the things that they express the things that they communicate and I'd like you to notice
tonight the first thing we see when we look at these cries
in hell and if you're taking notes tonight and I would encourage you to take notes
and you can write this down if you'd like the first thing I'd like you to notice is that
the people in hell when they cry out they have a cry for
relief notice this man verse 24
and he cried and said father Abraham notice what he says
he says have mercy on me
he says have mercy on me and send Lazarus
that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and
cool my tongue for I am tormented in this
flame I want you to notice that the Bible describes
hell as a place of torment in fact when you think of hell
you think of you should think of the torment in hell
and here we see an example of a man who went down to hell
and we get to listen in if you and I had the ability to
walk down into the pit of hell and walk through the halls of
hell and listen in to the conversations the cries from hell
what you would hear are cries for relief you'd hear this
rich man crying have mercy on me you'd hear
this rich man asking that someone that
Lazarus he's asking that Lazarus this man who he probably
did not have a relationship with on earth this man
this beggar Lazarus who he probably had disdain
for on earth this Lazarus who the Bible
tells us was a man full of sores therefore
this rich man probably would never have embraced
Lazarus while on earth he would have probably not shaken hands with
Lazarus on earth he would not have given him a high five
or a fist pump on earth but in hell he
asked for Lazarus to dip his finger
in water and to place it upon his tongue
that he might be cold
here this man is in torment
this man is thirsty I would imagine living in Phoenix Arizona
you know something about thirst I would imagine
that you know what it feels like to want to need some refreshment
back home in Sacramento where I live it tends to get hot
during the summers as well and I work from
home and I've got an office in our home upstairs
and being upstairs it tends to get hot and sometimes
I get thirsty and often times I'm working on something
and I don't want to stop what I'm doing in order to go downstairs and get
a drink of water so I wait for one of my daughters to run
by the door and as they run by the door I catch them and say
go get me a cup of water you know and of course I don't know if you've
got little kids but I don't know if all little kids are like this but
my little kids are like this you ask them for a cup of water and you're thirsty and of course they
number one take their sweet time you know
and then number two they show up with a cup and there's about this much water
and I'm not sure whether
they fill it up that high or whether they fill it to the top and they just
drink it on the way up but you know they give you enough to take
a little shot and then you're just kind of like do it again you know
and being thirsty is a sensation
that none of us like it's a sensation that we don't want
it's something that when you're there you'd like some
water you'd like some relief but here we have this rich man
who is in hell the Bible says he lifted up his eyes being in
torment and when you hear his cries you hear cries for relief
you hear cries for mercy he says have mercy and son
Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my
tongue for I am tormented he says in this flame
notice what he says in verse 25 he says but Abraham
said the Bible says son remember that thou in thy
lifetime receiveth thy good things and likewise
Lazarus evil things but now he is comforted and thou art
don't miss the word tormented
we see in this passage the torments of hell the reason that we see the
torments of hell is because of the horrors of hell
hell is not a fun place you're there in Luke chapter 16
I know you've got your place in Isaiah I'd like you to also keep your place in Luke 16
if you don't mind and go with me to the book of Mark you're there in Luke just flip over to
Mark chapter number 9 sometimes when I'm out
soul winning and for those of you that are soul winners you might
have this experience you'll meet somebody you'll knock on someone's
door invite them to church you'll ask the questions you know for sure if you died today or you're on your way to
heaven or hell or maybe you're not sure maybe you never thought about
it sometimes some smart aleck type of guy
will say something like oh I'm going to go down to hell
you know that's where the party's going to be at I want to go to hell that's where all my friends are
going to be at I'm going to go down to hell heaven sounds boring
I want to go down to hell let me tell you something the Bible
teaches that hell is a horrible place
there will be no smiles in hell
there will be no dancing in hell there will be no music in hell
there will be no karaoke in hell there will be no card games in hell
no one will be having a good time in hell
let me just quickly and I'm not necessarily preaching on the subject of hell
I'm preaching about the cries from hell but let me just quickly give you a run down
from the Bible in regards to what people could expect in hell
hell is a place of torment as we already saw in Luke 16
it's a place where you are tormented by fire
verse 43 the Bible says and if thy hand offend thee cut it off
it is better for thee to enter into life maim than having two hands
to go into hell into
notice the way it's described the fire that never shall be quenched
the word quench means extinguish
where their worm dieth not and the fire is
not quenched notice verse 45 and if thy foot offend thee
cut it off it is better for thee to enter into life
than having two feet to be cast into hell into the fire
that shall never be quenched where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched
look at verse 47 and if thine eye offend thee pluck it out
it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye
than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire
why don't you notice how the Bible describes hell
as a place of fire that shall never be quenched as a place of
hell fire it is described
it's a place of torment and of course here in Mark 9 Jesus is not teaching
that your physical body could keep you from
going to heaven or hell but he's using this analogy
and he's using a little bit of hyperbole to make a point
he's saying look don't let anything take you to hell
if your hand is dragging you to hell it would be better for you to cut your hand off and go to
heaven than to go to hell that's how terrible
that's how horrible it is you say why is it horrible because it is a place
of fire imagine this a place where you are
consumed by fire for all of eternity
the Bible describes hell as a place where they are dead
those that are there are dead but you never experience what we would
consider dying they're already dead
but there's no end they're in fire
they're in fire and tormented
but there's no end to it the Bible describes
hell as a place where you're tormented by fire not only that but the Bible
describes hell as a place where you're covered by worms and I don't
necessarily understand that look at verse 44 it says there
their worm dieth not
in verse 46 it says where their worm dieth not
in Isaiah 14 when Satan is described going into hell
that description is also given of a worm and again
I'm not going to pretend that I understand how all of that works but
it's an interesting thought that it's described this worm
is described to me it's interesting that that word their worm
the word their t-h-e-i-r possessive
like a worm that is assigned to them
where their worm dieth not go to Jude if you would Jude
verse number 6 right before the book of Revelation you've got the one chapter
book of Jude Jude chapter 1 and verse 6
hell is a place where you're tormented by fire hell is a place where you're covered by
worms hell is a place the Bible tells us where you are bound
bound by chains look at Jude 1 and verse 6
the Bible says and the angels which kept not their first estate
this is referring to the fallen angels or what we would refer to as devils but left
their own habitation he hath reserved notice these words
in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment
of the great day look at verse 7 even as Sodom and Gomorrah
this is referring to reprobates and the cities about them in like manner
giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange
flesh that word strange there our modern word
for that would be queer he says going after strange flesh
are set forth for an example suffering the vengeance
of and then notice again eternal fire here we're told
that hell is described as a place of eternal fire but
is also described as a place of everlasting chains
it's somewhere where you are covered by worms it's somewhere
where you are tormented by fire but it's somewhere the Bible tells us
where you're covered or bound in chains
forever for all of eternity
that's not it you're there in Jude go to Revelation 14
Revelation 14 look at verse 11 Revelation chapter 14
and verse 11 hell is not only
a place where you are tormented by fire hell is not only a place where you're covered by
worms hell is not only a place where you're bound by chains but the Bible tells us that
hell is a place where there is no rest day or
night Revelation 14 and verse 11 notice the Bible
says and the smoke of their torment ascended up
now again notice the smoke why is there smoke because there's fire
it's literal it's not
just an illustration he says look the smoke of their torment ascended
up forever and ever and they have notice these words
no rest day nor night
look at Revelation 20 and verse 10 Revelation chapter 20
and verse 10 the Bible says and the devil that deceived them was cast
into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the
false prophet are and shall be tormented day and
night
one of the worst ways to torture people
is to not allow them to sleep is to keep them
awake in fact if you've ever had sleeping problems or
insomnia or some sort of issue where you're not able to sleep you know how
long those nights can be when you want to sleep and you're
unable to the Bible tells us that hell is a place
where there is no rest day or night the Bible tells us that hell
is a place where you are bound by chains covered by worms tormented
by fire and then of course the worst description of hell is found
there at the end of verse 10 and Revelation 20 and verse 10
when it says forever and ever
Revelation 14 and verse 11 if you go back there it says
and the smoke of their torment ascended up forever
and ever you say what does that mean I think it means
forever and ever I had a Jehovah's Witness
try to argue with me one time well when the Bible says they're forever and ever it really just
means like 20 years you know because they believe in this doctrine
of annihilation I'm here to tell you something God tells us
it's forever and ever because it's forever and ever hell is a place of horror
multiple times in the Bible this phrase is used the sorrows
of hell you say why would hell be described as a place
of sorrows here's why because it's a sorrowful place
it's a horrible place it's a place of fire and worms
and being bound and being tormented and not resting day and night
and the worst thing is it lasts forever and ever
so you say what are the cries from hell if we got to go
to hell if we were able to take a tour of hell
and walk through the halls of hell and by the way praise God if you're safe
I'll never see hell I'll never experience hell and if you're safe
you'll never experience hell but if we had the opportunity to walk through hell
and tour hell what would we hear and I would submit to you tonight
that the cries that we would hear would be cries for relief
have mercy on me have mercy on me
make it stop make it stop
send somebody to dip the tip of their finger
and water and cool my tongue
for I am tormented in this flame
the cries from hell are cries for relief
there are cries of people in torments
people in pain people in acne
crying for mercy but I want you to notice something
go to 1 Corinthians chapter 4 if you would
in the New Testament you've got Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians
the cries from hell
would be a cry of relief and I think all of us would expect that
but what I find interesting as you study these passages is that these are not the only
cries that are recorded for us in hell
the cry for relief is recorded in hell but there is another cry
that is recorded for us in scripture
before I show you that I want to show you this and it is something you should be familiar
with but it is this that on earth Bible believing
Christians are reproached by the enemies of the Lord
in our life time isn't that true?
1 Corinthians 4 and verse 11 notice what Paul wrote he said
even unto this present hour is what Paul said
he said we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted
and have no certain dwelling place and labor working with our
own hands being reviled we bless being persecuted we suffer
being defamed we entreat
he says we are made as the filth of the world and are the
obscuring of all things unto this day
today if you are a Bible believing Christian
you actually follow the Bible and believe the word of God today by the world
we are reproached we are
disdained we are looked down upon the word
reproach means to discredit to express disappointment to express
disapproval this is why Hebrews says
because by the way that is how they treated the Lord
Jesus Christ he was reproached this is why Hebrews
says in Hebrews 13.13 let us go forth
therefore unto him without the camp bearing his reproach
when you and I become followers of the Lord Jesus
Christ not just saved you get saved but when you
actually take the next step of becoming a disciple beginning to follow
the word of God and follow the Lord Jesus Christ you will be reproached
yea all that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution the world will look down at you with this day
they will call you a cult they will call you
hateful they will say that you are a bad
person Bible believing Christians are reproached by their
enemies on earth but I want you to
notice something go back to Isaiah chapter 14
the Bible
teaches that on earth
Bible believing Christians are reproached on this earth
by the enemies of the Lord
but the Bible tells us that in hell it is the
enemies of the Lord that will be reproached
are you there in Isaiah 14 look at verse 6
Isaiah 14 and verse 6 notice what the Bible says it says he
bring to the devil he who smote the people
in wrath with a continual stroke
he that ruled the nations in
anger is persecuted and non-hindereth
the Bible describes Satan as the one that
ruled the nations in anger the Bible describes
Satan as the one who runs this world
the Bible says for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities
against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this
world against spiritual wickedness in high places
you say who are the enemies of the Lord well of course
the first one is the devil the devil is the one
who rules this world the devil is the one in charge of this world
the devil is the one him and his demons
his devils are the rulers of the darkness of this world
there's spiritual wickedness in high places and they're controlling
those who control the world the Bible calls Satan the prince
of this world in John 12 31 John 14 30
and John 16 11 the Bible calls Satan the prince of the power
of the air in Ephesians 2 2 the Bible calls Satan
the lower case G God of this world
in 2 Corinthians 4 4 Satan is
the spiritual wickedness in high places on
earth he's in high places while we are reproached
but in hell the Bible says that the
enemies of God will be brought low and will be
reproached notice Isaiah 14
Isaiah 14 look at verse 12 well-known verses you know them
Isaiah 14 verse 12 how art thou fallen from heaven
O Lucifer son of the morning how art thou
notice the words cut down to the ground
which did weaken the nations for thou has set in thine heart
I will notice this was Satan wanted he says I will
ascend into heaven I will exalt my throne
notice above the stars of God I will sit upon the mount
of the congregation in the sides of the north I will ascend
above the heights of the clouds I will be like the
most high yet thou shalt be brought down to hell
to the sides of the pit the Bible tells us
that hell see people think oh well when Satan goes to hell he's gonna run the
show no he's gonna be tormented in hell you say who runs the show in hell
the Lord Jesus Christ he's going to be brought
down he's going to be brought low the enemies of the
of Christianity and the enemies of God are going to be
brought down you say who you're talking about well
Satan to begin with but it's not just Satan
you say who else well notice this conversation in hell
Isaiah 14 look at verse 9 hell from beneath is moved
for thee to meet thee at thy coming it stirs up the dead for thee
stirs up the dead for thee even all the chief ones of the earth it hath raised up
from the thrones all the kings of the nations
notice who is coming to meet the devil
when Satan is thrown into hell hell from beneath is moved for thee
referring to Satan to meet thee referring to Satan at thy
coming it referring to hell stirs up the dead
for thee referring to hell hell is getting
the dead ready to meet Satan who exactly
is coming to meet him notice even all the chief
ones of the earth it hath raised up
from their thrones all the kings of the nations
the Bible tells us that the chief
ones of the earth the kings of the nations they are the ones that will
meet Satan in hell they'll have a conversation with Satan in hell
what will they say verse 10 all they shall say
excuse me all they shall speak and say unto thee
notice what they said it's very interesting who's speaking
the chief ones of the earth who's speaking the kings
of all the nations in hell they say this
art thou also become weak as we
art thou become like unto us
thy pump is brought down to the grave the noise of thy vials
the worm is spread under thee the worm is cover thee
I want you to notice it's interesting to me that the Bible says
that the chief ones of the earth the Bible says the kings of the
nations in hell the conversations they have in hell are
very different than the conversations they have on earth
because in hell you know what they said when they met Satan they
said art thou also become weak as we
art thou become like
unto us you know what they said they said have you been stripped of your power
like we've been stripped of our power have you been stripped of your
riches like we've been stripped of our riches have you been stripped
of your authority like we've been stripped of our authority have you
been fired Satan like we got fired these were
men that had power, these were men that had authority, these were men that had influence,
but in hell, when they cry out, you know what they say?
They say, we're weak!
You say, what are the cries in hell?
The cries in hell are not only cries for relief, but I'm here to tell you something, the cries
in hell are cries of reproach.
These people who did the reproaching are now the ones being reproached.
I don't know who this belongs to, but I'm going to use it.
It's hot as hell here.
You know what the Bible says?
The Bible tells us that heaven is filled with a certain type of individual.
Did you know that?
The Bible tells us that heaven is filled with the weakest, humblest, least impressive human
beings on earth.
You know what Jesus said?
He said, suffer little children and forbid them not to come unto me, for of such is the
kingdom of heaven.
The Bible says, Jesus says, hey, suffer little children for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
He says, heaven's filled with children.
You say, how can that be?
Well part of it is because of the 3,000 abortions we have every day in this country.
Children that die in the womb, children that are aborted, children that sometimes suffered
miscarriages and children that die before what we would consider the age of accountability.
The Bible tells us they go to heaven when they die.
They're not judged for something that they don't understand.
And Jesus says, hey, heaven is filled, heaven is filled with children, heaven is filled
with babies.
And I'm not saying they're babies in heaven right now, but they went there because they
died as the weakest, humblest, most needy people on earth.
Babies, toddlers, they're poor, naked came I forth.
They come into this world with nothing.
We all leave with nothing.
Heaven is filled with the weakest of humans, but you know what hell is filled with?
Hell is filled with the exact opposite.
Hell is filled with a bunch of people who on this earth thought they were strong.
Who on this earth, they thought they didn't need anything.
They didn't need anyone.
You know what Jesus said?
He said it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God.
I'm not telling you that only rich people are in hell, but I am telling you this, there
is a disproportionate amount of rich people in hell versus heaven.
Because of the fact that it's hard to get rich people to humble themselves and believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ.
You say what is heaven filled with?
Heaven is filled with babies.
You say what is hell filled with rich people?
Go to Isaiah 5, look at verse 14, Isaiah 5 and verse 14, notice what the Bible says,
Isaiah 5, 14, therefore hell hath enlarged herself and opened her mouth without measure
and notice these words, their glory.
What glory?
The word glory means honor or great praise.
Their glory and their multitude, what's the multitude?
Referring to their entourage.
And their pomp, what's the word pomp mean?
It means splendid display.
And he that rejoiceth shall descend into it.
And the mean man, the mean man is referring to the commoner.
There's commoners in hell as well.
The mean man shall be brought low and the mighty man, what's a mighty man?
It's a warrior, a soldier.
The mighty man shall be humbled and the eyes of the lofty, what are the lofty?
That's the upper class.
That's what we might refer to as the elite, shall be humbled and the Lord of hosts, look
you say what kind of people are in hell?
There's all sorts of people in hell, the mean man, the commoner, the mighty man, the warrior
and the lofty, the rich, the elite, the powerful shall be humbled.
I'm here to tell you something, there's only one who is exalted in hell and it is the Lord.
Look at verse 16, but the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment and God that is holy
shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Go to James if you would, James chapter 5, towards the end of the New Testament, James
chapter 5.
You have Revelation and you go backwards, you have Jude, 3 and 1, John 2 and 1 Peter,
James.
James chapter 5, see the cries in hell are cries of reproach, they're cries of people
who thought they did not need anything.
You know how it is, we go out soul winning and the poor areas are more receptive than
the rich areas.
By and large the United States of America is less receptive than places like the Philippines
or Mexico, you say why is that?
Because of our prosperity.
And even within the U.S. you go to the poor areas and they're more receptive than the
nice areas.
See hell is going to be filled with people who when we knocked on their doors said, I
don't need religion.
When we knocked on their doors they said, that's a crutch, I don't need that.
When we knocked on their doors they said, I'm good, I'm good, don't you see the Mercedes
in the driveway there?
Don't you see the Tesla in the driveway, I'm alright, we don't need your religion.
Hell is going to be filled with people who did not think they needed God, but in hell
they will have cries of reproach.
They'll say, I'm weak.
They'll look at Satan and say, art thou become weak as we?
They'll say, I need hell.
There'll be cries for relief, there'll be cries for reproach.
Notice there in James 5 in verse 1, notice what the Bible says, go to now ye rich men.
Isn't it interesting that when Jesus chose to give us a story in Luke 16 of someone going
to hell he could have told us about anyone, but he told us about a rich man?
Why did he pick a rich man?
Because hell is filled with rich men.
Go to now ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth eaten, your gold and silver is cankered
and the rest of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Ye have heaped treasures together for the last days.
Look at verse 5, ye have lived in pleasure on the earth.
Does that remind you of the rich man in Luke 16?
Ye have lived in pleasures on the earth and been wanton, ye have nourished your hearts
as in the days of slaughter ye have condemned and killed the just and he does not resist
you.
Notice how God describes the rich.
He says, hey you rich man, you have condemned and killed the just and he does not resist
you.
Go to James 2, look at verse 5, flip over to James chapter 2 verse 5, you say the rich
people, the rich ones?
They're the ones that have killed the just, the rich ones?
Notice James 2 5, hearken my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world
rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Let me just be clear, I'm not saying that just because you're rich you're a wicked person
or you're evil.
Obviously if God has blessed you and made you rich then praise the Lord for it.
God used a lot of rich people in the Bible.
The money itself is not the problem, it's the love of money that is the root of all
evil.
If you say I don't love money, I love the Lord, I'm just working hard to support my
family and God blesses you and God gives you wealth, hey, praise God for it.
But when people decide to make money, their goal in life, when they will to be rich, they
become evil people.
They become proud, arrogant, hurtful people.
James 2 and verse 5, hearken my beloved brethren, have not God chosen the poor of this world
rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
But ye have despised the poor, notice what he says, do not rich men oppress you and draw
you before the judgment seat?
James says to these people that he's writing to in the first century, do not rich men oppress
you?
And I'm here to tell you in 2022, do not rich men oppress you?
I mean isn't it these rich politicians that are passing laws to oppress us?
Isn't it the wicked Joe Biden who's passing laws to oppress us and he's a millionaire?
Isn't it Kamala Harris who's passing laws to oppress us and she's a millionaire?
In California, isn't it Gavin Newsom who's passing laws to oppress us and he's a millionaire?
Nancy Pelosi, millionaire.
Andrew Cuomo, millionaire.
Isn't it the multi-billionaire Bill Gates who's trying to vaccinate the entire world?
Isn't it the Jeff Bezos of this world whose company is developing fast, convenient, contactless
ways of technology for people to use their palms to pay at a store?
Isn't it the billionaire Elon Musk who's developing Neuralink, a computer brain chip with the ability
to communicate with external devices?
Isn't it the billionaire Sundar Puchai of Google who's tracking you all?
Isn't it the billionaires and the millionaires of the social media companies, the Mark Zuckerbergs,
the Jack Dorsies, the Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, the Jack Dorsey of Twitter, the Susan Wojcicki
of YouTube, the Kevin Systroms of Instagram?
Aren't these the people that are canceling us, that are censoring us, that won't allow
you to have a YouTube channel?
Isn't it these millionaires?
Isn't it these rich people that think they're better than us, that think that they look
down on us with reproach?
They say, no, you can't have a YouTube channel, Faithful Word Baptist Church, you stinking
cult.
They look down at you with disdain.
They look down at you as a reproach.
And here on earth, our cry is a cry of reproach.
That in hell, these rich men will be brought low.
In hell, the cries from hell will not only be cries for relief, have mercy on me.
But there'll be cries of reproach.
Our thou become weak, like we're weak.
We've been stripped of our power.
We've been stripped of our strength.
We've been stripped of our riches.
See, the Bible tells us there's coming a day, go to Philippians if you would, Philippians
chapter 2, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1st, 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians,
Philippians, Philippians chapter 2.
The Bible tells us there's coming a day when everyone will be humbled before the Lord Jesus
Christ.
This is going to happen.
Philippians chapter 2 and verse 9, this has not yet happened, this is a prophetic event.
I believe Philippians 2 and verse 9 is a reference to the great white throne.
You may disagree with me, that's okay.
I believe that what's being described in Philippians chapter 2 verses 9 through 11 will happen
at the great white throne or at the end of the great white throne.
Philippians 2 and verse 9, the Bible says, Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him,
referring to Jesus, and given Him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus,
don't miss these words, every, every, every.
You say Christians?
No, no, every.
You say, what about unsaved people, every.
What about people who don't believe in Jesus, what about the Hindu, every.
What about the Atheist, every.
That at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow up things.
Look, it's everything of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth
and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
You know the Bible says there's coming a day when every knee in heaven and earth and under
the earth, every millionaire, every Rockefeller, every elite, every wicked president, every
wicked atheist, every wicked scientist, everyone in the Bible says, will take a knee and confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
The difference is when they do it, it'll be too late.
They'll do it, but it won't save them, they'll just do it before they get cast into the lake
of fire.
I'd rather do it now.
See, you say, what are the cries from hell?
They're cries for relief.
Have mercy on me, have mercy on me.
Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I'm tormented
in this flame.
You say, what are the cries from hell?
What are the cries of reproach?
Art thou also become weak as we?
Art thou become like unto us?
Like you notice thirdly tonight, go to Ephesians chapter 2 if you would, you're there in Philippians,
just flip over to Ephesians.
There's a third cry we see in hell.
You say, what is it?
I'd like you to notice something.
On earth, right now, today, see, we talked about the millionaires, right?
But let's talk about the millionaires versus the masses.
You have the elites, the rulers of the darkness of this world, being used of the devil to
attack God's people, and those people are going to be reproach, everyone's going to
be reproach in hell, but they're going to be reproach.
And for the first time in their life, they're going to have cries of reproach.
But then we'll have the mean man, the common man, the masses versus the millionaire.
See, here's something you need to understand.
Unsaved people are both some consciously and many unconsciously following the devil's agenda.
Remember we talked about the fact that the devil is the one that runs the world?
Ephesians chapter 2, look at verse 1.
And you have the quickened, the word quickened means to make alive, who were dead in stress
passes and sins.
This is Paul speaking to people in Ephesus and he's saying, hey, you have the quickened
who were dead.
You're saved, but you were not saved.
Verse 2, wherein in time passed, ye walked according to the course of this world, according
to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience.
The Bible teaches that unsaved people who are dead in their trespasses and sins, they're
just walking in the course of this world.
They're just on a course that the devil has set them on.
They're not thinking about it, they're just on it.
Jesus called it the broad way.
He said it's the broad way that leaded to destruction.
It's the course of this world that Satan's put them on.
See, Satan controls the politicians, Satan controls the media, Satan controls anyone
in charge, Satan controls the militaries, so he just decides, here's what we're going
to do.
That's the agenda for planet earth, and the vast majority of human beings just unconsciously
go with it.
I mean, do you really think that the average, just the average unsaved guy thinks it's cool
for some hairy, ugly guy to be with some other hairy, ugly guy?
I mean, you don't think the average guy, if they just thought about that, it makes
them want to throw up in their mouth?
But yet today you've got all sorts of unsaved viewers just like, well, you know, I mean,
it's just, it is what it is, I mean, love is love, I mean, it's a, you say, what is
that?
Here it is.
It's just, they just go with whatever they're told to do.
We're going to accept this now.
Okay, we'll accept it.
We're going to go down this road, and Satan's just putting them on this course, and the
media tells them it's good, social media tells them it's good, TV, it's called programming
for a reason.
They get programmed and brainwashed, and look, and you and I, what do we do?
We go and we give them the gospel, the Holy Spirit moves in, and then now they're thinking
and we can start telling them like, hey, do you think it's a good idea for a mother to
take a weapon and to mutilate her child in her womb and to kill and take a life in the
womb?
And a saved person is going to be like, no.
But you know what, honestly, people, they don't even think about it.
Well, have you ever thought about that, and they're like, well, I mean, you know, my body,
my choice.
That's what I've been told.
Why are you getting vaccinated?
That's what I've been told.
Why are you?
They're just on this course.
They're not thinking.
They're just on this course.
They're unconsciously following the devil's agenda.
But you know what they're going to do in hell?
Go back to Isaiah 14.
In hell, they're going to do something that they never did on earth.
They're going to think.
Isaiah 14, look at verse 16.
They that see thee, referring to the devil, they that see thee shall narrowly look upon
thee.
Now, don't get this.
Don't miss this picture.
Here we have Satan going down to hell.
The people in hell are meeting him there.
And the people in hell, the Bible tells us, they that see thee, they're going to look
at him, and they shall narrowly look upon thee and consider, you see the word consider?
The word consider means to think carefully about, to contemplate.
See unsaved people in hell are going to do something about Satan that they never did
on earth.
They're going to look at him and they're going to consider him and they're going to think
about the devil.
See on earth, we tell people, hey, the reason I'm not putting my kids in the public schools
system is because the government has an agenda to make all these kids a bunch of reprobates.
And they say, you're a conspiracy theorist, you're insane, you're crazy, you got to stop
listening to that, Pastor Anderson, because they're not thinking.
But in hell, when they meet Satan, the Bible says, they that see thee shall narrowly look
upon thee and consider thee, say, notice what they say, notice the cries from hell.
They say, is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake the kingdoms, that
made the world as a wilderness and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the house
of his prisoners?
You say, what are the cries of hell?
They're cries for relief.
What are the cries of hell?
They're cries of reproach.
But I'm here to tell you something, in hell, there's a third type of cry, and it is a cry
of regret.
There are going to be some people that get to hell, and they meet Satan, and they're
going to think about Satan, they're going to consider him for the first time, and here's
what they're going to cry, is this the man that made the earth to tremble?
You know what the Muslims are going to say?
They're going to say, is this the man that we've been following?
You know what the Mormons are going to say, is this the angel Moroni?
I mean, you know, these people, the atheists, is this the man that taught our public school?
Is this the man that taught our science course?
Is this the man that we've been following, this guy?
You know what the cries are going to be?
Cries of regret.
Why did we follow him?
Why did we listen to him?
Why didn't we think?
Why did we go on his agenda?
Why did we stay on his broad way?
Why didn't we consider Christ?
The cries in hell are cries for relief.
Have mercy on me.
Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water, for I'm tormented in this flame.
The cries in hell are cries of reproach.
Art thou also become weak as we?
The cries in hell are cries of regret.
Is this the man that made the earth to tremble?
Is this the man that we've been following?
But I'd like you to notice, lastly tonight, there's a fourth cry that you hear in hell.
Go back to Luke chapter 16, if you would.
Luke chapter 16.
I believe that if you and I, and I don't think this is possible, sometimes people send me
links to stuff like this, I don't necessarily think this is possible, but if we could say
send a microphone down into the center of the earth, that's where hell is, the Bible
tells us.
The Bible tells us it's in the nether parts.
It's funny to me how science is always catching up to the Bible.
A thousand years ago, God told us, hey, in the middle of the earth, there's a bunch of
fire, it's a place called hell.
And then scientists are like, in the middle of the earth, there's this core.
What's it filled with?
Fire!
Is it hell?
No!
But Jesus said that in the middle of the earth, it's lava.
They don't consider.
They're blindly following.
I believe, and I don't think we could do this, but I believe that if we could take a microphone
and drop it down into the nether parts of the earth and drop it down into hell, and
if we could listen in on the conversations in hell, and we could listen in on the cries
of hell, we would hear cries of relief.
Have mercy on me!
Make it stop!
I believe that we would hear the cries of reproach.
Art thou weak like we're weak?
I believe that we would hear the cries of regret.
Why do we follow him?
You know the Bible says, what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose
his own soul?
There's going to be lots of people in hell with a lot of regrets.
By the way, let me say this, there's going to be some people in heaven with some regrets.
Do you know what the maybe worst cry in hell is?
Luke 16, look at verse 27, remember the rich man?
Hell is filled with them.
Remember the rich man?
He asked for some water and Lazarus said no.
We can't do that.
Then the Bible says in verse 27, then he said, here's the rich man in hell making another
request, he's communicating something, here's another cry from hell.
Then he said, I pray, the word pray means to ask, he says, I pray thee therefore father
that thou wouldst send him, referring to Lazarus, to my father's house.
The rich man said, can you send Lazarus to dip his finger in water and cool my tongue
for I'm tormented in this flame?
Abraham says no, that's not possible.
Then he says, okay, can you do this?
Can you send Lazarus to my father's house?
Well, why would you want Lazarus to go to your father's house?
Notice what he says.
Verse 28, for I have five brethren, for I have five brethren, the rich man in hell says,
I have five brethren, will you send Lazarus to my house for I have five brethren that
he may testify unto them, lest they also come to this place of torment.
You know what possibly is the worst cry that you and I would hear in hell if we got to
tour the halls of hell?
Would not be the cry of relief, we would expect that.
Would not be the cry of reproach, we would understand that.
Would not be the cry of regret, we would get that.
It would be the cry of request.
I think that if you and I got to tour hell, we would hear the cries of request, the cries
of people asking, praying, begging.
We would hear this rich man say, I have five brethren.
We'd hear somebody say, I've got a daughter, I've got a daughter, I don't want her to come
here.
We'd hear somebody say, my grandchildren, my grandchildren, please don't let them come,
please somebody.
You know what you and I would hear if we got to tour the halls of hell?
We'd hear people crying, begging for you and I to go preach the gospel to their loved ones.
Don't let my wife come here, please don't let my wife come here.
Don't let my children, please don't, somebody please tell my children, I've got five brothers,
I don't want them to come, I don't want them to be tormented in this place, I don't want
them to feel this reproach, I don't want them to share this regret.
Luke 16, verse 28, he says, for I have five brethren that he may testify unto them, lest
they also come into this place of torment.
And Abraham saith unto him, they have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them.
And he said, nay, father Abraham, but if one went up unto them from the dead, they
will repent.
And by the way, one did rise up from the dead, his name's the Lord Jesus Christ.
And he said unto them, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded
though one rose from the dead.
See, I believe that if you and I got to tour the halls of hell, we would hear the cries
of requests.
Please somebody go to my wife, I don't want my wife to come here.
Please somebody go to my father, I don't want my father to come here.
I have five brothers, I have two sisters, I have a niece, I don't want them to come
here.
Pastor Jimenez, why would you preach a sermon like this?
I preach a sermon like this because what's interesting to me as I consider the cries
of hell, the conversations, the things that are communicated from people in hell, I find
that they are extremely motivating.
In fact, the interesting thing is that I believe that in heaven, none of us will lack motivation
for soul winning.
None of us will lack motivation for living for God.
In fact, you can find that concept in this story, Luke 16, like you look at verse 26.
Luke 16 verse 26, we're almost done.
Luke 16 verse 26 is an interesting verse to me.
When the rich man asked for water to be brought to him by Lazarus, Abraham has explained to
him why that can't happen.
And Abraham pretty much says, he says, look, even if we wanted to, he says in verse 26,
and besides all this, between us, I don't want you to miss this, between us, Abraham
in heaven speaking, okay, unless you're a dispensationalist, if you're a dispensationalist
and Lazarus is in his armpit, but that's not us.
And besides all this, between us, Abraham in heaven, Lazarus in heaven and you, the
rich man in hell, there is a great goal fixed.
He says, so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot.
That's an interesting phrase to me.
Now notice what he says at the end of verse 26, neither can they pass to us that would
come from thence.
The second phrase in this verse makes perfect sense.
Neither can they, referring to the people in hell, pass to us, referring to the people
in heaven, that would come.
The term would come means that want to come from thence.
The word thence means from that place.
That makes perfect sense.
Abraham says, look, there's a great goal fixed so the people that are in hell that want to
come to heaven are unable to.
They're not able to come from thence.
I mean, doesn't that make sense that people in hell would want to get out of hell and
go to heaven?
Here's the part that's interesting to me, is that the first thing that Abraham said
was, beside all this, between us and you, there's a great goal fixed so that they which
would pass, the term would pass means want to go, have a desire to go, that would pass
from hence, hence is from here, from where Abraham is speaking in heaven, from hence
to you cannot.
See Abraham said, here's the thing, rich man, there's a goal fixed and people that are in
hell that want to come to heaven, they're unable to.
That makes sense.
But Abraham says, and you know that there are people here that would pass to there and
they can't.
You say, are there people in heaven that want to go to hell?
I don't think there are people in heaven that want to go to hell, to go to hell, but I'm
sure there's people in heaven that would love to go to hell to bring someone out.
In fact, I'm sure heaven is filled with a bunch of soul winners who say, just let me
go, just let me go, please, they're crying, they're in torment, let me go, let me go.
The problem is this, in heaven you and I are going to get to do a lot of things that we
get to do on earth.
We're going to get to study the word of God for all of eternity, just like you and I get
to study the word of God on earth.
We're going to get to sing praises to God for all of eternity, just like you and I get
to sing praises to God here on earth.
We're going to get to fellowship with God's people for all of eternity, just like you
and I get to fellowship with God's people here on earth.
We're going to get to listen to great preaching in heaven, except in heaven it's going to
be a lot better because it's going to be the Lord Jesus Christ himself expounding the word
of God unto us.
But we'll get to learn the word of God and hear preaching from the word of God, just
like we get to do here on earth.
We'll be able to communicate with God the Father and through the Holy Spirit and the
Lord Jesus Christ, just like you and I get to do it through prayer here on earth.
There's one thing that you and I will not get to do in heaven that we get to do on earth,
and it is win souls.
The Bible says, and of some have compassion making a difference, and others save with
fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Sometimes when we read that little phrase, with fear, we interpret it, and I don't have
a problem with this, that we need to tell them about hell so they'll be afraid of hell
and not want to go there.
And I don't have a problem with that.
I agree with that interpretation, but I think there's more to it than just that.
See, you and I need to make sure we preach hell to our converts, to the ones that we're
trying to win to Christ so that they'll want to be saved, but you and I better have a clear
picture of what hell is so that we will go to them with fear.
With compassion and with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted
by the flesh.
You say, why?
Because in hell it'll be clear.
In heaven it'll be clear.
In the afterlife it'll be clear.
On this earth we get distracted, we get cluttered.
We think about politics and our house and the economy and your vehicle and your job
and your retirement, and I'm not saying that we shouldn't consider those things.
But in the afterlife it'll become clear that the greatest thing that we could have done
with our lives is to win people to Christ.
So take a tour of hell with me tonight so that you won't regret it in heaven someday.
Here with me, the cries from hell recorded for us in scripture.
The cries of relief.
Have mercy on me.
Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I'm tormented
in this flame.
The cries of reproach.
Art thou also become weak as we?
Art thou become like unto us?
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave.
The cries in hell, they're cries of regret.
Is this the man that made the earth to tremble?
That did shake the kingdoms?
That made the world as a wilderness and destroyed the cities thereof?
And possibly the most heartbreaking.
They're cries of request.
Cries of request.
Send someone to my Father's house, for I have five brethren.
I don't want them to come here.
Will you answer the call to pull people out of hell?
Let's bow our heads now in a word of prayer.
Heavenly Father, what I realized then, this is a heavy subject.
I understand that.
I realize it's not something we like to talk about.
I get that.
But Lord, you've recorded these conversations in hell for a reason.
You've recorded the cries from hell for a reason.
I pray you'd help us to consider them, to be motivated by them, to move with compassion
to love people and love the lost, to realize that there are people in hell crying that
someone would go to their loved ones and keep them from coming to hell.
I pray you'd help us to be faithful in the ministry of reconciliation.
In the matchless name of Christ, we pray.
Amen.
Let's go to hymn number 401.
401, set my soul on fire.
Hymn number 401.
Let's sing it out in that first verse together.
Hymn number 401.
Set my soul on fire, Lord.
You're my holy Word.
Burn in deep within me.
Let your voice be heard.
Brilliant trope in darkness.
In this day and age I will be your witness.
Fill me with thy power.
Set my soul on fire, Lord.
Set my soul on fire.
Make my life a witness of thy saving power.
Millions broke in darkness waiting for thy Word.
Set my soul on fire, Lord.
Set my soul on fire.
Set my soul on fire, Lord.
For the lost and saved.
Give to me a passion as I seek to win.
Help me not to falter.
Never let me fail.
Hail me with thy Spirit.
Friend, thy will prevail.
Set my soul on fire, Lord.
Set my soul on fire.
Make my life a witness of thy saving power.
Brilliant trope in darkness waiting for thy Word.
Set my soul on fire, Lord.
Set my soul on fire.
Set my soul on fire, Lord.
In my daily life.
Far too long I've wandered in this day of strife.
Nothing else will matter but to live for thee.
I will be your witness as you live in me.
Set my soul on fire, Lord.
Set my soul on fire.
Make my life a witness of thy saving power.
Millions broke in darkness waiting for thy Word.
Set my soul on fire, Lord.
Set my soul on fire.
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