1 00:00:01,350 --> 00:00:04,430 Welcome to From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons. 2 00:00:04,990 --> 00:00:06,930 Each week we bring you a different message 3 00:00:06,930 --> 00:00:09,310 from some of history's greatest speakers in the 4 00:00:09,310 --> 00:00:12,310 Christian faith, and powerful sermons from modern preachers, 5 00:00:12,490 --> 00:00:12,630 too. 6 00:00:13,530 --> 00:00:16,150 This week, we have William Blackburn with his 7 00:00:16,150 --> 00:00:18,390 message, Hell is Real. 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,960 The headline in the Metropolitan newspaper simply read, 9 00:00:25,380 --> 00:00:27,100 Man on Fire. 10 00:00:27,820 --> 00:00:29,860 And it was the story of a Midwestern 11 00:00:29,860 --> 00:00:32,200 Union official who had been forced into his 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:33,460 automobile at gunpoint. 13 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,040 He'd been driven to the outskirts of town. 14 00:00:36,580 --> 00:00:38,500 There he'd been drenched in gasoline and set 15 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:39,040 on fire. 16 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,720 His photograph was in newspapers all across America. 17 00:00:43,380 --> 00:00:46,000 The article told about how horrifying and painful 18 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,540 it was to burn to death. 19 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,080 The article told about a wife and children 20 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:51,660 that he left behind. 21 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,360 And our hearts were touched, and we sympathized 22 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,620 with a man on fire. 23 00:00:57,620 --> 00:01:01,500 In Chicago several years ago, a school building 24 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:02,440 burned to the ground. 25 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,420 Eighty-nine children were burned to death, along 26 00:01:05,420 --> 00:01:06,640 with three school teachers. 27 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,720 A newspaper article described it as a glimpse 28 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:10,400 of hell. 29 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,920 And again our hearts were touched, and again 30 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,500 we sympathized. 31 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:16,820 Off the coast of New York many years 32 00:01:16,820 --> 00:01:18,460 ago, two ships collided. 33 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:20,980 One ship was filled with a million gallons 34 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:21,720 of gasoline. 35 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:25,700 The explosion that resulted literally set the water 36 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:26,360 on fire. 37 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,320 Many seamen were lost in the blaze that 38 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:29,760 day. 39 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:32,420 A New York paper described it as an 40 00:01:32,420 --> 00:01:35,100 unquenchable, fiery grave. 41 00:01:35,780 --> 00:01:37,980 You see, my dear friends, fire and tragedy 42 00:01:37,980 --> 00:01:39,800 are two words that always go together. 43 00:01:40,460 --> 00:01:43,880 In Franklin County, Arkansas, near my hometown of 44 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,920 Fort Smith, several years ago an oil well 45 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:47,600 exploded. 46 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,140 Three men were burned very badly. 47 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,280 Two of those men were rushed to the 48 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,800 hospital in Ozark. 49 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,760 There, standing in the emergency room, a woman 50 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,340 who had been a nurse more than 20 51 00:01:58,340 --> 00:02:00,920 years said she had never seen anything like 52 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:01,160 it. 53 00:02:01,540 --> 00:02:03,000 Here were these two grown men. 54 00:02:03,380 --> 00:02:05,320 Their clothes burned off their body. 55 00:02:05,420 --> 00:02:08,699 They were screaming and wailing and crying as 56 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:11,640 the flesh on their bones literally melted and 57 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:12,520 dripped to the floor. 58 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,500 Fire and tragedy are two words that always 59 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:17,160 go together. 60 00:02:17,860 --> 00:02:19,880 Oh, my dear friends, as awful as those 61 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,140 true stories are, the Bible teaches us there's 62 00:02:23,140 --> 00:02:24,540 something worse than that. 63 00:02:25,140 --> 00:02:26,940 The Bible teaches us that there is coming 64 00:02:26,940 --> 00:02:29,800 a day when every person who has rejected 65 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,260 Christ, they will be cast into a lake 66 00:02:32,260 --> 00:02:34,880 of fire and they will be tormented forever 67 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:35,940 and ever. 68 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:38,480 Oh, my dear friends, the most important thing 69 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,020 in your life is to know for sure 70 00:02:41,020 --> 00:02:43,560 that you really are truly born again. 71 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,840 One second after you die, one second after 72 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,900 you drop into the lake of fire, it'll 73 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:51,260 be too late to say, I thought I 74 00:02:51,260 --> 00:02:51,940 had it right. 75 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,700 Jesus said, And fear not them which kill 76 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:58,640 the body, but are not able to kill 77 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:01,380 the soul, but rather fear him which is 78 00:03:01,380 --> 00:03:04,380 able to destroy both soul and body in 79 00:03:04,380 --> 00:03:04,660 hell. 80 00:03:05,660 --> 00:03:07,960 Now, you may be asking, William, why in 81 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,200 the world would you talk about hell? 82 00:03:10,700 --> 00:03:12,720 Well, I want to talk about hell today 83 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:13,720 for three reasons. 84 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:15,600 Number one, I want to talk about hell 85 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,360 because it's in the Bible. 86 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,460 Now, do you want your preacher to preach 87 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:20,980 out of the Saturday Evening Post or the 88 00:03:20,980 --> 00:03:23,180 Reader's Digest or do you want him to 89 00:03:23,180 --> 00:03:24,100 preach the Word of God? 90 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,120 You say, William, we want our preacher to 91 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,200 preach the Word of God. 92 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,140 Well, dear friend, when a man preaches the 93 00:03:29,140 --> 00:03:30,840 Word of God and he preaches the whole 94 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,240 counsel of God, he's got to preach about 95 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,880 heaven and rejoice in it, but he's also 96 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:37,560 got to preach about hell even though it 97 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:38,440 breaks his heart. 98 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,020 You see, my dear friends, I haven't been 99 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:42,440 called to preach what men think and I 100 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:43,800 haven't been called to preach what a church 101 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,120 thinks and I have not been called to 102 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:47,640 preach what a denomination thinks, but I've been 103 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,820 called by God to preach what God has 104 00:03:49,820 --> 00:03:52,540 said and God says hell is real. 105 00:03:52,940 --> 00:03:54,220 So, I want to talk about hell, number 106 00:03:54,220 --> 00:03:56,780 one, because it's in the Bible and I'm 107 00:03:56,780 --> 00:03:57,640 a Bible preacher. 108 00:03:58,500 --> 00:03:59,920 But the second reason I want to talk 109 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:02,020 about hell is I want to wake up 110 00:04:02,020 --> 00:04:04,040 the Christians who are watching. 111 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,300 Oh, my dear friends, there are people all 112 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:09,280 around us going to hell and most Christians 113 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:10,460 are asleep. 114 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:13,300 I mean, everybody watching this program right now, 115 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,920 you know somebody who's going to hell, perhaps 116 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,500 in your own family, maybe your mom or 117 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:21,260 your dad, your son, your daughter, your brother, 118 00:04:21,340 --> 00:04:23,220 your sister, your uncle, your aunt, somebody at 119 00:04:23,220 --> 00:04:24,320 school, somebody on the job. 120 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,280 But everybody watching knows somebody who's on their 121 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:29,780 way to hell and we're not motivated. 122 00:04:30,140 --> 00:04:31,140 We're not concerned. 123 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:33,360 And so today, I want to wake you 124 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:33,460 up. 125 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,320 I want to motivate you and inspire you 126 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,780 to be burdened for a lost and dying 127 00:04:37,780 --> 00:04:38,180 world. 128 00:04:38,180 --> 00:04:39,140 So, I want to talk about hell, number 129 00:04:39,140 --> 00:04:40,540 one, because it's in the Bible. 130 00:04:41,020 --> 00:04:42,520 And number two, I want to wake up 131 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,760 the Christians who are watching. 132 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,200 But number three, I want to talk about 133 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,220 hell to warn lost sinners. 134 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,600 There are many of you right now who 135 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,120 are watching by television and in the eyes 136 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:56,400 of God, you are lost. 137 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,800 And what that means is, friends, your heart 138 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,900 beats once and then it's got to get 139 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:02,480 permission from God to beat again. 140 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,000 There's not a doctor in America who can 141 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,140 guarantee you that you'll even be alive tomorrow. 142 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:09,600 So, I want to warn you about hell 143 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,460 and I want to beg you to get 144 00:05:11,460 --> 00:05:15,500 saved before it's everlastingly too late. 145 00:05:16,260 --> 00:05:18,540 Many people don't want to hear a sermon 146 00:05:18,540 --> 00:05:19,860 about hell. 147 00:05:20,540 --> 00:05:22,900 Many people think it's wrong to tell people 148 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:23,960 about the lake of fire. 149 00:05:24,660 --> 00:05:26,540 I had a lady one time in a 150 00:05:26,540 --> 00:05:28,000 very large church come up to me. 151 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:29,680 She said, William, you seem like a nice 152 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:30,080 guy. 153 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,060 But she said, you know, that old hellfire 154 00:05:32,060 --> 00:05:33,580 preaching has gone out of style. 155 00:05:33,580 --> 00:05:35,640 She said, you really can't be a success 156 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,020 today with that negative kind of preaching. 157 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:39,480 She said, if you want to be a 158 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,580 success today, you need to be a positive 159 00:05:41,580 --> 00:05:42,000 preacher. 160 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,080 She said, William, what you really need to 161 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,660 do, you need to preach like Jesus preached. 162 00:05:47,220 --> 00:05:48,400 And I said, well, ma'am, tell me, 163 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:49,740 how did Jesus preach? 164 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:52,140 And she looked at me and she smiled, 165 00:05:52,260 --> 00:05:54,680 one of those little smiles that people sometimes 166 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,420 get when they think they know more than 167 00:05:56,420 --> 00:05:56,700 you. 168 00:05:56,940 --> 00:05:59,640 And she said, William, everybody knows Jesus always 169 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:00,880 preached on love. 170 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,020 Well, I knew right away here was a 171 00:06:03,020 --> 00:06:04,680 lady who didn't know much about Jesus. 172 00:06:05,220 --> 00:06:08,720 Because contrary to popular belief, Jesus Christ didn't 173 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,300 go around talking about love all the time. 174 00:06:11,780 --> 00:06:14,040 In fact, Jesus Christ was an old-fashioned 175 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,800 hellfire preacher. 176 00:06:16,220 --> 00:06:17,660 You say, well, William, how do you know 177 00:06:17,660 --> 00:06:18,040 that? 178 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,880 I know it because Jesus Christ preached on 179 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,780 hell 57 times in the Bible. 180 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,500 He preached on heaven only 24. 181 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:30,280 Jesus Christ preached on hell 10 times in 182 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:31,660 the book of Matthew alone. 183 00:06:32,220 --> 00:06:34,500 Jesus Christ preached on hell in the very 184 00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:36,980 first sermon that he ever preached, the Sermon 185 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:37,500 on the Mount. 186 00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:40,000 Jesus Christ preached on hell in the very 187 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,600 last sermon that he ever preached, the Mount 188 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:43,780 Olivet Discourse. 189 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:49,060 Jesus Christ was an old-fashioned fundamental hellfire 190 00:06:49,060 --> 00:06:49,760 preacher. 191 00:06:50,060 --> 00:06:50,640 You know why? 192 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:52,900 Because Jesus knew there were a lot of 193 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:54,340 folks that were going to hell. 194 00:06:54,340 --> 00:06:56,240 And Jesus loved those people. 195 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:57,940 He didn't want them to go to hell, 196 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,500 so he preached about hell to warn them 197 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:03,400 to flee from the wrath to come. 198 00:07:04,620 --> 00:07:07,140 The Bible says, for what shall it profit 199 00:07:07,140 --> 00:07:09,440 a man to gain the whole world and 200 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,100 lose his own soul? 201 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,260 Here's what Jesus said about hell. 202 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,700 One day he was preaching a message. 203 00:07:14,820 --> 00:07:16,180 He said, here's what hell is like. 204 00:07:16,220 --> 00:07:18,080 He said, there was a rich man. 205 00:07:18,300 --> 00:07:19,600 The rich man died and he went to 206 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:20,020 hell. 207 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:21,200 Now, don't miss the point. 208 00:07:21,260 --> 00:07:22,420 He didn't go to hell because he was 209 00:07:22,420 --> 00:07:22,700 rich. 210 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:25,020 He went to hell because he was lost. 211 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:26,700 And Jesus said, there was a poor man. 212 00:07:26,740 --> 00:07:27,860 The poor man died and he went to 213 00:07:27,860 --> 00:07:28,160 heaven. 214 00:07:28,540 --> 00:07:29,780 He didn't go to heaven because he was 215 00:07:29,780 --> 00:07:30,180 poor. 216 00:07:30,620 --> 00:07:33,200 He went to heaven because he was saved. 217 00:07:33,860 --> 00:07:36,260 And Jesus Christ said, there's a contrast here 218 00:07:36,260 --> 00:07:37,460 in lifestyles. 219 00:07:38,020 --> 00:07:41,660 These men had different lives, different deaths, and 220 00:07:41,660 --> 00:07:42,560 different eternities. 221 00:07:42,940 --> 00:07:44,820 And Jesus said, if you'll study the lives 222 00:07:44,820 --> 00:07:46,620 of these two men, you can learn what's 223 00:07:46,620 --> 00:07:49,300 really important here on planet earth. 224 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:51,240 The first man was a rich man. 225 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,660 The Bible says he wore purple robes and 226 00:07:53,660 --> 00:07:57,960 fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. 227 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,080 Now, that purple robe he wore was an 228 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,620 indication of wealth and religion. 229 00:08:03,140 --> 00:08:05,380 In those days, only the most wealthy people 230 00:08:05,380 --> 00:08:07,520 could afford the purple dye to have a 231 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:08,180 purple robe. 232 00:08:08,420 --> 00:08:10,080 So this man was a very wealthy man. 233 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:11,140 Perhaps he was a businessman. 234 00:08:11,780 --> 00:08:14,300 He obviously had a house and a garage 235 00:08:14,300 --> 00:08:15,360 for three or four chariots. 236 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,280 He had everything the world says it takes 237 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:19,500 to be happy. 238 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:22,220 In fact, the Bible says he fared sumptuously 239 00:08:22,220 --> 00:08:23,940 every day. 240 00:08:24,260 --> 00:08:25,940 Now, let me translate that for you into 241 00:08:25,940 --> 00:08:26,380 Arkansas. 242 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:28,800 That means he ate high on the hog. 243 00:08:29,180 --> 00:08:30,740 I mean, anything this old boy wanted to 244 00:08:30,740 --> 00:08:32,780 eat or drink, service weighed on him hand 245 00:08:32,780 --> 00:08:33,080 and foot. 246 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,080 He was a rich man. 247 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,520 He was also a religious man. 248 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,179 That purple robe he wore indicated he was 249 00:08:40,179 --> 00:08:41,919 a man who believed in God. 250 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:44,220 He might have been a church member, a 251 00:08:44,220 --> 00:08:45,500 deacon, a Sunday school teacher. 252 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,780 He was a man who believed in God. 253 00:08:47,780 --> 00:08:50,400 He was a man who thought he knew 254 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:50,980 God. 255 00:08:51,580 --> 00:08:53,560 But when the rich man died, Jesus said, 256 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:54,840 he went straight to hell. 257 00:08:55,260 --> 00:08:58,440 His big house, his cars, his influence in 258 00:08:58,440 --> 00:08:59,740 the community didn't keep him out of hell. 259 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,000 His church membership did not keep him out 260 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:02,200 of hell. 261 00:09:02,260 --> 00:09:05,700 When the rich man died, Jesus said, he 262 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:06,640 went straight to hell. 263 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,360 Now, the poor man was different. 264 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,660 The poor man didn't have anything of what 265 00:09:12,660 --> 00:09:14,200 the world says it takes to be happy. 266 00:09:14,780 --> 00:09:16,200 Why, he didn't have a place to sleep. 267 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:17,680 He had to sleep out there by the 268 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:19,180 front gate of the rich man's house. 269 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:20,840 He didn't have any food. 270 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,400 He had to eat the crumbs that would 271 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:23,980 fall from the rich man's table. 272 00:09:24,580 --> 00:09:25,840 He didn't even have any friends. 273 00:09:26,220 --> 00:09:27,820 Why, the only friends he had were the 274 00:09:27,820 --> 00:09:29,640 dogs that would come and lick the sores 275 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:30,360 on his body. 276 00:09:31,140 --> 00:09:33,920 This man had absolutely nothing of what the 277 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,040 world says it takes to be happy. 278 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,120 But he had a lot of what God 279 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:39,280 says it takes to be happy. 280 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:42,420 Because when the poor man died, he went 281 00:09:42,420 --> 00:09:42,840 to heaven. 282 00:09:43,220 --> 00:09:44,340 Now, do you see the contrast? 283 00:09:44,340 --> 00:09:46,760 Here's a man on earth who has everything, 284 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,460 but when he dies, he has nothing. 285 00:09:49,780 --> 00:09:51,900 Here's another man who has nothing, but when 286 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:54,060 he dies, he has everything. 287 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,380 The Bible puts it this way, For what 288 00:09:57,380 --> 00:09:58,860 shall it profit a man to gain the 289 00:09:58,860 --> 00:10:03,900 whole world and yet lose his own soul? 290 00:10:06,140 --> 00:10:08,180 Oh, I imagine the funerals were something. 291 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,580 I imagine the headline in the Jerusalem Gazette 292 00:10:11,580 --> 00:10:15,620 said, Rich prominent businessman passes away. 293 00:10:15,940 --> 00:10:18,060 They probably had to get the biggest auditorium 294 00:10:18,060 --> 00:10:20,100 in town so people could come to the 295 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:20,420 funeral. 296 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:22,440 They probably had the rich man in a 297 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,460 coffin that was worth thousands of dollars. 298 00:10:25,020 --> 00:10:26,340 The place was probably packed. 299 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:28,680 Every big shot in town was there. 300 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:30,540 Oh, the mayor was there. 301 00:10:30,780 --> 00:10:33,240 The police chief, the fire chief, the school 302 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:36,120 board, the city council, all the religious leaders, 303 00:10:36,220 --> 00:10:38,660 all the business leaders were there to pay 304 00:10:38,660 --> 00:10:42,520 their respects to this rich prominent businessman who 305 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:43,540 just passed away. 306 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:45,500 Some of the men probably stood out there 307 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:47,680 in the foyer and talked in little quiet 308 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:50,620 voices about what a good man he was. 309 00:10:50,820 --> 00:10:53,200 They probably said things like this, You know, 310 00:10:53,260 --> 00:10:54,840 he was a very wealthy man, but you 311 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:55,080 know what? 312 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,880 He was always helping less fortunate people. 313 00:10:58,440 --> 00:10:59,560 Somebody would say, yeah, you know, he was 314 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:01,260 on the school board for 15 years. 315 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,020 He was on the city council for 20 316 00:11:03,020 --> 00:11:05,480 years while he was president of the United 317 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:06,780 Way three different times. 318 00:11:06,780 --> 00:11:08,320 And they would say, yeah, you know, he 319 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,540 was a member of that church down the 320 00:11:09,540 --> 00:11:11,800 street always talking about God. 321 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,560 And they all agreed, my, my, my, this 322 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:17,620 man's going to be missed. 323 00:11:17,980 --> 00:11:20,340 And little did they know that as they 324 00:11:20,340 --> 00:11:22,300 bragged on this man and honored this man 325 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:25,680 and reverenced this man, Jesus said, this man's 326 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:29,980 in hell being tormented by the flame. 327 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:33,360 Now, the poor man was different. 328 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:36,260 The poor man, he probably died out there 329 00:11:36,260 --> 00:11:37,700 by the front gate of the rich man's 330 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:38,040 house. 331 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,460 Perhaps one day he was so beat up 332 00:11:40,460 --> 00:11:42,320 by the world, so exhausted, he just gave 333 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:42,940 up the ghost. 334 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:45,120 Perhaps the servants of the rich man came 335 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,080 out that morning and at first they thought 336 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:48,420 it was just some old bum asleep on 337 00:11:48,420 --> 00:11:49,380 the boss's sidewalk. 338 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:50,920 So they went out there to run him 339 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:51,200 off. 340 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:53,200 They probably kicked him a couple of times 341 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:54,260 trying to wake him up. 342 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:55,800 Then they saw he was dead. 343 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,560 They probably reached down and dragged him by 344 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:00,320 the ankles and dragged him out to a 345 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,220 field somewhere and just dropped him into a 346 00:12:02,220 --> 00:12:05,220 hole because after all, he was nobody. 347 00:12:05,820 --> 00:12:08,260 Nobody to the world, that is, but he 348 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:10,360 was somebody to God. 349 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:12,460 Jesus said the angels came. 350 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:15,240 The angels came and escorted him into the 351 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,760 very presence of God. 352 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:19,660 For what shall it profit a man to 353 00:12:19,660 --> 00:12:22,940 gain the whole world and yet lose his 354 00:12:22,940 --> 00:12:23,460 own soul? 355 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:25,620 Friend, what good does it do if you've 356 00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:27,900 got the biggest house in town, the finest 357 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:30,280 car that money can buy, a pile of 358 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:31,740 money in the bank, and you're the biggest 359 00:12:31,740 --> 00:12:33,000 big shot in town? 360 00:12:33,140 --> 00:12:35,540 If you die and go to hell, it 361 00:12:35,540 --> 00:12:38,080 profits you nothing. 362 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:40,920 Well, the rich man died and he went 363 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:41,320 to hell. 364 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,480 He learned three things about hell. 365 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,680 Number one, he learned the certainty of hell. 366 00:12:46,740 --> 00:12:49,260 He learned that hell is real. 367 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,040 Now dear friends, we live in a day 368 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,200 when folks don't believe in hell anymore. 369 00:12:53,700 --> 00:12:55,840 And I'm not talking about outside the church. 370 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,800 I'm talking about inside the church. 371 00:12:58,020 --> 00:12:59,960 People inside the church don't believe in hell 372 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:00,480 anymore. 373 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,600 Many preachers don't preach on hell anymore. 374 00:13:03,940 --> 00:13:05,260 But dear friends, I want to tell you, 375 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,520 men may have changed their mind, but God 376 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,180 has not changed His mind. 377 00:13:10,740 --> 00:13:12,720 And it's true, preaching on hell has cooled 378 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:16,380 off, but friend, hell is as hot as 379 00:13:16,380 --> 00:13:17,140 it ever was. 380 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:18,780 And this man in our story might have 381 00:13:18,780 --> 00:13:19,920 been one of those guys that didn't believe 382 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:20,440 in hell. 383 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,780 Maybe he debated back and forth, is there 384 00:13:22,780 --> 00:13:23,560 really a hell? 385 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:25,680 I mean, how could a God of love 386 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:26,780 send somebody to hell? 387 00:13:26,860 --> 00:13:28,880 And anyway, how can you have flame and 388 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,360 darkness at the same time? 389 00:13:30,940 --> 00:13:33,900 But dear friends, one second after he died, 390 00:13:34,420 --> 00:13:35,500 the debate was over. 391 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,380 One second after he drew that last breath, 392 00:13:39,060 --> 00:13:41,100 the theological discussion came to an end. 393 00:13:41,580 --> 00:13:42,820 And he found out what the Bible says 394 00:13:42,820 --> 00:13:43,420 is true. 395 00:13:43,940 --> 00:13:45,780 Let God be true in every man, a 396 00:13:45,780 --> 00:13:45,980 liar. 397 00:13:45,980 --> 00:13:48,320 He found that hell was a real place 398 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,580 where real people go when they die without 399 00:13:52,580 --> 00:13:53,140 Jesus. 400 00:13:54,420 --> 00:13:56,340 The second thing he learned about hell was 401 00:13:56,340 --> 00:13:56,660 this. 402 00:13:57,180 --> 00:13:58,960 He learned about the character of hell. 403 00:13:59,540 --> 00:14:01,000 He learned what hell was really like. 404 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:03,360 The Bible describes hell as a lake of 405 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,500 fire, a bottomless pit, outer darkness, a place 406 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:08,320 where the worm dieth not, a place where 407 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,680 the fire is never quenched, a place where 408 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:12,740 men have no rest. 409 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:14,740 Jesus Christ said this. 410 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,400 Jesus said, listen, hell is such an awful 411 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,440 place that if your hand is going to 412 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:19,960 make you go to hell, cut it off. 413 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,780 Jesus said hell is such a terrifying place 414 00:14:22,780 --> 00:14:24,380 that if your foot was going to make 415 00:14:24,380 --> 00:14:26,320 you go to hell, cut it off. 416 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,400 Jesus said hell is such an awful place 417 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,000 that if your eye was going to make 418 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,740 you go to hell, pull your eyeball out. 419 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,320 Jesus Christ said you'd be far, far better 420 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,420 off to go through this life maimed with 421 00:14:38,420 --> 00:14:41,140 one hand, one foot, and one eye rather 422 00:14:41,140 --> 00:14:42,220 than be dragged into a place where the 423 00:14:42,220 --> 00:14:46,600 fire is never quenched and the worm dieth 424 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,000 not. 425 00:14:48,660 --> 00:14:50,580 The third thing that the rich man learned 426 00:14:50,580 --> 00:14:53,480 about hell, he learned about the citizens of 427 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:53,760 hell. 428 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,720 He learned what kind of people go to 429 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:57,060 hell. 430 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,160 Revelation 21 verse 8 says, But the fearful, 431 00:15:00,340 --> 00:15:03,020 the unbelieving, the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, 432 00:15:03,260 --> 00:15:06,320 and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall 433 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,780 have their part in the lake which burned 434 00:15:07,780 --> 00:15:11,160 with fire and brimstone, which is the second 435 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:11,620 death. 436 00:15:11,940 --> 00:15:13,200 You say, well, William, I'm not on that 437 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:13,440 list. 438 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:14,960 I'm not a murderer, or a robber, or 439 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:16,440 a whoremonger, or an adulterer. 440 00:15:16,580 --> 00:15:17,780 I'm not on the list. 441 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,440 But dear friend, the second name mentioned by 442 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:22,980 God is unbeliever. 443 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,320 You see, God puts unbelievers in the same 444 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:26,780 category as murderers. 445 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,860 God puts unbelievers in the same categories as 446 00:15:29,860 --> 00:15:31,380 those who practice witchcraft. 447 00:15:31,380 --> 00:15:35,080 God puts unbelievers in the same category as 448 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,340 the most vile, wicked sinners the world has 449 00:15:38,340 --> 00:15:38,960 ever known. 450 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:40,740 Now, what does it mean to be an 451 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:42,160 unbeliever in God's eyes? 452 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,200 Oh, my friend, you can believe in God 453 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:45,040 and be an unbeliever. 454 00:15:45,660 --> 00:15:47,160 You can believe in Jesus and be an 455 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:48,200 unbeliever. 456 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:49,780 See, to be a believer in the Lord 457 00:15:49,780 --> 00:15:51,820 Jesus Christ means you don't believe facts with 458 00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:52,380 your head. 459 00:15:52,820 --> 00:15:54,460 It means you have committed your life to 460 00:15:54,460 --> 00:15:54,880 Christ. 461 00:15:55,140 --> 00:15:56,960 You have surrendered your will to Christ. 462 00:15:57,340 --> 00:15:59,400 You have become one with Jesus. 463 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,180 And, my friend, if you have not been 464 00:16:01,180 --> 00:16:02,920 born again the way the Bible says to 465 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,860 be born again, then you are an unbeliever, 466 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,780 and unbelievers go to hell. 467 00:16:09,540 --> 00:16:10,380 When does hell begin? 468 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,520 The minute a man dies without Jesus. 469 00:16:13,980 --> 00:16:17,140 No purgatory, no soul sleep, no second chance. 470 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,260 A man draws that last breath without Jesus, 471 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,340 he goes straight to a devil's hell. 472 00:16:23,780 --> 00:16:24,920 But, my friend, listen to me. 473 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,660 I did not come to glorify hell. 474 00:16:27,660 --> 00:16:29,860 I have come to glorify the one that 475 00:16:29,860 --> 00:16:33,420 saves from hell, and that is Jesus Christ. 476 00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:36,500 Yes, the Bible teaches that there is a 477 00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:36,820 hell. 478 00:16:37,420 --> 00:16:39,440 And the Bible teaches that we deserve to 479 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:40,100 go to hell. 480 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,220 But the Bible says that God has mercy 481 00:16:43,220 --> 00:16:43,800 on us. 482 00:16:44,220 --> 00:16:46,260 And so God has sent his Son to 483 00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:46,860 save us. 484 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,480 And the whole story of the Bible is 485 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,040 God's plan to reconcile sinful man with himself. 486 00:16:53,820 --> 00:16:55,020 You see, the story of the Bible is 487 00:16:55,020 --> 00:16:56,980 we have broken all of God's laws. 488 00:16:56,980 --> 00:16:58,920 We have rebelled against God. 489 00:16:59,140 --> 00:17:01,780 We've lived a selfish and self-centered life. 490 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,940 And the wages of sin is death. 491 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,220 But the Bible says God has sent his 492 00:17:07,220 --> 00:17:08,579 Son to save us. 493 00:17:08,980 --> 00:17:10,619 And what Jesus did simply is he took 494 00:17:10,619 --> 00:17:12,960 all of our sin upon himself, and he 495 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,339 said, Father, I'll take their place. 496 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,420 You can punish me for what they've done. 497 00:17:17,819 --> 00:17:19,700 So Jesus took our sins, and he took 498 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:20,380 our place. 499 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,099 He went to a cross, and on that 500 00:17:22,099 --> 00:17:25,319 cross he died paying for our sin debt. 501 00:17:25,319 --> 00:17:28,260 He suffered hell on that cross so that 502 00:17:28,260 --> 00:17:29,400 we could enjoy heaven. 503 00:17:29,660 --> 00:17:30,460 He died. 504 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:31,660 He was buried in a tomb. 505 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:34,460 And after three days, God raised him from 506 00:17:34,460 --> 00:17:34,900 the dead. 507 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,060 He's alive today, and one day he's coming 508 00:17:37,060 --> 00:17:37,500 back. 509 00:17:38,020 --> 00:17:40,240 And the Bible says God gives every man 510 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:40,960 a choice. 511 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:44,520 A man can turn from his sin and 512 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,560 place his faith in Christ and be forgiven, 513 00:17:46,660 --> 00:17:47,360 be saved. 514 00:17:47,940 --> 00:17:49,980 Or a man can reject Jesus and hang 515 00:17:49,980 --> 00:17:50,920 on to his sin. 516 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,320 But that condemns him to hell for all 517 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:54,840 eternity. 518 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:57,140 Oh, my friend, listen today. 519 00:17:58,180 --> 00:18:01,760 If you were to die today, where would 520 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:02,600 you spend eternity? 521 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,080 Would you spend it in a place called 522 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:05,400 heaven? 523 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:07,880 Or would you spend it in a place 524 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:09,120 called hell? 525 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,180 You see, Jesus said when the poor man 526 00:18:12,180 --> 00:18:16,140 died, that angels came to escort him into 527 00:18:16,140 --> 00:18:17,900 the very presence of God. 528 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,860 Charles Spurgeon, the famous English preacher, said that 529 00:18:21,860 --> 00:18:24,840 he believed the purpose of demons was to 530 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,080 come to a lost man when he died 531 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,080 to drag his soul into hell. 532 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:34,280 Thomas Paine, the great revolutionary soldier, Thomas Paine 533 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,020 was an atheist. 534 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:37,520 Thomas Paine said there is no God. 535 00:18:38,060 --> 00:18:40,100 But when Thomas Paine got on his deathbed, 536 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:42,800 he lifted up his head, and the last 537 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,780 words of old Thomas Paine are these. 538 00:18:44,780 --> 00:18:46,760 He said, can't you men see the head 539 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:47,720 of that demon at the foot of my 540 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:48,120 bed? 541 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,900 He's come to drag me to the pit. 542 00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:52,500 Are demons real? 543 00:18:53,380 --> 00:18:54,220 Yes, they are. 544 00:18:54,380 --> 00:18:56,560 Are demons sent by Satan to deceive men 545 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:56,840 and women? 546 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:58,340 Yes, they are. 547 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:59,280 You would have been amazed. 548 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,000 If you had been in a big convention 549 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,760 there in Ocean City, New Jersey, a big 550 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,460 youth rally, 5,000 kids in attendance, a 551 00:19:06,460 --> 00:19:09,100 young girl comes forward screaming and crying and 552 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:09,440 wailing. 553 00:19:09,660 --> 00:19:11,740 She says, I've read the Satanic Bible through 554 00:19:11,740 --> 00:19:12,480 six times. 555 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,220 I told them I wanted to join the 556 00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:14,900 witch's coven. 557 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,500 She said, people don't believe that demons are 558 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:16,920 real. 559 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:18,800 But she said, I know they're real. 560 00:19:19,340 --> 00:19:22,040 I've seen them with my own eyes. 561 00:19:23,260 --> 00:19:27,580 Morris Rollins, a medical doctor, a cardiologist, wrote 562 00:19:27,580 --> 00:19:29,300 a book called Through Death's Door. 563 00:19:30,020 --> 00:19:33,280 One chapter's titled Descending into Hell. 564 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,120 In that book, he talks about a young 565 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:37,780 girl who had overdosed on drugs. 566 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:39,840 They had her in the emergency room on 567 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,880 the operating table trying to save her life. 568 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,380 She kept screaming, saying, Mama, help me. 569 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:45,240 Mama, help me. 570 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:46,360 They're pulling at me. 571 00:19:46,420 --> 00:19:47,280 They're tugging at me. 572 00:19:47,340 --> 00:19:48,500 They're trying to get me. 573 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:49,520 Please, Mama, help me. 574 00:19:49,780 --> 00:19:50,360 Help me. 575 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:51,440 She died. 576 00:19:51,820 --> 00:19:52,860 They pronounced her dead. 577 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:54,860 They were able to bring her back to 578 00:19:54,860 --> 00:19:56,820 life by means of resuscitation. 579 00:19:57,340 --> 00:19:58,900 Two weeks later, she went through a hypnotic 580 00:19:58,900 --> 00:20:01,060 session, said the very same thing, that demons 581 00:20:01,060 --> 00:20:04,040 had come to drag her to the pit. 582 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,220 Oh, we don't believe that, do we? 583 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:08,800 Oh, but my dear friends, if today in 584 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,380 God and His mercy and grace would roll 585 00:20:11,380 --> 00:20:13,160 back the covers of hell and let us 586 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,780 peer in for 30 seconds, I promise you, 587 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,720 it would change your theology. 588 00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:22,560 A few years ago, I did a revival 589 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,140 at West Memphis, Arkansas. 590 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,640 On a Wednesday night, there were about 1 591 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,240 ,200 people there, including 300 teenagers. 592 00:20:29,820 --> 00:20:31,460 There were two young men in the middle 593 00:20:31,460 --> 00:20:33,560 of those teenagers dressed in solid black. 594 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,300 They were professing witches from the local high 595 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:36,620 school. 596 00:20:36,620 --> 00:20:39,420 As I poured out my heart that night 597 00:20:39,420 --> 00:20:41,720 in begging people to come to Christ, as 598 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,140 I was preaching, a young teenage boy there 599 00:20:44,140 --> 00:20:46,920 in West Memphis named Damian Echols and he 600 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:48,700 and two of his high school buddies were 601 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:51,340 out in West Memphis, Arkansas, murdering three little 602 00:20:51,340 --> 00:20:53,920 eight-year-old boys in satanic sacrifice. 603 00:20:54,780 --> 00:20:57,380 And everywhere I go across America, I see 604 00:20:57,380 --> 00:21:01,040 Satanism and demonology and witchcraft. 605 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,200 And my friend, the devil is alive and 606 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:03,600 well. 607 00:21:04,140 --> 00:21:05,700 And what the devil wants more than anything 608 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:09,540 else is to drag your soul to hell. 609 00:21:11,580 --> 00:21:14,760 William Booth of the Salvation Army fame was 610 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,040 talking to a group of graduating preachers one 611 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:17,380 day. 612 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,220 And he told these young men, he said, 613 00:21:19,260 --> 00:21:20,820 Young men, I wish we didn't have to 614 00:21:20,820 --> 00:21:22,600 send you to school for several years to 615 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:23,880 learn how to serve God. 616 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:25,540 He said, If I had my way, we 617 00:21:25,540 --> 00:21:26,700 wouldn't do it like this. 618 00:21:26,700 --> 00:21:28,980 He said, If I had my way, what 619 00:21:28,980 --> 00:21:30,900 I would do to train young preachers is 620 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:31,140 this. 621 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,160 He said, I'd take you into hell for 622 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,740 24 hours, let you get a vision of 623 00:21:35,740 --> 00:21:37,620 hell, then we could bring you back, we 624 00:21:37,620 --> 00:21:39,120 could evangelize the world. 625 00:21:39,780 --> 00:21:42,740 You know, as an evangelist, I get invitations 626 00:21:42,740 --> 00:21:44,820 all the time to go to mission trips. 627 00:21:45,380 --> 00:21:47,420 I get invitations to go to Russia or 628 00:21:47,420 --> 00:21:49,780 the Philippines or Brazil or India. 629 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,440 I'm always getting invitations to go to faraway 630 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,000 places to tell people how to be saved. 631 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,080 But, you know, the mission trip I'd really 632 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,180 like to take, I'd like to come over 633 00:21:59,180 --> 00:22:00,560 here in America and I'd like to get 634 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,380 a bunch of greyhound buses. 635 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:04,140 And I'd like to fill them up with 636 00:22:04,140 --> 00:22:05,920 old backslidden church members. 637 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:07,980 Then I'd like to take those greyhound buses 638 00:22:07,980 --> 00:22:10,100 into hell for about 24 hours. 639 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:13,100 Watch those old backslidden church members, watch a 640 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:14,860 few lost people burn in hell. 641 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:16,840 Let them see that the flame is real. 642 00:22:17,340 --> 00:22:18,980 Let them see that the torment is real. 643 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,140 Let them get a smell of the stench 644 00:22:21,140 --> 00:22:21,700 of hell. 645 00:22:21,700 --> 00:22:23,780 Let them get a sense of the hopelessness 646 00:22:23,780 --> 00:22:25,680 of hell because when a man goes to 647 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:26,820 hell, he doesn't get out. 648 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,440 We could bring those old backslidden church members 649 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:30,480 back to America. 650 00:22:30,700 --> 00:22:34,140 We could evangelize this place if Christians could 651 00:22:34,140 --> 00:22:35,160 just get a vision of hell. 652 00:22:35,220 --> 00:22:37,960 I promise you, it will change your life. 653 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,740 And these shall go into everlasting punishment, but 654 00:22:43,740 --> 00:22:45,940 the righteous into life eternal. 655 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,720 My friend, it is true that hell is 656 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,160 an awful place and an awful subject to 657 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:52,760 talk about. 658 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,540 But the good news of the Bible is 659 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:57,700 a person doesn't have to go to hell 660 00:22:58,260 --> 00:23:02,440 because God has done everything necessary to save 661 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:02,660 you. 662 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,420 You can be saved from hell right here, 663 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,820 right now if you'll turn your life over 664 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:08,400 to Christ. 665 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,880 See, the Bible says the whole story is 666 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:13,480 that you have sinned against God. 667 00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:15,880 If you will agree with God that you're 668 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,000 a sinner, if you'll simply say, God, you're 669 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,240 right and I'm wrong, but God, I want 670 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:20,680 to repent. 671 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:21,940 I want to change my mind. 672 00:23:22,020 --> 00:23:23,480 I want to turn away from my rebellion. 673 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,600 And I want to take Jesus as my 674 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,160 God, my Lord, my Savior. 675 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:28,640 I want to commit everything I have to 676 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:28,940 Him. 677 00:23:29,460 --> 00:23:32,460 If you'll do that right now, God will 678 00:23:32,460 --> 00:23:33,340 save your soul. 679 00:23:34,020 --> 00:23:35,620 Why don't you kneel right where you are 680 00:23:35,620 --> 00:23:38,280 and pray with me and commit your life 681 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:38,480 to Christ. 682 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,600 Let God save your soul right here, right 683 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:40,740 now. 684 00:23:40,780 --> 00:23:41,640 You don't have to go to hell. 685 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,680 You don't have to be separated from God 686 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:44,200 for eternity. 687 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,460 You can be saved, born again right where 688 00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:48,860 you are and one day spend eternity in 689 00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:49,120 heaven. 690 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,280 If God is speaking to your heart and 691 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,480 you want to be saved, pray with me 692 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:53,860 right now. 693 00:23:53,860 --> 00:23:58,100 Just pray, Lord Jesus, I know that I'm 694 00:23:58,100 --> 00:23:58,460 a sinner. 695 00:23:59,180 --> 00:24:01,140 I know I've broken your laws. 696 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,220 I know I'm lost. 697 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,280 I know I cannot save myself. 698 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,860 But God, I believe you love me. 699 00:24:09,420 --> 00:24:12,800 And I believe Jesus died for me to 700 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,100 pay for all my sin. 701 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,020 The best I know how, I repent. 702 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:20,160 I turn away from my sin and I 703 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,340 receive Jesus as my Lord and Savior. 704 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:24,960 I commit my life to Him. 705 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,240 I believe in my heart that God has 706 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:28,740 raised Him from the dead. 707 00:24:29,860 --> 00:24:31,500 Forgive me of my sin, Lord. 708 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,760 Come into my heart and save me. 709 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:38,060 You have been listening to the From the 710 00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:39,860 Pulpit and Classic Sermon Series. 711 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,980 This week you heard William Blackburn with his 712 00:24:42,980 --> 00:24:44,920 message, Hell is Real. 713 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,820 Tune in next week to hear A.W. 714 00:24:47,940 --> 00:24:51,400 Tozer talk about miracles that follow the plow 715 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,040 on the From the Pulpit and Classic Sermons.