WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.239 Amen. 00:00:00.479 --> 00:00:02.319 Before you see it, give somebody a high five. 00:00:02.399 --> 00:00:05.599 Let them know I'm glad to see you in the house of the Lord today. 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.879 So I'll use the handheld then if this is not working. 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:26.800 Yeah, it's just too much going in and out. 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.120 So we'll work on it later. 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:37.119 So we've been talking about eternal rewards. 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.799 Living for eternity. 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:44.479 Let's go back to Colossians chapter three. 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:46.880 Colossians chapter three. 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:48.719 Let me know if this will be working. 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:50.399 If not, I'm gonna take it off. 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:51.920 Take it off. 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:10.799 That way I can be free. 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:19.280 All right, Colossians chapter three, verse number two. 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:20.640 You all ready today? 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:32.560 Verse number two says, set your affection on the things above, not on the things on the earth. 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:52.480 The Amplified says, set your mind, keep focus habitually on the things above, the heavenly things, and not on the things that are on the earth, which have only temporary value. 00:01:53.280 --> 00:02:04.879 And it's important that before we move on, that we really understand that everything in this physical earth is temporary. 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:08.080 Like I need you to get that. 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:11.840 Everything it's temporary. 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:14.159 Like the house you live in. 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:24.800 I know you you you decorate your house and you should decorate your house, or you decorate your apartment, but you can't live in that apartment forever. 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:41.520 The clothes that we spend money on, although we spend sometimes too much money on clothes, you and I will not be able to take these raggedy old clothes into heaven. 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:52.879 The cars that we drive, the SUVs that we drive, the minivans that we drive, the jewelry that we wear, even the hair that's on your head. 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:57.840 Whether you, yeah, I knew that would wake y'all up. 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:06.479 Whether you paid for it or whether you're losing it, that's temporary. 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:18.319 And if you think about it, even these physical bodies, your body is temporary. 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:21.520 We should exercise. 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:24.639 I got one amen. 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:44.719 We should take care of the temple, but even though you work out your temple, this earthly vessel, we cannot take this vessel to heaven. 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:56.560 Or to hell, so we should be thinking about eternity. 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:05.599 That should be on our mind, not how much money you can accumulate in your 401k or your 401b. 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:09.919 Thank God for that, but you can't even take that to heaven. 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:12.560 You don't even need money in heaven. 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.000 Heaven has its own currency. 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:32.079 Now, point number one, let's get back into this because what we're gonna talk about today, you don't hear a lot of subject on this, and I understand why. 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:43.279 But I have a responsibility to show you from God's word what God has to say, not an opinion. 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:54.639 Now, point number one, we are governed by spiritual laws, we're governed by spiritual laws. 00:04:54.879 --> 00:05:00.560 We understand this in the natural because there are natural laws. 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:02.879 There is the law of gravity. 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:08.800 If you jump off of this building today, there's a law. 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:21.519 If you don't have a parachute, the law of gravity says what goes up, you are going to get hurt. 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:28.240 If you climb up on the ladder, get into the attic, and go at the top of this building and jump down. 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:37.439 You probably will break a leg, or you can get injured. 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:39.920 This is a law. 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:48.879 If you speed, there's a reason why there's a certain speed limit. 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:59.199 Even though you may not get caught the first time, eventually you are going to get caught. 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:12.800 And we're living in a time now where you don't even have to have a police officer chase you down because now they have cameras to enforce the law. 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:26.000 So those are natural laws, but there are spiritual laws that govern or should govern or should dictate how we live our lives. 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.279 Now, Romans chapter eight. 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:35.199 Here are two spiritual laws with two different outcomes. 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:46.480 So depending upon how you obey or work this law will determine the outcome in your life. 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:54.319 These laws work for anybody saved or unsaved who will work these laws. 00:06:55.040 --> 00:07:12.560 Now, Romans chapter eight says, There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit. 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:16.000 Verse number two, because here we go. 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:33.519 There are two spiritual laws that will determine two different outcomes, two laws that will determine one or two outcomes. 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:38.319 Verse number two, let's read this out loud together. 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:40.639 Ready, read. 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:49.920 For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death. 00:07:50.240 --> 00:08:01.519 So here are two spiritual laws that if we live by these laws, we should have a particular outcome. 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:07.920 So there is the spirit of life that's in Christ Jesus. 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:12.079 This law will produce life. 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:20.160 Then the second law, the law of sin and death. 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.720 It is going to produce death. 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:34.399 Romans chapter six says, for the wages of sin is death. 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:43.039 But the gift of God is eternal life through the anointed one, Jesus our Lord. 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:51.200 So we understand these two laws, because of sin, we're gonna die. 00:08:52.799 --> 00:09:01.200 Because of the sin nature, everybody on the face of the earth is going to die. 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:14.000 And unless Jesus returns what we just sang about, if you are a believer, you will have a home going celebration. 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:21.759 If you're not a believer, then they will have a funeral for you. 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:37.519 Point number two. 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:40.720 Hell is a real place. 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:50.320 Now, God gives us his word about hell not to scare us. 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.720 Need to say this because it's been misunderstood. 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:00.480 Hell was never meant for God's people. 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:09.759 It was only meant for Satan and the demonic angels that rebelled against God in the beginning. 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:19.679 Unfortunately, people are making a decision while they are living on this earth where they will spend eternity. 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:31.279 So he's given us understanding about how serious sin is. 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.440 Not because you made a mistake and you go to hell. 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:42.480 That's not Bible and that's not God. 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:47.039 If that's the case, we would all go to hell. 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:51.120 Because there is not one perfect person. 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:52.399 What happened to mercy? 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:53.600 What happened to grace? 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:57.600 What happened to giving people another chance and another chance? 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:01.200 That is the grace of God, that is the mercy of God. 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:05.200 So if you make a mistake, you're not going to hell. 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:16.399 Let me say that again. 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:26.559 If you make a mistake, there is no way that a loving God will put you in hell because you made a mistake. 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:38.240 If that is the case, we might as well throw away this Bible because the Bible is full of imperfect people who were working toward perfection. 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:45.039 Because if that's the case, what about David? 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:52.559 A man after God's own heart who committed adultery? 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:56.399 Murder somebody? 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:04.240 So that is unscriptural for people to even say that. 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:09.360 Because we have no chance then. 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:16.320 Because we can commit sins of omission and sins of commission. 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:23.600 You can do stuff on purpose, but you can do stuff that you didn't want to do because your flesh. 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:25.759 Does that mean you're going to hell? 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:33.440 What's dangerous is when you know the truth and you refuse. 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:46.000 You live a life of total disobedience to God's word when you know what's right and you refuse. 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:48.320 That's a different conversation. 00:12:50.080 --> 00:13:01.360 Not you made a mistake and then all of a sudden now you're going to Hades to be separated from God for eternity because of one mistake. 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:06.000 So if you lied, that means you're going to hell. 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:12.799 If you told somebody you were going to do something and you didn't do it, that means you're you're going to hell. 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:20.240 That means if you're working on cursing and you still cursing, that means God's going to put you in hell. 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:26.960 If that's the case, I might as well serve a different God. 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:32.000 Hell is a real place. 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:42.159 So God gives us instructions about hell because he's telling us about the seriousness of living a life of sin. 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:49.919 Living, living, living, living, habitually living this way. 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:53.120 This now becomes your lifestyle. 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:57.679 Where you choose to walk away from God. 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:04.559 Now let's go to Luke chapter 16. 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:21.679 Because we're going to read this account that Jesus is giving to describe this place where if you're a believer, you shouldn't go. 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:27.120 Boy, I should have got a good better amen than that, boy. 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:37.440 Now we've been talking about eternal rewards. 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:43.919 So we can't talk about the reward side without talking about the judgment side. 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:54.000 Because judgment can be good or it can be bad, depending upon the recipient. 00:14:55.279 --> 00:15:02.960 You can experience good judgment, or you can experience bad judgment. 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:16.480 Now, Luke chapter 16, verse number 19 says, There was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and he fared scrupulously every day. 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:29.600 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, and was laid at his gate full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:34.080 Moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores. 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:46.639 And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:52.720 The rich man also died and was buried. 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:54.240 That's key. 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:57.360 Verse number twenty-three. 00:15:57.759 --> 00:16:17.600 And in hell, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, plural, and seeing Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:37.360 And he cried and he said, Father Abraham, 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. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:17:03.519 And besides all this, between us, there is a great gulf that's fixed, so that they which pass from hence to you cannot, neither can they pass to us, that would not come from hence. 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:26.559 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, Father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house, for I've got kin folks, I got family members, that they may testify, they may tell them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:34.240 And Abraham said unto him, They have Moses, they got Pastor Hopkins. 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:56.640 Watch this, let them hear them. 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:08.720 And he said, No, Father Abraham, but if one went unto them from the dead, they're gonna repent. 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:24.400 And he said unto them, if they're not gonna hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded from somebody who's gonna be raised from the dead. 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.920 That's a lot. 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:38.720 So let's break this down because Jesus tells us this parable of two men. 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:44.319 One was rich and one was poor. 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:55.200 One was surrounded by comfort, and one his entire life was surrounded by unpleasantries. 00:18:56.079 --> 00:19:07.519 But I want you to see that although two men had two different lifestyles, the Bible says both of them died. 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:18.559 So no matter how you live, you can live in a penthouse or you can live in a shack. 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:23.680 The reality is everybody's going to die. 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:39.119 Verse number twenty-two says, and it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:46.240 The rich man also died and was buried. 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:52.799 His body was buried. 00:19:54.160 --> 00:20:02.160 He died, and his body was in the grave. 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:09.519 He died, and his body went into the grave. 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:25.440 Now we've been in full-time ministry over twenty-two, twenty-four plus years, and we have seen people take their last breath. 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:38.720 And every time that I have seen an individual take their last breath, they have a tendency to look up. 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:59.200 It bears witness with this scripture that we read right here because it says when the beggar died, he was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:06.160 Let's put that first graphic up, Tina. 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:08.319 These are only renditions. 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:35.599 That when a person transitions, the Bible says to be absent from this body is to now be present with the Lord. 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:52.720 So what happens when a person dies, the body is buried, and the body goes back to the original state in which it was created. 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.319 Dirt. 00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:59.759 That's all the body is, it's dirt. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:08.319 And the reason why we have life is because God breathed breath into us. 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:16.400 So we became a living spirit who would operate and function like God. 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:23.920 But the real us lives inside of this physical body. 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:39.200 So even though your skin color may be white, yellow, green, caramel, whatever your skin color is, that is not the real you. 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:50.240 This is only a shell that allows us to operate and finish and fulfill the assignment. 00:22:51.200 --> 00:23:07.119 So when we take our last breath, put the next picture up, your spirit man, if you're born again, goes to be with the Lord. 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:29.759 As we see in the text, their spirit, because I showed you in the beginning, these spiritual laws. 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:36.960 Life, and the reason how you have life is in Christ Jesus. 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:46.880 So without having life in Christ Jesus, a person now will experience death. 00:23:52.400 --> 00:24:02.400 See, sometimes when you go to services, the pastor or whoever is officiating that service is not telling the truth. 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:10.000 Let me give you something else. 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.279 RIP. 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:19.359 There is no peace for the wicked. 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:27.119 So we're just saying things just to try to have filler words. 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.880 No, we need to say the word. 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:32.160 Because the word is gonna cause people to be free. 00:24:34.400 --> 00:25:00.799 And so when a person who's not born again, their body goes back to the original state in which it was created, and then the spirit of a person that's not born again, it doesn't go to heaven, it goes directly as we've seen from the text, not somebody's opinion, not somebody's testimony. 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:22.319 That is called legalism, and you can find yourself instead of following the word, you're getting off. 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:34.400 There's mass deception that's happening in the body of Christ because there is there will be, as the Bible says, a great falling away. 00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:39.279 You can fall away when you follow testimony and not the word. 00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:43.519 Base your life off the word. 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:52.160 So I'm showing you the B-I-B-L-E because many will be led astray. 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:57.200 Follow the word, the word, the word. 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:14.160 We were on staff, and a former pastor says, if they can't show you what they say from the word, you're under no obligation to believe anything that anybody says. 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:24.319 If they can't prove it to you from the B-I-B-L-E with chapter and verse, you're under no obligation to believe that. 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:27.680 Don't get caught up in foolishness. 00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:35.039 So pull that picture back up. 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:38.640 It says the rich man also died. 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.559 Go back. 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:47.920 And was buried, and notice, and in hell. 00:26:55.680 --> 00:27:00.400 He lifted up his eyes, being in torment. 00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:07.119 Notice, his spirit, not his body. 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:14.640 His spirit, not his body. 00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:20.960 This will help you understand some of the things that's being said. 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:25.759 His spirit, not his body. 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:30.960 So your spirit goes to heaven if you're born again. 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:36.400 If you're not born again, it is your spirit that goes to hell. 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:39.119 Not your body. 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:41.519 Your body is in the ground. 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:45.839 Your body goes back to the original state. 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:56.880 God is going to resurrect that body, whether that person is in hell or whether that person is in heaven. 00:27:57.039 --> 00:28:02.880 There is a, and I'm going to show it to you, there is a wreck resurrection of the body. 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:11.359 Now, what was Abraham's bosom? 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:17.920 Well, let me say this before we, this is Noel talking about what is going on. 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:28.880 So this person in heaven, because we'll talk about heaven next week. 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:35.200 This person that went to hell is still conscience. 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:53.440 Death ended his earthly life, but death did not end his existence. 00:28:57.039 --> 00:29:02.079 So people are existing in hell. 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:05.359 It's not a party. 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:27.680 So Abraham's bosom describes the blessed and conscious condition of Lazarus after death. 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:43.119 It was a place of comfort, and it was a place at that time of fellowship before Jesus came to the earth, went to hell, defeated Satan. 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:46.559 So it was a place of comfort. 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:51.920 Lazarus was comforted, the rich man was tormented. 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:59.119 And the Bible says there was a great gulf that separated them. 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:04.720 So he couldn't get out. 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:13.839 Go back to Luke 16. 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:16.319 He couldn't get out of what? 00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:18.319 He couldn't get out of Hades. 00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:36.160 So he could not get out of hell once he was there. 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:53.519 Hades or hell is an intermediate realm or state of the unrighteous. 00:30:54.240 --> 00:31:03.440 They are awaiting two things: final judgment and resurrection. 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:15.759 So they are in this temporary state until there's resurrection and then final judgment. 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:26.960 So they're in this place of torment until final judgment and resurrection. 00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:42.960 The same way that heaven is an intermediate state or temporary state, so that we would be rewarded. 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:47.440 And then final judgment. 00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.880 God is just. 00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:56.640 Hades is not the lake of fire. 00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:00.640 There's a lot of misunderstanding. 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.680 Let me show it to you. 00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:03.519 Go to Revelation chapter 20. 00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:17.279 Revelation chapter 20, verse number 13 says, And the sea gave up the dead which were in it. 00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:22.640 And death and hell, look at this. 00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:29.359 Death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them. 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:39.599 And they were judged, every man, according to their works. 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:55.519 Verse number 14 says, and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire, which is the second death. 00:32:57.519 --> 00:33:07.599 So Hades or hell is an intermediate or it's a temporary holding place. 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:10.640 The lake of fire. 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:19.200 The lake of fire is the final state. 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:29.839 Now let's go back to Luke because now we want to look at what the Bible says about Hades. 00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:35.599 Luke chapter 16. 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:40.799 I'm going to give you several realities of hell. 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:52.000 Luke 16, verse number 23, it says, and in hell he lifted up his eyes. 00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:01.039 Being in torments. 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:05.039 So in hell, you can see what's happening. 00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:12.480 Death doesn't end your consciousness. 00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:20.559 Death does not end your consciousness. 00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:25.199 Let me tell you what consciousness is. 00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:40.079 It's the state of being aware of yourself, your surroundings, your experiences, what's happening to you. 00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:52.639 So this man, when he went to hell, it was more real to him than him living on planet Earth. 00:34:53.199 --> 00:35:02.320 He was now more conscious of hell than anything he'd ever experienced in his life. 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:06.079 He was aware of the sound. 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:10.800 He was aware of who was there. 00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:20.239 He could see, which means your real man, you can see. 00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:27.440 Just because you have a natural physical body doesn't mean you actually see things. 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:30.000 You see through your eyes. 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:33.039 But you're supposed to see from your spirit. 00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:37.440 So from his spirit in hell, he was conscious. 00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:39.360 He was aware where he was at. 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:01.679 Death ends earthly life. 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:08.079 But according to Jesus, it does not end your personal consciousness. 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:16.079 Second thing about hell, Luke chapter 16. 00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:19.440 Notice I'm giving you chapter and verse. 00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:28.239 In hell, people are experiencing suffering. 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:36.639 He says in verse number 24, I am tormented in this flame. 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:42.159 Remember, the body is not there. 00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:52.159 So how can people say that in hell they saw people's bodies being tormented? 00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:59.280 That's not what I'm reading here. 00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:04.880 The body goes back to the ground. 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:16.719 Let that be sobering to you before you be so quick to believe what somebody says without somebody showing it to you in the Bible. 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:21.599 He says, I am tormented in this flame. 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:27.280 Now, let me give you an understanding what this word tormented actually means. 00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:30.880 So we keep it in its proper context. 00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:36.320 Three different definitions of torment. 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:41.840 The first one means severe distress. 00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:54.079 That word, when you break that down from the Greek, simply means intense suffering or misery. 00:37:55.440 --> 00:38:00.960 Remember, they're conscious of their surroundings. 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:07.280 They're conscious of what they are experiencing. 00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:10.079 Remember, their body is not experiencing this. 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:29.280 They remember, they'll remember that they had the opportunity while they were on the face of the earth to accept Jesus, and they refuse to do it. 00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:43.119 So it's not as though you can repent and get out. 00:38:55.679 --> 00:39:05.679 And how you felt, you were ready to get out, and it made you, depending upon how long you were there, you might have screamed. 00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:14.800 And when you called for help, somebody was able to help you. 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:19.360 But when they're in hell, they can call for help all they want to. 00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:22.880 There is no help at all. 00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:30.079 This word torment means torment. 00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:41.440 Very interesting because the word torment means a conscious suffering from which the person desperately desires relief. 00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:50.559 There is no relief from this place. 00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:55.920 And then the third definition means anguish. 00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:05.199 Want to make something clear. 00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:27.679 What it establishes is suffering is real. 00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:51.280 In Hades, people retain their memories. 00:40:52.400 --> 00:41:00.880 Verse 25 says, But remember, but Abraham said, son, remember. 00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:05.840 He remembered his earthly life. 00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:12.159 He remembered how he used to dress nice and how he used to treat people. 00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:16.400 He remembered. 00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:19.840 You don't lose your memory. 00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:27.039 You remember how life was. 00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:33.360 Luke 16, 27 and 28. 00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:35.840 He remembered that he had family. 00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:41.920 You could never see them ever again. 00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:46.079 He said, I got five brothers. 00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:54.079 He had all those clothes because the Bible says he was rich. 00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:57.360 None of that mattered. 00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:05.199 See, we get caught up in accumulating things. 00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:11.599 And the focus isn't on what's really most important. 00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:19.119 Death separated him from his body, but death did not erase his memory. 00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:29.119 In hell, people experience regret. 00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:40.000 Verse 24 says, Father Abraham, have mercy on me. 00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:52.960 The word regret, it's a painful realization that you cannot go back and change what you now understand. 00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:02.800 He had the wrong priorities while he was alive. 00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:10.320 I'm pretty sure he wasn't asking for his mansion. 00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:18.880 I'm pretty sure he wasn't asking about money. 00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:26.159 In fact, what he was asking for was some water. 00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:39.760 Listen to this. 00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:46.000 Regret happens when you realize too late what really actually mattered. 00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:54.320 And regret requires a person to remember. 00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:59.440 You can't regret what you don't remember. 00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:08.079 So in hell, he was tormented because he was living a life of regret. 00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:12.079 If I just had more time, I would have done this. 00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:16.719 I would have treated people like they should have been treated. 00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:21.519 I would have given my life to Jesus. 00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:26.639 But I thought I had more time. 00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:37.360 And regret becomes a reality that becomes undeniable. 00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:44.079 We should take some time to minister to people. 00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:56.239 We should take the time to share with people the gospel, whether or not they want to hear it or not. 00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:11.920 In Hades, they cannot escape. 00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:20.000 Verse number 26 says, between us and between you, there is a great gulf fixed. 00:45:20.159 --> 00:45:21.519 Two important words. 00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:28.159 Gulf, an impassable chasm, or divide. 00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:32.480 So it was impossible to get to this place. 00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:36.880 And then it says it was fixed. 00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:42.159 So it was a firm set place. 00:45:42.880 --> 00:45:47.360 It was designated for them to go one of two places. 00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:51.760 Either up or down. 00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:54.960 It's fixed. 00:45:55.920 --> 00:46:05.840 You and I make decisions while we are on the earth, whether or not we're going up or we're going down. 00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:10.000 And that position is fixed. 00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:12.320 There is no purgatory. 00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:21.199 You cannot return back to earth. 00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:31.280 Once you go down, let me give you some more scriptures on this. 00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:35.360 Because his desire couldn't reverse his condition. 00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:38.079 He desired water. 00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:46.159 But his desire to leave could not reverse his decision that he made while he was on the earth. 00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:48.800 Go to Hebrews chapter 9. 00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:55.440 Hebrews chapter 9, verse number 27. 00:46:55.599 --> 00:47:02.000 It says, as it is appointed unto men, wants to die. 00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:08.639 And after that, judgment. 00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:13.679 Go to 2 Corinthians chapter 6. 00:47:18.480 --> 00:47:29.920 Verse number two says, For he has said, I have heard thee in a time accepted that in the day of salvation, man, today is the day of salvation. 00:47:31.519 --> 00:47:37.519 So salvation is available every single day to everybody. 00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:45.519 The time to prepare for eternity is not when you check out of this body. 00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:49.679 It's too late. 00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:55.840 The time to prepare for eternity is while you still have breath. 00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:05.039 Now go back to Luke chapter 16. 00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:14.400 Because in hell they now understand the seriousness of eternity. 00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:27.360 The same way that believers, once they leave here, they will have a reality of heaven. 00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:33.599 Even though while you're here, you have a temporary understanding of it. 00:48:33.840 --> 00:48:41.679 When you get there, wait till we start talking about heaven. 00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:50.079 Because the same way that Hades is a temporary intermediate state, so is heaven. 00:48:58.400 --> 00:49:00.480 Because that's the only thing we hear. 00:49:14.480 --> 00:49:19.440 Luke 16, verse 17, or verse number 27, says this. 00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:26.480 Then he said, I pray thee, therefore, Father, that thou would have sent him to my father's house. 00:49:26.719 --> 00:49:28.559 For I have five brethren. 00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:37.280 When he was in hell. 00:50:05.760 --> 00:50:06.079 Okay. 00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:09.199 Point number three. 00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:12.639 You must understand the resurrection. 00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:16.239 You must understand this. 00:50:18.800 --> 00:50:21.199 Go to John chapter five. 00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:27.039 John chapter five, giving you chapter and verse. 00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:46.400 So John chapter five, verse number twenty-eight, it says, Marvel not at this, for the hour is coming, and the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice. 00:50:47.760 --> 00:50:48.719 Jesus. 00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:53.199 And shall come forth. 00:50:56.400 --> 00:51:09.599 They that have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil until the resurrection of damnation. 00:51:10.159 --> 00:51:12.480 Notice what Jesus said. 00:51:13.280 --> 00:51:22.000 Jesus says, all whose bodies are in the grave shall hear my voice. 00:51:26.719 --> 00:51:35.360 So there is a resurrection of the dead bodies, those bodies that have been cremated. 00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:49.199 See, don't get caught up whether or not you're gonna put the body in the casket and spend fifteen thousand dollars that you probably don't even have. 00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:58.719 So those who are in hell, their bodies will be resurrected and they will stand before to be judged, to receive their reward. 00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:06.239 Then he's gonna open up the books. 00:53:09.840 --> 00:53:16.320 And the books, two different books, their works and the book of life. 00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:29.039 And because their name is not written in the book of life, they will be judged. 00:53:31.679 --> 00:53:40.559 And the Bible says that hell was then thrown into the lake of fire. 00:53:46.079 --> 00:53:49.599 So judgment is going to happen. 00:53:55.679 --> 00:53:56.000 Okay. 00:53:56.639 --> 00:54:02.159 Um I got a couple more minutes. 00:54:02.239 --> 00:54:09.760 Let's let's do it. 00:54:12.000 --> 00:54:16.639 All right, let's end here, because I I believe you all are understanding this now. 00:54:18.239 --> 00:54:18.559 Okay. 00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:28.239 Let's put up um let's put up the slides, the pictures. 00:54:28.320 --> 00:54:31.360 Let's let's go back and give you all a timeline. 00:54:31.840 --> 00:54:34.000 So let's start from number one. 00:54:34.880 --> 00:54:36.480 Let me show you how this works. 00:54:41.519 --> 00:54:44.079 Many people don't understand what happens when you die. 00:54:46.320 --> 00:54:52.639 That's why when you go to home going services, even though that person has gone home to be with the Lord, there's still sadness. 00:54:55.199 --> 00:54:58.079 We don't completely really understand. 00:54:58.559 --> 00:55:02.079 So, number one, the body returns back to the dust. 00:55:02.639 --> 00:55:11.599 Number two, if the person is not born again, their spirit goes to hell. 00:55:12.400 --> 00:55:14.639 Notice, they're in hell. 00:55:14.800 --> 00:55:15.199 Why? 00:55:15.440 --> 00:55:18.000 Because they're waiting for judgment. 00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:25.840 So now think about people in the past. 00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:31.199 They're still in hell to this day awaiting judgment. 00:55:39.360 --> 00:55:40.800 Number three. 00:55:48.719 --> 00:56:04.320 So while they're in hell, even right now, we are awaiting for the rapture or the catching away so that our spirits will stand before him. 00:56:07.119 --> 00:56:08.960