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Hello friends. Welcome to
another Wednesday night Bible
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study here at the 3ABN Worship
Center where we open the word
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of God together. We have a
wonderful group tonight. The
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weather has come to bless us,
can you all say Amen to that?
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And we're looking forward
to spring. We heard that a few
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weeks ago the ground hog had a
bad day, he saw his shadow. But
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we don't trust the ground hog.
We trust the Lord Jesus. And so
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thank you for tuning in to join
us for this time in the Bible, a
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thoughtful hour in the word
of God. Tonight we're going to
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continue our study on what the
Bible says about the topic of
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hell. And we'll mention more in
just a few moments. So get your
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Bibles, invite your family and
friends to sit down. If you're
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joining us from a church,
welcome and in just a moment
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after our prayer, we will
let you know where you can get a
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copy of the lesson to follow
along with us tonight. But let's
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begin with a word of prayer. Our
Father in heaven, we thank you
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Lord for your word. David the
psalmist says it so wonderfully:
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It is a lamp unto our feet, a
light unto our path. And Lord in
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this world today where tradition
has taken the place of your word
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where people are not searching
the scriptures as they should,
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pray Lord that You'll continue
to work on their hearts. Tonight
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come and stay with us and teach
us and infuse Your word with
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the power from on high. May we
not only learn, but Father may
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we come to know You better
as our Lord and as our Savior.
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Indeed we pray in Jesus'
name Amen. Now if you'd like to
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follow us go to this following
website: ASF.3abn.org. Download
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what lesson? Somebody tell me.
Lesson number 24 entitled The
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Truth About Hell. There should
be three pages and I added...
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Now some of you may say I
already had that lesson. Well go
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to download the new one because
there's an additional page.
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There are additional questions
because what we're going to do
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tonight at the end of this study
we're going to go ahead and
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tumble over into one of
those topics that often causes
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confusion - The Parable of
the Rich Man and Lazarus. People
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often wonder is that a
true story or is that a parable.
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Is it about what happens when a
person dies, when a person ends
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in hell. What is it all about?
But tonight we encourage you to
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begin tonight by singing
our theme song. Now what is our
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theme song? There Is Victory
In Jesus. Join us tonight as we
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sing our theme song. ¤ ¤
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¤I heard an old, old story,
how the Savior came from glory¤
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¤How He gave his life on Calvary
to save a wretch like me¤
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¤I heard about his groaning,
how His precious blood's atoning
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¤And I repented of my
sin and won the victory¤
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¤O victory in
Jesus, my Savior forever¤
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¤He sought me and bought
me with His redeeming blood¤
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¤He loved me ere I knew
Him and all my love is due Him¤
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¤He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood¤
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¤I heard about a mansion
He had built for me in glory¤
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¤And I heard about
the streets of Gold¤
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¤beyond the crystal sea¤
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¤About the angels singing
and the old redemption story¤
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¤And some sweet day, I'll
sing up there a song of victory¤
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¤O Victory in
Jesus my Savior forever¤
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¤He sought and bought me
with His redeeming blood¤
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¤He loved me ere I knew
Him and all my love is due Him¤
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¤He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood¤
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Amen. Now we are continuing
on the topic of the truth about
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hell. The truth about what?
Now the reason why this is so
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vitally important a topic...
Some people may say what does it
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matter what the Bible
teaches about the topic of hell?
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Everything the Bible teaches
reflects on the character of
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Christ. So if Jesus teaches
something and we teach opposite
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to what he has conveyed to us
then we are misrepresenting His
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character when we say what we're
teaching or believing is the
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truth. Not only that, it also
puts into perspective the truth
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about what happens when a
person dies, when a person
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eventually faces the judgment.
By the way, one of the reasons
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I kind of enjoy the study of
this topic is because it does
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not apply to me. Can you
say Amen? If you know Jesus and
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your life is in His hand, you
don't have to worry about what
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we study about the topic
of hell. But so much has been
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wrongly communicated about
that... Matter of fact, there
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was a time when preachers
believed that if they didn't
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preach about hell people
wouldn't be converted. They
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called it fire and brimstone
preaching. Remember that? And I
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remember one preacher saying
well if I don't preach about
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that, how will people come to
accept Christ. They accept Jesus
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because they love Him, what
do you say? Amen. Not because
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they're fearful of Him. Because
here's the problem; accepting
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someone because their fearful
of Him, when the fear is gone
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the connection is gone. I
know many children learn to fear
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their parents while they're
learning to love their parents.
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And I don't want to go down too
much that category because even
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in that context we should love
our parents, not fear only our
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parents. When the Bible
says the fear of the Lord is the
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beginning of wisdom, that means
a couple of things. One of those
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is if there's anyone that we
should be fearful of it is the
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Lord in this sense; that He's
the only one who can give us or
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take away our salvation, but not
in the trembling sense. When the
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Bible says the fear of the Lord
it means the honor of the Lord,
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the praise of the Lord. Also in
Matthew 10:28, let's turn there
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very quickly just to kind of
give you a context of why we're
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beginning our study tonight.
Actually not why we're beginning
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but how we're continuing on
in our study. Matthew 10:28. One
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of the reasons why the martyrs,
and if you don't know what a
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martyr is, a person who gives
his or her life for the Lord. A
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person who is not fearful of
what may happen to him or her.
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A person may be threatened with
death. And you know the story,
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many, many millions of
Christians lost their lives,
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many were threatened with death
if they would not give up their
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allegiance to Christ and many
millions lost their lives. And I
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believe the reason why they
lost their lives is because they
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loved the Lord more than they
loved themselves. As they Bible
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says, they loved not their lives
unto death. We're going to see
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this in just a moment here but
look at Matthew 10:28, Matthew
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10:28. Notice what the Bible
says and this text is often used
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in the wrong context almost to
give the idea that the soul has
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an eternal property, but notice
it says: And do not fear those
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who kill the what? Do not fear
those who kill the what, body
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but cannot kill the soul but
rather fear Him who is able to
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destroy both what, soul and body
in hell. Now sometimes people
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say Ah! There you go, you can't
kill the soul. I beg to differ.
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The soul can be killed, it
can be destroyed in the fires of
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hell. The reason why the soul
can be destroyed is because the
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the context if you were to
paraphrase today, don't fear a
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person who want to take your
life, don't fear somebody who
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says I'm going to kill you
if you follow Christ because
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you will have the joy of the
resurrection. That's what the
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Bible says in Matthew 5: Blessed
are those who are persecuted for
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righteousness sake for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven. So we
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don't fear people because they
may threaten us in our worship
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of the Lord. But let's go ahead
to question number 13 tonight.
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Now I know we covered this but
the reason I'm beginning here
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is because the transitional
question was number 15 is where
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we ended last week. We would
naturally start at 16, but I
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want to go back just a little
bit to lay some foundation
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because what we studied was very
important. We read earlier in
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Ezekiel about the fate of
Lucifer, about the fate of Satan
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and we learned that Satan is
not going to be around forever.
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Can you all say Amen to that?
I mean he's not going to be in
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heaven. He's not going to be
in the New Earth. The Bible says
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that Satan himself is going to
be destroyed. We learned about
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that in Ezekiel 28:18. The Lord
said He's going to bring a fire
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forth from the midst of Satan
and devour him and turn him to
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ashes on the earth in the sight
of all those who knew him and he
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will no longer be a fear anymore
forever. But here's the question
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Look at question number 13.
Question number 13. The Bible
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says that Satan will become
ashes, what about the wicked?
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Let's go to Malachi 4:1 and
3. I'm encouraged that when I
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share these lessons. Many of
us may not know this here, but
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there are a lot of people
watching. I've been meeting a
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lot of people in southern
Illinois; just the other day
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when I was at the hospital
visiting with Glenn, one of our
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members who's not here tonight
because of a fall that he had
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taken a few days ago. As I
stepped out of the hospital I
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met a gentleman that said
what do you do and I said I'm a
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pastor. What is your name. It's
John. Well my name is John and
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we began a conversation. Come
to find out he knows about 3ABN.
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And he says I enjoy the
broadcasts that happen on 3ABN
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like those Bible studies. And
a few weeks ago, my wife and I,
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when there was a lot of ice on
the ground. We were on our way
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to having lunch and I said honey
I need to go to the hardware
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store and she said can't you go
to the hardware store after we
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have lunch because I'm really
hungry. I say well honey, it's
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on the way. Let me just go to
the hardware story, then we'll
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go to have lunch. And she said
oh are you going to be long?
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I said, no but I think I need to
go to the hardware store first
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then we'll go to have our lunch
at the Mexican restaurant. Well
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I believe the reason why my
passion was so great was because
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when we got there, I was looking
for a small screw and a bolt.
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Couldn't find it but I left
the store and as I was leaving a
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gentleman said, I know who you
are. You're that guy out there
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at 3ABN. And he said, I
love those Wednesday night Bible
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studies. Can you all say
amen? And I'm discovering people
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that are all over the southern
Illinois area are tuning in. If
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you ever get the courage up come
on and join us here at the 3ABN
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Worship Center in Thompsonville.
So many people are coming to the
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knowledge of the truth of
God's word by these studies. But
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Malachi 4:1-3 in answer to the
question what does the Bible say
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about the wicked. Here's
the answer. Malachi 4:1-3. Let's
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read this together.
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Root nor branch. Now let's
follow that carefully. I have
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seen many fires. I lived
in California where they said
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there's a forest fire in
southern California. The forests
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are burning in northern
California and Redwoods, in
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Oakland right above the freeway.
I mean I've seen a lot of forest
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fires. Now follow this very
carefully. If a fire burns in a
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forest chances are even if
it burns the tree down, give it
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about a month, a few months
or a year what happens? The tree
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begins to sprout again. It has
to be a pretty bad fire for it
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to burn the roots of the tree.
Am I right? Now if you don't
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have any roots are you going
to have branches, Yes or No?
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Because it starts where?
At the roots. Now follow this
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carefully. Jesus says I am the
Vine, you are the branches. So
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all of those who are righteous
are connected to Christ, it
begins with Him. But
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those who do wickedly are
connected to Satan. He is the
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root and they are the what?
Branches. Now here's the point
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if the roots are destroyed will
the branches survive? Absolutely
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not. And read that Satan
himself is going to be ashes.
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Ezekiel 28:18. If he is going
to be ashes so therefore also
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the wicked will... the day
is coming that will burn them up
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leaving neither root nor branch.
Satan as well as those connected
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with him will be destroyed. Can
you say amen to that? And the
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reason I say Amen is not that
I am happy for their destruction
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but because I'm glad that when
we get to heaven and when there
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is a new earth created, there
will be no sin nor sinners in
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the new earth. Our decision
to be there is being made now.
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You're not going to have to
worry about locking your doors,
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turning off your divine
satellite dish. There won't be
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any obviously in the new earth.
But we won't have to worry about
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any sin at all. Sin will not
rise up a second time and I'll
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give you the text to that
in just a moment. But let's go
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ahead and see them. Let me
go ahead and continue the text
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because it goes further,
it goes further. It says...
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So if Lucifer, if Satan's going
to be destroyed and he's the
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root what about the branches?
There'll be no branches. Matter
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of fact, David the psalmist says
you'll look diligently for the
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wicked and you won't even
find their place. They won't be
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found anywhere. Fret no yourself
because of evil doers, he said.
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You'll look for their place
they won't even be found. Let's
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go to the next one. So the
answer to that is, the Bible
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says Satan will become ashes.
What about the wicked? They will
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be what? Ashes also. Okay. Let's
go to number 14, number 14.
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Because there's a process of
destruction, but how does the
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Bible show that the results and
not the process is eternal. We
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have two texts that we're going
to look at. The first one is in
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Jude verse 7, Jude verse 7.
There's only one chapter in the
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book of Jude but for grammatical
purposes I put Jude chapter 1
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only one, verse 7. Let's look at
Jude. Right before the book of
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Revelation, right
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before the big book of
Revelation. Here it is: Jude 7
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speaking about a
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very famous city,
about a formerly famous city.
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Now I want to ask a question but
I'm going to hold off because
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the question is bubbling up on
my heart. Okay, let me ask you
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and give you some supportive
scripture. Are Sodom and
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Gomorrah burning today. No. You
know why it's not burning today
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because, it was, okay now let me
jump ahead of myself, because it
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was destroyed. The reason it's
not burning today is because it
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was destroyed. Go to the next
text. So how does the Bible show
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that the results and not the
process are eternal? What was
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the word? Eternal fire. Now
what happens in a forest if they
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cannot stop the blaze. What that
is often referred to as? Well
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the firemen will say it's an
unquenchable fire, what do they
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say? cannot be contained, out of
control. So sometimes what they
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tend to do is they tend to dig
dirt trenches so that they can
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direct the fire so that it can
what? Burn itself out. Now how
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does it eventually burn itself
out? Someone tell me. Huh?
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It consumes itself and how
does the fire end. There you go.
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Nothing else to burn. It burns
until there's nothing else to
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burn. Come on, you guys live
in southern Illinois. Surely
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somebody here has set a fire in
their fireplace and if you don't
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put new wood in there, what's
going to happen? It's going
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...But as long as you keep
putting wood in there it is what
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eternal fire. If you don't stop
putting wood, keep that thing
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going and some people are really
good at that. But the moment
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you ignore that. I'll tell you
my story about Weaverville. I
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won't waste the time to tell you
that, but the fact of the matter
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is the fire continued to burn
until there was nothing left to
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burn at all in Sodom. Look at
2 Peter 2:6 to verify this point
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even further and it says...
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Oh I tell you if ever there
was a time to have Jesus as your
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Savior it is now. Because I want
to tell you Sodom and Gomorrah
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are not going... the fire is not
going to be just in Sodom and
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Gomorrah, it's going to be
in New York, LA, Miami, Detroit,
00:20:44.77\00:20:49.04
can I keep going? San Francisco.
Wherever immorality is glorified
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Thompsonville, Lord have mercy.
Wherever immorality is glorified
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they are going to suffer the
vengeance of eternal fire and
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then all that's going to left
is what? Say it together, Ashes.
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That's it, that's it. All that's
left is ashes. Nothing could
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survive, nothing could survive
fire. I don't know of anything
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that could survive fire. I've
heard of fireproof suits but I
00:21:21.44\00:21:25.28
also heard of seven fire
fighters who when they noticed
00:21:25.31\00:21:28.65
that they were trapped... It was
a sad story, a few months ago it
00:21:28.68\00:21:31.12
was on the news, fighting a
blaze out west. May have been
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more than a few months ago but
the timing is not exactly what
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comes to my mind. But they
played their last transmission
00:21:38.69\00:21:42.96
on the news. They said this
is the last transmission sent by
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these seven firefighters before
they lost their lives to the
00:21:46.97\00:21:50.71
flames. And they had these
space suits, they called them,
00:21:50.74\00:21:54.64
or those space blankets that
they tuck into and usually it's
00:21:54.68\00:21:59.31
fire resistant like everything
is water resistant. Now let me
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make a point. Certain things are
fire resistant but nothing is
00:22:03.95\00:22:08.49
fire proof. Right? Even your
watch water resistant to 100
00:22:08.52\00:22:13.43
feet. Unless you have one of
those special watches that you
00:22:13.46\00:22:18.33
can go down 6000 feet,
but not even your watch will
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survive. But the point of the
matter is... Let's look at the
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other one. So the answer to
number 14 is how does the Bible
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show that the results and not
the process are eternal? What
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happened? Ashes. What's that
word, Ashes. They were destroyed
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they were overthrown. Sodom and
Gomorrah became ashes. But now
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let's go to number 15. Let's go
to number 15. All right? Number
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15...
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Eternal fire does not mean
eternal burning. When you read
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the story of the flood, it's a
tragic story. My wife and I are
00:23:03.14\00:23:06.48
reading that story together. We
just reading the account of the
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flood, now we're reading after
the flood. We also read in the
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book of Genesis describing the
world that then was overthrown
00:23:13.25\00:23:18.03
by the flood. The deluge was
everywhere. Only eight persons
00:23:18.06\00:23:23.60
survived, only eight. Because
as the world did not survive the
00:23:23.63\00:23:28.47
water this time it's not going
to survive the fire. But it's
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not going to be an eternal
fire any more than there is an
00:23:32.57\00:23:36.54
eternal flood. Because the Lord
doesn't make one temporary and
00:23:36.58\00:23:41.25
one eternal. As it was in the
days of Noah, so shall it be in
00:23:41.28\00:23:45.55
the days of the coming of the
Son of Man. God does not deal
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differently. He's the same
yesterday, today and forever.
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Let's go to the answer to number
15. How does the Bible show?
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Luke 17:29. Look at this, look
at this. So we get the final
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text in the Bible about Sodom
and Gomorrah, at least one of
00:24:03.24\00:24:06.34
the final ones. It says...
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Notice the Bible, none at all.
We talked about the flood and
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in a few past lessons and when
the waters came it destroyed
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them all. The flood came and
took them all away. And the very
00:24:31.00\00:24:35.30
same way the fire was
rained from heaven. Now can you
00:24:35.34\00:24:38.24
imagine that. I don't think we
think about that very much. But
00:24:38.27\00:24:44.01
that's a serious picture; fire?
being rained from heaven? I mean
00:24:44.05\00:24:48.98
we get some heavy rain storms
down here don't we, but can you
00:24:49.02\00:24:53.36
imagine if that were fire.
What umbrella would you open up?
00:24:53.39\00:24:57.96
Where would you go? I mean
the heat alone as you're running
00:24:57.99\00:25:02.53
across the surface of the ground
We run across the surface of
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water until we find a shelter.
But you cannot run across the
00:25:05.70\00:25:09.27
surface of fire because it is so
intense. And the fire that God
00:25:09.30\00:25:12.84
talks about, matter of fact,
oh I tell you, it's a tragic
00:25:12.87\00:25:16.34
picture. But the fire's not
going to be coming down, but
00:25:16.38\00:25:20.42
it's going to be what? Coming
up. You know just like in the
00:25:20.45\00:25:24.02
flood. The waters came up, the
face of the deep was broken up
00:25:24.05\00:25:27.59
the waters came up and the
waters came down. In the very
00:25:27.62\00:25:31.09
same way the fire's going to
be raining down and the fire's
00:25:31.13\00:25:34.70
going to be coming up and you
know anything about the ring of
00:25:34.73\00:25:38.23
fire, about volcanos, about
earth quakes, about all these
00:25:38.27\00:25:42.90
lakes of magma and these
caldrons of magma. I tell you,
00:25:42.94\00:25:47.48
that's not a fire and brimstone
sermon, but I want to be on the
00:25:47.51\00:25:50.91
right side. Anybody else. Be
on the side where we will have
00:25:50.95\00:25:54.28
protection from all that
destruction. Okay, number 16:
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Let's go to number 16. So the
answer to number 15- How do we
00:25:58.59\00:26:02.29
know the fire is not eternal?
It destroyed them all. The end
00:26:02.32\00:26:05.93
result was destruction. And this
is something you have to keep in
00:26:05.99\00:26:11.10
mind. The results are eternal,
not the process. The results are
00:26:11.13\00:26:16.24
eternal not the
process. Question #16:
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Number 16. Let's start with Luke
3:17. One of the reasons I'm
00:26:39.59\00:26:48.27
glad to be teaching this topic
is because I recall the story a
00:26:48.30\00:26:54.01
number of years ago when I
lived in California. In a small
00:26:54.04\00:26:58.41
town of Vallejo, California
we were doing an evangelistic
00:26:58.45\00:27:02.75
series. Actually Doug Bachelor
was doing the series, I was the
00:27:02.78\00:27:05.12
singing evangelist and there
was a gentleman that sat on the
00:27:05.15\00:27:07.46
front row every night and at the
meetings he accepted Christ into
00:27:07.49\00:27:11.49
his life and was baptized and
we said what particular topic
00:27:11.53\00:27:15.40
really brought you to the
decision. He said it was the
00:27:15.43\00:27:19.43
topic about hell. Really!?
He said because all these years
00:27:19.47\00:27:22.77
when I was out in the world
my friend and I were involved in
00:27:22.80\00:27:25.91
a whole lot of things, he lost
his life and he talked about the
00:27:25.94\00:27:30.18
way he did in crime in progress
and he said all these years,
00:27:30.21\00:27:34.88
southern gentleman, all these
years I used to think my friend
00:27:34.92\00:27:39.55
was in hell burning, but I
finally found peace and that's
00:27:39.59\00:27:45.96
kind of God I want to serve.
Amen? And the wrong picture
00:27:45.99\00:27:49.80
about God... Some people
say it doesn't really matter.
00:27:49.83\00:27:53.57
It does matter! It makes God
out to be worse than the worst
00:27:53.60\00:27:58.84
tyrant on earth. What kind
of God is there who would just
00:27:58.87\00:28:04.08
find joy in punishing people for
ever and ever. And I think the
00:28:04.11\00:28:06.68
reason why people believe that
is because they don't know how
00:28:06.72\00:28:12.05
long forever is. God is Love.
1 John 4:8 God is love. Do you
00:28:12.09\00:28:16.93
think about how long forever
is (snorts). Let me just say it
00:28:16.96\00:28:21.56
like we used to sing in Heritage
Forever is a long, long time.
00:28:21.60\00:28:26.43
It never ends. Well look at
the answer. Luke 3:17. Speaking
00:28:26.47\00:28:31.27
about the Lord's
judgments, it says:
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What kind of fire! Unquenchable
fire. Now let me go ahead and
00:28:53.73\00:28:58.03
explain this. Also we lived in
Fairfield, California. My wife
00:28:58.07\00:29:02.34
always says remember to say
California because there's a
00:29:02.37\00:29:05.17
Fairfield, Illinois.
Brother Hutchison did too.
00:29:05.21\00:29:08.01
And after the
harvest season driving down
00:29:08.04\00:29:12.11
Highway 80 or
Highway 5 in the distance you
00:29:12.15\00:29:16.22
would see this billowing black
smoke. And before I learned what
00:29:16.25\00:29:20.79
it was, I would think man it's
like Sacramento is going up in
00:29:20.82\00:29:25.66
flames. What I discovered was
is that after the harvest was
00:29:25.69\00:29:30.50
done all that's left is
the chaff when they finish
00:29:30.53\00:29:35.54
harvesting the fields and
there's so much chaff that what
00:29:35.57\00:29:39.24
they do, the farmers set a fire
It's a controlled burn but if
00:29:39.27\00:29:42.54
you're talking about hundreds of
acres, it looks pretty ominous
00:29:42.58\00:29:45.81
from a distance. I mean the
smoke was just billowing up.
00:29:45.85\00:29:51.09
It burns and burns and sometimes
if you're driving by you can
00:29:51.12\00:29:55.22
tell what used to be there.
Because certain things have a
00:29:55.26\00:29:58.83
certain smell. If there used
to be soybeans or corn, it has a
00:29:58.89\00:30:02.13
certain smell to it. You can say
ah, smells like... And you see
00:30:02.16\00:30:05.87
the fire. But it continued to
burn and nothing could put the
00:30:05.90\00:30:09.50
fire out until everything was
burned. Well let's see why the
00:30:09.54\00:30:13.07
Bible uses the
words unquenchable fire.
00:30:13.11\00:30:16.88
Okay. Let's go to the next text
Jeremiah 17:27. By the way, as
00:30:16.91\00:30:22.65
your turning to Jeremiah, keep
this in mind. I mentioned this
00:30:22.68\00:30:27.56
before and think it serves well
to insert this back here. The
00:30:27.59\00:30:32.09
reason why it means unquenchable
in the same way that men could
00:30:32.13\00:30:37.03
not stop the rain from coming
down. I mean there was no place
00:30:37.07\00:30:42.04
that they could have gone to
prevent the rain that God was
00:30:42.07\00:30:47.78
pouring from heaven during the
flood. In the very same way, it
00:30:47.81\00:30:53.18
can't quench the fire that
God will use to destroy sin and
00:30:53.21\00:30:57.95
sinners. Humans can't quench it.
That's exactly right. Human's
00:30:57.99\00:31:02.69
can't quench it, so it is
unquenchable. So let's go to
00:31:02.72\00:31:06.36
Jeremiah 17:27. The Lord spoke
to Jerusalem in particular. He
00:31:06.39\00:31:13.17
says...
00:31:13.20\00:31:52.94
So was Jerusalem destroyed? Was
the fire quenched? No not by man
00:31:52.97\00:32:02.25
Exactly. It's burned itself out.
Nothing on earth has any eternal
00:32:02.28\00:32:11.53
properties. Nothing does. So
the fire continued burning and
00:32:11.56\00:32:17.27
burning and burning and burning
until there was nothing left in
00:32:17.33\00:32:25.14
Jerusalem to burn. All right.
Let's go to question number 17.
00:32:25.17\00:32:30.85
You can tell we're getting a
little closer to the warm season
00:32:30.91\00:32:34.18
It is a little warm in here
tonight. Brother Dinzey is the
00:32:34.22\00:32:37.99
only one that's not. He loves
the warmth. He's definitely from
00:32:38.02\00:32:41.76
a warm country. Okay. Number 17.
00:32:41.79\00:32:46.49
I lead out with this but now
we're going to revisit this text
00:33:03.55\00:33:07.75
again. Doesn't hurt to hear the
text twice. I think the second
00:33:07.78\00:33:13.46
time it will sink in. Matthew
10:28. All right. I'm trying to
00:33:13.49\00:33:17.43
move on at a good pace tonight
so I can get to the rich man and
00:33:17.49\00:33:21.53
Lazarus. I want to touch on that
tonight. We know we're not going
00:33:21.56\00:33:25.57
to finish but we'll go into
the remainder of the topic next
00:33:25.60\00:33:29.54
week. Matthew 10:28.
Here's what the Bible teaches:
00:33:29.57\00:33:33.38
I want to tell you a story. Our
dear Pastor Brooks, I heard him
00:33:51.23\00:33:59.23
preach in a sermon and
a gentleman was having a
00:33:59.27\00:34:00.74
discussion with son who
was rebellious, rebellious. And
00:34:00.77\00:34:06.31
every appeal the father made to
the son to give his life to the
00:34:06.34\00:34:09.18
Lord, his son ignored. And
the father had one very heart
00:34:09.21\00:34:15.48
transferring conversation with
his son. He said, Son I love you
00:34:15.52\00:34:21.72
and I will not want to spend
eternity without you, but if you
00:34:21.76\00:34:27.96
do not choose the Lord,
I'm going to miss you. But not
00:34:28.00\00:34:34.17
always. I'm going to be sad
if you don't make it, but not
00:34:34.20\00:34:43.11
always. His father began to
tear up. Why not always. Because
00:34:43.14\00:34:48.98
even death and sorrow, there
shall be no more sorrow, no more
00:34:49.02\00:34:55.26
crying, no more death, no more
pain. So the sadness of it is
00:34:55.29\00:35:01.36
the loss of those who could have
been saved, what makes it an
00:35:01.40\00:35:06.20
eternal loss. You see if any of
us die, and a lot of people have
00:35:06.23\00:35:11.17
died in fires, car accidents,
buildings on fire. Just on the
00:35:11.21\00:35:16.14
news tonight in southern
Illinois, two brothers, a sad
00:35:16.18\00:35:19.91
story, their trailer caught on
fire about two or three o'clock
00:35:19.95\00:35:23.02
in the morning. They got the
fire out in 20 minutes but not
00:35:23.05\00:35:26.25
before these two young men,
these two brothers perished in
00:35:26.29\00:35:33.03
the fire. Sad, sad account;
perished in the fire. Now they
00:35:33.06\00:35:39.73
can come forth in the
resurrection, Amen. They still
00:35:39.77\00:35:43.14
have hope in the resurrection.
But if that fire was the
00:35:43.17\00:35:46.47
destruction of the wicked there
will be no redemption, there'll
00:35:46.51\00:35:52.15
be no second chances. As a
matter of fact, let me go ahead
00:35:52.18\00:35:54.88
and give you something that we
didn't read before. We read it
00:35:54.95\00:35:56.79
before but I'm going to go ahead
and give you this piece. Go to
00:35:56.82\00:36:00.56
Revelation 20 because there are
those who may be tuning in to
00:36:00.59\00:36:04.26
this broadcast that didn't
follow along in the early stages
00:36:04.29\00:36:07.86
of the lesson. You see everyone
who has ever been born and lives
00:36:07.93\00:36:16.74
a certain amount of years
eventually dies. In fact, the
00:36:16.77\00:36:26.11
oldest recorded life span was
969 years. I can't fathom that.
00:36:26.15\00:36:31.39
I mean we talk about 69's really
old. Add 900 to that. That's
00:36:31.42\00:36:37.39
serious. I mean that's really
900. Now we say how old are you
00:36:37.43\00:36:41.70
man. I'm going to be 60 next
month. We're getting old. Add
00:36:41.73\00:36:45.93
900 to that. I mean that's hard
to fathom. Adam lived to be 930
00:36:45.97\00:36:53.61
and then he died. Methuselah 696
and then he died. But look at
00:36:53.64\00:37:02.72
Revelation 20:6. Good I'm not
running into myself. We covered
00:37:02.75\00:37:11.93
this earlier. Revelation 20:6.
And the reason I said there are
00:37:11.96\00:37:14.83
many who have died. Everyone
who has died has an opportunity
00:37:14.86\00:37:19.87
again in the resurrection. The
Bible says, Blessed, and what
00:37:19.90\00:37:25.61
else holy who has part in the
first resurrection. Over such
00:37:25.64\00:37:32.05
second death has no power. They
shall be priests of God and of
00:37:32.08\00:37:38.72
Christ, and shall reign how
long? A thousand years. Longer
00:37:38.75\00:37:43.59
then Methuselah. That is in
heaven, when they ascend to be
00:37:43.63\00:37:48.23
in heaven they're going to
reign a 1000 years. But the sin
00:37:48.26\00:37:51.97
problem has not yet been
completely dealt with. It's at
00:37:52.00\00:37:55.64
the end of the 1000 years
that New Jerusalem comes down to
00:37:55.67\00:37:59.27
earth. The saints come down and
enter the New Jerusalem and the
00:37:59.31\00:38:03.24
second resurrection takes place.
Then the Bible makes it very,
00:38:03.28\00:38:07.62
very clear, look at verse 9. We
covered this in a prior lesson
00:38:07.65\00:38:11.92
so I'm giving you some
background that fits at this
00:38:11.95\00:38:14.12
particular point. The Bible
says speaking about the second
00:38:14.16\00:38:18.09
resurrection, And they went up
on the breadth of the earth and
00:38:18.13\00:38:23.87
surrounded the camp of the
saints and the beloved city. And
00:38:23.90\00:38:27.94
what happened? Fire came
down from God out of heaven and
00:38:27.97\00:38:32.04
devoured them. Now go down
to verse 14. Then death and Hell
00:38:32.07\00:38:42.08
(that is Hades) were cast into
the lake of fire. This is the
00:38:42.12\00:38:49.12
what? Second death. See
everybody suffers the first but
00:38:49.16\00:38:53.86
because of Jesus you don't have
to suffer the second death. Can
00:38:53.90\00:38:56.56
you say Amen to that? Jesus
is an answer to prevent us.
00:38:56.60\00:39:01.14
Sometimes people ask me on the
plane what do you do? And I get
00:39:01.17\00:39:04.64
tempted to say... I'd
clear it up later... I sell fire
00:39:04.67\00:39:08.48
insurance and life insurance.
Because in fact if you work for
00:39:08.51\00:39:12.01
the Lord you're preaching the
Gospel you sell fire insurance.
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If you accept this message this
message of salvation, you are
00:39:15.52\00:39:19.99
prevented from the fires
of destruction. And also life
00:39:20.02\00:39:23.93
insurance, eternal life
insurance. And the premiums have
been paid by Jesus. Can you
00:39:23.96\00:39:27.86
you all say Amen? So
that's what the beauty of this
00:39:27.90\00:39:31.53
is. We will not be hurt at the
second death. Even death itself
00:39:31.57\00:39:35.57
will be cast into the lake of
fire and death itself is going
00:39:35.60\00:39:38.91
to be destroyed. There'll be no
death in the New Earth. There'll
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be no death after sin and
suffering have been dealt with.
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And the reason is clear. We'll
get to that in just a moment.
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But the question that we just
answered, Question number 17,
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Does the Bible teach that
eternal fire means that the soul
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could be tormented forever? Yes
or no? No it doesn't mean that.
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Because the Bible makes it clear
the soul that sins it shall die.
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Ezekiel 18:4. Go there. I don't
have it in the lesson but I know
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you want to see it. I got a
phone call from a guy that said
00:40:07.97\00:40:12.41
you quoted this verse but
where does it come from? Here
00:40:12.44\00:40:20.62
it is. Ezekiel 18:4: There
is no mention of an eternal and
00:40:20.65\00:40:27.46
immortal soul anywhere in the
Bible. I'm always amazed where
00:40:27.49\00:40:36.23
the ideologies come from. Okay
Ezekiel 18:4 This is a powerful
00:40:36.26\00:40:43.41
passage. Behold the Lord says,
all souls are mine, the soul of
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the father as well as the soul
of the son is mine. The soul who
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sins shall die. It's a sad
reality, but that's the truth.
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The soul that sins. Sin equals
death. There'll be no sin in
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heaven. There'll be no sin in
the New Earth. There'll only be
00:41:10.67\00:41:14.70
righteousness. That's the kind
of earth we're looking forward
00:41:14.74\00:41:18.74
to. That's the kind of kingdom
that we all want to reign with
00:41:18.77\00:41:22.38
Christ in. Matter of fact, the
devil won't be there. His angels
00:41:22.44\00:41:26.92
that followed him in rebellion
won't be there. They got evicted
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a long time ago. Heaven is
a righteous place and the New
00:41:31.42\00:41:35.72
Earth will be that place
of righteousness. Now Question
00:41:35.76\00:41:40.03
number 18: Here it is. Okay...
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Okay. Is there a teaching in the
Bible that the soul cannot be
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destroyed? Ezekiel 18:4.
So ignore the passage on your
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lesson, that's another passage
I'm going to add to it. That's
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another passage, but I want
to first... We had Ezekiel 18:4
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right now. Am I correct? Okay.
So let's go ahead and look at
00:42:15.80\00:42:19.50
this one together. We're already
there. Then we're going to go to
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Matthew 25:46. I was intending
to include both of them when I
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included Ezekiel 18:4. So we
just read it. But once again for
00:42:26.31\00:42:29.08
those who are watching the
program here's the text on the
00:42:29.11\00:42:31.85
screen... The Bible says...
00:42:31.88\00:42:44.89
Now what we need to understand
as we talk about this topic that
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does not apply to those
that have accepted Jesus Christ.
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We need to understand a very
important thing about hell and
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Jesus discussed this topic in
detail. Matthew 25, go with me
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there, Matthew 25. All right.
Matthew 25 and let's look at
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46. Okay. Look at this verse.
I would like to go even maybe a
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verse back, a verse back.
Because the comparison is as
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many of you know the Lord talked
about there'll be weeping and
00:43:39.28\00:43:43.18
gnashing of teeth because the
Lord says that if you've done
00:43:43.25\00:43:46.96
this to the least of these
my brethren you've done it to
00:43:46.99\00:43:48.69
me, but if you have not, you've
not done it unto me, you've not
00:43:48.72\00:43:50.36
paid attention to their needs,
that means you've not paid
00:43:50.39\00:43:56.13
attention to me. I am
represented in those who are
00:43:56.16\00:44:00.20
less fortunate than you are.
Look at Matthew 25:46. The Bible
00:44:00.24\00:44:05.71
says on verse 45 then he
will answer unto them saying
00:44:05.74\00:44:09.44
assuredly I say to you, as
you did not do it to one of the
00:44:09.48\00:44:16.92
least of these you did not do it
to me. That is, you didn't feed
00:44:16.99\00:44:21.06
the hungry, you didn't help
those who were naked, those who
00:44:21.09\00:44:25.06
were destitute, those who were
in prison, those who were sick,
00:44:25.09\00:44:29.03
You didn't visit them, you
didn't feed them, you didn't
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clothe them, you ignored them,
and then He says in verse 46,
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So the question we've got to
ask ourselves is who was hell
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prepared for. Go a few verses
earlier, verse 41. Who was hell
00:44:51.25\00:44:57.26
prepared for? Okay. My wife is
telling me the answer. Matthew
00:44:57.29\00:45:05.57
25:41, here it is: Then he will
say to those on the what hand?
00:45:05.63\00:45:11.77
left hand, Depart from me you
cursed into the everlasting fire
00:45:11.81\00:45:17.88
prepared for the Devil and his
angels. You know what the good
00:45:17.91\00:45:23.35
news is? God did not prepare
hell for any of His children.
00:45:23.39\00:45:29.72
Amen? From their rebellion, from
them being cast out of heaven
00:45:29.76\00:45:34.76
God determined that Satan and
all of the angels that followed
00:45:34.83\00:45:39.13
him in rebellion must be
destroyed. When I read that text
00:45:39.17\00:45:43.44
years ago, I've read it a number
of times, but once I read that
00:45:43.47\00:45:47.58
text and I said why should I
join them in a party that I was
00:45:47.61\00:45:52.45
not invited to? The devil and
his angels. Why should I break
00:45:52.48\00:45:56.72
into an event that I am not
invited to? The righteous are
00:45:56.75\00:46:00.72
not invited to that event.
That's only for the wicked,
00:46:00.76\00:46:05.79
that's only for the devil
and his angels. But God did not
00:46:05.83\00:46:08.70
even prepare the hell fire for
the wicked. He prepared it for
00:46:08.73\00:46:11.53
the devil and his angels.
Unfortunately, those who follow
00:46:11.57\00:46:14.87
the devil and his angels in
rebellion must also follow them
00:46:14.90\00:46:19.34
in destruction. That's the
unfortunate reality of it. So if
00:46:19.37\00:46:22.64
you look at question number
18, What phrase did Jesus use to
00:46:22.68\00:46:24.78
describe the destruction of the
wicked? What phrase did he use?
00:46:24.81\00:46:26.92
Everlasting punishMENT. Now let
me make a difference here. When
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you get an assignment, it's
different from an assignING.
00:46:39.79\00:46:46.57
I don't assign you eternally.
I assign you once and then you
00:46:46.60\00:46:51.97
have an assignment. And the
same thing, punishING is the
00:46:52.01\00:46:57.78
process. PunishMENT is the
result. PunishING, the fires, is
00:46:57.81\00:47:03.42
the result. PunishMENT, the
ashes, is the result. And how
00:47:03.45\00:47:09.06
long is the result going to
last? Tell me, look at the text
00:47:09.09\00:47:13.09
everlasting. Everlasting meaning
there is no reprieve from the
00:47:13.13\00:47:17.47
destruction of the fires of hell
no reprieve at all. Number 19:
00:47:17.50\00:47:26.31
Let's go right along. We may
get there. Okay. Number 19. Why
00:47:26.34\00:47:34.58
does the Bible use eternal and
forever... I think I may have
00:47:34.65\00:47:42.02
covered that. I did. Let's
go to number 20. Those who are
00:47:42.06\00:47:46.70
following me on the truck
appreciate that. Go to number 20
00:47:46.76\00:47:50.13
Number 20. Here it is...
00:47:51.40\00:48:09.98
I know your answer. But don't
tell me. Let's go to Matthew 13
00:48:10.02\00:48:17.29
We're already in the book
of Matthew. Matthew 13 and this
00:48:17.33\00:48:25.23
by the way is the parable of the
wheat and the tares. Now this is
00:48:25.27\00:48:34.31
a fairly long parable.
It's broken down into first the
00:48:34.34\00:48:38.88
parable and then the explanation
First the parable and then the
00:48:38.91\00:48:45.59
explanation. All right? No the
explanation in verses 39 and 40
00:48:45.62\00:48:52.26
but let's go ahead and start
with the parable. Can we do
00:48:52.29\00:48:54.83
that? Because this angels
is very symbolic. It's good to
00:48:54.86\00:48:57.47
understand the language as it
unfolds. Let's go to verse 24.
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Go to verse 24 and begin
with the parable. The Bible says
00:49:01.07\00:49:05.37
another parable he put forth
to them saying, The kingdom of
00:49:05.44\00:49:09.48
heaven is like a man who sowed
what kind of seed, good seed in
00:49:09.51\00:49:14.35
his field. The Gospel is good
seed, right, good seed. Nothing
00:49:14.38\00:49:20.12
that Jesus sows is bad seed.
But while man slept, his enemy
00:49:20.16\00:49:25.89
came and sowed tares among the
wheat and went his way. That's
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how the devil does. He comes
in, starts trouble, then leaves.
00:49:31.23\00:49:36.57
Next verse: But when the grain
had sprouted and produced a crop
00:49:36.60\00:49:42.31
then the tares also appeared.
So the servant of the owner came
00:49:42.34\00:49:49.25
and said to him, sir, did you
not sow good seed in your field?
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How then does it have tares?
Then he said in verse 28: He
00:49:56.16\00:50:02.10
said to them, what does he
say? An enemy has done this. The
00:50:02.13\00:50:06.80
servant said to him, and I
like this part, Do you want us
00:50:06.84\00:50:10.64
then to go and
00:50:10.67\00:50:12.01
gather them up. Very
powerful lesson. But He said in
00:50:12.04\00:50:16.21
verse 20, But he said to them,
What did He say? No lest while
00:50:16.24\00:50:21.92
gather up the tares, you also
uproot the wheat with the tares.
00:50:21.98\00:50:25.65
You know when we look at people
we cannot tell whether they are
00:50:25.69\00:50:29.36
wheat or tares. Amen to
that. Because we do not have the
00:50:29.39\00:50:31.96
discretionary ability to read a
person's heart. Because from all
00:50:31.99\00:50:38.43
outward appearances the
Pharisees looked so righteous.
00:50:38.47\00:50:41.87
From all outward appearances
the publican's and harlots and
00:50:41.90\00:50:45.67
sinners looked so wicked.
And Jesus said the publicans and
00:50:45.71\00:50:49.14
harlots and the sinners will end
up in the kingdom before you.
00:50:49.18\00:50:52.28
And He said to them it was
so bad, these righteous-looking
00:50:52.31\00:50:55.42
men, He said, Except
your righteousness exceeds the
00:50:55.45\00:50:59.75
righteousness of the scribes
and Pharisees, you're going to
00:50:59.79\00:51:04.46
perish. So never judge a book
by its cover. Don't look and say
00:51:04.49\00:51:08.06
Ah that guy's going to hell,
Ah that woman's going to hell.
00:51:08.10\00:51:11.63
Oh let's not do that. The
disciples thought they could
00:51:11.67\00:51:14.14
differentiate between the saved
and lost. Don't do it. What did
00:51:14.17\00:51:19.67
He say then? Verse 30: Let both
grow together until the harvest
00:51:19.71\00:51:26.25
and at the time of the harvest,
I will say to the reapers, first
00:51:26.28\00:51:32.79
first gather together the
tares... This is powerful, this
00:51:32.82\00:51:35.56
is along the lines of the
answer. First gather together
00:51:35.59\00:51:38.66
the tares and bind them
in what? bundles to do what?
00:51:38.69\00:51:41.66
burn them. But gather the wheat
into my barns. When the tares
00:51:41.73\00:51:49.80
are gathered what's going to
happen to them? They're going
00:51:49.84\00:51:51.34
be what? Burned. But now let's
answer the question. Go to verse
00:51:51.37\00:51:56.75
let's go to verse 36. Then Jesus
sent the multitude away and went
00:51:56.78\00:52:01.88
into the house and the disciples
came to Him saying, Explain to
00:52:01.92\00:52:07.02
us the parable of the tares
of the field. He said to them,
00:52:07.06\00:52:12.63
verse 37: He who sows the
good seed is the Son of Man. The
00:52:12.66\00:52:17.70
field is the world. The
good seeds are the sons of the
00:52:17.73\00:52:22.84
kingdom, but the tares are
the sons of the wicked one. And
00:52:22.87\00:52:27.91
here's the answer to number 20.
The enemy who sowed them is the
00:52:27.94\00:52:33.75
devil...
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I used the King James Version,
New King James uses age, King
00:52:56.30\00:53:01.21
James uses world. As the tares
are gathered and burned in the
00:53:01.24\00:53:06.45
fire so shall it be at the
end of this world. So here's the
00:53:06.48\00:53:12.59
point to the question. Are
sinners in hell burning now?
00:53:12.62\00:53:17.56
Not at all. Will there be a
fire Yes, but it's not going to
00:53:17.59\00:53:22.20
happen now and here's the
reason why: The righteous don't
00:53:22.23\00:53:26.74
go to heaven right away and the
sinners don't go to hell right
00:53:26.80\00:53:31.77
away. Matter of fact, go with
me to John 5. Then we'll look at
00:53:31.81\00:53:36.78
Romans 6. John 5: This
fits right here. And you know
00:53:36.81\00:53:45.05
sometimes in the former, in the
prior study, we covered this but
00:53:45.09\00:53:49.02
this is where the point comes in
very, very clearly. It's going
00:53:49.06\00:53:52.39
happen at the end of the world.
It's not going to happen before
00:53:52.43\00:53:55.36
then, and here's the reason why.
There's something that's going
00:53:55.43\00:53:58.13
happen at the end of the world
that determines which category
00:53:58.17\00:54:03.54
you're in. John 5:28, 29. Here
it is: The Bible says, Do not
00:54:03.57\00:54:10.68
marvel at this for the hour is
coming in which all who are in
00:54:10.71\00:54:17.09
graves will hear his voice.
If you die righteous or wicked,
00:54:17.12\00:54:22.09
all in the graves. Now look at
verse 29. And come forth those
00:54:22.12\00:54:27.10
who have done good to the
resurrection of life. Those who
00:54:27.13\00:54:32.03
have done evil to the
resurrection of condemnation.
00:54:32.07\00:54:35.80
There are going to be two
assignments: On the right hand
00:54:35.84\00:54:38.34
the righteous. On the left hand
the wicked. The right hand the
00:54:38.37\00:54:44.21
wheat, the left hand the tares,
the right hand the sheep, the
00:54:44.25\00:54:49.15
left hand the goats. Everything
about the right hand. God
00:54:49.18\00:54:54.02
doesn't have a left hand... The
right is on the right, the wrong
00:54:54.06\00:54:58.26
is on the left. Light on
the right, darkness on the left.
00:54:58.29\00:55:02.46
Let's go to Romans 6:23: Do the
wicked begin burning in fires of
00:55:02.53\00:55:10.41
hell at death or at the end
of the world? And here's the
00:55:10.44\00:55:15.78
reason why this assignment comes
at the end of the world: Here's
00:55:15.81\00:55:19.98
reason: Roman's 6:23- We all
know that by heart. I think we
00:55:20.02\00:55:25.65
do, most of us do. This is like
a second John 3:16; there are
00:55:25.69\00:55:30.19
many of those passages in the
Bible. Let's read this together.
00:55:30.23\00:55:34.66
Are you ready? Here we go...
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Now let's not run past that
because this is such a familiar
00:55:46.91\00:55:50.25
passage. Sometimes people
miss what it means. Let me ask a
00:55:50.28\00:55:53.58
series of questions to just nail
this down. What's the wages of
00:55:53.62\00:55:58.05
sin, together? What's the
gift of God? What? What kind of
00:55:58.09\00:56:01.32
life? Eternal life. Now here's
the next question: Who receives
00:56:01.36\00:56:07.96
eternal life, the wicked or the
righteous?. Okay, you're good so
00:56:08.00\00:56:15.77
far, you follow me very
well. So here's the point we've
00:56:15.80\00:56:18.84
discovered so far. The wages of
sin is death. The gift of God is
00:56:18.87\00:56:22.38
eternal life. We've discovered
also, the wicked receive death,
00:56:22.41\00:56:26.21
the righteous receive eternal
life. Powerful thought coming to
00:56:26.25\00:56:30.05
me right now. How can the
wicked burn eternally if they
00:56:30.09\00:56:37.73
don't receive eternal life? They
cannot. The wicked cannot burn
00:56:37.76\00:56:47.24
eternally because only the
righteous receive eternal life.
00:56:47.27\00:56:52.67
Is that clear? So let me ask you
the question: Do the wicked burn
00:56:52.74\00:56:59.25
eternally, Yes or no? Who burns
eternally. Nobody. Who's going
00:56:59.28\00:57:05.32
to burn the longest. Satan is
going to because he began this
00:57:05.35\00:57:12.66
whole push of rebellion. In the
summary point, because if I go
00:57:12.69\00:57:19.97
to the next question,
we're going to really unpack the
00:57:20.00\00:57:22.04
parable of the rich man
and Lazarus on next Wednesday.
00:57:22.07\00:57:24.07
But here's the encouraging news.
For God so loved the world that
00:57:24.11\00:57:29.78
He gave His only begotten
Son, together, that whosoever
00:57:29.81\00:57:32.68
believeth in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life
00:57:32.71\00:57:37.95
If you want anything everlasting
or anything eternal, you got to
00:57:37.99\00:57:42.86
accept Jesus Christ. If you have
accepted Christ as your Lord and
00:57:42.89\00:57:47.56
Savior, let's represent Him in
the things that we believe and
00:57:47.60\00:57:50.27
the things that we teach.
There's nothing eternal, but
00:57:50.30\00:57:52.87
eternal life. The only thing
eternal about death is that it
00:57:52.93\00:57:57.11
will never come back again. So
keep studying God's word and one
00:57:57.14\00:58:01.31
day it will come into a
sharper focus. God bless you.
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