A TESTIMONY FROM HELL
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A TESTIMONY FROM HELL.
A TESTIMONY FROM HELL.
Dr. Maurice Rawlings a noted and celebrated coronary care doctor, who wrote of his conversion to belief in a literal hell in “Beyond Death’s Door.” In 1977 he was giving a stress test to a man who was having chest pains.
In the middle of the test the man dropped dead in Rawling’s office. Dr. Rawlings and several nurses began to work on him. Dr. Rawlings began eternal heart message while the nurse began mouth to mouth.
The patient would regain consciousness and then while Dr. Rawlings reached for equipment the patient would die again. Each time he was resuscitated he would scream, “I am in hell!” Dr. Rawlings thought he meant he was in pain from the CPR, but then the patient gave a strange command.
“Don’t stop!” This shocked Dr. Rawlings who says when most patients recover they tell me to take his hands off them, because he is hurting them. Dr. Rawlings describes the man with a genuinely alarmed look on his face.
He had a terrified look worse than the expression seen in death! This patient had a grotesque grimace expressing sheer horror! HIs pupils were dilated, he was perspiring and trembling. He looked as if his hair was on ends.
Then still another strange thing happened. The patient said, “Don’t you understand? I am in hell. Each time you quit I go back to hell! Don’t let me go back to hell! (Excerpt from Beyond Death's Door page 18. by Dr. Maurice Rawlings, M.D.)
This incident was so powerful that Dr. Rawlings would become a committed born again Christian and wrote a book about patients who after being resuscitated told stories of demons, pits, and fire. He concludes by saying, “Now i feel assured that there is life after death, and not all of it is good.”
This morning I’m going to speak about hell.
A preacher, evangelist, missionary, or pastor that does not speak about hell, shouldn’t be in the ministry.
You say, “I Don’t Believe in a literal hell.”
Just because you don’t believe in a literal hell doesn’t mean it’s not there.
Do you believe the Bible,
Hell is in the Bible.
Jesus preacher 8 times about hell during His 3 1/2 year ministry.
He preached more on hell then He did on Heaven.
To me that makes it a very important doctrine.
This morning I what to take about”A Testimony From Hell!
If you have your Bibles please turn the Luke Chapter 16:19-31
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and 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.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
A. In way of introduction, he was a rich man.
The Bible makes this vary clear in Vs. 19. “There was a certain rich man.”
Some people think if money can’t buy it, I don’t want it.
But, there are a lot of things money can’t buy.
It can’t buy you “joy”
Because joy only comes from the Lord.
It can’t buy you peace
You can try and find peace,
But there is no peace
Because the Bible says, the Lord is peace
Money cannot buy you health.
You can have a lot of money.
But, once you get that disease that the doctors cannot take away from you money won’t change it.
No amount of money can help you.
Now I’m not against money or anyone who has money.
There are some people who are rich that trust and love the Lord Jesus.
The truth of the matter is that most people who are rich feel like they don’t need a Heavenly Father.
This morning let us try and listen to see if we can hear “The Rich Man’s Testimony From Hell!”
He said on earth I was a rich man.
I had it all.
I had everything.
If I wanted it I got it.
If my eyes saw it I got it.
I went party to party.
I lived the life of good times.
And the clothes that I wore was purple.
And fine linen.
Royalty, purple is an example of royalty.
My home was worth a million dollars.
I had guards.
I had a gate in my home because it was so expensive.
It was spacious.
Every meal that I had, I had the best food.
Something happen.
I died
I was rich, but I died.
I had fine clothes, but I died.
I had guards, but I died.
I had servants, but I died.
I had chiefs, but I died.
I had powerful influence, but I died.
I had chariots, but I died.
I had horses, but I died.
I was popular, but I died.
I had fun, but I died.
You know something.
You too are going to die, I tell you that as a preacher of the gospel.
You maybe rich, but you’re going to die.
You maybe poor, but you’re going to die.
You maybe educated, but you’re going to die.
You maybe pretty, but your going to die.
You may be young, but you’re going to die.
You may be old, but you’re going to die.
You say, “pastor how do you know we’re going to die?”
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
And if you are not ready to die then your not ready to live!
Church let’s go back to his testimony and hear what he has to say.
I’m in hell, I lived on earth, and I had it all.
I had all the money that anyone could desire.
I could drink anything I wanted.
I had the best of wine.
I made marry it was fun.
I lived my life making marry.
I had women, all the women I ever wanted at my disposal, because I was rich.
I had great band and famous singers in my home play and sing for me.
Let me tell you this, this is brother Mike speaking, “All of this is not the answer.”
Making yourself ready to die is the answer.
There are a lot of folks that are not ready to die.
Many are rich folks, but their not ready
Many are poor folks, but they are not ready.
Many are church members in the USA, and they are not ready.
My sermon to you this morning is if your not saved, you need to get ready.
You need to make preparations now to meet God.
Having fun only is your goal in life, you have poor preparations.
Now if you are saved, I hope this message will get you fired up.
Fired up to start witnessing to your,
family,
friends,
coworkers,
Everyone you meet.
Let’s hear the testimony again from hell of the rich man.
He said you cannot buy off death.
if so, I wouldn’t had to half to go to hell!
Let me tell you something, Lazarus died the same time evidently as the rich man died.
Lazarus went to heaven and the rich man went to hell.
You can be a specialist and not be saved.
You can work the best of machinery and go to hell.
When the Lord get ready for you, you got to move.
You better be ready.
Let’s continue here.
Death cannot be stalled.
If it could be stalled,
Kennedy would still be living.
Ronald Regain still would be living.
Elvis Presley still would be living.
My parents would still be living.
but death rides to the rich man’s house.
It rides to the poor man’s house.
You have got to be ready when He knocks on your door.
The rich man learn somethings after death.
He learned there was more to life.
And there are some of you listening to my voice, that have never been born again.
I want you to know just living, there is more to life then just having.
There is life after death.
The rich man learned this.
Death is not a period, it is a comma.
Death is not an ending, death is a beginning.
It keeps on and keeps on.
If a man or women dies without Jesus Christ they go to hell.
And it keeps, and keeps on, and burning, and keeps on.
Let’s listen again of the testimony of the rich man.
I also learned where you spend eternity depends on your arraignments.
Let me ask you something, “Have you made arraignments when you die?”
You say, “Bro. Mike, I have made arraignments to live!”
Again if you die, it’s not a period.
It keeps on going, have you made arraignments, Have you trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior?
If not you haven’t made proper arraignments.
You say, “Bro. Mike I’m a member of a church!”
That’s not going to get you to Heaven.
That’s not arraignments.
You say, “Preacher I’ve been baptized a couple of times from two different Baptist churches I’ve made arraignments.”
No,No,No
Baptism is not arraignments.
I don’t care where you go to church.
I don’t care what your name is.
I don’t care who you are.
If you have not been born again, you have not made arraignments to die.
After death there are only two places a person can go.
it’s Heaven, or hell.
You say, “preacher I don’t believe in hell.”
You may say, “I don’t believe on the moon.”
That don’t make it untrue.
You may say, “I don’t believe in hell.”
You think that makes it untrue.
Do you think the Bible is just some kind of fairy tail.
You will find out quickly it is the Word of God.
His testimony again, After death the rich man said, “I learned you make reservations before you die.”
Let me say and this is Bro. Mike speaking,
If you are saved you go to be with the Lord.
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
If you are not saved and die lost you will go to hell.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
you don’t stop halfway before Heaven and hell and make arraignments.
If your going to go to Heaven you have to make arraignments NOW!
That were we are right now, this very moment.
As I preach the Word of God this Sunday morning as I preach to you.
I want you to know we are right here right now.
It’s time to make your reservations right now.
If your not going to make your arraignments to die, your not going to live.
Bro. Mike speaking again, “you say, I go to the grave yard every month and talk to my mamma or I talk to my daddy.
First of all if they are saved, you made a wasted trip.
What mamma and daddy could not take with them because they were saved after they died
That’s what in the grave.
The Bible say, “What’s flesh and blood can not enter into Heaven.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
But, mamma and daddy are with the Lord,
They are not in the grave yard.
What’s at the grave yard is what they shed when they died.
You know something, when you leave this world, you got to take off some stuff.
You got to drop off some stuff.
That doesn’t mean you.
You will never die if you are saved.
But that stuff that is housing you right now your body.
You got to drop that thing off.
That just stuff.
The family has to deal with.
They may put my body in the grave when I die.
But don’t call it me.
If you want to see me.
You got to get saved
Those who have been listening to my voice have been born again if you want to see me.
If your saved you will!
I’ll have a body that will never grow old and so will you.
You will be in Heaven when you leave this world.
Your body won’t go, but you will!
If you want to go to Heaven you got to make reservations.
By the way,
You can’t get reservation on the other side.
You got to get your reservations while blood is flowing through your veins.
While you are breathing,
While you are thinking.
While you heart is beating
You got to make reservation now!
And it is not hard to get.
Because Jesus Christ did it all at the Cross of Calvary.
He died for you because, He loved you.
He died on the Cross for your sins.
And you can go to heaven because, you are a sinner.
The only way you can go to heaven is to bring your sins to Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for your sins.
And trust Him as your savior.
And if you can ever get enough sense to come to the Lord Jesus Christ recognizing that He love you, and died on the cross.
That He paid it all just for you on the Cross.
You come to Him and say I’m a sinner.
Take my sins.
I want you to forgive me.
I want to trust you as my savior.
I take you as my savior.
Jesus Christ will save your soul, you will make reservations.
You will go too Heaven when you die.
Woo Glory.
God gave you a church.
Faith has given you a church.
We’re having church right now!
Jesus produced something so, we can meet together.
That’s what were are doing.
What Jesus has produced is this building so, we can get together to have church.
So, we can worship the Lord together.
We are joined together.
If your saved, your wanting to hook up with someone who is saved.
I don’t believe if your truly saved.
That you would run around with people who hate the church.
And people that don’t love the Bible, or love prayer.
You know better if you are saved.
Don’t get too comfortable with people who hate God.
If your saved you need to run around with your brothers and sisters in Christ.
You may be a small light in this world, but I like it when we small lights get together on Sunday, and Wednesday.
The Bible says, “We are the light of the world.”
Jesus Christ is the light, but when He saved us He lift a bunch of little lights around that points to Him.
Yes you have to make arrangements.
But when your breath is gone.
It’s too late to make those arraignments.
Let’s hear his testimony once more from hell.
I had no time to prepare to meet God.
I’m in hell.
I had a wonderful funeral.
But I’m in hell.
The mayor attended.
But I’m in hell.
They sent beautiful flowers.
But I’m in hell.
The preacher even tried to preach me into Heaven.
But I’m in hell.
Many where in my procession.
But I’m in hell.
I’m in hell.
Where no flowers bloom.
Where there is no forgiveness of sin.
Where there is no mercy of God.
This is Bro. Mike speaking again.
Don’t go to hell!
This morning if you never been born again or your not sure you have been born again.
When I give the invitation don’t wait.
Come down that aisle without any hesitation.
Come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior, before it’s too late.
The Bible doesn’t say if he was a good man or not.
But, he went to hell.
You say, “I’m not saved, but i’m good.
You are not good enough for God.
My Bible tells me the best you can do in righteousness as of a filthy rag.
6 But we are all as an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; And we all do fade as a leaf; And our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
You say, “I keep the Ten Commandment.”
That’s a lie.
I never met anyone yet that can keep the Ten Commandments all there lives.
Don’t you try and tell me that, I know better.
Because, only Jesus Christ kept the Ten Commandments.
Friends there are no sins forgiven in hell.
Let go to the rich man’s testimony from hell.
I can feel.
I can see.
I say my prayers.
But, God doesn’t answer them.
I’m living, but I can’t die.
I’m in pain, but I can’t die.
I can taste, but I can’t die.
Hell is real, not a state of mine.
Send Lazarus, send Lazarus to my five brethren so, he can warn them not to come to this terrible place of torment.
Send Lazarus, to stick his finger in water so, he can stick his finger on my tongue to cool it.
God says to the rich man, “I here your prayer.
But I wont listen to them.
It’s too late, it’s too late, it’s too late.
It’s over with, you died without trusting My Son.
Lazarus on the other hand says,
“I’m free, I’m free.
Lazarus said, “Tell my family It’s alright, it’s alright.
I’m with Jesus Christ, it’s alright.
I’m in heaven it’s alright.
Let me say this, “If your saved your going to be alright.
I want you to know don’t you every worry in your life.
I don’t care how long you live.
If your saved, you can lift up your hands up and say, “Thank You Jesus.”
Why?
Because it’s alright, it’s alright.
Can I ask you something is it alright for you?
Most of you have been saved.
It’s alright isn’t.
Most of you have chosen Jesus Christ as your savior. And sometimes you have problems don’t you?
But, It’s alright.
Because you are saved.
I know sometimes you worry, but it’s alright.
God Has it all worked out.
It’s alright.