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Please use these sermons as the Lord leads, but nothing on this site may be used for profit without my expressed, written permission!*   |  *A Biblical View Of The End Times #9**Luke 16:19-31**A GLIMPSE INTO A PLACE CALLED HELL**Intro*: The passage before us this morning tells us about a place called Hell.

Now, I know that the very idea of Hell is mocked and ridiculed by many people in our modern world.

However, I still believe the Bible, and the Bible is clear in its teaching that there is a place called Hell.Even though the Bible has much to say about Hell, the doctrine is still ridiculed by many.

The idea of Hell is usually attacked along three lines of thought.1.

*Rationalism*: The rationalist says, "*There is no God, therefore there can be no Hell.*"

Charles Darwin said, "*This (referring to Hell) is a damnable doctrine.*"

But I say, "*Let God be true and every man a liar!*"2.

*Ridicule*: those who ridicule the doctrine of Hell say, "*There may be a God, but it is silly to speculate about millions of disembodied spirits frying in a lake of fire somewhere.*"

Or, *"This is the twenty-first century!

Wake up!*" Robert Ingersoll, a famous atheist of the early part of the twentieth century said, "*The idea of Hell was born of revenge and brutality on the one side, and cowardice on the other.

I have no respect for any man who preaches it!

I dislike the doctrine, I hate it, I despise it, I defy this doctrine!*"

But I say, "*Let God be true and every man a liar!*"3.

*Religion*: The religionist says, "*There is a God, but He is a God of love and therefore He would not or could not send anyone to Hell.*"

This is the position of all the cults and of the liberals.*Christian

Science*: "*Hell is an error of the mortal mind.*"*Jehovah's

Witnesses*: *"The wicked will be annihilated.*"*Mormonism*:

"*All will eventually be saved, and will not suffer eternal punishment.*"*Seventh-Day

Adventist*: "*God will someday blot out all sin and sinners, and establish a clean universe once again.

The lost will burn up like a broom sage field.*"Again,

I say, "*Let God be true and every man a liar!*"Much of what we know of Hell, we learn from the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

He was the greatest hellfire and brimstone preacher in the Bible.

Of the 162 references to Hell and eternal judgment in the New Testament, 70 were spoken by the Lord Jesus!

Why did Jesus speak so much on this subject?1.)

He believed in Hell's reality.

2.) He warned man about Hell because He did not want them to go there.

Of all the passages that deal with Hell, the one before us this morning is the greatest of all.

In this passage, Jesus literally rips the lid off Hell and allows us to look into the things that are happening there.

We are allowed a *Glimpse Into A Place Called Hell*.Now, before I get into the message too deeply this morning, I just want to clarify one fact.

This place we will consider this morning is not the Lake of Fire.

The Lake of Fire is where the lost will go after the Great White Throne Judgment.

The place we are considering this morning is where lost men go when they die.

It is a temporary holding area for the sinner.

When a person leaves this world without Jesus as his~/her Savior, they go to this place and they stay there until they are called out to face God in judgment, then they are cast into the Lake of Fire.

This place is called Hades, the other is called Gehenna.

Both are horrible beyond words.Now, in this passage, we are confronted with two main people.

The story of these men is a story of contrasts.1.

*There is a Contrast in the Men Themselves*.One rich and the other poor2.

*There is a Contrast in the Manner of their Deaths.*One

died and was buried, the other greeted by the angels of the Lord and escorted to Paradise.3.

*There is a Contrast in their Destinations*.One in Hell and the other in paradise.

(Ill.

Again, Paradise was a temporary place where believers went before the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, *Luke 23:43.*

However, no one is in Paradise today, *Eph.

4:8-10.)*This

morning, I would like to focus in on this Rich Man and what happened to Him after he died.

I would like for us to join him in Hell this morning and learn the lessons that this passage of Scripture teaches.

If you are saved, may you be moved to a burden for the lost who are headed to this awful place.

If you are lost, may you see your need of coming to Jesus for salvation this morning.

God help each of us to do what we need to do today!

Let's join the Rich man in Hell this morning for a *Glimpse Into A Place Called Hell*.I.

V. 23-25 *HELL: A PLACE OF SENSATION*{{{"

A. Notice that in Hell, the Rich Man can See, he can Hear, he can Speak, he can Feel, he still has Desires, he still has Needs, and he still has the ability to Think and Express himself.B.

Even though his body is in the grave in which is was buried, this man has some sort of a body that allows him to continue to live in this place called Hell.C.

My friends, never let anyone mislead you at this point.

If you die with your faith in Jesus, or if you die lost, you will not spend even one second in the grave.

But, you will at the very instant of your death, go either to Heaven to be with the Lord Jesus, *2 Cor.

5:8*, or you will go immediately into Hell if you die lost, *Luke 16:22-23*.D. Never believe for an instant that death is the end, or that man is no different than a dog, which dies and is no more.

Man was given an immortal soul and that soul will live on forever wither in Heaven or in Hell.

And, after death, that soul will be clothed in some sort of a body that can indeed experience the sensations that were so much a part of life.E.

Hell is a place of sensation!

It is real and it will be experienced by all those who go there!

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I. *Hell: A Place Of Sensation*II.

V. 26 *HELL: A PLACE OF SEPARATION*{{{"

A. Notice that the Rich Man found himself separated from Lazarus and Abraham by a great gulf.

The Bible says that this gulf is "*fixed*".

That is, it will never be taken away.

This separation is eternal!

This Rich Man found himself separated from everything that Lazarus enjoyed.

B. No doubt, one of the greatest torments of Hell will be the separation from all the joys and wonderful things that life itself has to offer.

For instance, there will never be a sunrise or sunset in Hell.

There will never be heard the laughter of a child, the gentle blowing of a summer breeze, the fragrance or beauty of flowers.

There will be no one to tell you they love you.

There will none of the little things that make life worth living.

Hell will be devoid of the good things of life.

No family, no friends, no fellowship.

Nothing but endless isolation and eternal separation.C.

In Hell, the lost sinners will never hear another sermon, another Gospel song, nor will anyone ever witness to them again.

They will never be handed a tract.

They will never be able to see or read a Bible.

There will be no churches in Hell.

None of the things that point the lost to Jesus will make their appearance in that place called Hell.D. But, of all the things the sinner will not see in Hell, the worst will be eternal separation from the presence of God, *2 Thes.

1:8-9*.

Imagine being in a place where there was no mercy, no grace, no love or presence of God.

Nothing but an endless Hell and an endless separation from the One who loved you more than any other.}}}

I. *Hell: A Place Of Sensation*II.

*Hell: A Place Of Separation*III.

V. 24-25 *HELL: A PLACE OF SUFFERING*{{{"

A. This passage makes very clear the fact that Hell is a place of intense suffering.

*Verses 24-25, 28* paint a vivid picture of what Hell is like.

The word "*torment*" is literally the word "*torture*".

The Rich Man is in a place of extreme pain and torture.

The verb "*tormented*" in *verse 24* is in the "*present*" tense.

This reminds us that the torments of Hell do not cease.

Man does not simply burn up as some of the cults teach, but he endures the pain and torment of Hell eternally.B.

If this were the only place the Bible speaks of Hell as a place of suffering, we might be able to write this off as a mere story.

However, the Bible tells us in many different places that Hell is a place of torment and suffering.

Notice a few of those places.{{{"