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Introduction
Today’s message will be one that revolves around / involves a topic of rare focus for the church today.
It’s a topic that preachers have tried to explain away, ignore or just deny.
A man by the name of Rob Bell (many have not heard of him, but not too long ago, he appeared to be the future of Christianity in America.
He founded a church called Mars Hill and was the fastest growing in America in the 2,000’s w/ Sunday attendance between 8-10k
In 2011, Time placed him on the list of 100 Most Influential people int he world.
Also in 2011, he released a book titled ‘Love Wins’ which in it put forth the concept that there was no Hell.
And that God essentially redeems everyone - Muslims, Buddhists, atheists - it doesn’t matter.
Everyone goes to Heaven because ‘Love Wins’.
The Rob Bells of the World Deny Hell
In 2003, Barna Group put out a survey on American’s views on Heaven & Hell
71% of American’s believed in a place called Hell, However, only 32% of them believed it to be an actual place of torment & suffering.
This is most likely a result of a view that Billy Graham put forth - the thought that Hell is simply a state of ‘burning thirst for God that can never be quenched’.
(At least as far back as ‘83)
So there are those who explain it away
Then you have what most preachers & churches do.
They simply ignore the subject.
Why?
Because it doesn’t tickle the ear
It can be a ‘turn off’ to visitors
It might effect the offerings
Too many preachers want to make their congregations comfortable.
(Ill.)
But you know what the problem with that is? I’ll go home after this service.
I’ll eat me a meal, and then I’ll sit down on the loveseat… and get comfortable.
But if I sit there too long, I’ll fall asleep.
AND THAT’S THE PROBLEM!
TOO MANY CHRISTIANS ARE SLEEPING!
TOO MANY CHRISTIANS ARE DOING AS PETER, JAMES AND JOHN IN THE GARDEN!
CHRIST TOLD THEM TO ‘WATCH & PRAY’, BUT THEY SLEPT INSTEAD.
Church, I love you - but I don’t want you comfortable.
We shouldn’t get comfortable in this world.
So today we’re not going to Deny the truth of Hell
Today we’re not going to explain it away
We’re certainly not going to ignore it.
I plan to give you the truth concerning it.
This man that Jesus spoke of as having been there, and what he experienced as a result.
You know, many people think a lot about Heaven.
That’s what they want to envision.
I think of the song ‘How Beautiful Heaven Must Be’ But the Bible tells me that I can’t even begin to imagine what God has in store for me there!
1Cor.
2:9 “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
However, in this passage of Scripture, Jesus gives us so much detail concerning Hell.
And so in 1Cor.
2, Paul is saying ‘Man, you can’t even envision what Heaven is like’, Jesus in Luk.
16 is saying ‘You need to envision what Hell is going to be like’.
Church, we need to get a vision… Not of what Heaven is like, for it’s a futile attempt.
We need to envision what Hell is like!
We need to get a vision of that awful place!
We need to understand the sights & sounds!
We need to understand the hopelessness & despair!
We need to understand the multitudes of Mamma's & Daddy’s & children that inhabit that place!
Real People!
People loved - by men and by God! Yet even still they lift their eyes & cry out for a drop of water to cool their tongues!
We need to understand what it takes for people to go there.
Because in truth it often takes multiple things:
It takes a soul rejecting the salvation offered by Jesus Christ
It also takes apathetic Christians who refuse to get out of our comfort zone and warn them.
It takes sorry preachers that fail to preach it for how it might effect their pockets or the way people view them
Today’s message is titled ‘The Concern of the Rich Man’.
And the first thing that we’ll consider is ‘The Rich Man’s Conversion’
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The Rich Man’s Conversion
Yes I said Conversion - and yes I’m talking about the Rich Man who lift up his eyes in Hell.
I’ll explain this better in a moment.
But first, I want you to understand His part of why he chose Hell.
And Yes, He chose Hell.
There’s not been a soul in Hell that didn’t choose to be there.
His Life was Focused on His Flesh (v19)
Not much is spoken of concerning his earthly life other than what we can glean from v19 & v25.
He was clothed in the colors of a king
He ‘fared sumptuously every day (joyous)’
The Rich Man recieved good things (‘good’ things speaking of physical blessings)
This state of living, these cares of life was what was the focus of this man.
He was focused on the flesh.
He was inwardly focused on what would please this mound of clay that will one day return to the earth.
I want to express a simple Bible truth.
You cannot focus on your flesh and your Spirit at the same time.
You cannot please your flesh and your Spirit at the same time.
You cannot submit to your flesh and your Spirit at the same time.
You will either, PLEASE, FOCUS and SUBMIT to your flesh, OR your Spirit - there’s just no two ways about it.
Rom.
8:5-8 “For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.” Rom.
8:13 “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
Gal.
6:8 “For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
This man was Focused on his flesh, THEREFORE, in life He Failed in His Faith
In Life He Failed in His Faith
I have already read Rom.
8:5 “For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.”
, but the Bible also says this:
Gal.
5:16 “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
1Pe.
2:11 “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”
There’s a reason why Jesus said: Mar.
10:24b “... Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!”
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