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Thursday, October 17, 2019
Old
Cadillac at the Old Windmill Farm (see below for
more photos)
"A
Consideration Of Hell"
Message summary: God has made a provision to escape hell.
Listen
to this
message on your audio player.
"But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!"
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
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Message summary: God has made a provision to escape hell.
Listen
to this
message on your audio player."And I say to you,
My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill
the body, and after that have no more that they
can do. But I will show you whom you should
fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has
power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear
Him!" (Luke 12:4-6).
There's a rather
stunning ad Brooksyne saw on TV the other night
sponsored by "The Freedom From Religion
Foundation". It features Ron Reagan, son of the
former president Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy,
who is an unabashed atheist. At the end he states
with a mocking smile, "Ron Reagan, lifelong
atheist, not afraid of burning in hell" (A link to
the ad is below.)
I have to commend him
for his faith. When it comes to their eternal
destiny most people want to hedge their bets just
in case, playing the middle. They want to believe
in God just a little bit and certainly not
smilingly say, "not afraid of burning in hell".
But Ron Reagan is an all in atheist.
It seems in most
quarters you really don't hear much about hell and
future judgment any more. I also understand that
in the past preachers were more willing to tackle
the subject. Jonathan Edward's sermon
"Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God" is often
considered the most famous sermon in American
history.
I can tell you, after
25 years of pastoring, I didn't cover the subject
much, honestly less than I know I should have.
It's not something I write much about either. I
don't think I've ever met a preacher who says, "I
just love preaching on hell". That would be a bit
weird.
But it's not weird
for the faithful preacher to proclaim the "whole
counsel of God" (Acts 20:27) which certainly
includes the Bible's teaching on hell.
Jesus did talk about
hell and the theme is found throughout the Bible.
In fact, Jesus talked about hell more than any
other person in the Bible.
Today's text is one
of them. It's not the kind of text we memorize for
encouragement. It's not used on greeting cards. It
has several elements that are hard sayings which
Jesus was certainly capable of (see John 6:60).
"But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!"
Even before Brooksyne
saw the ad I had been musing on this subject which
many trivialize today. You've probably heard
someone say "I don't mind going to hell, that's
where all my friends will be" or "It's gonna be
one great party".
But the Scriptures never
convey hell as a place of pleasure.
An interesting verse
that gives us a sense of what one in hell
experiences is the account of the rich man and
Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) You'll need
to read the story if you are not familiar with it.
Essentially the rich man went to hell and Lazarus
went to "Abraham's side".
I want to consider
two teachings today concerning what the rich man
experienced in hell.
1)
His condition was described as "being in
torment" (Luke 16:23).
2)
His interest regarding associations was not a
future party with his family and friends but
rather an appeal to "warn them, lest they also
come into this place of torment" (Luke 16:28).
God has made a
provision to escape hell. "For God so loved the
world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have
eternal life. For God did not send His Son into
the world to condemn the world, but in order
that the world might be saved through Him."
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer: Father, we take to heart warnings in
Scripture that speak of our eternal destiny. There
are dangers on earth that may kill our body, yet
we are not to live in fear of that which might
destroy our physical body, but rather that which
might destroy our soul and thereby we would be
cast into hell. Help us to lovingly and
respectfully fear You all our days; You who hold
the keys to the kingdom of heaven or the power to
cast into hell those who reject Your plan of
salvation. I choose to be among those who will
forever worship You in glory. Amen.
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer: Father, we take to heart warnings in
Scripture that speak of our eternal destiny. There
are dangers on earth that may kill our body, yet
we are not to live in fear of that which might
destroy our physical body, but rather that which
might destroy our soul and thereby we would be
cast into hell. Help us to lovingly and
respectfully fear You all our days; You who hold
the keys to the kingdom of heaven or the power to
cast into hell those who reject Your plan of
salvation. I choose to be among those who will
forever worship You in glory. Amen.This
last weekend a huge annual antique car
show in Hershey, PA. On Monday Jesse
and Anna Ruth at the Old Windmill Farm
gave a tour to a large traveling group
that had cars (horseless carriages)
from 1915 and earlier! He invited us
over and we want to share some photos
today.
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"The
Great I Am" Video New Life
Worship In considering music related to
today's topic I came up empty. Any ideas?
However I recalled the line in this song
"heaven is real" and initially couldn't
recall whether it was "hell is real".
However consider that the same
authoritative Word of God which we find
great comfort in that heaven is real also
states that hell is real.
For
further study:
4 Truths About Hell
from Ligonier Ministries
7 Truths About Hell
J.D. Greear
Is hell real? Is hell
eternal? from the gotquestions.org
teaching site
Here's
the atheist ad ending with phrase "not
afraid of burning in hell" Video His main
premise in the ad is one big lie but
that's for another message.
Finally
today:
Yesterday
late afternoon I picked Ester up at work
and on the way to get her we saw this
very wide rainbow. I needed to use the
pano setting to get it all.
Click
to enlarge
One
half the rainbow
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