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Welcome to the Liberty Baptist 
Sermon Archives. 

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The message you're about to hear
was preached at Liberty Baptist 

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Church in Easton, MA. 
You can find out more about us 

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And now we hope that this 

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message from God's Word will be 
a blessing to you. 

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Luke chapter 16 And when you 
find your place, if you would 

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stand with me for the reading of
the Word, as we honor that it is

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the eternal, preserved, 
inspired, and infallible Word of

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God this morning. 
Luke chapter 16 and our reading 

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will be in verses 19 through 31.
Luke 16 this morning. 

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All right, we found our place. 
All right, let's begin our 

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reading in verse 19. 
There was a certain rich man 

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which was clothed in purple and 
fine linen and fared sumptuously

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every day. 
And there was a certain beggar 

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named Lazarus, which was laid at
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desiring to be fed with the 
crumbs which fell from the rich 

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man's table. 
Moreover, the dogs came and 

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licked his sores. 
And it came to pass that the 

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beggar died, and was carried by 
the angels into Abraham's bosom.

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The rich man also died and was 
buried. 

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And in hell he lift up his eyes,
being in torments. 

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See if Abraham afar off and 
Lazarus in his bosom, he cried 

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and said, Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me. 

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And. 
Send Lazarus that he may dip the

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tip of his finger in water. 
And cool my tongue. 

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For I am tormented in this 
flame. 

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But Abraham said, Son, remember 
that thou in thy lifetime 

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receive is thy good things, and 
likewise Lazarus evil things. 

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But now he is comforted, and 
thou are tormented. 

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Beside all this, between US and 
you there is a great gulf fixed,

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so that they which would pass 
from hence to you cannot, 

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neither can they pass to us that
would come from thence. 

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Then he said, I pray thee 
therefore, Father, that thou 

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would send him to my. 
Father's House, for I have 5 

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brethren. 
That he may testify unto them, 

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lest they also come into this 
place of torment, Abraham saith 

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unto him. 
They have Moses. 

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And the prophets let them hear 
them. 

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And he said, Nay, father 
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But if one went unto. 
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They will repent, he said unto 
him, If they do not hear Moses 

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and the prophets, neither will 
they be persuaded, though 1 rose

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from the dead title, the message
this morning is 2 Eternal 

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Realities. 2. 
Eternal realities. 

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Let's bow our heads for a word 
of prayer once more. 

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So we ask the Lord's blessing on
the message. 

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Father, I thank you for this 
passage. 

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Thank you for this church and 
their their faithfulness to you 

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over the years. 
Father, I'm thankful for all are

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in the building today and I pray
that you would help me help my 

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lips to speak, which you'd have 
me to speak today. 

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Would you use your word to 
minister to those that are here,

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Father, an uncomfortable truth, 
but an important truth that we 

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must understand. 
And I pray you'd help me in the 

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delivery of the message. 
Would you allow us to leave 

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today, having been challenged 
and convicted and stirred in our

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own Christian lives? 
And Father, there's someone here

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who does not know Christ as 
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I pray, Father, that you'd get a
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they would realize their need 
for you. 

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And I praise you for this. 
I ask you, bless Brother Rivero 

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as he's preaching away. 
Would you anoint him and help 

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him as he preaches today? 
And Father, would you have your 

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blessing on the service now? 
We ask in Jesus name, Amen. 

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Thank you for standing. 
You may be seated this morning 

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as we get right into the message
to eternal realities to eternal 

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realities. 
There is perhaps no greater 

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contrast in. 
Society than a. 

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Beggar and a rich man. 
A beggar is powerless. 

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He is infamous and rejected by 
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There's even a a certain 
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see beggars right? 
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We don't look to them as 
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man. 
He has no influence. 

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He has no family to help him and
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His clothes are old, ragged and 
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He smells and he has poor 
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And from the beggars 
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is that it seems like nobody 
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The rich man, however, has an 
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He's powerful, he's comfortable.
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Spoiled with the finer things of
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He he doesn't just have what he 
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Grants him options. 
He he has the options of exotic 

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sports cars and designer clothes
and Rolex and gets to do what he

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wants, when he wants, where he 
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He's rich, he enjoys life. 
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would. 
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The beggar and the rich man 
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That'd be quite a shock, 
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You've seen perhaps maybe those 
TV shows or people swap roles 

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with one another and and while 
we know that's not reality in 

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one. 
Sense in our. 

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Passage Here we see the beggar 
and the rich man swapping roles 

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for all eternity. 
See we live in a culture that 

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generally values wealth and 
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I would say, and I think most of
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are some quotes on on wealth and
money from from certain wealthy 

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individuals. 
Mark Cuban, he had the show 

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Shark Tank he had on the show 
not a particular individual that

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I appreciate or like, but he he 
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think does sum up the way our 
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I don't care what anyone says, 
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Thing. 
I don't care what anyone says, 

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being rich is a good thing. 
Grant Cardone says money can't 

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buy happiness and poverty can't 
buy anything. 

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Isn't that right? 
Money can't buy happiness, but 

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poverty certainly can't buy 
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But I, I, I like this quote here
from Benjamin Franklin. 

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I think it really helps us as we
prepare to, to start studying. 

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This passage says money never 
made a man happy. 

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Yet nor will it. 
There is nothing in its nature 

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to produce happiness. 
The more a man has, the more he 

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wants. 
You found that true in your. 

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Life that's true about. 
Women too, not just men, right? 

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The more a. 
Man has the more the. 

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More man wants, the more a woman
has, the more she wants. 

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But listen to this, instead of 
filling a vacuum, it makes 1. 

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Instead of filling a vacuum. 
It makes 1 instead of satisfying

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that craving that you. 
Have instead of feeling full, 

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it's like you're even more empty
than you were before. 

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Suffice it to say, I don't want 
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morning. 
There's no merit in poverty and 

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no vice and wealth necessarily 
in and of themselves. 

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There's no merit to being poor. 
God doesn't necessarily say 

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you're more righteous or you're 
a better Christian if you're 

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poor, and he doesn't necessarily
say that. 

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If you're wealthy, you're a 
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Christian or you're a poorer 
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But they that. 
Have riches are. 

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In danger of becoming 
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I wonder if our in our country, 
in our culture today, people 

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have riches. 
And money and things and stuff. 

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And that we value those. 
Things that we're not in danger,

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perhaps. 
Maybe even already. 

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There that we are materialistic,
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you how do you define being 
materialistic? 

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Well, Merriam Webster defines it
as a preoccupation with. 

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Or stress upon material rather 
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Things OK here. 
Here's my version of that. 

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Is that you're so? 
Preoccupied with things, with 

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stuff. 
That you neglect thinking about 

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intellectual or spiritual 
things, so that you are so 

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preoccupied with what you have 
in this life. 

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That you neglect the most 
important things, such as the 

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intellectual. 
Or the spiritual that that is 

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materialism and and our culture 
has become more and more 

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materialistic because we've 
become. 

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More and more secular. 
Right to be secular. 

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Basically has the idea of. 
Separating life from anything 

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religious, anything spiritual, 
it's just, it's just material. 

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It's just the world around you 
and there are many people that 

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adopt that world. 
View in our lives that. 

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Particularly in this. 
Part of the country. 

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That are materialistic. 
They are secular. 

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They don't believe anything 
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Value. 
They don't believe that. 

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Anything in life is related to 
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It's just what we have. 
Now, and after this is all over,

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that's it. 
There's nothing more, and thus 

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if you believe. 
That and that's your world view.

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You would. 
Want to accumulate all the stuff

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that you could, right you'd. 
Want to get everything that you 

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could in this life. 
You'd want to drive fast cars, 

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you'd want to live in a big 
house, you'd want to have the 

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best the best meals and fine 
dining, and you'd want to wear 

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nice clothes. 
And you would just live it up 

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while you're here. 
If this is all there is, and I 

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certainly. 
Don't want to make anyone. 

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Here feel guilty who has been 
blessed with wealth or with 

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property or with things. 
Things are not bad in and of 

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themselves, but it becomes bad. 
When we have a mentality that 

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our life is about the things we 
possess and not who we are, our.

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Identity. 
You see in our text we see two 

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particular individuals on two 
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a beggar and a rich man. 
And materialism certainly was 

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was present there with the rich 
man, as I believe it can be here

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with us today. 
And yet there is one. 

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Way that all, rich or wealthy, 
however you want to say it, will

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one day lose their riches. 
They will die, and if you lack 

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material possessions one day you
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You ever thought about that? 
I I I think it's sad that many 

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people try to avoid 
uncomfortable subjects such as 

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death and life after death. 
Because it is uncomfortable, 

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because it is unknown to us, and
because there are there are 

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things about acknowledging the 
reality of that that maybe 

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caused us to think of. 
Our loved ones who have gone on 

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or. 
Others that we know. 

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Or other uncomfortable 
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And and while I I would I would 
agree with you that it is an 

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uncomfortable subject and we 
should deal with it carefully, 

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you wouldn't want to neglect. 
It so that you're not prepared. 

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You wouldn't want to do that 
with your retirement, right? 

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You, we plan for retirement and 
we plan for, for what lies ahead

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in the future because we know 
it's real, right? 

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Because we know it's coming. 
We know that one day we're going

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to have to make those means 
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But when it comes to our life 
spiritually and and through all 

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eternity, we're going to exist 
in one of two. 

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Places according to God's Word. 
And there is only one way that 

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you can. 
Be prepared to face eternity. 

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Sadly, I believe most. 
People are unprepared as this 

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rich man was, but we see that 
the beggar who had a miserable 

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experience here on earth. 
Who had a? 

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Horrible experience on Earth. 
He was prepared. 

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Isn't that incredible? 
Someone that people looked at 

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with disdain. 
Every day people that rejected 

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this beggar, they thought they 
thought nothing of him. 

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They thought what a miserable 
existence, who would? 

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Ever want to be that? 
Man, and yet he was the one that

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was ready. 
And the rich man, the one who 

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dressed in purple and fine 
linen, we were talking about the

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best of the best clothing. 
He was, he was extremely wealthy

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in in his time and in his day. 
He woke up into a reality he had

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no idea was coming and he wasn't
ready for it. 

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And I want to remind you this 
morning that he's still there. 

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Today it's a place called Hell. 
I don't enjoy talking about 

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hell, but as a as a. 
God called preacher. 

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I have no choice but to preach 
on the subject of hell because 

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it isn't God's Word and because 
if it's a subject that we 

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neglect and shame and woe to the
preachers in our day, that will 

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not preach about hell and rue 
the day in which we live in a 

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country where people are afraid 
to talk about the most important

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subjects of God's Word. 
You need to know about hell, you

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need to know about heaven and 
you need to know about what 

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Jesus is teaching in this 
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I want to I want to say just 
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the in the early in the 
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one day you will enter eternity.
You will go off into eternity 

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one day and that you may live a 
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You you may get in a horrible 
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call. 
A premature death, It really 

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doesn't matter. 
You're going to face eternity 

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one day. 
And I'm asking you if you're 

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prepared. 
I'm asking if you've given 

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preparations, if you've given 
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And do you really know what's 
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And don't you think we ought to 
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But more than just consider it 
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we have an authoritative word 
from Almighty God who says this 

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is what's going to happen after 
death and this is what's going 

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to happen in eternity. 
We have divine revelation from 

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God to know exactly what's going
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prepare ourselves for what's 
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This is not an opinion. 
This is the inspired word of 

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God. 
The the scriptures are are like 

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God breathed out his words. 
He revealed to us what we could 

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not know otherwise. 
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mock God's word in our day and 
time and say, oh, that's just an

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ancient book. 
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would put their trust in an 
ancient book. 

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It's not just an ancient book, 
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It is a timeless truth that God 
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preserved for you to day, even 
now, so that you can hear His 

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word concerning the most 
important subject. 

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That anyone could consider 
eternity. 

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Eternity. 
We don't understand eternity. 

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Our minds can't comprehend 
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It's, it's endless. 
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time there. 
God is eternal. 

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And by the way, God made you to 
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You are eternal. 
You're you're not just going to 

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die one day and then you're. 
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You will live, you will. 
You will exist for all eternity.

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And only one of these two 
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And I want to remind you this 
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That that there is a there's a 
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Some people will be comforted. 
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life and some will be tormented 
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That's a that's a sobering 
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It's the reason why we have 
missions. 

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It's the reason why we have a 
all in visitation. 

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It's the reason why we leave 
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It's the reason why we tell 
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It's the reason why we do 
something so uncomfortable as it

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seems to talk to people about 
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Why? 
Because there's an eternity 

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awaiting them. 
They're going to go to hell if 

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they don't trust Jesus Christ 
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There's no Plan B. 
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So, so let's let's look at this 
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Christ. 
Taught about eternity. 

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I find it interesting that he 
spoke very little about heaven 

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and spoke very much about hell. 
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Two men. 
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experiences. 
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Back up a little bit in the 
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Because he is talking about. 
Money. 

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He's talking about wealth. 
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he, he seems to talk about 
wealth in the first section of 

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this chapter to his disciples in
a mostly positive way, how you 

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can use wealth or you can use 
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Kingdom of God. 
But notice that it says in verse

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13, he makes his very, very 
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No servant can serve 2 masters. 
He he's talking about slaves and

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that that a slave can't have two
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He only has one and and it's. 
Impossible to serve 2 masters. 

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For either he will hate the one 
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will hold to the one and despise
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You cannot serve God and mammon.
That word Mammon is just an old 

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English word for money or 
material. 

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Things he's saying you. 
Cannot be a servant to God and. 

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Money. 
Your money's supposed to be a 

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servant to you. 
You're not supposed to be 

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serving your money. 
He's telling that to his 

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disciples, but apparently there 
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Crowd there that overheard the 
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You ever heard of the Pharisees?
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Elite in their day and they 
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they were opulent, they were 
businessmen, they were religious

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leaders. 
They were the types of people in

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that society that like the rich 
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Pharisee in his opulent 
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And, and we, we learn about the 
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taught, that that much of 
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They looked for the applause of 
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They looked for the recognition 
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That's why they displayed their 
wealth and they, and they 

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created this fence around the 
scriptures of their own rules 

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and their own laws so that they 
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religious authority over God. 
And it was no longer about the 

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word of God. 
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the elders and the, the scribes 
and the Pharisees and the 

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religious elite in their day. 
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teaching, notice it says in 
verse 14, and the Pharisees also

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who were covetous. 
You know what it means to be 

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covetous, right? 
It means that you have, you have

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a craving or a desire for more 
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They they were materialistic, we
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They were covetous, they heard 
all these things and they 

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derided him, they mocked him, ha
ha ha. 

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Ha, you hear what he's saying? 
Who would listen to Jesus? 

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Jesus says this to them. 
He said unto them, Ye are they 

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which? 
Justify yourselves before. 

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Men that they would, they would.
Actually tell you how righteous 

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they were. 
They were, they were so proud. 

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They were so proud, so prideful 
that they would actually present

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to the world. 
Look at us. 

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We are the gold standard. 
If you want to be religious, if 

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you want to be righteous, if you
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be like us. 
They justified themselves. 

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But God knoweth your hearts, for
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among men is an abomination. 
In the sight of God, OK. 

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Verse 16 is key for our text. 
The law and the prophets were 

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until John. 
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God has preached and every man 
presseth. 

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Into it, and it is easier for 
heaven and earth to pass than 

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one title of the law to. 
Fail. 

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It's the. 
Smallest stroke in Hebrew. 

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He's saying all of it's going to
be fulfilled, none of it's going

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to be left out. 
God will fulfill all of His. 

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Word. 
And he says, Whosoever putteth 

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away his wife and marieth 
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Whosoever marieth her that is 
put away from her husband 

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committeth adultery so. 
He's going to go on through a 

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series of lectures. 
Addressing the Pharisees here, 

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but the very. 
First thing he he tells is this 

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story that I would say is not a 
parable, but a true story about 

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two men who really lived. 
And there are those in our day, 

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the liberal scholars and 
theologians who try to say, oh, 

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this is just a parable. 
This is not a literal teaching 

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because they want to diminish 
the doctrine of hell from the 

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Bible. 
And they say, well, it's not 

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literal flames. 
It's just a place of separation 

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and it's not a place of eternal 
torment. 

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It is a place of eternal torment
and literal flames. 

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That's what Jesus said here and 
he did. 

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He noticed he doesn't. 
Call it a parable, for one 

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thing. 
You see that I need you to look 

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at your Bibles. 
To see double checked me there. 

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But he doesn't call it a parable
and notice that he uses proper 

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names. 
Lazarus was a real person and 

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Abraham was a real person that 
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Jesus is not telling a parable 
here. 

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He's telling a literal happening
to real people who literally 

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existed and literally died and 
literally went to hell and went 

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to and eternity in heaven. 
Now I'll get I'll get into that 

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a little bit more because 
Lazarus didn't technically go to

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heaven. 
He went to Abraham's bosom. 

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We'll deal with that just a 
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But I want to make this very 
clear up front. 

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This is not just the story, this
is a literal account. 

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Notice that he talks about a 
certain rich man. 

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This rich man is meant to embody
the materialistic lifestyle of 

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the Pharisees, and Jesus teaches
this to them. 

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Through this true story, we'll 
see that the the contrast 

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between these new men, two men, 
is a warning. 

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It's a warning to those who live
for the pleasures of this life, 

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to those who live materialistic 
lives. 

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To those who put all their value
in right here and right now. 

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Because one day right here, 
right now is not going to be 

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what it is today. 
This world's going to change. 

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Everything in this world that we
live in now is transitory. 

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It's just. 
Temporary, but there is a one 

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final eternity that's coming and
you need to prepare. 

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Yourself for it, friend. 
Verse 19 He says there was a 

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certain rich man. 
Which was? 

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Clothed in purple and fine linen
and fared sumptuously every day,

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he he lived a lavish and 
luxurious lifestyle. 

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We see that he lived a 
completely different lifestyle 

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than Lazarus. 
Did they live? 

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2 completely different lives on 
earth. 

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Notice that he was clothed. 
In purple and fine linen. 

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Purple was the color of royalty.
It was the color of that was 

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very rare in. 
Society, it was made. 

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From these clam shells that they
got in the Phoenician seafaring 

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trade. 
And so to get one of those 

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purple dyed garments was not 
only. 

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Extraordinarily expensive and 
extravagant. 

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It was a display. 
It was a statement. 

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That you would make in society. 
We see the trade. 

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Wars going on with. 
The the US right now and the 

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rest of the world. 
And some wouldn't call it a 

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trade war. 
Whatever you want to. 

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Call it tariffs and. 
Trade well in their day that to 

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to get purple, you had to get it
through trade. 

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It was very expensive and he 
wore that. 

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He wore that not not just 
because it was available and it 

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was what he bought in the store.
He wear it to make a statement 

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and he had that fine linen. 
Which probably came from India 

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and. 
Egypt, again, it was, it was 

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very expensive and it was a rare
combination that showed that he 

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was wealthy, he had money and he
wanted. 

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Everyone to know says he fared 
sumptuously everyday that that 

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ideas. 
That he he was continuously 

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feasting in luxury. 
I mean, it was, it was non-stop 

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he fared that that idea that he 
fared was that it was a 

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continual feast of. 
Banquets and extravagance means.

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Splendid luxurious lifestyle. 
The rich man was was faring 

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sumptuously every day. 
But then look at the next 

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individual. 
There's certain beggar named 

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Lazarus which was laid at his 
gate. 

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Can I remind you that that the 
rich man had a gate? 

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That was not something that that
was common in their day. 

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He had a gate. 
And Lazarus was laid there at 

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his gate and and Lazarus, the 
fact that he was laid there at 

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his gate, the idea is probably 
that he was crippled or that he 

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had some type of bottle bodily 
physical problem that he 

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couldn't walk or he couldn't 
help himself or move himself 

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along. 
So the idea was that he was 

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thrown there and that he was. 
Put there by someone else. 

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And so he's, he's a, he's 
handicapped, we might say. 

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And and on top of that, he has 
this problem with his. 

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With his body, he's full of 
sores and it says he was 

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desiring to be fed. 
With the. 

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Crumbs. 
The crumbs. 

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Imagine. 
Asking for crumbs. 

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How hungry are you that you just
want crumbs? 

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So just give me the crumbs. 
That fell from the rich man's 

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table. 
The idea that he was desiring to

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be fed does somewhat imply that 
he never got. 

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Anything. 
And so here we we see these two 

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different men. 
Lazarus here's at the gate, he's

455
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,360
full of sores and he's begging 
for for food. 

456
00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:02,920
He's begging for just a little 
bit of sustenance. 

457
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,760
And then you have the rich man 
who is clothed in the most fine 

458
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,280
linen and the purple, and he's 
fairing sumptuously every day 

459
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,160
and he's just gorging himself 
constantly. 

460
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,000
And he's totally indifferent to 
the needs of. 

461
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,240
Lazarus, These dogs came and 
licked his sores. 

462
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,080
I'm not. 
I'm not sure if that's meant to.

463
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,600
Show that he was being comforted
by the dogs licking the sores. 

464
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,160
That actually made it worse. 
But I think what we can see is 

465
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,520
that the dogs treated Lazarus 
better than the rich. 

466
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:41,000
Man, but one day an event 
happened which dramatically 

467
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,320
changed their experience. 
It's an event that will happen 

468
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,200
to you one day. 
They both died. 

469
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,000
This, this experience of death, 
is what John Donne calls. 

470
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:57,560
The great leveller, the great. 
Leveller It's the inevitable 

471
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:02,400
appointment of death. 
Death brought to both of them a 

472
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:08,400
great reversal of circumstances.
So it came to pass in verse 22 

473
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,040
that the beggar died. 
Notice it doesn't. 

474
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:15,080
Say he was buried. 
You see that he wasn't buried. 

475
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,920
Now I want to remind you, these 
were Jews and that burial was a 

476
00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:22,040
symbol or a token of what would 
come in the future, that there 

477
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,280
would be a resurrection. 
That's why why, why Christians 

478
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,960
and Jews buried, because there 
was an understanding that by 

479
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,400
planting this, this dead body 
into the ground, that one day 

480
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,720
new life would come. 
And Lazarus didn't even get that

481
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,360
burial. 
And probably to the Pharisees, I

482
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,960
can imagine they would think, 
well, if you don't get buried, 

483
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,480
you don't get resurrected. 
And so they didn't they. 

484
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,520
He didn't even get a burial. 
But notice what it says. 

485
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,480
He was carried by the angels 
into Abraham's bosom. 

486
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,240
Now I want to talk about this a 
little. 

487
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,720
Bit, and I don't want to get too
bogged down in this, but 

488
00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:01,360
Abraham's bosom is not heaven. 
It was it was part of what the 

489
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,640
Old Testament called hell or the
word Sheol in Hebrew, which was 

490
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,960
2 compartments of the unsaved 
dead that were in the the 

491
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,880
torment. 
The place of hell where there 

492
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,600
was suffering and where there 
was torment, but also those that

493
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:19,120
were believers in the Messiah 
would be in the, in the part 

494
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,600
called Abraham's bosom or 
paradise. 

495
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,160
So you see these two having this
discussion back and forth one 

496
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:26,680
another, right? 
And there's, he says that 

497
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,200
there's this great gulf fix. 
So somehow they can't get to 

498
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,840
them. 
They, they can't go to the other

499
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,160
place. 
Those that are in Abraham's 

500
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,280
bosom can't go to hell and those
that are in hell can't go to 

501
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,480
Abraham's bosom. 
But we understand this, that 

502
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:43,120
while they're in that place of 
comfort, they are experiencing 

503
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:49,600
bliss, comfort. 
Those over here are being 

504
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,560
tormented, they're burning, 
they're, they're crying out for 

505
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,520
mercy and there's, there's no 
mercy. 

506
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,240
And so Lazarus went to Abraham's
bosom. 

507
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,600
Now we know this and I'm, I'm 
going to say this up front so we

508
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,160
can move on with the message 
that when Jesus died, was buried

509
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,600
and resurrected and went to 
heaven, that all the Old 

510
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,920
Testament Saints that were in 
that place were then able to go 

511
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,280
to heaven because Jesus put the 
blood on the mercy seat. 

512
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,360
And because he died, was buried 
and rose again from the dead. 

513
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:18,360
Now we can, we can be in the 
presence of God, we can, we can 

514
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,440
actually be in the presence of 
God because of what Jesus did. 

515
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,520
But at this time Jesus hadn't 
done his work yet. 

516
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,960
And so those that died went to 
Abraham's bosom if they were 

517
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,640
saved, if they were believers. 
And those that were unbelievers 

518
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:35,000
who rejected God went to hell. 
And, and hell is a temporary 

519
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,560
place as well, because one day 
it says in the Book of 

520
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,480
Revelation that God will take 
all that are out of hell and 

521
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,040
they will stand at the great 
white throne of judgement. 

522
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,760
Why don't you turn there with 
me? 

523
00:30:50,440 --> 00:31:07,840
Revelation, Revelation chapter 
20, verse 11, Revelation chapter

524
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:20,960
20 and verse 11. 
And I saw a great white throne 

525
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:27,520
and him that sat on it from. 
Whose face the earth and heaven 

526
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,400
fled away, and there was found 
no place for them. 

527
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:35,640
And I saw the dead, the dead, 
small and great. 

528
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,240
That rich man is going to be 
here. 

529
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:43,360
The dead, small and great stand 
before God, and the books were 

530
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:44,680
opened and another book was 
open. 

531
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,160
Which is the book? 
Of life and the dead were judged

532
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,360
out of those things which were 
written in the books according 

533
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,520
to their works. 
This is a judgment in which may 

534
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,840
will be judged according to his 
works, but the but the whole 

535
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,400
point of the judgment is not to 
determine where they're going to

536
00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,000
go. 
It's to determine their level of

537
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,760
punishment based on what they 
did. 

538
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,040
Not all sin is the same. 
And God records all the sins of 

539
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,760
mankind and he will have a 
righteous just judgment against 

540
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:09,760
all sin. 
And, and it says here that he's 

541
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,320
going to judge them according to
their works. 

542
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,320
And notices that the sea gave up
the dead which were in it and 

543
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:19,400
death in hell. 
Hell delivered up the dead which

544
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,720
were in them. 
They've been in hell for however

545
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,880
many years, hundreds of years, 
thousands of years, however long

546
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,120
they've been there. 
They would be conjured up and 

547
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,440
stand before God, and then they 
will be cast in the lake of fire

548
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,960
for all eternity. 
Death and Hell were cast in the 

549
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,080
Lake of Fire. 
This is the second death, and 

550
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:41,880
whosoever was not found written 
in the Book of Life was cast 

551
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:46,560
into the Lake of Fire. 
So those that are in Abraham's 

552
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,960
bosom, they were able to go to 
heaven. 

553
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,240
Now when a believer dies today, 
they're in Christ. 

554
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:52,720
They go straight to the presence
of the Lord. 

555
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,200
But those that are in hell are 
still there. 

556
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,800
They're they are crying out for 
mercy. 

557
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,560
They're crying out in torment. 
They are not getting any relief 

558
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,040
and they will never get any 
relief. 

559
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,760
And one day they're going to be 
called up out of hell and stand 

560
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,600
before God at the great white 
throne judgment. 

561
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,360
And God is going to read to them
all of their works and they will

562
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,560
be sentenced for eternity to the
lake of fire. 

563
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:21,100
This is a real thing. 
Wow, sobering. 

564
00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:30,360
So Lazarus is comforted, but I 
want you to see what happened to

565
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:35,120
the rich man. 
It came to pass. 

566
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,360
The beggar died and was carried 
by the angels in Abraham's 

567
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,000
bosom. 
The rich man also died. 

568
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,280
He was buried. 
See that he was buried. 

569
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:51,560
And in hell he lift up his eyes.
It's the word Hades. 

570
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:53,880
It's the it's like the 
underworld is what the word 

571
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,040
terms. 
He woke up in hell being in 

572
00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:01,080
torments. 
That's present tense torments. 

573
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,400
And you see, if Abraham afar 
off, and Lazarus, and his bosom,

574
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:06,200
he. 
Recognizes. 

575
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:10,360
Them again, this must be literal
and he cried and said, Father 

576
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:14,440
Abraham, have mercy on me and 
send Lazarus that he may dip the

577
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,600
tip of his finger in water and 
cool my tongue, for I am 

578
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,920
tormented in this flame. 
I just want to say this right up

579
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,199
front that this is not a revival
that he's having in hell. 

580
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,480
The rich man in his pride and in
his arrogance, even as he's 

581
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:32,199
there in hell, is crying out for
Lazarus to serve him like he's 

582
00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:35,920
just his servant still. 
He's he's not realized yet that 

583
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,400
you're no longer a rich man. 
You don't have power over people

584
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,480
anymore. 
Now you're a beggar and that's 

585
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,199
all you're going to do for all 
eternity is beg and beg. 

586
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,679
And Lazarus is not here to help 
you anymore. 

587
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,480
You're the beggar now. 
In his. 

588
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,920
Arrogance. 
And in his pride, he cries out 

589
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,120
to Abraham to be treated like 
he's a rich. 

590
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,360
Man. 
But he's not a rich man anymore.

591
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:04,560
He's a beggar. 
All he wants was the notice. 

592
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,600
All he wanted was a drop of 
water. 

593
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,560
Remember Lazarus? 
All he wanted was some crumbs. 

594
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:15,880
What he's getting is just we 
have to fight the temptation to 

595
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:17,640
think that. 
Hell is too cruel and that 

596
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,360
somehow the righteous God of the
universe has miscalculated. 

597
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,240
By punishing people in hell, he 
is not miscalculated. 

598
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,840
He's giving them exactly what 
they deserve. 

599
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,120
Abraham said, Son, remember that
thou in thy lifetime receiveth 

600
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,040
is thy good things, and likewise
Lazarus evil things. 

601
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,080
But now he is comforted, and 
thou art tormented. 

602
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:46,280
And beside all this between US. 
And you there's a great Gulf fix

603
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,640
so that they which wouldn't pass
from hence to you cannot neither

604
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,920
can they pass to us that would 
come from thence. 

605
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,240
Now we may be tempted to think 
at this point in the message 

606
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,280
that the reason that the rich 
man went to hell was because he 

607
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,760
was rich, and the reason that 
Lazarus went to heaven was 

608
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:11,040
because he begged. 
But that's not why I said at the

609
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,960
beginning of the message, 
there's no poverty, there's no 

610
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,200
merit in poverty. 
And there's no vice in wealth. 

611
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:19,040
We see in this next section 
exactly why. 

612
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,360
Exactly why? 
They ended up this way in 

613
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:29,600
eternity, he says to Abraham. 
Still dictating the way things 

614
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,640
should happen as. 
A a proud Sinner in hell, he 

615
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,080
said. 
I pray thee therefore, Father. 

616
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:38,120
That that would have send him to
my father's house, for I have 5 

617
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:41,560
brethren, that he may testify 
unto them, lest they also come 

618
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,640
into this place of torment. 
You know what he said? 

619
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:48,240
Could you have someone go to my 
family and tell them so they 

620
00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:52,640
won't come here? 
And this is what Abraham said. 

621
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:56,840
Abraham saith the name. 
They have Moses and the. 

622
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:02,120
Prophets let them hear them. 
God had already spoken. 

623
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,440
Did you, did you catch that God 
had already spoken through the 

624
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,640
Scriptures? 
He says they have the 

625
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,120
scriptures. 
Let them hear them. 

626
00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:15,000
He said, nay, father, you see, 
he's still wrestling with God's 

627
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,400
plan. 
He he does, he doesn't get it at

628
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:17,960
all. 
He says nay, father Abraham. 

629
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:21,160
But if one went from unto them 
from the dead, they will repent.

630
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,800
Can I remind you that Jesus rose
again from the dead and not 

631
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,520
everyone repented. 
Jesus rose Lazarus from the dead

632
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,240
different Lazarus from this 
text, Lazarus from the dead. 

633
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,080
And what did they do? 
They didn't repent and and say 

634
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,760
God have mercy on our souls. 
They said we got to kill Lazarus

635
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:38,640
because if we don't kill 
Lazarus, people are going to 

636
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,920
start believing in Jesus and 
then we'll lose our power. 

637
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,600
He. 
Says no, you're not going to, 

638
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,400
You're not going to change the 
way God's designed it if they 

639
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:47,480
don't. 
Listen to Moses and the 

640
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,080
prophets. 
They're not going to listen if 

641
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:50,640
someone rises. 
Again, from the dead. 

642
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:53,160
They hear, not Moses and the 
prophets. 

643
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,240
Neither will be persuaded, 
though. 1 rose from the dead 

644
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:58,720
there's. 
Listen to me this morning, 

645
00:37:58,720 --> 00:37:59,880
folks. 
There's no amount of miracles 

646
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,760
God could do for you that will 
change. 

647
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,160
If you will not respond to the 
eternal revelation of God's 

648
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,600
Word, then you're not going to 
respond to anything else God 

649
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,200
does, because what He's given to
us is sufficient to understand 

650
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,760
the things of God and the things
of eternity and His plan for 

651
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,520
salvation. 
And, and, and this is the main 

652
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:19,120
truth that I want to get across 
to you this morning, is that 

653
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,480
Lazarus was comforted in 
Abraham's bosom and the rich man

654
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,360
was tormented hell. 
Because of their. 

655
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,880
Response to divine revelation 
because of how they. 

656
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:34,360
Responded to the truth of the 
Word of God and I I'm very 

657
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:35,720
concerned. 
This morning. 

658
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:37,680
That there are a lot of people 
that sit in. 

659
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,000
Church on a regular. 
Basis and think that they're 

660
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,560
good with God because they're 
hearing scripture preached. 

661
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,800
And taught, but they're not 
responding. 

662
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,320
That's a dangerous place to be, 
folks. 

663
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,920
When you get to a place where 
you can hear God speak and 

664
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,800
respond negatively, So what? 
Yeah, that's just what the 

665
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:03,000
preacher says. 
That's not just what the 

666
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,520
preacher says, it's what God 
says. 

667
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:13,480
You will spend eternity either 
tormented in hell or comforted 

668
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:17,160
in God's presence based on how 
you respond to the truth of 

669
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:21,480
God's Word. 
The gospel message is so clear, 

670
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,400
folks. 
It's so clear that a child can 

671
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:29,320
understand, but it's so humbling
that adults often reject it. 

672
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:35,520
Jesus died as a substitutionary 
sacrifice in the place of 

673
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,120
sinners. 
I mean, upon him was placed all 

674
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:42,000
the sins of the world. 
And and I'm not just talking 

675
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,920
about the elect, I'm talking 
about all because we're not 

676
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,280
Calvinists. 
We believe God died for all 

677
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:49,640
people. 
We believe he would have all men

678
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to be saved and that he made a 
way for all people to come into 

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the knowledge of the truth and 
understand the truth. 

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And this is what he's saying is 
that you have Moses. 

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00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:00,160
What is Moses? 
Moses would be the law and the 

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10 commandments to show you that
you have, you have not met God's

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moral standard. 
You are a Sinner. 

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You are guilty before God 
judicially and that God as the 

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judge must punish you because of
your sins. 

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00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:14,000
But here's the message of the 
prophets. 

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The message of the prophets is 
that no, there's good news 

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00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,960
because one day there's someone 
coming who's going to save all 

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mankind. 
He's going to die on the cross. 

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He's going to be buried, taking 
all our sins away to the grave. 

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Oh, but up from the grave, he's 
going to rise again. 

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And all who place their faith 
and trust in Him. 

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Will be saved. 
Have you done that this morning?

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I can't tell you if you're saved
or not. 

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00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:42,320
All I can tell you is that if 
you've. 

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Placed your faith. 
And trust in Jesus Christ and if

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you've repented of your sins. 
You're saved on the authority. 

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Of the Word of God, not the 
preacher. 

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00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:57,160
But if you've never done that, 
my friend, you are in danger of 

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eternal torment in hell and then
in the lake of fire. 

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00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,080
So if you're if you're not born 
again this morning, the 

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application to you is clear. 
You need to get saved. 

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00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,440
You need to place your faith in 
Jesus Christ. 

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00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,160
You need to turn from everything
else in this world that you're 

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trusting in, the materialism or 
other gods or whatever it is, 

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and you need to place your faith
in Jesus Christ. 

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That's your only hope. 
But I I see a lot of great 

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00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,040
application here for Bible 
believing Christians who come to

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church every week. 
Don't you? 

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Because we can. 
We can be so materialistic. 

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00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,360
We can be like the rich man in a
sense to where we live, like 

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there is no eternity coming. 
God preached this to me first 

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before He had me preach it to 
you. 

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Because we can live and go about
our lives like good Americans 

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and go to the grocery store and 
go to the restaurants and do 

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what we want to do with our 
lives and not be a witness to 

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people and not give ourselves to
telling people about this very 

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00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:57,160
important message. 
Because we don't want to be 

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accused of being radical or we 
don't want to be accused of 

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being a fire and brimstone 
preachers. 

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You don't need to be a fire and 
brimstone preacher. 

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You just give them a track, just
be a witness. 

723
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Tell people about what Jesus did
for you. 

724
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Tell people about about the hope
that he has for their souls. 

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00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:17,560
But but please listen to this. 
Your family that's not saved are

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going to go to hell if they're 
not saved. 

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Your Co workers, those people 
that you, that you live next to 

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00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:27,600
your neighbors, every person is 
going to face eternity. 

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What are you going to do as a 
Christian? 

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Are you going to live in light 
of these two eternal realities? 

731
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Or are you going to buy into 
some? 

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Of the ideas that are out there.
Well, it's all kind of the same 

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Muslims. 
Are sincere, probably more 

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sincere than most of us this 
morning, but they're going to 

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00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,840
hell because they're placing 
their faith and trust. 

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Outside of Jesus Christ, 
Catholics are sincere. 

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They are. 
I was one. 

738
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God saved me at 18 years old as 
an altar boy out of Catholicism 

739
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through the power of the gospel 
message. 

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00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,520
But they're lost. 
They need a savior. 

741
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And those who just they, they 
don't have any. 

742
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Concern. 
They're indifferent. 

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00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,760
One day they're going to face 
eternity folks. 

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00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:39,520
So I want to I want to leave the
message with you at this point 

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00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:45,680
that you would consider. 
How am I living in light of 

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these two? 
Eternal realities and is. 

747
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,720
There is there a need for me to 
perhaps get more serious? 

748
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:56,120
About my Christian faith. 
Or, and I, and I can just say 

749
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:59,640
this as I, as I minister Grace 
Bible Baptist Church in 

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00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,720
Connecticut and I've, I've heard
people talk and, and you know, 

751
00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:07,640
we, we go out on visitation and 
I've, I've seen this and, and 

752
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:09,200
I'm not accusing anyone in 
particular. 

753
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:13,120
I myself can be subject to this,
but this idea, oh, we have to go

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00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:17,760
out and knock on people's doors.
That's so inconvenient to my 

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00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:22,600
schedule. 
Not in light of eternity. 

756
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:29,320
Not in light. 
Of an eternal hell to give a 

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00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,800
person a track to knock on their
door, to talk to them for a few 

758
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:33,880
minutes. 
It's really not a lot to ask, is

759
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:35,920
it? 
And I want to remind you, it's 

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00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:37,280
not your pastor asking you to do
it. 

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00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,080
It's God asking. 
You to do it because the Great 

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00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:40,880
Commission is not an option to 
be considered. 

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00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,200
It's a. 
Command to be obeyed. 

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00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:49,400
So I'm going. 
To ask that you stand with me 

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00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:51,760
and as we prepare for 
invitation. 

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00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,360
Would would you? 
Would you seriously consider 

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00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,560
this message? 
Not because I'm. 

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00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:00,160
Preaching it. 
Because it's God's word. 

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00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:04,360
Would you? 
Seriously consider your part in 

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00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:08,000
reaching souls for eternity. 
Would you seriously consider if 

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00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,040
you yourself? 
Have made this decision to trust

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00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,360
Christ as Savior and if not, I 
want to encourage you today. 

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00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:14,720
You can. 
You can get right with God 

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00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:17,720
today. 
Thank you for listening to this 

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00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:20,280
sermon from the pulpit of 
Liberty Baptist Church. 

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00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:23,880
If this message was a blessing 
to you, or if there's any way we

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00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,000
can serve you, please let us 
know by contacting us at 

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00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:31,880
info@mylibertybaptist.org. 
Or you can visit us this Sunday 

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00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:35,800
at 800 Washington St. in Easton,
MA. 

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00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,840
May the Lord bless you as you 
grow in His Word.