Sunday February 25th, 2024
« If your foot causes you to ·sin [lose faith; stumble], cut it off. It is better for you ·to lose part of your body and to live forever [to enter life crippled] than to have two feet and be thrown into into hell fire that shall never be quenched »
19 Jesus said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury.
20 At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores.
21 As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores.
22 “Finally, the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the heavenly banquet. The rich man also died and was buried,
23 and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.
24 “The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.’
We discussed the wonders of heaven yesterday, concluding that it is better to experience them and avoid the horrors of hell by all means.
Today, we shall look at some reasons we must avoid spending our eternity in hell. The horrors of hell are indeed many, but we shall consider only a few of them today.
- The first horror of hell that comes to mind can be found in Revelation 20:10 and Revelation 21:8.
Hell is going to be a great gathering of all evil spirits and every abominable human being that ever lived on the face of the earth.
The devil himself will be in that eternally miserable assembly.
Just imagine being in the company of demons, witches and wizards, and at the same time having all unrepentant wicked persons, warlords, cannibals, terrorists and notorious killers who ever lived, gathered together in a single location.
Imagine the oppression, harassment, horror, and trembling that would characterize life in such a place.
Everyone there will be in agonizing pain; anger and misery will fill the entire place.
There will be unspeakable weeping and expressions of pain and agony.
The Bible puts it this way in Matthew 13:50 ABV
« and throw the wicked into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger]. »
- This takes us to the second horror of hell: the fire is unquenchable, the heat is terrible, the agony and pain are unbearable.
Furthermore, this agonizing torment lasts forever.
The terrible heat in hell makes a drop of water far more precious than billions of any currency in this world.
The Bible, in Luke 16:23-24 tells us that the rich man in hell
« and in Hades, where he was in great pain, he looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side. So he called out, ‘Father Abraham! Take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue, because I am in great pain in this fire!’ »
The unquenchable fire of hell brought about horrifying agony and thirst in the rich man, so much so that he longed for just a drop of water to cool himself, to no avail.
Beloved, the only way to escape the horrors of hell is to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior,
surrender all to Him and live a righteous life through the help of the Holy Spirit.
Prayer focus – Father, by Your grace, I refuse to be a candidate of hell, in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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