2. 2 men lived 2 men died TormentComfort

3. Hell Hades Hades Hades = place of departed spirits Hell Hell = place of eternal punishment

4. 1 Matt. 25:46 Matt. 25:46 ~ everlasting punishment 2 Thes.1:9 ~ everlasting destruction Without end Never to cease

5. Everlasting Life In Heaven

6. Excuses of skeptics 1. It isn’t right to punish so long 2. Hell is too ugly and bad 3. Hell is eternal but not man

7. 2 2 Pet.2:4 “chains of darkness” Jude 13 “blackness of darkness” Matt.25:30 “outer darkness”

8. God is Light Where God is not, is where HELL will be

9. 3 Matt.13:43 “furnace of fire” Matt.25:41 “everlasting fire” Mark 9:44-45 “fire is not quenched” Rev. 20:10 “fire and brimstone” Rev. 20:15 “lake of fire” Matt. 3:12 “baptism of fire”

11. “I am the door” “I am the vine” The nearest thing to Hell Is fire

12. Painfulness of a Burn

13. 4  Painful - Mt. 25:30  No Rest - Rev. 14:11  No Relief - Luke 16:24

14. 5  If it only lasted 1,000 years  If it only lasted a billion years

15. Movie From 14 th Century Poem

16. 6 Rich man and Lazarus  Remember  Recognize  Realize There is life After death

17. 7 Some will be in HEAVEN Others will be in HELL United in Christ Divided in Hell

18. Hell Eternal Darkness Fire Torment No Hope Consciousness Divided Families

19.  Obey the Gospel (2 Thess. 1:7-10)  “ Hear the word ” (Rom. 10:17)  “ Believe the truth ” (Mk. 16:15, 16)  “ Repent ” (Acts 2:38)  “ Confess Jesus ” (Acts 8:37; Rom. 10:8, 9)  “ Baptism into Christ ” (Acts 2:41) 19

20. “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 Obey the Gospel

22. “Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;” 2 Cor. 5:11a

23. Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249evanscoc@bellsouth.netwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Morning August 17, 2008