We're going to examine the place the Bible calls hell. We'll present documented evidence for a place called hell. Don't take what you're going to read lightly. "If what you read is true — YOU COULD BE IN SERIOUS DANGER!"

     Several years ago a book was published, entitled "Beyond Death's Door" by Dr. Maurice Rawlings. Dr. Rawlings, a specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, resuscitated many people who had been clinically dead. Dr. Rawlings, a devout atheist, "considered all religion "hocus-pocus" and death nothing more than a painless extinction". But something happened in 1977 that brought a dramatic change in the life of Dr. Rawlings! He was resuscitating a man, terrified and screaming — "descending down into the flames of hell: "

     "Each time he regained heartbeat and respiration, the patient screamed, "I am in hell!"   He was terrified and pleaded with me to help him.   I was scared to death. . .   Then I noticed a genuinely alarmed look on his face.   He had a terrified look worse than the expression seen in death!   This patient had a grotesque grimace expressing sheer horror!   His pupils were dilated, and he was perspiring and trembling — he looked as if his hair was "on end."
     Then still another strange thing happened.   He said,"Don't you understand?   I am in hell . . . Don't let me go back to hell!" . . . the man was serious, and it finally occurred to me that he was indeed in trouble.   He was in a panic like I had never seen before."
(Maurice Rawlings, "Beyond Death's Door", (Thomas Nelson Inc., 1979) p. 3).

     The Bible continually warns of a place called hell.   There are over 162 references in the New Testament alone which warns of hell. "And over 70 of these references were uttered by the Lord Jesus Christ!"

In Luke 16, Jesus Christ gives a frightening picture of hell:

" . . . the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. (Luke 16:22-28)

In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says:   "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says:   "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . "

Revelation 20:15 says,   " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE."

     In Mark 9:46, Jesus Christ says about hell:   "Where THEIR WORM dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."

     Jesus said explicitly — THEIR worm — not a worm, or the worm — but THEIR worm   The Bible teaches that Christians will one day have a body like the Lord Jesus Christ.   Could it be, as some Bible students teach — that men and women in hell take on the form of their father, Satan (John 8:44)?   In Revelation 12:3, Satan is described as a red dragon.   Could Jesus Christ be referring to the body lost men and women will have for eternity?

     Revelation 14:10 says,   " . . . and he shall be tormented with fire and BRIMSTONE . . ." And Job 18 describes the   " . . . PLACE of him that knoweth not God" (vs 21), in verse 15 as,   " . . . BRIMSTONE shall be scattered upon his habitation."

Jesus says of the man in Luke 16:

23   "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in TORMENTS. . . "
24   ". . . for I am TORMENTED in this FLAME."
28   ". . .PLACE OF TORMENT."

     In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says:   "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

     The horror of hell — for even one second is unbearable — but FOREVER?

     Jesus says in Matthew 25:41: ". . . Depart from me, ye cursed, into EVERLASTING fire, . . ."

     Rev. 14:11: "The smoke of their TORMENT ascendeth up for EVER AND EVER: and they have NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT."

     What could possibly be worth eternity in hell?   No wonder Jesus Christ warned so much about hell!   No wonder Jesus said in Mark 8:36,    "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?"

43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

     If hell is not real — Jesus Christ was the most deceived man that ever lived!

     I’ll challenge anyone to read the words of Jesus Christ and tell me they are the words of a deceived man!

Jesus Christ knew exactly what He was talking about!

     As you leave your body — you realize something is happening. You hear a sound. . . getting louder and louder. . . screaming . . .weeping. . . wailing. Terror and fear beyond anything you could imagine overtakes you. "This can’t be happening!" you scream. Your nostrils are filling with the awful stench of burning souls. Your face ignites from the heat. Flames are now blazing from your eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth — every opening in your body, flames are roaring out. Your body is sizzling and crackling from the flames.

     Your body is now madly thrashing and convulsing from the horrible pain. "Why don’t I die?", you scream. You begin weeping and gnashing your teeth with the millions. "When will this pain stop?" But you know it will never stop. . .

     The darkness is so terrifying, it begins engulfing you. You feel something moving in the darkness. . . something horrible is happening. "No! No! This can’t be happening" you scream — as your worm is emerging.

     You begin cursing the day you were born. You scream — "Oh God, why didn’t you warn me?"— but you remember the preacher pleading with you to receive Jesus Christ. You remember reading that gospel tract. You cry — "God don’t you care?" — but you remember John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,. . ." God is a God of love — He won't allow this", you cry — but you remember John 3:36, ". . . he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."

     Because God is holy — sin MUST be condemned. Joshua 24:19 says, ". . he is an HOLY GOD;. . . he will NOT forgive your transgressions nor your sins."

     Because God is a GOD OF LOVE, and He LOVED YOU so much, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth to die a cruel death on a cross to pay the price a HOLY GOD demands for your sins.

     Romans 5:8 says, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

     God does not send someone to hell. You choose hell when you reject Jesus Christ. When you refuse God's love gift of eternal life in Jesus Christ. . .

     Dr. Rawlings has watched as thousands of people depart into eternity. Most people think they'll somehow "sneak" into heaven, but Dr. Rawlings claims most people descend into the flames of hell!

Jesus Christ gave a solemn warning in Matthew 7:21-23

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. . . MANY will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

     If it was for a few days, a few months, a few years or even a million years, but to be tormented — FOREVER! You will despair of ever having any deliverance! You will beg for death itself to come and take you away! You will curse the day you were born! Revelation 14:11 says, "The smoke of their TORMENT ascendeth up for EVER AND EVER: and they have NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT."

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"Mark 8:36:

     God has something far better than words can describe for those who love Him. I Corinthians 2:9 says:

". . . 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."I Corinthians 2:9

     My friend, there is a place called hell! And, if you continually refuse God's gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ — just as sure as you live and breathe — ONE DAY YOU WILL WAKE UP IN HELL!

     Don't wait until you die to find out the truth about Hell!   Tomorrow may be too late!   Proverbs 27:1 says, "Boast not thyself of tomorrow: for thou KNOWEST NOT what a day may bring forth."

     Three people die every second, 180 every minute, since you started reading this — 2000 more people have gone into eternity!   An automobile accident. . . A heart attack. . , A stroke. . .One thing is CERTAIN — you will DIE — today. . . tomorrow . . . a week. . . a month . . . a year. .. 5 years. . . 10 years. . . 20 years. . . 50 years — ONE THING IS CERTAIN — " . . .it is appointed unto man once TO DIE . . ."

     Has there ever come a time and a place in your life, when you received Jesus Christ as your personal Savior?

"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this THE JUDGMENT." Hebrews 9:27

"And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." Revelation 20:15

     If you've never received Jesus Christ as your Savior, bow your head this minute and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to save you. Don't put it off another second!

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