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Thus Saith God's Word by Rev. Ted Brooks, Pastor, West Sadaletree Baptist Church Hell Is No Joke I want to ask you the question again. Young boy, young girl, and to you moms and dads. "Have you earnestly, seriously, soberly sought to determine the true value of your soul?" Have you ever considered its real worth in the light of eternal existence either in a glorious heave n or a tei rible hell'1 According to God's word, not your experience? Hell, my friend, is no joke. People will say, "Oh man. can't you take a joke." You see, a joke can provoke laughter. Folk w ill sit up late and watch television to hear jokes. They love to laugh. There are folks who make a living telling jokes. On television and even in our churches, the word hell has been watered down until it has become a joke. "No one ever goes to hell. God loves everybody!" Oh. my friend. God does love peoW^ bit it is true that He can and does hate people. "I love you, saith the Lord/ yet we say, "wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau. Jacob's brother? saith the Lord. Yet I loved Jacob and I hated Esau." (Romans 9:13) There are those of vou who have made vows to God. saving when you become successful, then you will consider God. Right now. to you it is who has the most marbles at the end who w ins. So for you, have you been able to forget hell and put it behind you? And so far you have done well at it. You can't seem to recall the last sermon you heard or read. It is because you have given little attention to the real value of your soul. So far you have been able to disregard and push it aside. You have been watching television and it's actor and hell is not such a bad place because actors go in and out of hell all the time. O. my friend, if there were no knowledge of hell what liberty this would give to indulge in every form of sin and worldly pleasure and allow ed to live the life of one's choice without fear. Mister, there is a hell and forgetting it does not eliminate it. Hell was made for the devil and for those who neglect and lose sight of the true value of their soul. Jesus said, if you do forget and were to convince yourself that hell does not exist, in the end it will be you who shall be turned into hell. (Psalm 9:17 Matthew 25:41) Do you really want to know what is wrong w ith America, especially here in Robeson County? America has neglected the law of God. She has perverted from doing right. America is like the prisoner who walks on the street said, "I have done my time." Pulling time does not make it right with God. It is the soul that God has an interest in. The soul of man is wanting to be set free while the flesh is crying forget hell, have a blast while it lasts. Most of the young folks in the church today know little about hell. They come in the back door, pizza blasts, musical entertainment. When Peter sent the calling to those who were scattered throughout Pontus Galatia, Cop-pa-do-cia and Bi-thyn-ia, he (Peter) said "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold." (I Peter 1:1 IN ... Peter was saying, tell all those that you come in contact with that you did not come in through the back door of the church. Tell them that it was with the precious blood of Christ, as lamb without blemish, and without spot, tell them it was sent down from heaven, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which the angel, stood and gazed upon, and desired to look into. (I Peter 1:12-18) Thank God for the true church which is a road block to time and eternity. Oh. my friend, your life, my life, should be bound up in our children and grandchildren. 1 read of how a fowl in the barnyard, clumsy-footed and heavy winged, flies fiercely at you if you come near her little group of chicks. And God intended every father, mother to be protection and the help of the child. Jesus came to every dwellingand saystothe father and mother, you have been looking after this child's body, soul and mind: the time has come when you ought to be looking after its immortal soul. A story told of a vessel that foundered. The boat was launched, "Many of the passengers were struggling in the water- A mother with one hand beat the waves, and with the other hand lifted up her little child toward the life boat, crying 'Save my child."' Preacher, that is still the cry of many impassioned mothers, "Save the children." Oh, my friend, when Mom and Dad have never counted the cost, if their souls were to be lost, and lived with a Slight hope, all of us, that our children may escape our faults. When we hide our imperfections and think they will steer clear of them. My friend there is a poor chance of that taking place. Did you know that if you are a ? A A ? dishonest person, >our children will more likely follow the vices of your I sin than to choose one's virtues'1 One of the saddest things to be seen is a child early in life and know the sin which they see is a parent's own fault, copied of the child. I will say again, have you counted the cost Wait now' Don't push it aside. Have you counted the cost, ify our soul were to be lost'1 Having the most marbles won't do In other words, how long will y ou go on placing no v alue on the things ol God? Your flesh has cons meed you that the promises of God are vague, valueless, powerless, to you. you have declared God is simply not known. All you can see is the present, to see things you can feel and touch, those carry the weight What you see is what you value, because you are governed by sight and not of faith. To you the present is all that matters. It is everything you have declared the future to be mere un influential With you. my friend. God is calling a meeting You need to he told in the end. hav ing the most marbles will not w in Solomon turned and saw the oppression of the tears that had no comforter and he saw at that time "power was on the side of their oppressors but he noticed all go unto one place, all are of the dust and all turn to dust attain. " (l.cclesiastes 4:1(3:3 (20)). God is calling a meeting. You need to settle it now. You w ill reap what you sow. Again, have you counted the cost, if your soul were to be lost0 I pt mp tpll vni.t ^ tbi?tg> about ho!!. Hell is no resort. It is not a place to go and settle your nerves. It is no place to go fishing or to ski. And it certainly is no place to carry y our family. If you want to know how long it takes to get there. I can assure you that airplane pilots on strike will not atlect the travel. Job said they spend their days in wealth and in a moment go down to the grave. (Job 21:13) How is that for breaking the sound barrier? Young boy. y oung girl, do you want to know the people in hell.? Isaiah said "Hell beneath enlarges itself and opened her mouth and mean man shall be brought down." (Isaiah 5:14-15) The mighty man shall be humble and the eyes shall be humble. Somebody said, where is hell; but those that seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower part of the earth. (Psalm 63:9) Go enter. God's word tells us men are cast down to hell with them to descend into the pit. (Ezekiel 31:6) Something else you need to know about hell: "It is a place of sorrow." (Luke 16:24.) " A place where the rich man cried. Let me ask you again, have you counted the cost, if your soul was to be lost? The rich man lifted his eyes and cried for mercy. Why did he cry? He was in torment, begging for water. He was in grief, weeping, wailing "Just for a drop of water." Have you counted the cost? Here are some things which will not be in hell. No flowers on the banks of hell. No beauty of nature. No birds singing. No comfort of children playing and laughing. No friendship or joy. No Mom. No Dad, brotheror sister. No family reunion over at Mom's. No love or peace. No ray of light. No water. No mercy. No pity. No Christian. Nothing but Christ rejecters, murderers, blasphemers, swearers, haters of God. drinkers and liars. These, my friend, will be your neighbors. Have you counted the cost? In hell there will be no dope dealers or... peddling In hell there will be no habits to break There will be no dirts magazines and there ssill be no child molesting in hell In hell all games svill be over. Have sou counted the cost, if sou soul ssas to be lost? If I were to tell sou hoss mans men. ssomen. boss and girls I hase preached this sermon to and I ssere to tell sou hoss mans of them said, "Preacher. I want to lise a little before 1 get sased." you ssould be surprised. Just this past sseek I pleaded in the hallway of the hospital for a man's life. Me replied. "I'll svait." Because I call. "I have caned and se refuse. I stretched out my hand and no man regarded, se set at naught all ins counsel and svould none of ms reproof. I ssill laugh at sour calamity^ l_ ssill mock when sour fear cometh. Then shall they call upon me. but'I will not answer. Thev shall seek me earls, but they shall not Pnd me. " (Proserbs 1:21-28) The funerals I hase preached each said "I hase got a lot of living to do." I drove over 100 miles to witness to a person on his bed. dying. I pleaded for him to count the cost. When I read Romans 10:9-12 he said. "Mama use to read that same scripture when I was a bos." The sad thing, is he couldn't count the ways the world had ehtered through his eyes and ears and death had entered. I le had wandered out of the list that God had set in the calling, and there svas nothing left to tind but death. Have you counted the cost if your soul were to be lost0 :Let me warn you. there is a line that is drasvn by rejecting God. svhere the call of his spirit is lost and you hurry along ssith pleasure and w ith the crowd. Don't barter your hope of eternity for a moment of joy at the most for the glitter of sin and the things it ssill svin. While the door of mere; is open to you. ere the depth of his love sou exhaust, won't sou come and be saved? Won't sou sshisper 1 yield? Oh friend, it costs more to be lost than to be saved. There is danger while s ou wait. You can become irresponsible, not capable. Romans 1:24. God said I gave them up. They are going to do sshatever they want, so I gave them up. Let me ask sou this before 1 close: have s ou become non repentant, not sorry for your sins? Don't care what folks say. I do as I please? If so. you may be pushed to the edge. Jesus said a strong man on his w as to spoil your goods while you are at peace. (Luke 11:21) A fesv pages back I told you of the man ssho said his mother read scripture to him. Later svhen I visited him again, he said. "Preacher. I woke up this morning. I couldn't breathe. 1 svas in the svorst. excruciating pain in my body." Friend, you cannot mock God with a false profession. Formality, not conforming. He knosvs who loves him and svho pretends. "Behold you have sinned against God. Be sure your sin will find you out." Sinner man, like a blood hound on the trail of a fleeing murderer. the divine justice of God will soon overtake you. (Ezekiel 3:16) I ask you again. Have you counted the cost? One hundred years from now, if not all will be beneath the clay. Scvcnty-fivc years. Tsscnty-fivc years. Ten Years. Tivc scars. I year. Even days and months. Have you counted the cost? U 11 1 ' ? $ * * * * ? ? * ;? ^nt^nt^nt^ni^n>^n /Wk i^rk k^rk ?^rk iWk kWk kWk k^n / k^xk kffk nTff sg)LA*D! LAND! LAND! fH) 130 Lots In Different Locations z ^ z * N.C. 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