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2008
Resolved Conference (
Session 10)
I am a man under authority. I come to Resolved with assignments that have been given to me by my beloved friend,
Rick, and to talk about hell is the responsibility that has been given to me.
And I have wanted only to turn our attention to the teaching of our
Lord Jesus, who said more about hell than He did about heaven, and certainly more about hell than anybody else in
Scripture, or everybody else combined in Scripture.
And so, as we continue to think about what the
Bible says about hell,
I want you to open the Scripture to
Luke chapter 16, Luke chapter 16. And in this chapter, our
Lord tells a very familiar story that focuses on hell. It begins in verse 19 of Luke 16.
"Now there was a certain rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, gaily living in splendor every day. And a certain poor man named
Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. Now it came about that the poor man died and he was carried away by the angels to
Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. And in
Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw
Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, '
Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.' But Abraham said, '
Child, remember that during your life, you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, in order that those who wish to come over from here to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house--for I have five brothers--that he may warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have
Moses and the
Prophets; let them hear them.' But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead
.'"...
Taken from the 2008 Resolved Conference; ©2008 by
John MacArthur.
Used by permission of Resolved. For more information, visit www.resolved.org.
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