An eternal Hell.

Q: What does the Bible say about hell?

The Bible describes hell as a place of eternal torment for those who reject God and His salvation. The Bible teaches that hell is a reality, being the place prepared by God for the devil, his angels, and all who reject His Son, Jesus Christ. In Luke 16:23, we see the rich man in hell who is fully conscious and aware of his torment, indicating that hell is not just a metaphor but a true and terrifying state of separation from God. This eternal punishment is the just consequence of sin, reflecting God's holy wrath against unrighteousness. The permanence of this state of condemnation is emphasized by the great gulf fixed between the saved and the damned that cannot be crossed (Luke 16:26).

Q: How do we know hell is real?

Hell is affirmed in scripture and taught by Jesus, highlighting its reality and seriousness. The existence of hell is affirmed throughout Scripture, notably in the teachings of Jesus. He regularly spoke of hell as a place of torment, darkness, and separation from God, asserting its reality. In Luke 16, Jesus illustrates this through the account of the rich man and Lazarus, emphasizing that every individual's eternal state is determined immediately upon death (Hebrews 9:27). Furthermore, Romans 1:20 states that God's attributes are clear in creation, leaving humanity without excuse, indicating that those who ignore the truth will face divine justice in hell.

Q: Why is understanding hell important for Christians?

Understanding hell informs our recognition of sin's seriousness and motivates our evangelism. Understanding hell is crucial for Christians as it highlights the seriousness of sin and the desperate need for salvation through Jesus Christ. It serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of rejecting God’s grace and the urgency of sharing the gospel. Knowing the reality of hell compels believers to share the message of salvation from sin and its eternal consequences (Mark 16:15). It also emphasizes the mercy of God, who, through the sacrifice of Christ, provides a way to escape hell (Romans 5:8). Being aware of hell can deeply influence how we live and witness in a world that often downplays such realities.

like us to turn together this evening to the chapter that we read the gospel according to Luke and chapter 16 and the text you'll find in verse 23 and in hell he lifted up his eyes being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom This evening, by the help of God, I would like us to consider the solemn reality of hell.

We saw this morning, we saw the greatness of the Lord Jesus Christ, we saw those two sons that were presented to us, one son in all his sinless perfection, the Lord Jesus Christ as he's as he is translated upon the mountain and as he communes with Moses and Elijah regarding his own exodus, as he seeks to bring about a deliverance from his people, from the kingdom of darkness, as we consider what the Lord Jesus came to do, as Moses was that type, to deliver Israel from Egypt, then we see the fullness in the Lord Jesus Christ, that he came to deliver a people not from the physical Egypt, but the spiritual Egypt, that kingdom of darkness, that kingdom of slavery.

But not only is it from that kingdom of darkness, But ultimately, the end of that kingdom of darkness falls under the wrath of God for all eternity. And so the kingdom of darkness, it's destined to be completely destroyed. It's destined to be folded up and poured into that lake of fire after the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, after he has judged the world. And so the Lord Jesus Christ came to save people from the consequences of their sin. He came to save people from their just punishment.

The Bible tells us, as we saw this morning, the soul that sins it shall die. We know that death has passed upon all men for all have sinned. Therefore, our bodies are cursed. Therefore, as we've seen over those months, there is sickness and ultimately there is death. But it's not just the physical death that we have to be concerned about. Yes, the Lord Jesus Christ has taken away the sting of death, but the sting of death, it is sin. Therefore, when sin remains, death is painful.

After death, it is judgment. That judgment is the eternal wrath of almighty God in a place that the scripture calls hell. People have said, you know, hell has just been created by elite leaders to scare people into being good, to scare people into living a good life and to succumb to law, to authority. But hell is a reality. It is the consequence of sin. It is a place that God himself has prepared for the devil and his angels and all those who will reject his son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will remain in unbelief.

I was a minister to the royal family years ago. And one of the royal family asked this minister, is hell real? And the man said, well, the Bible teaches about hell. And the Lord Jesus Christ taught us about hell. And the church articles tell us about hell. And so hell is real.

And the royal said, well, why don't you tell us about it then? Why don't you tell us about it? We live or there can be that mindset that we don't want to scare people, that we don't want to cause people to be scared when they go to sleep about hell. There are many little children who have gone to bed and they have been scared.

They've been scared about dying. They've been scared about going to hell. But if that fear drives somebody to the way of salvation, then that is a good fear. Causes them to flee from the wrath to come to the Lord Jesus Christ, then that is a good thing. We say to our children, don't do that or you'll get in trouble. You will suffer the consequences if you do that. And we hope that by telling them that they are going to receive a punishment, that will stop them from doing the thing that they wanted to do. And so the Lord Jesus Christ spoke often about how God has revealed his just prison for rebellious sinners in his word. so that we are fully aware of what is going to take place after we die.

And so hell is not a place that has been thought up by the elite leaders of the world to try and suppress the masses, to try and control people. But it is a place that has been prepared by God for the just punishment of sinners. It has been said, isn't it, that everybody in hell deserves to be there. Everybody in heaven is there because of the Lord Jesus Christ. They do not deserve to be there. They have received grace. They have received mercy. because the Lord Jesus Christ has experienced their hell. He has experienced the full wrath of God for their sin. You might say, well, that's a bit out of order.

But the Bible says every single person in this world is without excuse. Every single person has a knowledge of God. The Bible tells us that the mere creation is enough to make people aware of the greatness of Almighty God. God is far, far greater than the human race.

Tom was saying the other day at the men's breakfast that there was a scientist man who was speaking there. And the man was saying, you know, every time they make a new discovery, every time they break open an atom, a molecule, they find it's more and more and more complex the smaller they go.

But even though the smaller they go, and they find that life is more and more complex, yet they still refuse to acknowledge that there is a God who created the heaven and the earth out of nothing. It is a suppression of the truth. Because as I said this morning, the God of this world has darkened their mind. And the more they suppress the truth, what is revealed in scripture, the darker the mind becomes.

So every person. by what has revealed in creation must acknowledge or is it without excuse on the day of judgment. They should see the wonder of creation. They should see the flowers coming into bloom. They should see the magnolia tree at the moment as it's beginning to produce its flowers. They should see the daffodils and the and the crocuses and all of the life that is beginning to come out in the spring, and they must acknowledge it is God. And they must go, well, where can I find God? I can find God in the book that he has given to us, the scripture, and I can find the way of salvation in the scripture. I can know this God through his son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

But what do they do? They suppress the truth. and say there's no God. They can look at a house and they can say that this house has a builder. They can look at a car and they can say this car has been built in a factory by somebody even though they weren't there. They acknowledge that the things that they can see round about them that are just dumb dead objects that don't do anything. And they can acknowledge that those things have been made by a man, but they cannot acknowledge that a daffodil which lives, which is alive and breathes and pollinates is the creation of an almighty God. They say it is just chance or luck or millions of years. How can millions of years produce life? It can't.

If you were to go to the builder's merchant and you were to say, you know, I want a thousand bricks. And when the lorry arrives here at the car park, if you were to slash all the bricks open that they all fell on the floor and we were to say to the man, you'd say, well, what are you doing? I said, well, you know, we're just going to leave them here. You know, because over a period of a thousand years, these bricks are going to gather themselves together and they're going to build me a house and I'm not going to have to do anything to do with it.

You say, you're nuts. You're a madman. Because they know that it's totally impossible. When they look at a tree, when they look at a bird, when they look at an animal, They say that that has evolved from nothing and they think that that is science. They think that that is the truth, that is what has actually taken place.

But when we look at it logically, everything that is seen has been created either by God or by man. And so the world The people of the world are without excuse. Even if we go into the Old Testament and you see the people of Israel destroying vast cities and all its inhabitants, those inhabitants were given an opportunity to surrender, to be slaves or subjects to, or bond servants to the people of Israel. They were given that opportunity. turn from your gods and come and serve the true and living God the people of Israel were set there to be a witness for God but they refused and because they refused they were destroyed and so they are without excuse And so on the day of judgment, every knee will bow and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. They will be without excuse.

Romans tells us, Romans chapter one. from verse 18, for the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all unrighteousness, ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness, because that which may be known of God is manifest in them. for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse. We see, don't we, Elon Musk and all of those flying off into space and taking pictures far out into the galaxies What do we see? We see the work, the finger of God. He made the stars also. The stars declare the glory of our creator.

And therefore, they are without excuse. When they look into the heavens, they suppress the reality that this is the work of a God, a true and living God. Because when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And the whole chapter, if you wanted to read that chapter at home, that chapter goes into detail of what happens when the truth is suppressed. The mind becomes darker and darker and darker until God gives them over to a reprobate mind and there is no limit to the extent of sin that they can commit. And so it's, they are, it is impossible for somebody on that day of judgment to claim ignorance, that I didn't know that there was a God.

Which is one of the other reasons for the work of the church in proclaiming the gospel, because if creation declares that there is a God, the church's job is to proclaim how to know that God, and to know the way of salvation through his son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

And so all all are without excuse and all are born under God's law. As Jesus was born under the law, so everybody that is born into this world is born under the law of God. The law of Moses, the Ten Commandments, sits over all who have been born into this world. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. We are lawbreakers. and the breaking of God's law has a consequence. And that consequence is an eternal death, an eternal separation from the mercy and grace of God, experiencing his full anger for the sins that have been committed by that individual.

The man, the rich man who is in hell, in the parable that Jesus told, he asks that somebody, that Lazarus would go back to earth and he would speak to his five brethren. He says, for I have five brethren, verse 28, that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Such is this place of torment that this rich man desires that Lazarus is sent back to speak to his brethren. And the Lord says, such is the hardness of men's hearts. They have all the evidence that they need. They have the creation. They have the law. They have the prophets. They have the prophecies.

And even if one rose from the dead, They wouldn't believe. Who is that? Ultimately, it's the Lord Jesus Christ who rose again from the dead. And we know that he rose again from the dead because the scripture tells us so. And there's all of those witnesses who testify that Christ rose again from the dead. But not only that, there were those 11 apostles who were willing to lay down their lives because they declared that Jesus Christ, who you crucify, was rose again from the dead.

You think of our nation, England, every year, or even because every twice a year through Easter and Christmas, this nation comes face to face with the reality of the Lord Jesus Christ. Although these two events have become secularized, have become commercialized, yet Christ is still preached in some way. You think of Christmas time, all this nation knows about the Lord, the baby Lord Jesus. Easter time, the crosses that are placed around the churches and the message of the gospel that is preached.

This country is completely without excuse and it is fully aware of the Lord Jesus and yet, Though one rose from the dead, they will not be persuaded. Such is the hardness of men's hearts. It is easier for them to believe a lie, that we've just all evolved out of nothing, than it is for them to acknowledge God and his son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and to turn from their sin and to believe and trust in the Lord Jesus.

You know, in my work, being on a building site, you hear some funny ideas what people have about hell. People used to say to me, you know, hell is not going to be that bad. You know, if I went to heaven, I would be lonely because all my friends would be in hell. All the good people, all the fun people, they're the ones that are going to be in hell. All the harlots, all the drinkers, all the partiers, they're all going to be in hell. Hell will be a fun place, a place where the boring people are all in heaven and all the lively people and exciting people, they're all going to be in hell.

This man, the rich man, he didn't seem to be enjoying it. He wished that his family didn't come there. People have said, haven't they, and I know it's probably very difficult, but they've had a loved one who has passed away. And they say, well, I wouldn't want to go to heaven because my loved one is in hell. I'd rather be in hell with my loved one than be in heaven separated. But let me tell you something, your loved one would not want you to be in hell with them. Jesus makes that very, very, very clear that this man says, go to my family. and tell them of the extent of this torment that I am experiencing under the wrath of God in these flames.

And so any story that the people of the world may spin up to comfort themselves is just a lie from Satan. The people have said, you know, I'm not afraid of dying. You know, there's nothing to be afraid of. But let me tell you, if they truly were honest with themselves, if they knew what would happen the moment that their breath stops, they would be terrified of dying. Absolutely terrified. You think how terrified people come to when they go for an operation or even just to see the doctors just in case that the lump that they got is some cancer. They're terrified.

But what about going to meet God? A holy, holy, holy God whose law you have broken and who will deal with you justly. in sending you to hell. And so if we want to know about hell and what is truly going to happen after we die, then we have to go to the people or to the person who created it. And that is God or the Lord Jesus Christ.

And so with this parable, we get a glimpse of what is going to happen after we die. A glimpse into the afterlife. You think of how many millions and millions of pounds is being spent in firing rockets up into space to try and get a glimpse of what's taking place up there. But here we have a glimpse of what is going to happen to us the moment our soul is separated from our body, the moment our life ebbs away and we are no more on this earth. It is a glimpse beyond the grave of what will happen.

And what is after is more important than what is now. Jesus makes that very, very clear in his teachings that all of this that you see now is just a passing away, but what is coming, the eternal kingdom, the eternal state is far, far more important. You see, the moment that we die, Our eternal state is fixed. It is unchangeable. There are those teachings about the immediate state, purgatory, where someone may go for a period of time and those who are alive may be able to pay or do good works to bring that person out of purgatory so that they go into heaven. the Bible doesn't speak about that at all. The Bible says at that time it is fixed. Immediately after we die our eternal existence is fixed.

Whether we will be with the Lord Jesus Christ or whether we will be separated from him. We will receive the reward of how we lived upon this earth, not that we received the reward because we have been good or that we've been bad, but we will receive the reward, the just reward for our sin or whether we have believed and trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ.

The rich man is presented to us as a very selfish person. He was closed with purple. fine linen and fed sumptuously every day he had enough for himself he was living in excess living in luxury And the Bible tells us, doesn't it, that those who are rich and who do live in luxury do pierce themselves through with many sorrows. The Bible warns us of the dangers of overindulgence. The Bible warns us of the dangers of being extremely wealthy, that wealth can draw somebody away from God and make them covetous. Beware of covetousness. The Bible says that wealth has that tendency to take the heart and to make one selfish. Not that all rich people go to hell, but rich people have a special danger to be good stewards of those resources that the Lord has given to them.

But here we are presented with a very wealthy man. a wealthy man who was selfish, who had no concern for the poor man that was at his games. The dogs of this world were more concerned about the poor man. The dogs came to lick the wounds on this poor man, the sores that he had, but only the crumbs that fell from this rich man's table was this Lazarus able to eat. And so his wealth, is presented to us as an expression of his heart, how he truly is.

A man who was without God and without concern for those who were round about him. He could have easily helped Lazarus out. He could have easily paid for a doctor to come and dress his wounds. He could have easily allowed him to have a room in his house, but he chose not to.

And the Lord Jesus Christ tells us that these two men, they both die. One is buried. We don't know his name. He's unnamed. But we do know the name of Lazarus. Why is it that the Lord has chosen not to name the rich man? because the Lord has no concern for him. He was not his. He knows the name of the righteous. He knows the name of his sheep. He calls them by name. The rich man is buried, but Lazarus, whose name means God is my help or God helps, is carried to Abraham's bosom in Job.

In Job 21, Job gives quite a detail about the wealthy there and their lifestyle. But in verses 25, it says, and another dieth in bitterness of his soul, never eating in pleasure. They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. And so in Job, Job tells us of the wealth of one and the poverty of another, one whose life has been of bitterness, a bit like Lazarus, a bitterness of soul. He's never eaten with pleasure. He just has enough to sustain him, but both of them, end up in the grave side by side.

We saw, I think it was last year, one of the most wealthiest men in the world who died as his submarine, or no, his boat tipped over, the great yacht tipped over and sunk to the bottom of the sea and he was taken in a moment. Yet he had all this wealth. What has happened to that wealth now? Been distributed, no doubt, to those who are alive. He can't take it with him. buried alongside a poor man, the body succumbs to, it decomposes.

Where does the spirit go? The spirit goes to its eternal home, its eternal destiny fixed at that moment that the body ceases to live, the soul is separated. So here we have this rich man and Lazarus, both of them die. Yet one goes to hell and the other goes into the bosom of Abraham. The word hell here is Hades, the place of damned souls. There is an intermediate state where you and I would go, either into the presence of God, into the presence of Christ, referred to here as Abraham's bosom, Abraham being the father of the faithful, Abraham believed God, it was accounted unto him for righteousness, he is pinnacled as the father of the faithful and therefore the just are seen in his bosom and in his care. But hell is the place of the damned souls, waiting for the resurrection and the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

As we have seen before, that we are body and spirit, that when our soul uses our bodies to function, but we, after this body has died, will continue to exist It's hard for us to comprehend how we can see without eyes. how we can hear without ears, how we will speak without mouths. That is because our understanding is limited to what we know at this moment in time.

But after this body dies, we will continue to exist. We will continue to see. We will continue to hear. We will continue to speak. As spirits separated from body and soul, our bodies will be in the grave, turning back to dust. waiting for the resurrection, waiting for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And we will either be in this place of torment, waiting for the resurrection, or we will be in a place of blessing. Verse 25, but Abraham said, son, remember thou in thy lifetime receiveth thy good things and likewise Lazarus evil things, but now he is comforted and thou art tormented. What an encouragement that is for the Lord's people. Those who are in Christ Jesus will be comforted beyond the grave. Those who are outside of Christ, they are tormented. He's still conscious. He's still able to feel. He's still able to comprehend. He's still able to understand. He's still able to speak. He asks, please, let Lazarus dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue for I'm in torment in this flame.

The Lord Jesus speaks about hell being a place where the worm doesn't die. The Lord Jesus speaks about hell as being a place of darkness, a place of flames, a place where the sinner is abandoned by God, experiencing his wrath. Jesus tells us that it is a fixed place.

And besides all this, between us and you, there is a great goal fixed. Remember, if we want to know how something was built or to know the purpose of something, we've either got to go back to the instruction manuals or we've got to go and find the person who built it. And so the Lord Jesus Christ knows fully well How hell works and what's the purpose of it?

And he knows that there is a great gulf that is fixed, that the eternal destiny of our individual is fixed at the moment that they cease to breathe. At this moment in time, between the sinner and the holy God is a gulf, is a vast expanse that has been caused because of sin. In hell, that place, that vast expanse will never close. It is an eternal expanse that that person can never cross.

But today, in this Gospel day, that expanse can be bridged by the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, who came to bridge the gap between sinner and God. He came to stand in between the gap. He came to close that void, to do away with sin. As we've seen before, the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin. And because sin has been dealt with, therefore there is reconciliation between God and man through the mediator of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And so though now there is hope for sinners, the door of mercy that we sing, the door of mercy stands open all day for the poor and the needy who come by the way. Every single day that you are on the broad road that leads to destruction is another day nearer to that destruction, nearer to that fixed eternal gulf. But every single day you walk upon the broad road that leads to destruction, there is a door that is following you all the way. And that door is the Lord Jesus Christ. Every day you walk this earth there is a door beside you, the door of mercy, the Lord Jesus Christ. Where does it go? It goes on the narrow way that leads to life. It goes the opposite way to the broad road that leads to destruction. Today is the day of salvation.

No change can take place in eternity but a change can take place today. Your eternal destiny can be altered by believing and trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ. You're heading for this hell where the rich man is. you are heading for that eternally fixed gulf, where you will see the righteous in Abraham's bosom, and you will desire them to come and to dip their finger in water upon your tongue. But you will not be able, for their gulf is fixed.

But today, a change can take place. Do you realise that you are on that broad road? Does it concern you that you are on the broad road that leads to destruction? Does it concern you that you are running away from a holy, holy God? Does it concern you that you've broken his law and that when he punishes you in hell, it will be a just punishment?

But have you not heard of the glorious gospel? Have you not heard of the Lord Jesus Christ who came into the world to save sinners? Have you not heard him say, come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest? Have you not heard him say, I am the door, I am the way, the truth and the life?

No man cometh unto the Father but by me. leave the road that leads to hell. You know if I was to tell you, you know the road is closed up there. If you turn right out of this road it's shut. Would you listen to me? Or would you go and check it out first? If I was to tell you there's a lion down the road, would you go and have a look? Or would you go the other way? How is it when we tell people, you know, there's a hell at the end of your journey?

That they don't listen. They suppress the truth. They don't want to believe it because it will alter the now. They won't be able to continue on in their sin, their sin that they so delight in. They know that if they come to the Lord Jesus Christ then the course of their life is going to be altered and they won't be able to enjoy their sinful lifestyle anymore.

That is why we need the Holy Spirit of God who changes that desire, who gives the person that desire to turn away from their sin and to hate their sin. Have you had that? Do you hate your sin and do you love the Lord Jesus Christ? Well, if you do, then you've gone through the door. If you cry like the man we saw this morning, Lord, I believe, help thou my unbelief. Then you have come to know the Lord Jesus Christ. You've gone through the door and you're prepared to enter into Abraham's bosom.

Who will go there? Who will go to this place of hell? We start out on the road. We don't actually have to do anything. Just keep living and you'll be there. Just keep going in the direction that you're going and you will end up with this rich man. And you will find that the words that have been ringing in your ears tonight, they're true. But I wasn't lying. The word of God is truth. And as Jesus says, you will spend your time with weeping and gnashing of teeth. You will grind your teeth with regret that you never listened to the words of the preacher. Just keep going and you'll get there. There was a preacher in the olden days who was walking to preach.

And on his way, he went past a factory a steel factory. And it was early, so he decided to go in and have a look around. And as he walked in, the door of the blast furnace was open. And he stood there looking into that furnace and thinking himself to be alone, he said, Oh, what will hell be like? Oh, what will hell be like? If you've ever looked through the window of an open fire, of a stove, you will know something of what a blast furnace looks like. When those fires are roaring, all the coals are hot. You look into that fire and you consider, oh, what will hell be like?

He went on to preach. After the service, a man came up to him and said, you know, in that factory, you thought you were alone. But I was standing just behind you in the shadows. And I heard you say, oh, what will hell be like? And those words struck me like an arrow. And he says, I don't want to go to hell.

Can you can you show me the way to heaven? Can you tell me about the Lord Jesus Christ? And so the man spoke to him about the Lord Jesus Christ and pointed him on the narrow way that leads to life and the man was saved. And so sometimes it is good to tell people the reality of hell. that this is the consequence, the just consequences of our sin. Just as this rich man is separated by an eternal gulf, separated from God, being tormented. But while we are alive in this earth, That gulf can be bridged by the Lord Jesus Christ and we can be translated from the kingdom of darkness and taken to the kingdom of light. if we die in the kingdom of light we will be carried to Abraham's bosom to be with Christ which is far better and waiting for that eternal judgment when hell and death will be rolled up and placed into that eternal lake of fire and we will be safe with the Lord Jesus Christ. So hell is a reality, but so is heaven, a heaven, a place of no torment, of no suffering, a place to be with Christ. May the Lord bless these remarks to us and help us to consider where will I spend eternity. Amen.

Let's sing our final hymn of the day from Hymns for Worship number 158. 158. When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul. Hymns for Worship 158, tune 1008. ♪ In peace like a river ♪ ♪ Tendeth my way ♪ ♪ When sorrows like sea billows flow ♪ Whatever my Lord thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should offer the trial, ♪ And this blessed assurance control ♪ ♪ That Christ has regarded my helpless estate ♪ ♪ And has shared his abode with me ♪ The blessed of this glorious vote, I send not in part but the whole. I bear it now, O praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul. ♪ For he, be it Christ, be it Christ, has to live ♪ ♪ If Jordan above me shall roll ♪ ♪ No pen shall be mine for redemption's sake ♪ ♪ Thou wilt whisper thy peace to my soul ♪ ♪ The thought is holy for thy coming we wait ♪ ♪ The sky of the grave is our goal ♪ The trump of the angel, the voice of the Lord, blessed her, blessed rest of my soul.

Almighty God, we do thank Thee for the warnings of Thy Word and we pray that we may take heed to the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ and the reality of that eternal separation from Thee, our loving Heavenly Father. Lord, we pray that Thy Word may go forth with power and bring us to true concern over our sins. We ask that we may be brought, may be dismissed with thy blessing and returned here on Wednesday in peace and in safety. And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and fellowship and communion of the Holy Spirit to be with you each now and forevermore. Amen.

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