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LUKE 16:27–31 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

IS THERE AN AFTERLIFE? (PART 2) The Truth about What Happens After I Die

Pastor Cary Schmidt | Sunday, July 16, 2017

ROMANS 10:13–17 Text: Luke 16:19–31 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the of good things! 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So then faith cometh by man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in hearing, and hearing by the word of God. torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 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 Conclusion tormented in this flame. 25 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. 26 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. 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one 296 New Britain Ave, Newington, CT 06111 rose from the dead. ebcnewington.com | 860.667.1372 | Cary Schmidt, Pastor Introduction 2. Shattering

LUKE 16:22–26 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by

the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth

Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 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 1. Shattering Cultural Assumptions tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus LUKE 16:19–23 evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 And 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, pass to us, that would come from thence. 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it

came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

MATTHEW 8:11–12 MATTHEW 25:31–34 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the Assumption #1—A good God would never allow for eternal Hell. left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the

foundation of the world:

MATTHEW 25:41 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, Assumption #2—Good people get good lives and go to Heaven. Bad ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: people get bad lives and go to Hell. MATTHEW 25:46

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. MATTHEW 7:21 2 PETER 2:4 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved in heaven. unto judgment;