FIRE EXIT

Heb 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to
be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
INTRO. Fire Exit define; importance
SPHERE OF THE FIRE

A round, hollowed-out place in the Earth's core. Scientists say that the Earth's outer crust
is less than twenty miles thick, and that beyond that point, there are rivers and lakes of
FLAMING HOT LAVA, or, as the Bible calls it, a "lake of fire" (Rev. 20:15). So, this
very moment your eternal soul may be less than twenty miles from the burning fires of
Hell!
Hell isn't in some distant dimension; Hell is UNDER YOUR FEET! Numbers 16
Deuteronomy 32:22 Amos 9:2 Hell is a REAL PLACE, and it's UNDER YOUR FEET
RIGHT NOW, torturing millions of lost souls forever! Think about that!

.....Hell is a real place. "I don't believe in a burning Hell." That doesn't change the
temperature of it one degree.

Over 160 N.T. references

Over 70 of these warnings are by the Lord Jesus himself.

"9 Miles Beneath Siberia" The following article appeared a Finland newspaper,
Ammenusastia

"As a communist I dont believe in heaven or the Bible but as a scientist I now believe in
hell," said Dr. Azzacove. "Needless to say we were shocked to make such a discovery. But
we know what we saw and we know what we heard. And we are absolutely convinced that
we drilled through the gates of hell!"
Dr. Azzacove continued, ". . .the drill suddenly began to rotate wildly, indicating that we had
reached a large empty pocket or cavern. Temperature sensors showed a dramatic increase in
heat to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit."
We lowered a microphone, designed to detect the sounds of plate movements down the
shaft. But instead of plate movements we heard a human voice screaming in pain! At first we
thought the sound was coming from our own equipment... when we made adjustments our
worst suspicions were confirmed. The screams werent those of a single human, they were
the screams of millions of humans!"

Jacques Costeau, the famous underwater explorer, quit deep sea diving sometime before
he died. It is said that he stopped because he had heard in one of the underwater caves he
was exploring, the sounds of people screaming. There was also another time, when one of
his men, who was in a diving bell in the deepest trench at the Bermuda Triangle, also
had a similar experience. He signaled to be brought up immediately. After being revived
from his shock, he told others of his frightening experience of hearing "screams of people
in pain".
death bed experiences

It is a LAKE of FIRE! (Rev. 20:10-15)

It is a place of TORMENT! (Luke 16:22-24),

It's a place where lost souls never die and the FIRE is not quenched! (Mark 9:43-48).

It's a place of Weeping, Wailing, Gnashing of teeth! (Matt. 8:12, 24:51, 25:30).

It is a place where sinners and unbelievers drink of GOD'S WRATH! (Rev.14:10)

It is a place where the smoke of their TORMENT ascendeth up FOREVER and EVER!
(Rev.14:11)

.....Did you know that Hell was not created for man? It was created for Satan and his
angels (demons.) Jesus says to lost men and women during their judgment, Matthew
25:41

THE SOUNDS OF HELL

No beautiful sounds of nature

No wind blowing gently through the tree tops in Hell, no flowing springs of water, no
birds singing, and no spring showers.

No children laughing and playing in Hell, for there are no children in Hell.

No one says, "I love you", because in Hell, there isn't any love.

Screaming for mercy twenty-four hours a day. It'll never stop!

No peace and quiet in Hell. Hell will be forever filled with roaring flames, boiling hot
lava, and the horrible screams of billions of lost souls! You'll never escape the sounds of
Hell.

There will be no tender, loving Jesus coming and offering you salvation there

No loving wife or mother to pray for you there.

Many in that lost world would give millions, if they had them, if they had their mothers
to pray them out of that place, but it will be too late. They have been neglecting salvation
until the time has come when God say, "Cut them down; the day of mercy is ended."

There are some people who ridicule these revival meetings, but remember, there will be
no revivals in hell.

You laugh at the Bible; but how many there are in that lost world today who would give
countless treasures if they had the blessed Bible there! You may make sport of Ministers,
but bear in mind there will be no preaching of the Gospel there. Here they are God's
messengers to you - loving friends that look after your soul. You may have some friends
praying for your salvation today; but remember, you will not have one in that lost world.
There will be no one to come and put his band on your shoulder and weep over you there
and invite you to come to Christ.

THE SIGHT OF HELL

A place of outer darkness.

You could only see flames rolling in the dark.

FACES of pain, agony and sorrow.

you'll see nothing except weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth forever!

THE SOCIETY OF HELL

Hell is the prison house of the universe.

Hell is the eternal home of all drunkards, whores, thieves, murderers, hypocrites, queers
and lesbians.

In Hell, man is an INFERIOR being. Made LOWER THAN THE ANGELS, you will be
RULED over by Satan and his evil forces (Matthew 25:41).

THE SUFFERING OF HELL

PHYSICAL SUFFERING: torment in flames

"God wouldn't allow such a thing to happen." GOD WILL ALLOW YOU TO GO TO HELL
AND BURN IF YOU DONT LET HIM SAVE YOU.

MENTAL suffering. Lu 16:25

D. L. Moody: We carry our memory with us into the other world. There are many things we
would like to forget. We say now that we forget, and we think we do; but the time is coming
when we shall remember, and cannot forget. We talk about the recording angel keeping
record of our life. God makes us keep our own record.
We won't need any one to condemn us at the bar of God; it will be our own conscience that
will come up as a witness against us. God won't condemn us at his bar; we shall condemn
ourselves. Memory is God's officer, and when He shall touch these secret springs and say,
"Son, daughter, remember" - then tramp, tramp, tramp will come before us, in a long
procession, all the sins we have ever committed.
It is just so that all things we think we have forgotten will come back by and by. It is only a
question of time. We shall hear the words, "Son, remember" - and it is a good deal better to
remember our sins now, and be saved from them, than to put off repentance till it is too late
to do any good.
Do you think Cain has forgotten the face of his murdered brother, whom he killed six
thousand years ago?
Do you think Judas has forgotten that kiss with which he betrayed his Master, or the look that
Master gave him as he said, "Betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?"
Do you think these antediluvians have forgotten the Ark, and the flood that came and swept
them all away?
There was a man in an insane asylum who used to say over to himself in a voice of horror, "If
I only had." He had been in charge of a railway drawbridge, and had received orders to keep
it closed until the passage of an extra express train; but a friend came along with a vessel, and
persuaded him to open the bridge just for him, and while it was open the train came
thundering along, and leaped into destruction. Many were killed, and the poor bridge tender
went mad over the result of his own neglect of duty. "If I only had!"

Tonight you may be saved. We are trying to win you to Christ, and if you go down from
this building to hell you will remember the meetings we had here. You will remember
how these Ministers looked, how the people looked, and how it has seemed sometimes as
if we were in the very presence of God himself. In that lost world you won't hear that
beautiful hymn, "Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By." He will have passed by. There will be
no Jesus passing that way. There will be no sweet songs of Zion there. No little children
either to pray for their impenitent fathers and mothers.
Eze 33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death
of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your
evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

I sat alone with my conscience,

In a place where time was o'er.
And we talked of my former living,
In the land of the evermore.
And I felt I should have to answer,
The question it put to me.
And to face the answer and question,
Throughout an eternity.
The ghosts of forgotten actions,
Came floating before my sight.
And things that I thought had perished,
Were alive with a terrible might.
And the vision of life's dark record,
Was an awful thing to face.
Alone with my conscience sitting,
In that solemnly silent place.
And I thought of a far away warning,
Of a sorrow that was to be mine.
In a land that then was the future,
But now is the present time.
And I thought of my former thinking,
Of the Judgment day to be.
But sitting alone with my conscience,
Seemed Judgment enough for me.
And I wondered if there was a future,
To this land beyond the grave.
But no one gave me an answer,
And no one came to save.
Then I felt that the future was present,
And the present would never go by.
For it was but the thought of a future,
Become an eternity.
Then I woke from my timely dreaming,
And the vision passed away.
And I knew the far away warning,
Was a warning of yesterday.
And I pray that I may not forget it,
In this land before the grave.
That I may not cry in the future,
And no one come to save.

I have learned a solemn lesson,

Which I ought to have known before.
And which though I learned it dreaming,
I hope to forget no more.
So I sit alone with my conscience,
In the place where the years increase.
And I try to fathom the future,
In the land where time will cease.
And I know of the future judgment,
How dreadful soe'er it be.
That to sit alone with my conscience,
Will be Judgment enough for me.

SUDDENNESS

Luke 16:22-23 the rich man died and was in Hell IMMEDIATELY.
Proverbs 27:1 The rich fool in Luke 12 had big plans for the future

King Belshazzar (Dan. 5) had no idea that he'd be in Hell before sunrise.

Goliath had no idea that a small stone slung by a young shepherd boy would land his soul
in Hell forever.

D.L. Moody: A good man was one day passing a saloon as a young man was coming
out, and thinking to make sport of him he called out, "Deacon, how far is it to hell?" The
deacon gave no answer, but after riding a few rods he turned to look after the scoffer, and
found that his horse had thrown him to the ground and broken his neck. I tell you, my
friends, I would sooner give that right hand than to trifle with eternal things.

Hell almost always takes its victims by sudden surprise, and YOU could be next.

SHAME
Going there when you DON'T HAVE TO GO! The decision is YOUR'S, not God's. ( II Peter 3:9)
SALVATION Acts 2:22-31
1.) Christ suffered our hell (Acts 2:25, 27, 31). The suffering of His soul satisfied the wrath of
God. (Isaiah 53:10-11) This is the meaning of propitiation. (1John 2:2; 4:10)
2) Christ did not suffer in hell. All references to His payment for sin, point to the cross. (1Peter
2:24;3:18) (2Corinthians 5:21) This is the meaning of It is finished (John 19:30)
3) Christ went down to hell to

* take our sins and deposit them in hell. (Hebrews9:26-28) (Acts 2:27)
* to preach to disobedient spirits. (1Peter 3:18-20) He did not suffer there.
* to take the keys of death and hell. (Revelation 1:18; Hebrews 2:14-15). He conquered
death by passing through it victorious: the same with hell.
4) He moved quickly to paradise. (Luke 23:43)
5) He ascended with the Old Testament saints (Ephesians 4:8-10) Perhaps at this time, hell
enlarged herself. (Isaiah 5:14)
6) He triumphed over the powers of Satan. (Colossians 2:12-15)
7) He sprinkled His blood on the heavenly mercy seat. (Hebrews 9:12,24; John 20:17; Revelation
11:19)
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near." Isa. 55:6.
NO FIRE EXIT in Hell
People seem to forget that there is no door out of Hell. If they enter there, they must remain there
age after age. Millions on millions of years will roll on, but there is no door, no escape out of
Hell.
There is a story told of a vessel that was wrecked and was going down at sea. There were not
enough lifeboats to take all on board. When the vessel went down, some of the lifeboats were
near the vessel. A man swam from the wreck to one of the boats, but they had no room to take
him on. When they refused, he seized hold of the boat with his right hand, but they took a sword
and cut off his fingers. When he had lost the fingers of his right hand, the man was so earnest to
save his life that he seized the boat with his left hand. They cut off the fingers of that hand too.
Then the man swam up and seized the boat with his teeth. Now they had compassion on him and
relented. They could not cut off his head, so they took him in, and the man's life was saved.
Why? Because he was in earnest.
Why not seek your soul's salvation as that man sought to save his life?

Will there ever be a better time?

Will there ever be a better time for the old man whose locks are growing gray, whose eyes are
growing dim, and who is hastening to the grave? Is not this the very best time for him?
There is a man in the middle of life. Is this not the best time for him to seek God?
There is a young man. My friend, is it not the best time for you to seek the kingdom of God?.

Jesus said that most people will go to Hell Matthew 7:13-14

Revelation 21:8 .So, no matter how "good" a person thinks he is, when he says he doesn't
believe, then this verse says that he will go to the same Hell that Adolph Hitler and all
other murders, liars, etc. go to.

"Well, I believe in Jesus." (James 2:19).

"But, even if there is a Hell, I'm a good person, so a loving God would not send me to
Hell." Romans 3:12, 23. Romans 6:12,23 (Isaiah 64:6). Luke 19:10). (Mark 2:17).

"Well, I'll take my chances." John 3:18.

The FIRE EXIT (John 14:6).

o Not church or religion
o Not good works or good life
o Not baptism or religion
o Not Mary or saints

"Well, I know these things are true, and I do need to be saved, but I don't want to be
saved right now. I'll get saved later sometime." God is not a "spare tire"

Jude 22-23 .....So, yes, we are trying to scare people, out of Hell. Statistics inform us that
about 175,000 people die every day

Ezek. 3:18-19

2 Cor.6:2

References: D. L. Moody, James Melton, and others