Heaven and Hell
by Raymond Sloan
September 27, 2023 · Cornerstone Apostolic Church (Chattanooga, TN)
Kind: teaching
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-7, Matthew 3:1-2, Matthew 4:17, Deuteronomy 10:12-22, 1 Corinthians 2:6-11, Genesis 1:1, Revelation 21:6-8

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well this is our last session for month of September anybody remember what we're talking about Doctrine yeah um we have endeavored over the last several weeks to talk on of course their Doctrine basically by the definition is simply teaching right um how that things are understood Doctrine is a belief system it's a study of of something there are doctrines of cooking there are doctrines of fixing cars you know it's how they teach and how they instill information it's also a guide post that you can set as a standard in your life if if there's a job that you want if there's a career path that you want you follow the teaching series on it and you can advance and find information and get better and better at it and so forth um there is a reason though I want to reiterate here tonight as I begin that there's a reason that Doctrine is so important Doctrine is what established the church this is Who We Are this is what we believe and this is why we believe what we believe okay so many times I think if I may there have been folk that were well intentioned they they wanted to get people to understand what they thought so forth and and there have I know been past Generations perhaps that have simply said well it's because I said so or it's because it's just the way it is and although those are probably true statements I think understanding so that we can give examples and instruction to our children to the Next Generation it is vitally important that we understand the importance of Doctrine the apostles for an example they established the church age congregations does anybody know any of those letters that were written to those churches name one Ephesians yeah Philippians yeah so there's a letter to help those new congregate those new bodies of Believers come together there were letters that were written and all of that was included in helping them to establish themselves and understand the apostles teaching Doctrine what they believe okay Jesus poured into those guys and he didn't have wrong we talked about this a couple weeks ago but he spent time allowing them to know why they were about to face what they were about to face now here's the importance of this anybody know the story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ there have been other crucifixions um what happened when when he was going before uh the big dogs if you will and you got people outside that were followers uh they were accused of being followers and what what was the response I don't know him now is is that true it's in your Bible it's a good place to read that story but that that said think about those guys who literally day in and day out were with Jesus but yet when the pressure was applied and the finger was pointed or the accusation came they simply said no they backed away even so much that they would curse and say I wouldn't be caught with that group the rest of the guys where were they hiding in a room you see what I'm saying so we might think yeah we're all of that in a box of Cracker Jacks when fact is is there's a great example in the word of God of guys who should have but so we need to understand what we understand because the Bible says so is that okay let's go to one of these letters that was written the book of First Corinthians it's it's um in your new testament it's an epistle it was written of chapter number 12 will begin at verse number one now concerning spiritual gifts brethren would not have you ignorant and I want you not to know this so I'm going to want to teach you this verse two ye know that ye were Gentiles carry away unto these dumb Idols not that they were dumb but that they could not speak they had no ability to interact with Humanity even as ye were LED wherefore verse 3 I give you to understand that no man speaking by the spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost verse 4 now there are diversities of gifts but the Same Spirit verse five and there are difference of administrations but the same Lord verse six and there are diversities of operations but it is the same God which worketh all in all but verse 7 says the manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit with all there's a letter written to the church at Corinth and teaching how that spiritual work interacts connects attaches itself to humanity I don't want you to be unlearned about this I don't want you to be ignorant about this you need to understand that there are doctrines of idol worship there are doctrines that will teach you to bow to an idol to a a golden god or to a wooden Cross or to a whatever you need to understand that knowing that the teachers that are teaching those particular doctrines they have a purpose they are trying to make you to understand who they are and what they believe right but the spirit that's a capitalist it's a it's a modification because translations according to history they tried to make sure that people understood the differences the spirit works the same it's different though how it manifests or how it administrates itself and it's all attached to the Holy Ghost because of the teaching that comes through the spirit of God God's spirit speaks and instructions will come to those who will follow okay so far now as we continue in this series tonight is our final lesson I want to look at the apostolic Doctrine the apostles teaching on Heaven and Hell the apostles teaching on heaven and hell heaven Matthew 3 chapter verse 1. in those days Came John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying verse 2 what's he say repent ye the kingdom of heaven is at hand go a little further Matthew chapter 4 verse 17 from that time Jesus began to preach and to say what he say repent for same thing so the establishment here that Matthew made sure for an example Mark did as well put into his writing though was this John the Baptist came out and his message was what you better turn around because there's a kingdom of heaven that is right here near us now as we understand in the beginning of the New Testament here the gospels we find here that on purpose this writing is included in everything to this point understand where these guys are coming from New Testament style these guys understood what a kingdom was you go back to the Old Testament my word you find kingdoms on every side you find Kings and kingdoms you find rulers you find whole established societies and groups of people Kingdom would rise up and would fight against other kingdoms and that was all part of their history books something John the Baptist began to streak when when he was coming I screamed and yelling the king now Jesus comes out the kingdom of heaven how can you attach something Supernatural something pleasantly wonderful like Jesus was preaching to a kingdom now the people who were alive at that time no doubt they would have understood the process and the purpose of a kingdom kingdoms for example they're established they have to have a king okay they have to have a king and then they will have other people that will be attached to it most notably there would be princes and princesses there would be dukes and there would be noblemen there would also be slaves and there would be all of these things that were a part of their system the interesting thing about the established kingdom is that one person one family would be in control of it and whatever they said would be the way that it was done and when you understand that all the types and the classes of people that would make this Kingdom complete every person every family would fulfill their particular part and that would make their system work if another king from another kingdom wanted or needed or desired to have more workers more slaves whatever then he would simply do what he would wage war against that Kingdom and he would assemble his troops and they would go into that Kingdom and they would overtake it if they could and if they overtook it what happened they'd bring all of that stuff over and now all of a sudden the kingdom that was this big is now that big and on and on and on the cycle would go stay with me for a little bit tonight in that type of environment all of the people that were vested into their Kingdom they were put there they were called part of that because of their locale they lived there they were kind of gathered and grouped into what that King decided in his kingdom and then the very basic concept wasn't very challenging you simply said I live in this Kingdom therefore I am this person simple you attached yourself to their system of belief their Doctrine their understanding how they instructed what their Wise Guys taught to the children on and on that would go every concept will be put into place by the king's desire on how his people would interact one with another are we okay so far when we look then at the concept of the Kingdom of Heaven that was mentioned by John the Baptist and then Jesus himself then we have to understand that there has to be then a king over the kingdom am I too basic understand that guys when you talk about the King of Kings you are not simply speaking of a guy that's really good at what he does but what you are looking at when you consider the King of Kings is you understand that King has the ability to dominate all other kings and pull them into his kingdom this is how it was mentioned in the Old Testament this is the concept begins way back Yonder in the first five books Deuteronomy chapter 10. let me take you this to this uh unfolding of a story and now verse 12 says Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the lord thy God to walk in all his ways to love him serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart all thy Soul verse 13 to keep the Commandments of the Lord and his statutes so I command thee this day for thy good behold the Heaven and the heaven of Heavens is the Lord's thy God the Earth also with all therein is verse 15 only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them he chose their seed after them even you above all people as it is this day circumcised therefore verse 16 the foreskin of your heart and be no more stiff neck we talked about that the other day didn't we for the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords a great God a mighty and a terrible which regardeth not persons nor taketh reward verse 18. he does execute the Judgment of the fatherless and Widow and loveth The Stranger in giving him food arraignment love ye verse 19 therefore the stranger or ye who are strangers in the land of Egypt verse 20 thou shalt fear the lord thy God him shalt thou serve and to him shalt thou cleave and swear by his name he is thy praise he is thy God and hath done for thee these great and terrible things which thine eyes have seen verse 22 thy fathers went down into Egypt with three score and ten persons and now the Lord thy God had made them as the stars of Heaven for multitude they went in at 70 people and now God had multiplied them didn't anybody see the details that God had given to Moses to talk to the people of Israel about he said I want them to understand I am the god of all gods I am the Lord of all Lords there's nothing beside me there's none like me I am God I don't regard persons I regard if they understand who I am you fear the lord you fear me you understand my ways you learn my Doctrine the way that the teaching that I require my teachers to teach and in doing so he says I'll be your God and you'll be my people now we understand through this basic Thou shalt understanding of Deuteronomy what are we understand in this God knows fully what a kingdom and how it works and and what a kingdom does so tonight in the doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven simply says this what God requires for you to be called his he has put in the book If you will in the understanding of those who want to follow and be a part of his kingdom he has given them instruction for that you ever wonder why the old testament's chocked full of all these explanations and all these Feats and all these great things that these Kings and rulers and all these guys did because God was not only using that as a teaching tool but he's allowing us 2023 to revert back to it and say if we can understand the kingdom of Melchizedek for an example a kingdom and we can understand these other kingdoms and we can understand how they work then we can better understand how we as children of God need to apply ourselves to the god of God if indeed he is in your life the only one true Living God then you better know all you can about him don't leave it to rumors don't leave it to questions when your children ask you a question about the Kingdom of Heaven you need to be able to give an account for that if if your neighbor asked you tell me about this Kingdom of Heaven now again in 2023 there's only a handful of Kingdoms that remain in our world and most of them have become Democratic of some sort okay they've got some people that are helping in in the rule and how they put it together so we don't understand this concept and because of that y'all let me be Pastor for a moment because of that even in the church we can begin to negate the full value of being part of the Kingdom of Heaven well the old-timers figured it out this way with their second third and fourth grade education I have come in contact with something that has turned me upside down therefore Heaven is in my view I'm going to make Heaven my home I may not understand a whole lot about what's going on here on Earth but I do know this thing I fell in love with Jesus and he's been on my side ever since then come on I remember as a young child if you will the old-timers used to talk a whole lot about heaven they understood we're we're walking in a path that has been established by our King we're allowing the word of God our King to be established within our lives and in our hearts you know my grandpa used to sing that one that was I'm using my Bible as a road map oh some of y'all know you know that when you're on just a little that that's the only part you know why because they understood fully you will not haphazardly Sashay into the Gates of Heaven you'll not show up there on account of who you are or who you think you are you won't get there even if you made it 99 and a half percent of the way why because of 99 and a half I'll see I got old songs some of y'all know what I'm talking about huh why listen to me if the Kingdom of Heaven John the Baptist started preaching that Jesus started preaching it if that that is an Apostles Doctrine listen Heaven is real man that's where I want to go one day I don't want to get so wrapped up tied up tangled all up in the things of this world but instead I'm looking for a city I'm looking for a place a kingdom of heaven a place that God has established so that I can go and be there with him Kingdom of Heaven you got to look for it you got to desire it come on if your children are ever going to want to go to heaven they've got to learn what it's about you understand what I'm saying they got to understand the value of the Kingdom of Heaven it's a place for God's people First Corinthians chapter 2 says it this way verse 6. albeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect yet not the wisdom of the world nor of the princes of this world that come to not verse 7 but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our Glory which none of the princes of this world knew for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord Of Glory but as it is written I hath Not Seen Nor Ear heard neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that what that love him but God has revealed in verse 10 them unto us by his spirit for the spirit searches those things yea the Deep things of God verse 11 for what man knoweth the things of a man say the spirit of man which is in him even so the things of God knoweth no man but but the spirit of God the translation for you to better understand it is this if you're going to understand the things of God you've got to let the spirit of God lead you the word of God has to be your guide it will explain to you streets of gold it will explain to you Gates of pearl it will explain to you no Shadow no tear no sorrow no pain no suffering come on why because that's the Kingdom of Heaven that we search for why is it important to understand this I'll tell you why I'm glad you asked the reason is is because if you simply want to live in the house of God here on planet Earth but you have no desire to leave all of this behind and make it through the Gates of Heaven onto the streets of gold friend you might as well back away right now but for me my house we want to serve the Lord come on I want to make Heaven my home therefore I've got to understand what the Bible says about that I've got to understand it so much that I'm not shaken when the things of this world begin to shake me come on if I don't understand the doctrine of Heaven how will I ever explain it to my children and my grandchildren you know what that's a place you better make preparation for come on here's somebody when somebody gets to an altar of prayer during a worship service you know the importance of what's about to happen is they are making preparation for heaven shame on us if we simply stand idly by and leave them there in the altar by themselves but we ought to every one of us be jumping up and down for Joy saying come on Heaven is in view Heaven is in view Heaven is right there come on when somebody's down here screaming and crying for the Holy Ghost it ought to be every one of us that say yes that's another example of somebody who desires to make Heaven their home that's the apostles Doctrine when somebody says I want to be baptized in the name of Jesus again that is the apostles Doctrine we ought to be shouting and dancing like they are around the Throne of God why because that's the doctrine that says somebody's making preparation to go to heaven okay hmm the spirit of God is what teaches us it leads us come on God has allowed his Spirit to lead and guide us those who desire his kingdom his Fellowship his family so the place called The Kingdom of Heaven say that with me Kingdom of Heaven is a place that God has designed for those who will purpose in themselves to follow the plan that he has established the teaching of Heaven is quite honestly very simple God made a place for those who will obey his word the king's desire want to please the king want to know the king want to understand the king now for those of you that are good at Genesis you can go back and you can read in Genesis 1 verse 1 it simply says in the beginning God created the what the heaven and the Earth at that point we all understand that to be the celestial the blue sky the wild blue yonder the way over we get that we understand that to be where the stars are and the moon and all of the planets and all of the stuff that's out there we understand that asteroids work in that area and all the stationary things and all of the space dirt and trashes that's all in that heaven I I don't myself want to go simply to a place that's out there but when Jesus left he made sure that he understood I go to prepare a place for you so that where I am you'll be there as well that place that you and I call heaven now here's the question for all of you Bible scholars as you begin to delve into your word and you're really hungry and thirsty to know more about this I want to ask you this when you're standing at the great Throne judgment and your name is brought up because of the book that is opened and you're standing there and sees your name in the book and he sees the works that you've done in the other book and he says to you what well done good and faithful servant is a kingdom word they with me but then what I enter to the job you have been faithful over what but I'll make you now see here's another kingdom word hang on to me a minute I don't want to con go contrary to somebody's belief but I'll simply tell you this the Bible does not say that people die and go to heaven they go to that place to wait how would it be that the God of all creation would say you can go to heaven but when judgment comes I'm taking you out to put you in front of the throne it's not how God's plan works that moment between death and the Judgment that's established by God and you were waiting in that position but it is such a glorious and a and a wonderful thing to look for that he would go and prepare it so that the only reason is is that where he is you can be there with him I I can almost pretty much guarantee that not a lot of us are going to be concerned and worried and fretting over how thick the gold streets are name a whole bunch of us going to be concerned with a gate made out of one Pearl I don't even know what that would be brother Rob I've never seen a clam that big if you will I mean to have a pearl that big the think think how long it'd have to grow I mean they all start with what and for that thing to be oh come on and nobody to harvest it or steal it you know what I'm saying all the stones the 12 foundations and the stones that each one of them represent and all of their Rarity and all of their expense come on has anybody understand this it's called in your book of Revelation what a new Evan and a new Earth the new Jerusalem that new hey come on it's made on purpose it ain't leftovers from another life it's not scraps that somebody threw together come on it's God's design and his purpose because he's the king and he has a kingdom and he wants for you to be a part of it come on somebody how excited are you tonight about heaven does it still thrill your life your heart your soul when you think about eternity on and on with no end but you're standing in the presence of a holy God huh I'm afraid I'm afraid some of us may be like the gentleman that was super duper wealthy decided that he wanted to take some of his wealth with him when he died and so he asked he begged he pleaded can I can I simply bring one thing with me to heaven okay you can bring one thing so he gathers a suitcase and he got these huge gold bars he ladens that suitcase down with all these gold bars dies and goes to heaven he drags this suitcase there and he said what you got man he said well I was told I could bring one thing value to me and so I wanted to bring this with me the angel at the gate simply says okay what you got he opens it and pulls out this big old bar of gold and holds hands it up to the guy and the angel goes you brought asphalt come on it ain't got no value there as wealthy as you want to be here I've come to remind somebody on a Wednesday night at 7 47 Heaven is still right and it's still real and it is the kingdom with a king and until you learn the ways of that King how to please him how to honor him how to make sure that you're lined up with his teaching and his Doctrine and what he's got until you align yourself with it come on you're going to struggle you're going to struggle and you're going to struggle but I've come to tell you the king of kings the Lord of lords the god of gods has a plan that's come on you can't explain the things of God how is it that a good God would forgive you of all the junk and garbage you've done to yourself and then love you and allow his blood to cover all the sin you've got and to stand there and say you should have been condemned but all I can see is blood and you stand there and say I've been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb come on God has a plan for your life that's why everybody you know they ought to know about heaven they ought to know about streets because they ought to know about an eternity with the God of all of creation knowing his purpose following his plan the teaching of Heaven is made for those who will follow and Obey but tonight on this Wednesday night at 7 48 I would be remiss if I did not remind you as well hell on the other hand is another place designed with a purpose y'all stay with me the Old Testament called the place all y'all it's a place of death and Grave s-h-o-l-e death and Grave the New Testament on the other hand through the Greek took the same meaning and purpose but they they they named it through the Greek word as Hades h-a-d-e-s that's a place of death and separation now if you take the time to delve into the system the understanding that God established from the beginning then you would understand that everything about Hades show everything about that is the grave and death listen to me carefully if you were to take the time to look at this you would find that his plan for Humanity was to live come on when when Adam came up Out of the Dust it was God himself that formed him and then what did God do to that piece of dirt he breathed what life I want you to live I want you to live I want you to live according to that plan that's what God desired for Humanity life so when we speak of heaven we speak of a place where death no longer matters but when we speak of the place of Separation in the grave now we speak of a place where death still exists hear me God's plan was I would that none would perish but that all would come to understand the kingdom and that they would submit themselves to the king's desire for the kingdom but if you choose not to there will come a time of Separation where I will have to remove you from my presence and because you did not make the desire and the challenges of life to focus on the Eternal I will have to separate you from me and in doing so he will cast you into what is called the Lake of Fire he refers to this several times in the New Testament weeping gnashing of teeth the old-timers you suspend a lot of time speaking about hell talking about Hell Fire talking about the place of Eternal damnation they'd spend a lot of time talking about how that sin separated you from God and how that death would overtake you and would overshadow you and when the time came that death angel came to your life you would have no choice but to make your bed in a devil's hell but I've come tonight to tell you that the Revelation and according to the last book of your Bible chapter 21 verse number six he said unto me it is done I am Alpha and Omega the beginning the end I will give unto him that is a thirst of the fountain the Water of Life freely he that overcometh shall inherit all things and I will be his God and he will be my son but the fearful unbelieving the Abominable the murderers the whoremongers the sorcerers the idolaters and all liars shall have their place in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone notice what he calls it can you read it second death so when was the first death associated you go all the way back for those of you who are inquiry Minds and you want to discover you go back to the book of beginnings the Bible talks about Adam God breathes life into him everybody say life life came to him it was God's breath but in that Garden that you and I Revere and we look at to be such a place where God came and he met with man and he spent time with him there that there were two things that were in that Garden that he had to make sure that he watched out for the angel said to him you can partake of anything in this Garden in the midst of this Garden there's a tree called the Tree of Life The Book of Revelation refers to it also that life is what God desired for his people Adam I'd love for you to walk by that tree every day of life and pull fruit from it and partake of it why because I want you to live but Adam listen to me carefully in this place I've created all things but I also created in this place another tree called the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil if you understand good and evil then you are put into a place where you will have to make conscious decisions and you will have to decide do I follow good or do I follow evil listen to this God was so concerned about it that once sin Disobedience transgression entered onto the scene and when Adam's standing there that day saying we were naked we didn't want to come out in front of you it was God who said who told you that how did you get that information it's because our eyes have been open to things and God said I forbid you to stand and stay in this Garden I will remove you and he took them out and he made them toil from the dirt from which he took them and standing outside the garden now with the seraphims with a sword that said you're not coming back in here God knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that if man has his choice he'll eat of the Tree of Life as long as he's allowed to but if he ever gets fruit from the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil he'll live forever knowing good and evil and God said I'll not do it what I'm going to do is when the time comes I'm going to rope myself in flesh I'm going to come to planet Earth through the Virgin birth and I'll stand up one day and I'll declare today I have come to fulfill every bit that was written from the beginning and from that he'll say to them you've now got a choice to make if you're going to make the kingdom of heaven I'm gonna give you a plan to do so I don't want sin to separate you and drive you into a lake of fire but instead I'll give you life I'll be your life I'll let you live but I'll forgive your sin and I'll wash it don't you think for one moment you're gonna go oh somebody here to preacher now don't think for a moment man you're gonna sachet into the Gates of Heaven and decide upon yourself I got here on my own volition and because of how good I am no friend it is still the blood of Jesus it is still the name of Jesus you want to know why repentance is important because if you don't let those sins go away it's going to drive you uh to a lake of fire if you don't go down in the name of Jesus those sins will be stuck to your life and you'll go to the lake of fire if you're not filled with a wonderful gift of the Holy Ghost you'll end up in the Lake of Fire God knew exactly what he was doing I don't want them to live forever in sin knowing Good and Evil I want them to have life but now because they have separated themselves I will pull them away and I'll send them down the path and they will have to make choices Old Testament I love it man there's so many cool things there you can go through the first five books the penitent the Torah the instruction this is how you live this is what you do there are 600 plus laws written here you need to know them you talk about it when you rise up you talk about them when you lay down and you talk about them when you sit in the way you teach them to your children they need to be like front that's in front of your eyes they need the leading guide every step and everything that you do in your life because if you'll get these laws in your life children of Israel you'll be able to stand in the face of why do you think today 2023 the smallest nation in the world is Israel but it stands firm upon itself it was the God of all creation who said I have put my word in them here we are in our great or it's great big old country of the United States of America we've got every convenience that life can throw at us we've got every modern thing that you could ever want we've got information at our fingertips without any kind of food anything you want and yet in our nation I'll just tell you in our nation there's so many messed up Folk they'll Curse God they'll deny he exists they'll say God is in the trees he's not in nothing they'll say God is in the babies no he's not he's in nothing they'll say there's no God but God looks like this they'll hug themselves they'll love on one another and then all of that I've even heard recently somebody say God is in you you are God man what's your kingdom look like huh you live in a one-bedroom apartment I Kingdom oh you know that who could drop a construction company built it I can tell you who built the kingdom I'm headed to it's Jesus oh you you had all these subcontractors and all these problems and issues trying to get a bathroom done I'm going to take you to a place whose Builder and maker is not man the hand of man has never touched it it's perfectly right Kingdom of Heaven but I've come to tell somebody or not if you're not determined and understanding brother John would you come if you're not determined and understanding the teachings of how the apostles Doctrine focused on Heaven if you don't understand that and you don't take time to dig into it to comprehend it if you don't take time yourself do not be caught in the LIE of this world that says well I'll just have to ask my preacher don't do it you can trust me as far as you can throw me but I too am a man and I'll be honest with you right now I will stand before God just like you will I will not stand next to you there you will stand by yourself and give an account by yourself I would love to when I get there and my name's called and he looks for my name in the Lamb's Book of Life and he finds it and then he goes to that other book and he opens it and it's the works and he says who enter that Joy here got pleasure forever Morgan Glory here I got greatness here you sure there's enough room I assure you I specifically made a place you where am I gonna do when I get there I'm gonna give you a half hour to think on it then the only thing that's going to be on your mind song of the redeem and every angel that has been singing for the eons of time will stand back and hush and they will say I don't know that song I can't sing that song I don't even know the melody of that I it's not words it's not emotion determination that will cause them to rise and stand and sing a song that glorifies and honors the king of kings and the tears and the sorrow and all the suffering and all the junk you've went through is not going to matter no pain no suffering I wish somebody would say it with me tonight heaven heaven anybody else feel like saying that again heaven but to those that are not going to follow the king of kings commands and his laws and his precepts and the way he says to do things there's a place for you as well it's been prepared for you in fact it's expanding its Gates even now because broad is that way wide they run to it the one going to heaven is called narrowing straight hell is real friend that Lake of Fire is real how do you know that preacher you've never been I never been to heaven but I can see it Spirit expressly has spoken and speaks and when you feel that glory of God and you're enveloped in the power of the Holy Ghost you know beyond the shadow of a doubt that he is what he is preparing is exactly for those who hunger and search for him was the last time you made an effort to go to a cemetery it's not a cool place to hang out I don't like it several weeks back I went and visited my father's grave so I just go a can over there and take a rag and Windex and I wipe it off because I think it's important dad was 47 when he died that's Young see if you back up from my dad's grave it's tombstones all over brother Dan if you turn to the left and go down about eight spaces there's a tombstone there child died at three years you can back from there turn around and go 20 Paces that direction there's a tombstone of one that lived a day next to my dad's is one the guy was 90 something you may see a pattern here I don't because that don't make no sense but God said I know it won't make sense to you but such is the kingdom of heaven are you ready if you started at this hour this hour or this hour started here here or here payday is the same that Lake of Fire that ought to startle you that ought to kind of shake you a little bit Lake of Fire D your dad ever talk about the Lake of Fire foreign ever talk about it your grandma had just ever your mom and dad oh anybody understand what I'm saying come on guys the apostles Doctrine one of those teachings is heaven Kingdom of Heaven or hell I want to make Heaven just stand with me tonight it's 806 for us clock Watchers the reward for those who follow God is still awaiting the reward for those who choose not to is still waiting that choice is completely absolutely 100 percent up to you for those who don't want to follow God's plan there is a second death a grave can't hold you then The Rock won't sit on top of you then but you will give an account and his simple words will be I don't know you I don't have a place for you in heaven but I've got one for you in the Lake of Fire interesting thing as I close I go to prepare a place for you so that where I am you will be can be also that's a specific in some translations if you read and you'll do your homework it even has the exact dimensions huh 44 one all right if you're Bible scholars how many fit in that a whole heaping but a lake fire I don't know a whole lot about disbursement of weight and space do you I do know this if I have a cup of coffee that's got this much in it and I take a large donut and stick it in there I have displaced that fluid where it will overrun the side of the cup so I've learned to be wise brother Rob I break the donut in half oh I don't spill my coffee come on you can't have spilled coffee and broke donut right no listen to me it's a simple concept agreed Lake of Fire The More You Chuck into that Lake what happens they just came through I don't want any of you guys I feel the buoyancy of a Lake of Fire because you'll never get out of it you'll never get out of it I can't come get you your grandmother can't come get you your daddy can't come get you it's done it is done anybody feel like praying tonight in an altar 809 would you come on you want to make that call and election sure Lord I want to make sure that I'm on the right path tonight I want to make sure Lord that I've got the right things going on I don't I don't want to follow after a lie I don't want to chase after the wrong things God I want you uh with us I want my family to want you I want my name in The Book of Life I want my name there Lord connected to you Jesus Jesus come on come on somebody you're hungry for God are you hungry for him come on Heaven is in view guys it's just right there such as the Kingdom of Heaven it's right there Hallelujah holy is your name come on would you pray come on would you pray call on the name of the Lord let the spirit of God in you right now well up and reach to him oh come on that's right reach to him oh come on reach to him Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus come on that's right I wanna know your lord in the cross Come on talk to him Lord I want my name in the book Glory my God I want to understand the Kingdom of Heaven I want to understand price that you paid for me oh come on that's right reached to him Lord rest in the cross be Glory Glory forever in my rapture Souls shall find rest beyond me come on somebody reach to him it's a Wednesday night Jesus I Need You Jesus I want to know about the Kingdom of Heaven I want to understand the ways of Heaven Jesus foreign the name of Jesus the name of Jesus oh come on let's try won't you get up close to somebody next to him and pray with them tonight Lord anoint my brother my sister tonight God come on reach out and pray with somebody close to you there come on encourage them you can make Heaven yes you can come on you can make Heaven yes you can of Heaven is real and it's for you come on encourage somebody tonight oh that's right that's right that's right come on that's right I Believe In You Lord I believe in you Jesus Heaven Lord heaven hell that's right come on pray come on believe God for great things tonight foreign I love you Jesus I need you Lord Worthy is your name Lord I don't want to go to hell I don't want to burn in a lake of fire lord I don't want to burn in a lake of fire lord I don't want there to be wailing and gnashing of teeth Lord uh no I want the joy that you have for me Lord the understanding of new name written in glory god thank you get a hold of somebody close by we're going to pray one for another as we leave here Jesus we sure do need you Lord we most certainly need you Jesus you're the only way God will ever get out of here you're the only way Lord will ever ever make heaven the place you've prepared Lord we hunger for that we thirst for that repentance baptism in your name Jesus filling of the Holy Ghost God it's it's a plan Lord that you've got laid out for us Lord we can walk as new creatures upright before you Jesus oh come on somebody let there be a desire to want to live holy before him in the name of Jesus great God I'm trusting you right now my soul says yes to you Jesus let our families be saved let our children understand the teachings of your word let there be a hunger Lord a desire to want to know the doctrine of the word the teachings of your word Jesus name in Jesus name Hallelujah so as you leave here this evening listen carefully we've tried our best over the last several weeks we talked about holiness what's wrong with Holiness nothing 's wrong with Holiness it's still the right way that's Apostolic teaching we talked about how we present ourselves what we wear what we look like how we interact how we talk and walk and the things that we do that represent Jesus come on we got we ought to want to represent him by being and looking and perceiving ourselves and knowing that we're holy we're doing it as unto the Lord and the word of God is leading us then we talked last week about our giving is one of the Apostles Doctrine giving not just money but giving you giving time giving testimony and witness to the to the world around you makes a difference giving of of your increase giving of your health your children come on giving that to God that's a teaching that will carry you through tonight I wanted to end it with heaven and hell those are two places prepared for all of eternity I invite every single one of you to heaven please make sure I go in other words don't send me somewhere else I look at you brother or nervous thank you guys for coming out tonight those online who've joined us thank you next week we begin the series on the gospel salvation a whole lesson on repentance a whole lesson on baptism in the name of Jesus a lesson on receiving the Holy Ghost a lesson on holy lifestyle living a separated life I'm excited about it I mean I love y'all hug next shake hands high fives till next time I'll see y'all this weekend have a great great rest of your week the Lord bless you all