The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-25
the FINAL PUNISHMENT


Last evening REV Nevlas talked
20 8 large sgGseaee oa tbs subject Of
Eternal Punishment, Text. tween
ts.fifth chapter Of Mgtthew and for.
iy-ststh verse And these shall 50
avay into everlasting punishment.
bat the righteous into eternal life :"
Rev Nes!as said ia part "a follows.
The subject of eternal punish
mrnt IL not popular subject. | sup
pose people do not hear IS much
have chosen this subject not be-
cause II ~ popular or unpopular. We
have been taking for daya about the
man or woman sho rejects the mercy
of God and II lost aud It IT, well TO
look at both sides OF this question
because the word Loaf means 10 be
cast out from the presence Of God but
Il means something else We don't
fully realize the meaning OF that lit
tie word LOST Others don't
realize they are lost Thus because
of these two facts many are going
Lay this thought upon yonr
hearts. IL was Christ. who taught us
most about eternal punishment and
hell We find that three fourths of
all the teaching of the Bible on this
subject was given by Christ himself.
Why did Christ devote so much time
TO this? Because he came, first to
tell the whole truth and could not
tell the whole truth without telling
of eternal punishment and hell. 1t
may have been unpopular for Christ
to talk about eternal punishment
but Christ was not seeking popular
ity There was once scourge Of
cholera broke out in Naples. The
doctors had warned the people that
something OF this nature might
come and when the disease broke
out the foolish people stoned the
doctors. as they thought they were
in some way responsible, because
they had warned them. SO, some
people are so foolish as to think
preachers are in some way response
BILE for eternal punishment because
they preach about it. One reason why
Jesus talked SO much of eternal
punishment was because he was the
only man who knew about this ques
ton, being Gods own son. Another
reason was because of his great love
for lost men. He wanted to warn
them against that awful place of the
Is
thing he could do, he wanted to do
it, There are three thoughts given
us with reference to hell. First, we
are told there is place of punish
ment for the lost souls of men-for
those who reject Jesus Christ there
is place of punishment. You re-
member that graphic story Jesus tells
Of the rich man and Lazarus. The
| beggar died and was carried by the
angels into Abraham's bosom, the
rich man died and in hell lifted III
his eyes, being in torments, 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
am tormented in this flame. But
Abraham said between us and you
there is a great gulf fixed Then he
said, L pray thee therefore, father,
that thou woulds't send him to my
fathers house that he may testify I'M
to them lest they also come into this
place of torment Abraham said,
They have Moses and the Prophets
let them hear them and if they hear
not Moses and the Prophets, neither
will they be persuaded, though one
rose from the dead This Is Jesus
picture. If | were to stand here ana
draw a picture like that you would
say | was sensational but these are
the words of Jesus to illustrate the
torment of those in hell. The words
of Jesus, the Son of God himself.
This place of punishment is a place
, that has been prepared for the devil
and his angels. Some people say
now | can't believe God is a God like
! that,-that would send man 10
hell. You have "a wrong conception
Of God. He'll was not prepared Tor
you-it was prepared for the devil