turn to hymn number 131. Christ is all I need. Hymn number 131. Go ahead and sing there right
on the first. Christ is all. Christ is all. Christ is all. Open with the word of prayer.
Dear Father, thank you for this opportunity to gather together as a church this evening,
Lord, I pray that you would bless the remainder of this service and give us ears to hear the
message that you've laid on Brother Dylan's heart. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. For our
next hymn, if you would, turn in your hymnals to hymn number 27, the old rugged cross. Hymn
number 27, number 27, we'll go ahead and start there right on the first. On a hill for a
whale. Good evening, welcome to Steadfast Bathtime. We'll go ahead and go through our
announcements. If you don't have a bulletin, raise your hand, Brother Cameron will bring
you one. On the front there we have our Bible memory verse of the week, which we're starting
a new chapter here, Hebrews chapter 6. Highly encourage everyone to give it all you got
this chapter and memorize with us throughout the weeks. And I do actually have the prizes
for those who completed the last challenge. So if you finished the last Bible memory passage,
go ahead and come up at this time and claim your prize. Go ahead and just come up right
here and grab it off the pulpit. No worries, don't be shy. Come and get your prize. Everyone
stare at them awkwardly. No, I'm just kidding. Good job, guys. All right, while they're grabbing
those, I'll start going through the announcements here. On the left hand side in our bulletin,
we have our service times 1030 a.m. Sunday morning, Sunday evening. This is going to
be the last Sunday that we have our evening service at 530 p.m. Next week, that is being
moved up to 430 p.m. So looking forward to that change. Do remember that for next week.
Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. This upcoming Wednesday is our first Wednesday service.
So no longer is there going to be a Thursday midweek service. That's going to be on Wednesday
like a regular church now. So that's great, right? 7 p.m. on Wednesday. So many times
are listed there. All those meet here at the church building. If you have any questions,
you can contact the respective leaders there that are listed. Speaking of contact information,
this morning, I didn't go over this. In this pulpit copy right here of the bulletin, I
wrote down my phone number and my wife's phone number. If you would, after service, and I'll
put this in the bulletin next week or possibly even Wednesday, but after service, you can
just come up here and make sure that you get our contact information. If you're a man,
please send me a text with your name and even a picture of your family would be great so
I can learn everyone's names. And if you're a lady, please do the same for my wife. I
listed both of our phone numbers there so just want to make sure that we can get a hold
of everyone and everyone can get a hold of us if you ever need anything. We have our
nursing home ministry schedule listed there. That's Sundays at 2 o'clock p.m. Do have our
soul winning stats listed there and baptisms on September 1st. That's going to be the next
fifth Sunday fellowship and the theme for that is family favorite dishes. So definitely
looking forward to seeing what you guys got in the cooking department here. It's going
to be great for sure. Upcoming events like I mentioned this Wednesday is going to be
our evening Bible study. The men's conference is this Thursday August 15th and like I had
mentioned this morning Evangelist Furr will send out a message regarding logistics for
planning rides and carpooling and stuff like that. So be on the lookout for that if you
did sign up for the conference and on Saturday August 24th there is a ladies fellowship event
and I was told before the service there is a sign up sheet for that in the back by Brother
Hall so ladies if you want to go to that please do sign up. October 4th through the 6th is
the Heritage of the Lord conference down at St. Fast Baptist Church in Cedar Hill. Definitely
if you can make it to that that would be great and once the schedule comes out for that,
that kind of might give you an idea of where you want to stay because here's the thing
you got to realize about DFW's you know when they do events down there sometimes church
could be in Cedar Hill, the softball game could be in Hearst, the ice skating could
be in Arlington. So depending on the schedule and the events that Pastor Schilley decides
that might give you an idea of where you want to stay. Sometimes it might be better to stay
more central DFW than right by the church because yeah you're right by the church but
then you got to drive 45 minutes to Hearst so that's up to you to decide but just be
on the lookout for announcements from him as far as where the different events are going
to be had i think that'll help you guys make an informed decision on that that's all we
have for announcements this evening we'll go ahead and go to our next song right for
our next song if you would take a hymnal and turn to hymn number 39 how beautiful heaven
must be hymn number 39 hymn number 39 we'll go ahead and sing there right on the first
we read of a place that's called heaven it's made pure and the free word he hath gave
beautiful heaven must be beautiful heaven must be three four beautiful two it's singing
as the offering plates are being passed around turning new bibles to roman's chapter number
six roman's chapter number six roman's chapter number six tonight roman six bible reads what
shall we say then shall we continue in sin that grace may abound god forbid how shall
we that are that are dead to sin live any longer therein know ye not that so many of
us were as as were baptized into jesus christ were baptized into his death therefore we
are buried with him in baptism into death that like as christ was raised up from the
dead by the glory of the father even so we also should walk in newness of life for if
we have been planted together in the likeness of his death we should we shall be also in
the likeness of his resurrection knowing this that our old man is crucified with him
that the body of sin might be destroyed and henceforth we should not serve sin for he
that is dead is free freed from sin now if we be dead with christ we believe that we
shall also live with him knowing that christ being raised from the dead dyeth no more death
hath no more dominion over him for in that he died he died into sin once but in that
he liveth he liveth unto god likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed into
sin but alive into god through jesus christ our lord let not therefore let not therefore
uh reign in your mortal body that ye should obey that ye should obey it in the lust thereof
neither yield your members as instruments of unrighteousness into sin as those that
are alive from the dead as those that are alive from the dead and your members as instruments
of righteousness unto god for sin shall not have dominion over you for ye are not under
the law but under grace what then shall we sin because we are not under the law but under
grace god forbid know ye not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey his
servants are to whom ye obey rather of sin or of death or of obedience or righteousness
but god be thanked that ye were the servants of sin but ye have obeyed from the heart that
form of doctrine which was delivered you being then made free from sin ye became the servants
of righteousness I speak after a manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh
for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity and to iniquity
even so now yield your members as to righteousness and to holiness for when ye were the servants
of sin ye were free from righteousness what fruit had ye then in those things whereof
ye are now ashamed for the end of those things is death but now being made free from sin
and become servants to God ye have your fruit and to the holiness and the and the end everlasting
life for the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord Heavenly Father Lord we just thank you so much for the for today and Lord
we just pray that you would bless brother Oz and just giving the words to speak I pray
you'd be with this congregation and help us to focus on what you'd have for us in Jesus
precious name we pray amen all right well we are in Romans chapter number six and let's
let's read verse 23 it says for the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord this evening I want to preach a sermon about one of the
aspects of the afterlife and the title my sermon is the second death the second death
you know there's a lot of weird beliefs regarding hell and the second death and the afterlife
in our country today and in churches today and just so you know I'm a guy that kind
of likes statistics so I like bringing in different surveys and statistics into my sermon
but I found this Pew research poll and it was about Americans views on the afterlife
let me just give you some context of like where people are at today in America and what
people believe about the afterlife and if you're a soul winner you know a lot of this
you already know but if not let me just give you some perspective here of all US adults
73% believe in a heaven of all US adults 62% believe in hell and if you go out soul winning
there's oftentimes people where they believe in heaven but they don't believe in a hell
or they definitely don't believe in a biblical hell I've even heard this all the time we're
in hell right now and you know I'm soul winning around cedar hill and I'm like yeah I know
it's hot in Texas but we're not in hell okay or I've even said this I've said well those
are some beautiful children you have I don't think you have that in hell and they're like
oh you're right it's like yeah we're not in hell right now regardless of how bad your
life is by the way out soul winning you should always ask someone if they believe in hell
because as you can see a lot of people don't believe in hell so what I do when I go soul
winning is I present the fact that we're all sinners that we're all deserving of hell
and I ask them do you believe that hell is real and then that's when they'll either
tell me oh we're in hell right now or sometimes they may say yes and this is always what I
do I always say how would you describe hell because that that will tell me if they truly
believe in a biblical hell or not because if they say well hell is just separation from
God or well we're in hell right now or anything like that then I know that okay this person
doesn't actually truly understand hell and if someone is going to recognize the fact
that they need to get saved they need to understand what they're being saved from so I asked them
that question so that then I could show them really quick what the Bible says about hell
then move on in my presentation but if you look at these statistics you definitely should
be asking that question of all Protestants polled in America 93 percent believe in heaven
79% believe in hell. So even of Protestants, less than 80% believe in hell. Historically black churches,
93% believe in heaven, 89% believe in hell. So more of them believe in hell. Catholics, 90% believe in
heaven, 74% believe in hell. Republicans, 85% believe in heaven, 75% believe in hell. Democrats,
64% believe in heaven, only 52% believe in hell. I'm shocked that it's even that high,
that 52% of Democrats believe in hell. I don't know if that's right. One in six Americans believe
in no afterlife at all, that just you die, you close your eyes, it's over, you cease to exist.
So a lot of people believe. When asked if people who do not believe in God can go to heaven,
four out of 10 Americans said yes. So 40% of Americans say even if you don't believe in God,
you still go to heaven when you die. 58% of Americans identifying as Christians said that
non-Christians can go to heaven. And man, can't you see the result of preachers like, man,
I can't believe I'm losing his name right now, Billy Graham, where he was saying that he believes
as long as people just follow the light that they have in their life, that they'll go to heaven,
to where now 58% of Americans that claim to be Christians say that you don't have to be a
Christian to get to heaven. It just goes to show the level of confusion that's on this topic and
just the lack of Bible reading that's happening regarding this subject. And so tonight we're just
going to look at a lot of Bible and we're going to try to get a general nature of what the second
death is like. So we're here in Romans chapter number six number one let's talk about the nature
of the second death. Now what you have to realize about the second death is that there's actually a
physical aspect to the second death and there's a spiritual aspect to the second death. Let's read
Romans 6 23 says for the wages of sin is death. Now just about everybody uses this verse out
soul-winning but oftentimes what I hear people say is they'll say well for the wages of sin is
death. Now the first death is physical and the second death is spiritual and I understand what
people are meaning by that and I used to say that myself out soul-winning but technically that is
not correct. It is not correct to say that the first death is physical and that the second death
is spiritual. Now I'm going to show that to you go to Romans chapter number seven flip the page
which you have to understand about the word death in the bible that death could have actually a lot
of different meanings in the bible. It could be talking about authority, it could be talking
about a spiritual state, it could be talking about the shedding of your physical body dying in the
in the sense that we use it. Let's look at Romans chapter number seven verse one it says, "No ye not
brethren, for I speak to them that know the law, how that the law hath dominion over a man as long
as he liveth. For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he
liveth. But if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband." So what context does
dead mean here? It means the shedding of your physical body, right? And as a result of that,
the woman is no longer under the authority of that man because he's dead. So then if while her husband
liveth she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if her husband be dead,
she is free from that law so that she is no adulteress though she be married to another man.
Wherefore my brethren ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ that ye should be
married to another even to him who is raised from the dead that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
So the bible saying it's using this you know analogy of a woman that's married to a man
who dies he's dead and so because of that she's no longer under the dominion or the authority
of that husband because he's dead and she's now able to be married to another just like because
jesus has come because jesus has died on the cross because we put our faith in jesus christ
we've now become dead to the law meaning that it just has no authority over us jesus christ has
died for all of our sins and even though we break the law it's not able to subjugate us
anymore it's not able to keep us in bondage anymore because otherwise if salvation wasn't
by faith it would still be keeping us down in bondage because we would never be good enough
to keep the law perfectly so that's kind of the analogy that that the bible is using there but
let's keep reading verse five it says for when we were in the flesh the motion the motions of sins
which were by the law did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death but now we are
delivered from the law that being dead wherein we were held that we should serve in newness of
spirit and not in the oldness of the letter what shall we say then is the law sin god forbid nay i
had not known sin but by the law for i had not known lust except the law had said thou shall not
covet but sin taking occasion by the commandment brought in me all manner of concupiscence for
without the law sin was dead now here's the important verse i want you to focus on verse
nine it says for i was alive without the law once but when the commandment came sin revived
and i died when people out someone can say you know the first death is physical the second death
is spiritual it's actually not true the first death is spiritual because according to the bible
we were alive once before we sinned we were spiritually alive just like god made adam and
eve and before they sinned they were in the same state but just like god said if you eat of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil you will die right and what kind of death was it talking
about it was talking about a spiritual death and in the very same day that they ate of that fruit
they did die spiritually just like the first time that we ever sinned against god we die in a sense
our spirit dies in a sense and we are now dead now here's the thing you still are walking around
on this earth you're physically breathing physically speaking you're alive but when
the person is unsaved they are in a state of death they are dead that's what the bible's saying here
paul's saying when the law came when i understood what the bible says and i sinned i actually died
so death actually the first death is spiritual verse 10 in the commandment which was ordained
to life i found to be unto death for sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me and by it
slew me i mean listen to the language here talking about being killed look the bible didn't get up
and just strangle him to death physically speaking no he broke the law of god and because of his own
lust because of his own sinful nature and because of that paul became dead same thing for all of us
the first time that we ever sinned we became dead and here's what you have to understand about death
death is simply a state of being its location can vary and well i'll talk about this later on the
sermon but you could be dead spiritually and be alive walking on earth you could be dead and be
in hell the center of the earth you could be twice dead and be walking on this earth and be without
hope of salvation ever and you could be dead and be located in the lake of fire so what you have
to understand about that word death is it's simply a state of being really when you think about the
second death the first death is is spiritual and the second death that's talked about in revelation
actually has a physical aspect to it let's go to luke chapter number 16 luke chapter number 16
let's talk more just a little bit about the afterlife here luke luke chapter number 16
verse number 19 there was a certain rich man which was which was clothed in purple and fine linen
and fared sumptuously every day it was really rich guy verse 20 and there was a certain beggar named
lazarus which was laid at his gate full of sores and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell
from the rich man's table moreover the dogs came and licked his sores and it came to pass that the
beggar died and was carried by the angels into abraham's bosom what kind of death is that talking
about that's talking about a physical death what we know it's not spiritual because he's carried
up to abraham's bosom sorry dispensationalists that's just talking about going to heaven because
that's where abraham is and he was brought to his chest okay that's another sermon for another time
but let's keep reading it says the rich man also died and was buried now the rich man is not saved
he had already died once spiritually the first time he ever sinned this one's talking about the
shedding his body but notice what happens at the same time it says and in hell he lift up his eyes
being in torments and seeth abraham afar off and lazarus lazarus in his bosom so notice an unsaved
person if someone dies being in that state that spiritual state of being dead immediately they
lift up their eyes in hell in torments you know that's that's the shocking reality of the
afterlife that people need to learn in america today there's no such thing as purgatory if you
die and you're unsaved there's no hope for you you're forever in torments and anguish in flames
for all of eternity and yeah they go to hell and eventually that's relocated to the second death
we'll talk about that later but they will be in that state of death for all of eternity they were
when they sinned they stay in that state of death for all of eternity the location may change but
they're dead people forever and ever think about jesus said that whosoever liveth and believeth in me
shall never die what is that talking about that's talking about spiritually right because once we're
born again we're a new creature our spirit is revived our spirit is new and that spirit will
never ever die because we have eternal life we're saved for forever but the same cannot be said of
the unsaved verse 24 says 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 tormented in this flame
so notice death like i said is a state of being hell is one of its locations and here what this
is talking about is hell verse 23 says and in hell he lift up his eyes what is hell described as well
it's someone there that's being in torment it's someone that's crying out in pain it's someone
that's begging for a drop of water to cool their tongue it's someone that's being tormented in
flames you know and i think the reason why a lot of people don't want to believe what the bible says
about hell or about the second death is because it's just an awful awful truth to think about
you know what just because we don't like something doesn't mean it's not real you know there's a lot
of things in this world that you may not necessarily like but you don't get to just change reality
because you like something or you don't the wise person yeah they may think well i don't like the
idea of hell but you should be wise enough to believe on jesus christ so that you don't go there
whether you like it or not it doesn't matter if you like it or not a lot of people are hesitant
to believe in jesus christ because they may realize that a loved one died being unsaved
and that they're in hell right now and they don't want to accept that truth and face that truth and
so they themselves sometimes don't want to believe in jesus christ who's heard something like that
out so many it happens but man just read the bible read luke 16 and realize you should never want to
go to this place you go to this place there's no hope for you ever in all of eternity let's learn
some details about hell go to matthew chapter number 12 matthew chapter number 12 matthew
chapter number 12 let's look at verse 40 jesus said this for as jonas was three days and three
nights in the whale's belly so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart
of the earth so according to the bible where is hell located it's located in the center of the
earth and even secular people acknowledge that what's at the center of the earth fire magma lava
just how you would describe hell is how it is but here's the thing about hell hell yes it's located
in the center of the earth but it is a spiritual place it is a spiritual realm i don't believe
that if somehow we were able to tunnel down all the way to the center of the earth and we were
able to tunnel into the center of the earth i don't believe you would see people down there
screaming i don't think you would be able to hear the screams why because it is a spiritual realm
it's very real oh it exists people are there they're really feeling the pain they will for
all of eternity they're really in the bottomless pit but i'm just saying in our in our human flesh
in our carnal eyes us alive i don't think that we'd be able to see that you know it does take
faith to believe the promises of the bible but i do believe with all my heart that that's where it
is you could stay there i'll read for you axe 231 it says he's seeing this before spake of the
resurrection of christ that his soul was not left in hell neither his flesh did see corruption you
know that's a really easy verse to understand the bible says very clearly that jesus's soul was not
left in hell meaning that it was there at one point but you know a lot of christians don't like
this and even a lot of bible versions will change the word hell to hades here because they want to
confuse the reader hell is a very easily understood word when i say hell everyone knows what i'm
talking about and you know when you show someone from the bible it's very clear but hades it's not
as clear people are like what is that you know greek mythology makes me think of greek mythology
but no jesus was actually in hell go to psalm chapter number 16 psalm 16 many people deny this
today but i'll show you the bible is very clear about it psalm 16 verse 9 the bible says therefore
my heart is glad and my glory rejoiceth my flesh also shall rest in hope for thou will not leave
my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption notice jesus here
saying that his his flesh is going to rest in hope why would he need to have hope well because
he's experiencing hell you know i don't need hope if i'm going through something that's really
pleasant and enjoyable no you need hope when you're going through something that's really hard
and you have hope that you're going to somehow be delivered from that situation jesus is saying
here that he had hope because why because he was in hell let me read for you you can go to jude
while you're going to jude i'll read for you hebers 2 9 it says this but we see jesus who
was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor
that he by the grace of god should taste death for every man we're talking about death here what
kind of death is this talking about well this is not talking about the shedding of his physical body
because here the bible saying that jesus tasted death for every man tasting is when you uh are
experiencing something for a very short amount of time look jesus didn't just barely experience a
physical death he actually had a full-on physical death he didn't just taste of death in that sense
he actually fully died he was fully killed but when it comes to hell jesus was only there for
three days and three nights that's why it's accurate for him to say that he tasted death for
every man so he experienced the physical death but what death is this talking about that's talking
about actually being in hell so you could be dead on earth you could be dead in hell you could be
dead in the lake of fire you could be twice dead while walking this earth too jude you know i'm
going to talk a little bit about people that are twice dead speaking of false prophets look at verse
11 it says woe unto them for they've gone in the way of cain and ran greedily after the error of
balam for reward and perished in the gained saying of kora we're talking about false prophets here
it says these are spots in your feasts of charity when they feast with you feeding themselves without
fear clouds they are without water carried about of winds trees whose fruit withereth without fruit
notice this twice dead plucked up by the roots you know jesus talks about being born again because
we're born physically of our mother and once we believe in jesus christ we're born again
spiritually so in a sense we're like twice birthed but there's people on this earth that are twice
dead meaning that they sinned once and because of that they're in a spiritual state of being dead
and then they can get to a point where they've rejected god so many times they've rejected the
bible so many times where god actually turns them over to a reprobate mind he rejects them and
they're now twice dead meaning there's no more hope for them there's no way that they could believe
the gospel and be saved they've rejected them too many times and think about it everyone that is in
the lake of fire is twice dead that's literally called the second death and god is saying here
look you can get to a point even on this earth even while you're still alive in your physical
body where your eternity is already sealed just like the people that are in the lake of fire
just like the people that will experience the second death someday in the biblical context of
revelation 20 the same thing can happen to someone while there's a lie while they're alive where
they're twice dead now go to revelation chapter number 20 revelation chapter number 20 so i would
say the first death is spiritual and the second death all capitals the the second death proper
that i'm talking about revelation is spiritual revelation 20 verse 1 it says this and i saw an
angel come down from heaven having the keys of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand so
what's the bottomless pit that's hell verse two he laid hold on the dragon that old serpent which
is the devil and satan and bound him a thousand years and cast him into the bottomless pit so
someday the devil himself is actually going to be bound in hell in the center of the earth for a
thousand years it says and shut him up and set a seal upon him that he should deceive the nations
no more till the thousand years should be fulfilled and after that he must be loosed a little season
when it's talking about the thousand years there it's talking about the millennial reign of christ
during that time the devil's actually bound up he's in hell he's in the center of the earth
and he's not going about deceiving the nations anymore jesus christ is ruling and reigning on
this earth and his law is prospering the word of god is prospering the devil isn't there
to deceive the nations he's not there with his weapons of mass distraction during this time
the devil's bound up verse four it says and i saw thrones and they sat upon them and judgment was
given unto them and i saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of jesus this is
about saved people and for the word of god and which had not worshiped the beast neither his image
neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands and they lived and reigned with
christ a thousand years but the rest of the dead keep this in mind lived not again until the
thousand years were finished this is the first resurrection now in this context what's the dead
referring to it's talking about saved believers that are just sleeping in christ saying yeah they've
experienced physical death but it says they're they're dead they live not again until meaning
they will live again right and that's the good news says blessed and holy is he that hath part
in the first resurrection on such the second death hath no power but they shall be priests of god
and of christ and shall reign with him a thousand years so what is this talking about well we're
going to have the rapture happen the catching up of god's saints god's going to come back with his
saved in the air and then the dead in christ obviously rise first then they which are alive
and remain come with him and then he establishes the one thousand millennial reign of christ which
already mentioned but look at verse number seven it says and when the thousand years are expired
so after his reign satan shall be loosed out of his prison so he gets out of hell verse eight
and shall go out again he's going out and deceiving the nations and shall go out to deceive the
nations which are in the four quarters of the earth gog and magog to gather them together to
battle the number of whom is as the sand of the sea and they went up on the breadth of the earth
and compassed the camp of the saints about and the beloved city and fire came down from god out
of heaven and devoured them and the devil that deceived them notice this was cast into the lake
of fire and brimstone so this is a place that we haven't talked about yet he was in the bottomless
pit which was described as prison once he gets out of that the battle of gog and magog happens and
he's brought somewhere else what is it the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the
false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night forever and i saw a great white throne you've
probably heard about the great white throne judgment this is the part of the bible that talks
about it and i saw a great white throne and him that sat on it from whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away and there was found no place for them notice this and i saw the dead so we
already talked about people that are dead that's a description of a lot of different things one of
the descriptions is people that are in hell they could be described as the dead and here it says
and i saw the dead small and great stand before god and the books were opened and another book
was open which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written
in the books according to their works by the way people that believe workspace salvation someday
you're going to get to be judged by your works and it's not going to go well for you you know i
thank god that i never have to be judged according to my works because i will fall short every single
time i am just a complete sinner who is saved by the grace of jesus christ and i get to be judged
by jesus's works because i get his imputed righteousness by putting my faith in him thank
god i don't have to stand at this white great throne judgment and be judged by my works be a bad
bad day says in verse 13 and the sea gave up the dead which were in it so what's happening the
dead bodies that were literally in the ocean are appearing at this judgment and think about it
heaven and earth just dissolved away he said that they were rolled back as a scroll there was found
no more place for them so all these bodies are here is a really graphic uh description that's
being given here it says and the sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and hell delivered
up the dead which were in them so all the people that were in hell or the prison or the bottomless
pit are now standing before god at the great white throne judgment and they were judged every man
same thing according to their works notice this and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire
this is the second death so notice when it comes to the second death there's a physical aspect of
this their their physical body is coming up from the ocean or coming up from wherever they died
or coming up from hell and they're being cast into the lake of fire that is the second death
they already died once when they sinned they're in the state of death when they sinned they changed
locations when they shed their physical body of going to hell what's the second death well
they're resurrected out of hell they're standing before god at the great white throne judgment
they're judged according to their works all of them fall short because none of them are saved
obviously and then they're cast physically into the lake of fire that's what the second death is
go to if you would isaiah chapter number 65 isaiah 65 so what you have to understand is
that when when people die right now they go to hell but ultimately hell is not their eternal
destination technically speaking their eternal destination is the lake of fire now i wouldn't
say it's it's important to get too worked up about what technical term you use because hell is cast
into the lake of fire so i think it's totally accurate to tell people out soul winning that
the eternities that the unsaved spend eternity in hell don't don't feel like you have to explain
this to someone at the door this is a little more advanced but just so that you understand just as
god's people understand yeah the unsaved they die right now physically speaking they go to hell
at the great white throne judgment hell itself is cast into the lake of fire so talk about the
nation the nature of the second death let's talk a little bit about the location of the second
death now i've i've thought about this in the past and i was not dogmatic about i've heard other
people say this too i was postulating could it be possible that the second death and the lake of
fire is maybe the sun or some sort of celestial being i don't think that's the case i don't think
that's possible and here's why isaiah 65 or 17 it says this says for behold i create new heavens
and a new earth and the former shall not be remembered nor come into mind look at this stage
in the game there is no sun there is no celestial bodies revelation 20 said that literally heaven
and earth gets rolled up like a scroll there's no more place for them what does that even mean i
don't know but earth is gone heaven is gone the sun is gone all of the people who have ever lived
where are we we're in the spiritual realm where god dwells at this point we're in some sort of
spiritual realm so it's not like the lake of fire or some physical location that nasa is going to
discover someday or space x is going to discover someday this is kind of like hell where i said if
we were to go into the center of the earth i don't think you would see people burning there
okay i don't think we could actually find out where this place is but it is in a spiritual realm
look at uh second peter chapter number three second peter chapter number three now what does
the bible teach is going to happen to heaven and earth someday it says in second peter three verse
seven but the heavens and the earth which are now so our solar system our moon our earth by the same
word are kept in store reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
you know it's kind of incredible to fathom this statement but someday literally the earth jupiter
saturn venus mars all the moons all the galaxies that you could possibly think of every single star
that's ever been photographed by these satellites it'll all burn someday that's pretty incredible
just think about how powerful god is that all of that is going to be burned and destroyed verse 8
but beloved be not ignorant of this one thing that one day is with the lord is a thousand years
and a thousand years as one day the lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count
slackness but is long suffering to usward not willing that any should perish but that all should
come to repentance but the day of the lord will come as a thief in the night in the which notice
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat the
earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness
he's saying hey man you should get the right perspective on your life realizing that everything
on this earth is going to be burned someday your business your house all your possessions in fact
the entire universe is just going to be destroyed someday that should make you circumspect that
should make you careful and prudent about how you live your life in all holy conversation and
godliness why verse 12 looking for hasting under the coming the day of god wherein the heavens being
on fire shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt with fervent heat nevertheless we according
to his promise look for a new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness you know all
the unsaved and all the people that spent their whole life chasing carnality chasing lust uh lust
and just the pleasures of this life you know when all this happens they're not going to care about
any of those things they're just going to be in torture and torments and just wishing that they
had believed in jesus christ but it'll be too late but you know we look for a new heaven and a new
earth you know that's that's encouraging that someday we're going to live in a perfect earth
a perfect heaven and we we don't know all the details of what that's going to look like we
can't fully understand what the eternal state is going to be looking like but it's going to be
amazing i know that it's going to be glorious and to be able to be dwelling with the lord jesus
christ and our heavenly father in the holy city of god is going to be amazing go to revelation
chapter number 14 revelation chapter number 14 so the reason i'm bringing this up is to say basically
we don't know exactly where the lake of fire is other than that it's going to exist in a spiritual
realm because the heavens and the earth are going to be dissolved someday so it's got to be in some
sort of spiritual realm revelation 149 it says in the third angel follow them saying with a loud voice
many man worship the beast and his image and receive his mark in his forehead forehead or in
his hand the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of god which is poured out without mixture
into the cup of his indignation and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence
of the holy angels and in the presence of the lamb you know this is partly why i believe strongly
that the lake of fire will be existing in a spiritual realm because it's saying that he's
literally this is happening in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the lamb so
wherever this spiritual realm is where god dwells where the lamb dwells where these holy angels
dwell in that same realm is where these people are going to be burning for all of eternity
and i doubt that we're going to be able to see this or anything like that but obviously god
can see all things and and he's controlling this he's the one that stokes the flames of the lake
of fire you know some people falsely think that the devil is reigning in hell and that there's
demons but no really the people that are there they're in the presence of the holy angels and
in the presence of jesus christ and uh man that's got to be very intimidating and scary for them
to see the face of the lamb of god who they rejected who they despised who they didn't
believe in and he's the one that's going to be burning them for all of eternity revelation
chapter 20 by the way that's a good verse if you know i told you that when you go out soul hunting
ask them hey do you believe in hell what do you think hell is like tell how would you describe
hell they give you a bad answer i usually just go to revelation 14 and i just start reading where
it says and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone and i explain that to them and then
usually they'll agree with me and say okay yeah that is what the bible says but just some advice
on that revelation 20 verse 11 says so let's kind of wrap up this point here revelation 2011 says
and i saw a great white throne him that sat on it notice this from whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away and there was found no place for them so that's that is the verse why i believe
that the lake of fire it's in a spiritual realm it's not something you can physically find why
because heaven and earth isn't going to be existing during the great white throne judgment we're just
going to be in a spiritual realm where god dwells let's talk about also the timeline of the second
death go to matthew chapter number 24 matthew chapter 24 you know we talked about the nature of the second death
talked about the location of the second death let's talk about the timeline of the second death
let's give you quickly just a big picture overview of what the end times is you know the first major
event that kicks off the end times is something called the abomination desolation matthew 24 15
says we need therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by daniel the prophet
stand in the holy place who so readeth let him understand then let them which be in judaea flee
into the mountains if you if you read second thessalonians chapter number two talks about
how the antichrist is going to stand up and that he's going to declare himself god and he said
that it's going to be happening in the temple of god well here it says in the holy place you know
just like the antichrist isn't really god but he's calling himself god this holy place will be called
the holy place but it's not really the holy place you know i do personally believe that a third
temple will be rebuilt in jerusalem where the antichrist will stand and declare himself god
there's some people who think that maybe he'll do it at like some g2 summit some world leader summit
and i'm not completely closed off to that possibility but when i read the bible and i
see the holy place temple of god to me it really sounds like there's going to be that temple built
in jerusalem and that is what the jews desire if you know anything about them they they want that
third temple built so the abomination of desolation the antichrist stands up he declares himself god
that kicks off what's called the great tribulation go to matthew chapter number 24 after the great
tribulation is the rapture what we refer to as the rapture matthew 24 verse 29 it says immediately
after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light
and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken and then
shall appear the sign of the son of man in heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn
and they shall see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory and
he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other so this is just a very very clear passage
of scripture describing the fact that the rapture catching up of the believers happens after the
tribulation and it's crazy to me that so many churches today still haven't changed their view
on this and that they're still pre-trib they still believe that we could just be raptured at any
moment jesus can come back at any moment just completely ignoring second thessalonians 2 that
the antichrist has to come and declare himself god first completely ignoring the first part of
matthew chapter 24 and this part of chapter 24 where it says immediately after the tribulation
of those days look this is why it's so important to read the bible for yourself not just trust
that whatever some preacher is telling you it's true because he's a preacher no you need to
actually review the bible yourself and believe what jesus said over any man after the rapture
is what kicks off the wrath of god this is what revelation eight and nine is about if you want
to read about the wrath of god then revelation 19 goes into the battle of armageddon that's right
before the 1 000 year reign of christ so that's the millennial reign of christ where jesus
physically has come from heaven to earth to rule and to reign on this earth for a thousand years
and he's going to be giving the faithful saints positions of authority and basically your life
now is going to determine how much authority and responsibility you have in that millennial reign
of christ after that you have the battle of gog and magog the devils loosed out of prison for one
basically final showdown between jesus and the wicked and of course jesus destroys them all
wipes them all out completely has the victory and right after that is when you have the great
white thrown judgment this is where the heaven and the earth flee away and all that's gone all the
events that just took place on earth are pretty much vain compared to what they're experiencing
right now where they're all going to be standing before god they'll be judged by their works and
then what's going to happen the second death where they're cast physically into the lake of fire
after that god creates a new heaven and a new earth and us as god's people we live in all of
eternity on the new heaven and new earth with god that's kind of like the big picture overview
of the end times so when i'm talking about the second death that's like right at the end
basically of all these events that's when the second death happens now lastly let's talk
about this go to revelation 20 let's talk about the horror of the second death the horror of
the second death and you know it's not a pleasant thing to talk about but it's in the bible and it's
it's there for a reason you try to put yourself in these people's shoes here revelation 2011 says
and i saw a great white throne and him that sat on it first of all wow you're going to be seeing
god almighty think about just the gravity of that alone nothing else mentioned this chapter but just
imagine you're going to see god almighty on his great white throne that alone is going to be
terrifying for these unsafe people i mean the people who live their whole life mocking him
or saying oh he's not real or calling him a sky daddy you're going to be standing before him when
he's on his throne and you're not going to be laughing then you're not going to be mocking then
you're not going to be scorning then you're going to be shaking in fear because of what's about to
happen to you think about how terrifying this would be it says from whose face the earth and
the heaven fled away and there was found no place for them i mean us as human beings we're so small
we're so insignificant we're so weak and all of a sudden you're going to be standing before god
almighty god in his throne and you're going to see heaven and earth dissolve away before your eyes
this is a serious event right here this is a crazy event that these people are going to be
going through and what's going to happen verse 12 and i saw the dead small and great stand before
god and the books were open and another book was open which is the book of life and the dead were
judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works i mean we're
gonna see every single unsaved person who's ever lived get judged by god according to their works
and i mean there's no more concept of time apparently because i have no idea how much time
this would take humanly speaking and just to think about all the wicked people throughout history
and to think about all the people that die every single day in oklahoma city and about all the
people that die every single day in america or you know there's a war in ukraine right now all those
just thousands tens of thousands of soldiers that are unsaved that die in combat we're going to
literally see all these people resurrected from hell or their dead bodies brought up from the
oceans from the sea wherever they were at stand before god you're going to see adolf hitler get
judged you're going to see mal satan get judged you're going to see joseph stallen be judged by
god you're going to see all of these sodomite protesters from steadfast baptist church be judged
by god i'm looking forward to that one i have to admit you know it breaks my heart for some people
that are saved but you know once you've rejected god god is just to punish you in hell because he
made salvation so free to you and so every single person that goes to hell they do deserve to be
there you know why because i deserve to be there because every single person in this room deserves
to be there and he just offered us salvation as a free gift all we had to do is just call upon the
name of the lord all we had to do is believe in jesus christ so if you're too stupid or too wicked
to do that yeah you do deserve to burn in hell for all of eternity but look there's some people
that have a worse punishment than others there's some people that i'm much happier that are going
to be experiencing the second death than others i'll be very happy when every single child molester
stands before the throne of god and is cast alive into the lake of fire man i can't wait for that
praise god for that you know there's a lot of there's a lot of times in this world where there
is no justice on this earth for victims of crime there's a lot of there's a lot of crimes that are
never even solved there's a lot of murders that are never even solved a lot of times people just
murder someone in cold blood and they never ever pay for it in their entire life but someday they
will stand before god who knows every single thing that took place throughout all of eternity
they'll be judged according to their works and they'll be cast into the lake of fire it says in
verse 12 and i saw the dead small and great you know the unsaved grandma and the greatest dictator
to ever live will both be there stand before god and the books were opened and another book was
open which is the book of life you know praise god our name is in that book so we don't have
to be judged like these people and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in
the books according to their works it's a very grave it's a very serious topic that the bible's
talking about here and the sea gave up the dead which were in it that's got to be a gross sight
to see just dead bodies that have been in the ocean for who knows how many hundreds or thousands
of years and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them i mean this sounds like
something out of a horror film but this is the bible this is the word of god this is reality
that's going to happen they were judged every man according to their works i mean imagine being in
hell imagine if you died on this earth 2 000 years ago died on this earth 4 000 years ago
and you've been in hell for all those thousands and thousands of years and you get out of hell
and it's not it's not good it's not like things are gonna get better for you no you're actually
just going to stand in front of almighty god be judged by your works and then cast into the lake
of fire for all of eternity nothing good happens to them verse 15 whosoever was not found written
in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire revelation chapter 20 we'll go to revelation
chapter number 20 verse 10 yeah let's go back a few verses uh revelation 2010 it says and the
devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false
prophet are and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever forever and ever so notice the
people like a fire it's not annihilation it's not them just being burnt up real quick and then their
being is gone it's not soul sleep like the seventh day Adventist teach it's not just separation from
god what is it it's fire brimstone it's pain it's agony it's screaming it's begging for water it's
standing before the face of god and being judged by your works it's despair it's suffering it's
anguish it's eternity that is what the second death is and that is what we need to wake people
up into believing today not like these sad poll statistics where people don't have a clue what's
actually facing them someday and a lot of people say oh it's so hateful to preach about hell it's
so hateful to talk about the second death if this is the reality that someone's going to face how is
it hateful to warn them about that i mean if you're driving a car at the edge of the grand canyon
and you're the passenger don't you think the loving thing to do is be like hey stop there's
a cliff right here you're going to drive off the edge and die it's like oh that's so negative
that's such a negative message though it's like yeah it is a negative message you better believe
it's a negative message it's the most negative message you can imagine in fact you can't think
if you tried you can't think of anything worse than hell you try to do it after service think
of a worse punishment than hell it's impossible it is the worst punishment that exists you know
the loving person would do they would warn people about that it's an ugly reality because it's an
ugly reality people don't want to talk about it go to revelation chapter number 21 let's talk about
our immunity from the second death our immunity from the second death revelation 21 verse 1 and i
saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and
there was no more sea and i john saw the holy city new jerusalem coming down from god out of heaven
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and i heard a great voice out of heaven saying behold
the tabernacle of god is with men and he will dwell with them they shall be his people and god
himself himself shall be with them and be their god and god shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more
pain for the former things are passed away you know thank god that god is going to bring down
a new heaven and a new earth a new city for us to dwell in that we're going to dwell with the lord
jesus christ for all of eternity that we're going to be able to see the face of god you know thank
god he's going to wipe away the tears from our eyes because man is this ugly event that we're
going to see and man is it going to suck when i have to see my grandfather someday cast into
the lake of fire man is going to suck when you have to see your unsaved loved one cast into the
lake of fire you know what there's going to be tears tears because it's a negative message
that's the point but it's reality it's what's going to happen so thank god hey he'll wipe
away all tears from our eyes and when he does that there'll be no more death what are we talking
about the second death there's no more death there's no more sin there's no more dying
spiritually there's no more hell it's already been cast in the lake of fire there's no more
second death it's just eternity with god no sorrow no crying no pain you know that is awesome praise
god for that and we just got it as a free gift how crazy is that i mean just you have you have god
who is just offering us just eternal riches and goodness and mercy and glory for free to people
that don't even deserve it and yet people have the audacity to blaspheme a god that that that is that
good to people and they have the audacity to complain about hell and to complain about the
lake of fire well it's like look at the opposite that he offered us all you had to do was take the
free gift just take the free gift go to first john 5 revelation 211 he that hath an ear let him hear
what the spirit saith unto the churches he that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death
hey if you overcome you'll never be hurt of the second death what does it mean to overcome look
at first john 5 4 for whatsoever is born of god overcometh the world and this is the victory that
overcometh the world even our faith hey take that work salvationist heretics what is it that
overcomes the second death what is it that overcomes eternal damnation believing in jesus christ
trusting in christ having faith verse 5 who is he that overcome at the world but he that believeth
that jesus is the son of god thank god salvation is that easy believing trusting that jesus christ
is the son of god i'll read for you revelation 26 blessed and holy is he that hath part in the
first resurrection on such the second death hath no power thank god for that so we talked about
you know the nature of the second death the location the timeline the horror our immunity
you know what's what's the application for us well you know it's it's a very obvious application
and it's that we need to preach about hell we as a church need to preach about hell and this world
is getting all confused about it there's so many false prophets out there that don't want to tell
you the truth about hell or about the second death or about the lake of fire why because
they're of their father the devil and you know where the devil wants people to go right where
he's going the lake of fire so he wants to confuse people on that so what do we need to do we need to
continue to preach the truth about this subject even though it's a negative message it's not a
fun sermon to talk about i'm not it's not like i was studying for this sermon i was like oh i
feel so encouraged you know it's like this is this is hard it's hard to read it's hard to think
about and it and it's hard to preach about because a lot of times you're reading the bible and you're
not really putting yourself into the story you know and that's a really good thing to do when
you're reading the bible is like really slow down and visualize this like oh yeah they stood before
a great white throne him that sat on the throne it's like that's insane when you actually think
about it god almighty in front of them you know another thing of course we need to go out and
preach the gospel to the lost because this is the place that real people with real souls are going
to spend eternity if they don't believe in jesus christ and if you don't warn them about it no one
else will don't think that if steadfast baptist church doesn't take our job seriously preaching
gospel in oklahoma city that just everyone else is going to pick up the slack for us that's not
going to happen that's a fantasy world no there's very few soul winners in this world and we need
to do what jesus said and pray for more laborers because there's so few people doing this we need
to pray for more laborers go to second chrithians five this will be the last place we go to this
evening second chrithians five verse 18 says in all things are of god who hath reconciled us to
himself by jesus christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation verse 19 to wit that
god was in christ reconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses unto them
and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation you know don't believe the
calvinists that god's just going to save whoever he wants to save god's just going to choose the
special chosen elect and they're going to automatically go to heaven the bible says that
god has given to us the ministry of reconciliation it is our job to get people saved jesus is not
going to come down and preach people the gospel that's our job verse 20 now then we are ambassadors
for christ as though god did beseech you by us we pray you in christ's stead be reconciled to god
you know the bible's describing here god is sending human beings as ambassadors for him standing in
the place of him begging people to be reconciled to god you know when a church sends out a soul
winner you know what that is that is god sending a soul winner when someone gets a knock on their
door from a christian with the king james bible that's ready to preach them the gospel you know
who sent them there god almighty god sent them there that is what the bible says and so don't
ever disparage soul winning don't ever think it doesn't work the bible's saying here that we're
ambassadors for jesus christ we are in the in christ's stead in the place of jesus christ he's
not going to come here knocking on people's doors he told us to do that verse 21 why why did he have
us do this for he hath made him to be sin for us see we get the easy job of knocking on people's
door and offering up the gospel but you know what jesus had to do he had to become sin for us which
one's harder jesus is the one that had to go to hell he hath made him to be sin for us who knew
no sin that we might be made the righteousness of god in him you know praise god for him being
so just and so so righteous that and so merciful that he would actually give his only begotten son
who never knew sin and actually allow him to become sin for us to become a cursed of god to
die on the cross in a slow agonizing painful death to descend to hell for three days and three nights
to pay the punishment that we deserve to give us everlasting life for free as a free gift by
putting our faith in him you know what a what a great deal that is for us and you know what he
just asks us to do nothing in the context of salvation you know what jesus wants us to do
just help other people get that free gift you know he would say to us he's like look you got
the free gift i gave it to you for free can you just help other people get that free gift that's
it you know what what this message should inspire you to do is realize wow the lake of fire is
terrible see this would be the bad attitude wow the lake of fire is terrible good thing i never
have to go there let me live the rest of my life no the right attitude is wow this is terrible this
is a real place and i'm going to spend the rest of my life as a sole winner for jesus christ let
us have that attitude tonight and yes thank god that we don't have to go to the lake of fire
thank god that the second debt has no power on us you know what let's let that motivate us to work
hard so that other people don't have to experience that lake of fire let's pray lord thank you for
this church thank you for your son jesus christ and for the sacrifice that he made for us just pray
that we would realize that anything that we do is nowhere near as hard as anything that jesus
did for us just pray that you'd help us to endure hardness in our lives as good soldiers of jesus
christ and that we would do the difficult thing of going out and being a soul winner not just
today while we're inspired but every single day and every single week for the rest of our lives
in jesus name we pray amen if you would grab your hymnal we'll go ahead and sing one last song to
conclude the service hymn number 24 and can it be that i should gain hymn number 24
start there right on the first hymn number 24 and can it be