WHY DID THIS RICH MAN GO TO HELL?

LUKE 16:19-

INTRO:

1-  ITS NOT A PARABLE    -    ACTUAL MAN NAMED

2-  2 BEGGARS  -   (SIDE NOTE ( P)

3-  AND WHEN HE DIED HE LEFT IT ALL BEHIND

--HE DIDN’T TAKE NOTHING WITH HIM/ HE WASN’T PREPARE TO DIE.

WHY DID HE DIE AND GO TO HELL?

 HE DIDN’T GO BECAUSE:

1-  HE WAS A RICHMAN      V.19

?         AND LAZARUS DIDN’T  GO TO HEAVEN BECAUSE HE WAS POOR.

?         HE WAS RICH, WEALTHY, OF GREAT VALUE.

?         PROBABLY HAD ANYTHING HE WANTED.

?         BUT HE WASN’T  RICH WITH GOD.

?         BY THE  WAY RICH MEN CAN GO TO HEAVEN, JUST HARDER TO GET THERE IF YOUR RICH.

THE BIBLE SAYS IN MATT. 19:24 “And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

?         ALL SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRYING ABOUT IS HOW MUCH THEY CAN GAIN.

?         WE NEED TO GET OUR MINDS ON GOD AND GODLY THINGS.

JUST BECAUSE HE WAS RICH, WAS NOT THE REASON HE WENT TO HELL.

2-  HE DRESSED WELL     V.19

?         LOOK AT HIS CLOTHES,  NO DOUBT HAD THE BEST.

?         FINE LINEN,  COULD IT HAD BEEN  WHAT WE CALL BRAND NAME THINGS.  IT PROBABLY WASN’T  HAND ME DOWNS.

JUST BECAUSE HE DRESSED WELL AND HAD FINE LINEN WASN’T THE REASON HE WENT TO HELL.

3-  HE FARED SUMPTUOUSLY    V.19

?         SUMPTUOUS - (WD) COSTLY, LAVISH, MAGNIFICENT.

?         NO CARES, DIDN’T HAVE TO WORK

?         HAD THE FINEST CLOTHES, MEALS, ETC.

?         HE HAD IT ALL AT HIS FINGERTIPS,  BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM.

?         HE LEFT IT ALL BEHIND WHEN HE DIED AND WENT TO HELL.

?         V.20 “And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,”      SOMEBODY LAID LAZARUS AT HIS GATE

?         V.21 b“AND DESIRING TO BE FED WITH THE CRUMBS WHICH FELL FROM THE RICH MANS TABLE….

?         THE DOGS YOU COULD SAY HAD MORE COMPASSION THAN THOSE THAT WERE PASSING BY.

?         WHERE WAS THE BRETHREN, SOMEBODY PROBABLY LAID HIM THERE, WHY DIDN’T THEY  HELP HIM, FEED HIM, AND BIND HIS WOUNDS.

?         SO HE DINDN’T GO TO HELL BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS.

BUT WE LEARNED:

1-THAT THEY BOTH DIED    V.22

?         HEBREWS 9:27

?         THE BEGGER DIED AND WAS CARRIED BY ANGELS INTO ABRAHAMS BOSSOM.

THE RICHMAN DIED, AND WAS BURIED AND IN HELL HE LIFT UP HIS EYES BEING IN TORMENTS.

2-THAT THE RICHMAN WENT TO HELL   V.23

?         ITS NOT THE GRAVE

?         ITS NOT A JOKE

?         ITS NOT A MYTH

?         HE WAS IN TORMENTS

3-THAT HE HAD HIS SENSES   V.24

?         HE WAS CRYING--FROM BEING IN TORMENTS

?         HE WANTED WATER--TO COOL HIS TONGUE

4-THAT HE REMEMBERED    V.27-28

?         HE HAD 5 BRETHREN, BUT HAD NO CONCERN UNTIL HE WAS SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES.

?         HOW CONCERNED ARE WE  ABOUT THE LOST SOUL

?         DO WE REMEMBER THOSE AROUND US

CONCLUSION:

SO WHY DID THIS RICH MAN GO TO HELL?

?         BECAUSE OF HIS UNBELIEF!