EVA:What the lost man discovers after death by Dr. Harold B. Sightler "There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 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 cam to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom, 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. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now hie is comforted, and thou are tormented. And beside all this, between us and your there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. The he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father, s house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto the, lest they also come into his place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham; bit if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hard not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." --Luke 16:19-31. Have you ever stood beside deathbeds of dying persons and wondered what was going on in their minds? As they breathed their last breath, have you thought what they must have experienced? I want you to consider with me seven things the unsaved man discovers sixty seconds after death. According to my text, the very second the rich man died, he lifted his eyes to Hell. There was no period of soul-sleep, no second chance to get right with God. He goes immediately to torment. The unsaved man discovers sixty seconds after death that DEATH DOES NOT IT ALL Contrary to the theories advanced by such men as Clarence Darrow and other infidels, they find that death does not end all. Our text says, "The rich man also died and...in hell he life up his eyes..." The rich sinner discovers he is going to live on and on.8:44: Sometimes when the sinner gets into trouble, the Devil comes and tempts him to commit suicide. "This is the way out, " says the Devil. Many have been the poor souls who have believed the lie of Satan. They have committed suicide only to find that death did not end it all. They discover that troubles only begin at death for the sinner. Job has asked an immortal questions in his book. "If a man die, shall he live again?" (Job 14:14) is the question the sinner finds an answer for the moment he dies. Yes, man shall live on. Look at the sinners mentioned in the Bible who died without God and discovered that death did not end all. The rich man. Agrippa, Felix, Festus, Judas are a few who live on today in the torments of Hell. The unsaved man discovers sixty second after death THAT GOD HAS A RECORD OF HIS SIN Revelation 20:12: "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, 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."8:44: Could it be possible that some of you who read these lines think your sins are hid from the eyes of God? The Bible is very clear that in Heaven God is keeping a record of all sin. That sin you think is successfully hidden from your wife, God knows about. That sin you think is successfully hidden from the pastor, God know about and has a record of it in the books in Heaven. Great will be the humiliation of the sinner when he hears God begin tread the record of his sin from the books. The unsaved man discovers sixty sends after death THAT SATAN HAS LIED TO HIM John 8:44: "When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it." It is the business of the Devil to deceive you and to lie to you. Multitudes have believed that lies of the Devil to their own doom. Satan lies, about your getting by with sin. He says you can get by. He tells sinners to indulge to the very limit because there is no judgment to come. Yet the Scriptures say, "Be not deceive; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also read. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap live everlasting." Here is an eternal truth. No man is able to "get by" this law of sowing and reaping. Satan has lied about your being judged for sin. He is busy telling people there is no judgment. Yet the Scriptures say, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." Revelation 20:12, the verse I have given above, clearly states the certainty of the coming judgment. Too, Satan lies about waiting for a better opportunity. "A more convenient time will come, " says he. Now is the time. Never will you have a better opportunity to be saved than right now. When once you lift your eyes and fruitless cries from an eternal Hell, then forever it is too late to be saved. Then you will discover sixty seconds after death that Satan has lied to you. The unsaved man discovers sixty seconds after death THAT THERE IS LITERAL FIRE IN HELL Luke 16:23: "...for I am tormented in this flame." Many religionist today have tried to remove the fire from Hell. This is no new device of Satan. Down through many years he has tried to get people to believe this lie. Some have believed it to their own doom. Every Bible writer certifies the fact of fire in Hell. Then, Jesus for time in Mark 9 states clearly, "...where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." The unsaved person dying in his sins finds out the truth of this sixty seconds after death. In many pulpits today the message of Hell is a forsaken note. Preachers are trying to make people feel good in their sin instead of warning them of the fires of judgment in Hell. One Baptist preacher remarked in his message that though he had preached for twenty-five years in Baptist churches, never had he brought a message on Hell. Is it any small wonder that the masses do not fear God nor regard His commands? Oh, for preacher today like Jonathan Edwards who preached the famous, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." While this sermon was being delivered men and women screamed out for mercy, lest they fall immediately into an eternal Hell. Modernist and false religions have perverted the Word as to remove the fact of Hell. Many sinner scoff at the preaching of Hell. They turn aside any warning of judgment. They think the idea of Hell has passed away with the last generation. Sixty seconds after death they shall find out the truth of the Word; there is fire in Hell. The unsaved man discovers sixty seconds after death THAT HE HAS MISSED THE GREATEST THING THIS LIFE HAS TO OFFER There can be no mistake that the greatest thing this life offers is the salvation from sin in the precious blood of Jesus. To live a lifetime and miss the way is to make shipwreck out of life itself. Matthew 16:26, "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Men labor and toil for what they think are things worthwhile. In the thinking of the masses, these things are those of the world. I submit, though you were able to gain the whole world and then lose your soul, you have profited nothing. Life's greatest achievement is to know Jesus as Lord and Savior. To miss this is to miss the best. The unsaved man discovers sixty seconds after death THAT HE STILL RETAIN HIS MEMORY Luke 16:25, "...Son, remember..." To be sure, the memory will add to the sufferings of Hell. The unsaved will remember the Gospel of Jesus in its tender appeal in Hell. The greatest story ever told or ever heard by mortal ear will not be forgotten by the masses in Hell. Souls in Hell who heard such men as Sunday, Moody, Spurgeon, Torey and other preach the Gospel will remember the pure Gospel from the lips of the anointed men. What torment in the minds of these to remember such sermons! The lost in Hell will remember the conviction of the Holy Spirit. As surely as the Spirit convicts, those who reject this conviction and who die in their sins will remember the tender voice which called them to repentance. Often the Spirit may deal with some of you, only to be ignored by your cold irresponsive heart. I mark you, in Hell you shall remember those times when you turned Him away. Look at Felix who trembled under the convicting power of the Spirit, yet who turned this call away. Felix in Hell, this moment, remembers the time of this great conviction. Too, the unsaved will remember the prayer of a godly mother and father. Many nights they prayed for you. Those prayers have followed you all the way down life' journey. They shall continue to follow you; yea, even in Hell you will never be able to drown the sound of those earnest prayers from you tormented soul. The unsaved man discovers sixty seconds after death THAT ALL OPPORTUNITIES TO GET SAVED ARE FOREVER GONE Jesus has said, "If ye die in your sins, whither I go ye cannot come." God deals with the unsaved only as of this moment. There is no tomorrow in God's plan or redemption. It is always NOW. Isaiah 1:18, "Come NOW, and let us reason together,saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." Note that the rich man in Hell did not ask for another chance to be saved. He well knew that forever those opportunities were gone. Yes, we hear him crying for mercy and for one drop of water to touch his tongue, but never does he ask for another opportunity. There are no additional chances. Some religions offer man hope after death if they die in their sins. However, the bible not one time ever offers any such hope. After death your chance to be saved it forever over. There will be no second chance. There are no priests, however priestly they may appear to be, who can lift one sinner from the fires. With death sure and eternity long, why not seek the Lord today "while he may be found"? Why not "call ye upon him while hi is near?" The monster of Death is after you. Sooner or later Death will overtake you. With his cold fingers he will choke the very life from your body. Your eyes will close in death. Your spirit will depart from the body to be either with the Lord in Paradise or to lift its eyes from the regions of the damned. Remember, the Word has promised, "...him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out." Will you come right now? The Lord is near. He is ready to save you. Will you call upon Him? SYSOP URGES YOU TO TRUST CHRIST TODAY You have read the sermon by Dr. Harold B. Sightler, "What the Lost Man Discover Sixty Seconds After Death." The person who dies without Jesus Christ realized immediately after death that he is going to live on forever and ever. He also discovers that he still has his memory, as well as other things; but the saddest of all is the fact that he discover that all opportunities to get saved are forever gone. Dr. Tom Malone once said, "There is no back door in Hell. The only way to get out is to stay out." Over and over the Bible emphasizes the importance of being saved today. Second Corinthians 6:2 says, "...now is the accepted time; behold, NOW is the day of salvation." The only time you have is now. Yesterday is gone forever, and tomorrow may never come. Why run the risk of dying without the Saviour and spending an eternity in Hell. We urge you to trust Christ today, for three big reasons: first, you do not know when you are going to die and after death there is no second chance for salvation; second, you do not know when the Lord will come, and after the coming of Christ those who have had an opportunity to be saved will not have an opportunity to trust Christ during the Tribulation period: third, the Scripture says "to day." If you will trust Him and write, call and leave a comment to tell us, we have a book especially written for believers that I want to you to have. It discusses the most important things we have ever learned about the Christian life.