Even though he
lived his life in luxury and relatively good health it seems!
But ... he had no
time for God!
Then ... he, like
all who lived before him, died!
Being in pain,
"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." Luke
16:24
Notice several
things with me today.
The word for
"cried" here is "phoneo" and just means "to make a sound."
However, in this context, and remembering that elsewhere Jesus
said Hell was a place of "weeping and wailing," it is obvious
that this lost man is screaming out in agony!
He has now
learned that Hell exists! And that it exists as a literal place
with real fire!
And he has also
now learned to weep, something he likely did quite infrequently
on earth!
And look!
His vocabulary is
changing too!
He now asks for
something called "mercy!"
Before, as a rich
man with property and slaves and power, he only gave commands!
Now he pleads!
In fact, he is
praying for something!
Has he ever
prayed before?
Well, being a Jew
("Father Abraham"), he may have attended synagogue services and
said the memorized prayers ... but now he is in earnest! Only
... it's too late!
Praying in Hell?
Yes, according to
this Text Hell is a great big prayer meeting!
And just what
does he want?
A drop of
"water!"
The Greek here is
"hudor" which became our word "hydra" as in a "hydrant," used
for dispensing water!
Apparently, there
is no water in Hell!
No refreshment of
any kind!
And do notice
that he still has a "tongue," even in Hell! Apparently, just as
Believers will have glorified bodies in their eternal state ...
so do unbelievers have some kind of "house" in which their souls
reside too!
Whatever exotic
foods and drinks his pampered tongue had tasted on earth, back
in his mansion ... it now only craved water, even a little bit!
By the way, the
verb "dip" here translates the Greek "bapto!" It is our word
baptize! To immerse the finger in water and let it drip the
precious soothing fluid onto a parching tongue!
Religious
language, once so spurned, now used freely in Hell!
The verb
"tormented" translates "odunao" and means "to grieve." But "to
grieve" in this sense: being depressed or "put down!" The
"root" verb here is "duo," meaning "to sink down" into one's
clothes or into a hole in the ground, just for examples.
Lastly for today,
see this with me please. In his praying ... from Hell ... He
never mentions the Name of Jesus! It's a prayer directed to the
founder of the Jewish people, Father Abraham!
Jesus is still
ignored by this rebel!
And this is the
"key" to the whole episode!
Without Jesus,
all will die and go to this place of flame ("phlox," meaning a
flashing fire) and torment!
With Jesus, as
the Holy Spirit is convicting a sinner, there is the possibility
of salvation ... and Heaven to follow!
Today you have a
choice!
Mock these verses
... or believe them!
But, either way,
I promise you this: You will forever remember your
decision!
According to
Jesus you will not forget ... even in Hell!
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
LESSON 6:
The Bible
actually records a word for word conversation between a man in
Hell and a man in Heaven!
That's right!
A lost man, having died in his sins,
sees and converses with the Patriarch Abraham, who is resting in
the Old Testament forerunner of Heaven!
Listen!
"And he (the rich man) 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." Luke 16:24
"But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou
in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus
evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented."
Luke 16:25
The dialogue
continues, but we have heard enough for now.
To the man in
Hell, godly Abraham said, "Son, remember ...!"
Right there it
is: "Remember!"
In Hell,
according to the Bible, mankind retains his capacity to remember
things!
Such memory can
only add to the horrors of the place!
Memories of
Christians whose testimonies one did not heed!
Memories of loved
ones who need to be warned!
Memories of Preachers whose sermons we
mocked!
Memories of
Scripture Verses like Romans 10:13 or Acts 16:31 or John 5:24!
"Whosoever shall call upon the Name of the
Lord shall be saved."
Memories of
wasted years and needless sins!
And, saddest of
all, memories of a Saviour Who died to spare people from such
torment!
Think of that!
An eternity of
heart wrenching memories!
All reflecting on
lost opportunities!
Oh, sinner
friend, be saved today!
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
LESSON 7:
The
newly published book was written by a preacher.
It claimed
to be about the Grace of God.
In fact, the
author wrote that God was so gracious He would never eternally
condemn a soul to Hell!
He will
surely, in keeping with His marvelous Grace, eventually empty
Hell of all its inhabitants, allowing them free entrance into
Heaven!
Ultimately
all souls would spend eternity with God! That's a doctrine
sometimes known as "universalism."
But that
is not what the Bible says!
Jesus
taught that those who reject Jesus, dying in their sins, will
spend eternity in Hell.
That's
right, eternity!
Read with
me Luke 16:25, where Abraham said to the "rich man" who had died
and found himself in Hell ... "Between
us and you 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."
There
they are!
The very
words of Jesus.
Between
Heaven and Hell God has fixed a great gulf!
The verb
"fixed" portrays a solid wall or barrier that's impenetrable!
It's "sterizo" in Greek.
And the
noun "gulf" is "chasma," a direct "loan word" into English! It
means a gaping hole or opening.
And this
gulf, says our Lord, keeps anyone from escaping Hell and
entering Heaven!
Or, for
that matter, it also prohibits anyone leaving Heaven and going
to Hell ... perhaps to speak to a lost loved one.
Once in
eternity, in either place ... one's destiny is sealed!
Don't
believe the liberals and scoffers and enemies of the Word of
God!
Hell is
eternal ... no exits available!
And,
praise the Lord, so is Heaven!
Are you
saved?
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
LESSON 8:
Our dear Lord had a strong
desire to see lost souls saved.
Such a passion was more
important to Jesus than even His food and drink it seems!
Once, instead of His "daily
bread," he continued witnessing to a lost woman, seeking to
bring her to salvation! That day, while responding to his
disciples ... "He said unto them, I have
meat to eat that ye know not of." John 4:32
Others in Scripture had a
"hunger" to see the lost saved too!
Solomon wrote:
"The fruit of the righteous is a
tree of life; and he
that winneth souls is wise." Proverbs 11:30
Paul penned:
"Brethren,
my heart's desire
and prayer to God
for Israel is, that they
might be saved." Romans 10:1
Even Daniel said:
"And they that be wise shall shine as the
brightness of the firmament; and
they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."
Daniel 12:3
But, surprisingly, there is one
more individual who is prominent in this area, wanting to see
sinners born again!
But ... he is in Hell today!
Yes, the rich man of Luke 16
teaches us that even the eternally lost have a burden! A
spiritual burden!
What is it?
That their loved ones do NOT
come to that terrible place of fire and brimstone!
A "missionary" spirit ... in
Hell?
An "evangelistic" fervor?
Yes!
The suffering man (in Hell)
addressed Abraham (in Paradise, in Heaven) and 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 them, lest they also come into this place of torment."
Luke 16:27-28
"Please," he
pleads.
In essence he is
asking ... "Send Lazarus back to earth and let him witness to my
five lost brothers!"
"Lest they also come into this place of
torment." Luke 16:28
I believe I've
already proved the point today.
A tardy longing,
but a sincere longing ... for loved ones to be saved!
In Hell ... even
now!
Christian
friends, do we have such a zeal to see the lost converted?
It would be a
shame indeed for God's people to have less soul-winning passion
than even the doomed souls already in Hell!
After all, that's
why Jesus came in the first place! "For
the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost."
Luke 19:10
Think about it!
Then today tell
someone the precious old Gospel Story!
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
LESSON 9:
Often these
days the men of God are criticized for preaching from the Old
Testament.
To dwell there for long is
unacceptable in many circles now.
But what if I told you there is
enough Gospel in the Old Testament to save a sinner from his
sins?
There is!
The Ethiopian Eunuch, along
with multitudes of others, was "saved" while studying the Text
of Isaiah 53! It's full of verses like:
"All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to
his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us
all." Right out of Isaiah 53, Acts 8:35 tells us:
Then Philip (the evangelist) opened his
mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him
(the eunuch) Jesus."
And our Lord, with the Old
Testament in mind, said: "Search
the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and
they are they which testify of Me." John 5:39
But the example I
would like to use today is found in Luke 16.
A man has died
and gone to Hell. He, being in torment, prayed that someone be
sent to his five brothers; someone to tell them how to avoid
such a terrible place, how to be saved!
But no miracle
was granted in this case. No "missionary" was dispatched!
After all,
Abraham explained: "They have Moses and
the prophets; let them hear them." Luke 16:29
There!
Enough
information exists in the writing of the Old Testament to point
a soul to Jesus!
Moses and the
Prophets, if believed by faith, will clearly indicate the Way of
salvation, our dear Lord!
Jesus, after His
Resurrection, told two Believers on the road to Emmaus some
amazing things. Luke 24:27 describes them.
"And beginning at Moses and all the
prophets, He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the
things concerning Himself."
Today we are told
that, for a soul to be saved, the "music" must be just right and
the "preaching" must be entertaining and the "church" must be
comfortable and the "atmosphere" must be friendly! Note there
is often no mention of the Holy Spirit in these contemporary
lists either!
But I say ... the "Word" must be
preached!
That's enough
too!
And of course
today, in this age of Grace, we not only have Moses and the
Prophets ... but also the Gospels and Acts and the Epistles, the
whole New Testament!
Since Calvary,
two thousand years ago, mankind has been more than ever ...
"without excuse!"
After all,
"Faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the Word of God." Romans 10:17
James explains:
"Receive with meekness the engrafted Word,
which is able to save your souls." James 1:21
Paul talks about
... "The Holy Scriptures, which are able
to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in
Christ Jesus." 2 Timothy 3:15
Ephesians 1
teaches us about Christ ... "In Whom ye
also trusted, after that ye heard the Word of Truth, the
Gospel of your salvation: in Whom also after that ye believed,
ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise."
Ephesians 1:13
The Word of God,
including Moses and the Prophets, can keep a soul out of Hell!
That is ... if he or she believes in Jesus Christ as his or her
Saviour!
"Moses and the Prophets!"
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
LESSON 10:
Rebellion!
That's the word!
If the heart of a lost man or
woman had to be described quickly ... "rebel" is the term that
best does so!
Rebellion against God!
The wicked, in Psalm 12:4,
speak: "Who
have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our
own: who is lord over us?"
Satan, the original rebel of
the universe declared his treason in Isaiah fourteen.
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in
thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will
exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also
upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will
be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell,
to the sides of the pit." Isaiah 14:12-15
Notice the five rebellious "I
will" statements of the devil!
There is reason to believe that
even in Hell the eternally lost man or woman still harbors a
heart of rebellion too!
John tells us that, even after
the great White Throne Judgment, the wicked will just go on
being wicked ... always! "He
that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy,
let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be
righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still."
Revelation 22:11
And in Jesus'
most detailed Sermon about Hell, we see such a non-submissive
attitude even more closely. It is located in Luke's sixteenth
chapter.
The "rich" man
had died and gone to Hell. He, being tormented, begged for
water ... but was denied. Suddenly he remembered his five
brothers. He did not want them to come to Hell and endure such
agony. Therefore he prayed that a saved man, Lazarus by name,
be allowed to go from Heaven back to earth to speak to those
five brethren.
"Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father (Abraham), that
thou wouldest send him (Lazarus) to my father's house: for I
have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they
also come into this place of torment."
This answer came
immediately: "Abraham saith unto him, They
have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them."
Obviously the
request was denied. The Word of God would suffice. That's how
a lost man learns the Truth!
Then ... we see
the true heart of a sinner in Hell!
"And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if
one went unto them from the dead, they will repent."
Luke 16:30
Look at that!
The man in Hell
talked back to Abraham!
He boldly
contradicted him!
He said in
essence ... "NO, father Abraham, you are wrong!"
"The Word of God
is not enough to do the job!"
Even while
weeping and wailing and gnashing his teeth, he is naturally able
to exhibit his defiant heart! See Matthew 13:24.
The word "nay"
translates "ouchi" in Greek and means something like: "Not
so!" Or "No indeed!"
In is often used
to answer questions when the affirmative is expected ... but not
given!
See?
An adamantly
revolutionary and resistant heart!
And of course I
need to say this in closing, just for the contrast.
The very opposite
of Hell's "Nay, Lord" are the sweet obedient words: "Father,
Thy Will be done!"
Amen!
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
LESSON 11:
I believe it
is called "criticism."
That word, being from Latin, is
formed by the verb "to decide" or "to separate."
In fact, it has an even more
ancient background ... a Greek etymology.
"Krino" means "to judge."
There today has risen a whole
"science" of sorts called "higher criticism."
This refers to those who study
the Texts of the Bible and critique them, deciding which are
"authentic" and which are "spurious."
Let me say
something right here.
I will not
"criticize" the Word of God!
In John 10:35
Jesus said "The Scripture cannot be
broken!"
Psalm 12:6 adds
"The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven times."
Then the very
next verse thunders "Thou shalt keep them,
O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."
Psalm 12:7
No sir!
I will NOT
critique the Bible!
I will let the
Bible critique me!
"All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that
the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good
works." 2nd Timothy 3:16-17
I tire of people
who always want to "improve" the plans of Almighty God!
He is perfect ...
and so are His ways!
This so-called
"constructive criticism" is even apparent ... in Hell! Not that
such a fact is all that surprising!
Yes, in Hell!
The rich man of
Luke 16 came up with a better idea that God ever had!
He instructed
Abraham in what he termed a superior way of soul-winning!
He asked that
Lazarus, once an sickly beggar but now a heavenly prince, be
sent back to earth to warn five "brothers" about Hell!
Not to come to to
such a horrible place!
Here's Luke
account: "Then he (the rich man) said, I
pray thee therefore, father (Abraham), that thou wouldest send
him (Lazarus) to my father's house: for I have five brethren;
that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this
place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and
the prophets; let them hear them. And he said,
Nay, father Abraham: but
if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:27-31
The plan of God
is that "faith" comes by hearing the Word, the inspired Word of
God! See Romans 10:17.
But this rebel in
Hell has a "better" idea!
"If one should
return from the dead (Lazarus) ... and witness to those lost men
... all would be well! That would be far superior to that old
Bible, that Book of Scripture ... Moses and the prophets." So
reasoned the fool!
His exact words
again: "Nay, father Abraham: but if one
went unto them from the dead, they will repent."
That's
"criticism!"
But the Truth
soon is spoken!
God said, through
Abraham ... "If they hear not Moses and
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose
from the dead."
The people in
Hell apparently still have their "better" ideas!
But they are
"wrong" ideas too!
Wrong ... because
they oppose the Will of God!
Psalm 18:30
truthfully says: "As for God, his way is
perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all
those that trust in him."
Amen!
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
LESSON 12:
I
t
is nearly a forgotten word!
The old-timers preached it all
the time!
Many today do not even believe
in it!
The word is ... repentance!
One man informed me that
repentance involved human works ... therefore could not be a
part of God's salvation plan.
I simply quote to you what
Jesus said: "I tell you, Nay: but, except
ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." Luke 13:3
Many today not
only neglect the word "repent" ... they also actually try
to avoid it as well!
It has been
purged from many a preacher's vocabulary!
For you see, to
"repent" is to acknowledge that something is wrong!
That one has
sinned!
That a change in
lifestyle is needed!
It requires three
little words that folks seldom use any more: "I am sorry!"
Make that four
words: "Lord, I am sorry!"
But while
"repentance" language is sadly lacking throughout the land
today, I have discovered one place where it is alive and well!
In Hell!
That's right!
In the place of
eternal damnation, a place of fire and brimstone and unending
torment!
The New Testament
gives us a direct quote of a man who died and "in hell lifted up
his eyes."
He, being in
torment and begging for water, gets concerned about his five
lost brothers. He does not want them to come to such a terrible
place!
He knows they
need to hear the Gospel!
And, if they do,
maybe ... just maybe ... they will ___________! (You fill in
the blank. Use the following verse.)
Here are his very
words: "And he said, Nay, father Abraham:
but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent."
The rich man in
hell, who was unrepentant all his life, now knows!
Repentance is
essential!
Late in the New
Testament, John on Patmos quotes Jesus as still saying:
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten:
be zealous therefore, and repent." That's written to the
Church at Laodicea. Many believe that "lukewarm" crowd
represents the condition of Christianity just before Jesus comes
again!
If so ... from
the first to the last, throughout the whole ministry of Jesus
and the Apostles ... "repentance" is preached fervently!
Paul in Athens
preached that God ... "now commandeth all
men every where to repent." Acts 17:30
Even the doomed
inhabitants of hell agree!
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
LESSON 13:
"Moses and the Prophets!"
Jesus taught us that of the
whole Bible, even Moses and the Prophets could
actually point a man to the way of Salvation!
Let me prove this.
In Luke 16 a wicked unrepentant
man died and lifted up his eyes in Hell.
And it is to this eternally
doomed man that Abraham the Patriarch of Israel spoke, clearly
revealing the saving power of all God's Word!
You see, in reality, every
chapter of Scripture ... directly or indirectly ... points to
Jesus!
Even "Moses and
the Prophets!"
Moses, under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote the first five Books of
the Old Testament, Genesis through Deuteronomy.
In those Books of
the Law, Jesus is foreshadowed and symbolized and pictured again
and again!
Out of Adam's
side came his bride named Eve! Our of Jesus' side where His
sinless Blood flowed on Calvary came His Bride, the New
Testament Church!
Abraham send His
servant to fetch a bride for His son Isaac! God the Father send
the Holy Spirit to fetch a Bride for Jesus!
And consider the
godly man Joseph. There are nearly a hundred ways in which he
pictures Jesus Christ our Saviour. He was hated by his brothers,
thrown into a pit to die, yet came up out of that pit ... and
soon was running the greatest nation on earth! Jesus was
crucified by the Jews and Romans, put into a grave, arose on the
third day ... and will some day rule the world also!
An innocent
Passover Lamb spared the lives of the Jewish people one dark
night in Egypt! And the sinless Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, has
spared the life of every sinner who calls on His name for
salvation! Both "lambs" shed their blood to do so!
Dozens, if not
hundreds, of other Mosaic examples could be given.
Then the
Prophets!
Listen to Isaiah,
"Therefore the Lord himself shall give you
a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and
shall call his name Immanuel." He's talking about
Jesus!
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a
son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and
his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God,
The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Again,
Jesus!
"All we like sheep have gone astray; we
have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on
him the iniquity of us all." The "him" is Jesus!
Now Jeremiah,
"In his days Judah shall be saved, and
Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall
be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS." Jesus is our
righteousness, folks!
Then Daniel,
"I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of
days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of
his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery
flame, and his wheels as burning fire." Jesus is the
Ancient of Days!
Let's skip to the
last Old Teatment Prophet, Malachi: "But
unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise
with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as
calves of the stall." Jesus is the Son of Righteousness
here!
All are pointing
to the Saviour, God the Son, Christ the Lord, Jesus!
Again ... Jesus,
not some suggestion of a man already in hell, is the Way to
Heaven!
He Himself said:
"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
Peter added:
"Neither is there salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved."
Paul puts it all
together: "That if thou shalt confess
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart
that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation."
Furthermore Paul
writes: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved."
Then back to our
dear Lord again: "Verily, verily, I say
unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that
sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
Yes,
"Moses and the Prophets" ... as
well as all other Scripture ... has one central message: Jesus
saves!
And if HE is not
the One whom you are trusting to get you to Heaven ... I can
only give you another Verse of God's precious Word:
"He that believeth on him is not
condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
Condemned already, doomed for Hell ... because one has rejected
Jesus!
Thank God for
"Moses and the Prophets!"
They have pointed
many to Jesus!
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
LESSON 14:
In all the
Bible there's only one recorded conversation between a man
already in Hell and another person!
The "rich" man of Luke 16,
having died and having opened his eyes in Hell, subsequently
developed a strong desire to see his five brothers saved from
such a terrible place of torment!
He even asked Abraham, then
already in Heaven, to send Lazarus ... from the dead ... to
witness to his lost brothers!
The doomed rich man was just
sure that if one was raised from the dead and went to his loved
ones ... they would be persuaded!
Here are his very
words: "Father Abraham: if one went unto
them from the dead, they will repent." Luke 16:30
Well, I have some
news today.
One has risen
from the dead!
And I'm not
talking about the beggar Lazarus either!
JESUS rose from
the grave!
The Bible says
that God the Father raised Jesus from the dead!
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that
God hath raised him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved." Romans 10:9
We are also told
in Scripture that God the Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the
dead. "For Christ also hath once suffered
for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to
God, being put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the
Spirit." (1st Peter 3:18) The verb "quickened"
means "made alive" and is referring to Jesus' Resurrection!
Then Jesus tells
us that He Himself provided the Resurrection power that first
Easter morning! "Therefore doth my Father
love me, because I lay down my life,
that I might take it
again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of
myself. I have power to lay it down, and
I have power to take it
again. This commandment have I received of my Father."
John 10:17-18
See!
The Resurrection
involves the Godhead, the Trinity!
Every man, woman,
boy and girl on earth ought to believe in Jesus and be saved!
After all ... He,
having died for us, was raised again ... for our justification!
Romans 4:25
speaks of Jesus ... "Who was delivered for
our offences, and was raised again for our justification."
One has returned
from the grave!
He has conquered
death and hell and the devil!
And is the
Redeemer of mankind!
One has come to
us from the dead ... one far greater than Lazarus ... will we
believe?
--- Dr. Mike Bagwell
