And so I’m sorry to put that image in your mind if ur a gecko lover. But maybe you need that image. A real life image. Just like that gecko was stuck in the fire, that’s what you’ll be for eternity if you don’t know God. And just notice the difference between this fire and the fire we looked at a couple of weeks ago. In chapter 3 verse 2 God’s described as a refiners fire. He burns off the impurities and the dross so that only the gold remains. That’s what God does for His people now. He brings trials and sufferings into our lives to refine our faith. But this final fire wont be for refining. It’ll be for consuming. Look at the end of verse 1. “all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the LORD Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.” They’ll be completely consumed. And so I know this isn’t a popular message today. Many people today don’t even believe in hell. If you go to funerals today. It doesn’t matter who’s funeral you go to. Almost every funeral, someone will say: at least they in a better place. You see they believe in heaven. Its strange: Many people believe don’t believe in hell. But they believe in heaven And there’s this idea that everyone’s going to heaven. As if the only requirement for going to heaven is to die.
And so I’m sorry to put that image in your mind if ur a gecko lover. But maybe you need that image. A real life image. Just like that gecko was stuck in the fire, that’s what you’ll be for eternity if you don’t know God. And just notice the difference between this fire and the fire we looked at a couple of weeks ago. In chapter 3 verse 2 God’s described as a refiners fire. He burns off the impurities and the dross so that only the gold remains. That’s what God does for His people now. He brings trials and sufferings into our lives to refine our faith. But this final fire wont be for refining. It’ll be for consuming. Look at the end of verse 1. “all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the LORD Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.” They’ll be completely consumed. And so I know this isn’t a popular message today. Many people today don’t even believe in hell. If you go to funerals today. It doesn’t matter who’s funeral you go to. Almost every funeral, someone will say: at least they in a better place. You see they believe in heaven. Its strange: Many people believe don’t believe in hell. But they believe in heaven And there’s this idea that everyone’s going to heaven. As if the only requirement for going to heaven is to die.