into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal. There is a real place called hell. Those who do not know Jesus Christ as their Savior are going to go there. And hell is a place of pain. Hell is a place of destruction. It is a place of torment. The scripture tells us in the book of Matthew, chapter 5, Matthew chapter 5. Our Lord Jesus Christ is speaking. It is called the Sermon on the Mount. In verse 29 he says to this crowd of people seated around him, and if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee, for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee, for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. What Jesus Christ is trying to tell us here is that it would be better to suffer the loss of a hand or an eye than to go to hell. Oh, so often I hear people, they're very foolish, they say, well, Dr. Torrey, I can stand great pain. Not this type of pain. This is the pain that is beyond human suffering. It is the pain of destruction. Scripture calls hell a place of perdition. The word in the Greek there is the word for destruction. It is almost as if something were eating away at your body and every bite that it took of you was an intense pain, except that this pain will never end. And so I wish for you to understand that hell is real, but hell is also a place of destruction. Hell is a place of great pain. Oh, but again, I hear them, I hear these foolish people. Why, Dr. Torrey, I can stand a lot of pain. Hell is also a place of painful memory. Hell is also a place of painful memory. In the book of Luke, we have what I think is a firsthand account of this place called hell. When I was studying for the law, we learned a great deal about first-hand accounts. We learned a great deal about what was said by eyewitnesses. And I believe we have here in the book of Luke a first-hand account of a person who went to hell. In Luke chapter 16, we read these words. And there was a certain rich man, which in verse 19, Luke 16 and verse 19, 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 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, a name for heaven. And the rich man also died and was buried and in hell. The word there is Hades or Gehenna, a place of burning. In the New Testament, there was a valley of Hinnom. It was a place where everyone brought their refuse, and it was burned. It was always a place of burning and destruction, and it was a picture there, and when Jesus Christ mentioned that, those people knew exactly what they were envisioning. They were seeing this valley of Hinnom. They were seeing this valley of burning, this Hades, this Gehenna, this place of burning, and that is exactly what he wishes for us to see as he talks about this place called hell. And in hell, in Hades, in Gehenna, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment. He was in pain. And seeing Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom, and he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he might dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember. Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivest thy good things and likewise Lazarus' evil things, for now he is comforted and thou art tormented. You see, there in hell, he carried with him his memory. And I believe that individual who finds themselves in hell, they will remember this sermon for all eternity. They will remember every opportunity they had to come to Jesus Christ. Mr. Dwight L. Moody, the founder of Moody Bible Institute, is a very dear friend of mine. And this is a part of his story. I share it with you. It is an illustration from his life. But he tells this story that when he was a young man working in a field there in Northfield, Massachusetts, he was working with an older gentleman. And this is often the case when a young man works with an old man, why, the old gentleman shares with the young man the benefit of his experience. And so there as they were talking, this older gentleman said to Mr. Moody, you know, when I was young, how many stories start that way? When I was young, I felt that God was calling my life, calling me to become a Christian. But I didn't answer the call, I didn't follow Jesus Christ. The old man, as he began to tell his story, said that when he was Mr. Moody's age, he wanted to seek his fortune. And his mother, who was very concerned about his soul, about his eternal salvation, gave him a Bible. And in that Bible was marked Matthew 6, 33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. She underlined it in the Bible. She wrote it in the cover, the fly leaf of the Bible. She gave it to him and she said, son, seek God first. I know that you want to make a lot of money. I know that you want to have a job, but seek God first. Well, the young gentleman left, went to a city to seek his fortune. He went to church because nice people went to church. He had gone to church every day of his life since he had been a child. He thought it would help him to get contacts for business in church. Church was the place that he would meet nice people. So there he went, his very first Sunday in this new city. And the pastor got up in the pulpit and he began to preach from the book of Matthew chapter 6 and verse 33. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. Well, the old gentleman, as he told Mr. Moody this story, he said, I felt the tugging, the pulling, the moving of the Holy Spirit, of God himself, if you will, inside of me, that I should go forward down the aisle. I should accept Jesus Christ as my savior. I should turn myself over to Jesus Christ, and I should trust in him for my eternal salvation. But I said, not yet, not now. I have a lot of life to live. I have things that I want to do. I have things that I want to accomplish. And he said, I sat there and I resisted. I didn't go forward. Sunday after Sunday I went to this church, and I was there for several years as my business grew, and then I went to another city, a larger place, seeking again a larger fortune. And again I went to church. He said, in this new church, I was there for several weeks, and then the pastor got up again in the pulpit, and he began to preach from Matthew 6, 33. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. He said again, this Holy Spirit pulled at my soul, tugged at my heart. I knew that I should accept Jesus Christ as my Savior, but I said, not yet, not now. Still I have life to live. When the sermon was over, this old gentleman said, I ran out into the cemetery that was there beside the church. I sat on a tombstone and I wrestled with God for my very soul. And he said, and I won, I won. And never since that day have I ever felt the tugging and the pulling and the drawing of God again. And I've never been worried by that again. Well, Mr. Moody was not a believer at that time. He sort of shrugged his shoulders and thought, what a strange story. Why should the old gentleman tell him? But Mr. Moody went on to Boston, Massachusetts, came to Jesus Christ as his savior there through the influence of his Sunday school teacher. Mr. Moody began to be concerned about the old gentleman, and he returned to Northfield, Massachusetts, when he had an opportunity, and asked his mother about the old gentleman. She knew him well. He was a character about town. She said, oh, son, he's in the asylum. He's there at the asylum in Brattleboro, Vermont. Mr. Moody got permission to go up there. He met with the man who was running the asylum, the doctor who was in charge, and he said, I'm from his hometown. Could I see him? I'm concerned about him. And the doctor thought, well, perhaps someone from his town would be good. It would bring a good memory to him. He said no one ever visits him. He said, Mr. Moody said, when he stepped in the cell where the old man was kept, he saw not this