There is one thing worse than going to hell.

The rich man in (Luke 16:19-31) was crying 2,000 years ago to have a finger dipped in water to touch his tongue. He is still crying 2,000 years later! He will still be crying 2,000 years from now, and so on, and yet there is something worse than going to hell?" The one thing that is worse than going to hell is.... GOING TO HELL AND TAKING SOMEONE WITH YOU. In hell there will be many a dad and with them, some will see their son. Their sorrow will be doubled to hear their son cry and say, "Daddy why didn’t you warn me about this place?! Daddy, why didn’t set a better example before me? Hell will be full of children cussing their parents, and brothers crying to their brothers, and cousins crying to their cousins, and classmates crying to their classmates for their poor example and bad influence. Very few will go to hell alone, the power of influence is much stronger than you would like to imagine. Perhaps the rich man in Luke 16 was so concerned for his 5 brothers because he knew he had set a bad example for them, and as bad as hell was it horrified him that his brothers would wind up there also. You see there is one thing worse than going to hell, and that is taking someone with you. There is a place for persuasive hellfire talk these last days. Not only is there a place for you to tell others about the fires of hell and the only way to escape them, but true pleading and living right for the gospel is not complete without it.