A Prayer From Hell

by Dennis Michelson
(Novelty, Ohio)

Luke 16:19-31

Hell is a place of continual unanswered prayer.

1. The Rich Man's Prayer is for Our Instruction

a. He lifted up his eyes (16:23)
b. He lifted up his voice (16:24)

(1) He prayed in agony (23)
(2) He prayed earnestly (24)
(3) He prayed too late (22)

2. The Rich Man's Prayer is for Our Correction

a. He prayed to the wrong person (24)
b. He prayed for the wrong deliverer (24)
c. He prayed for the wrong water (24)

3. The Rich Man's Prayer is for Our Admonition

Read Proverbs 1:24-26.

a. He called him son (25)
b. He told him to remember (25)
c. He told him hell is forever (26)