This sermon is Mel Purvis'exposition of Luke 16:19–31, the story of the rich man and Lazarus. Purvis treats the passage not as a parable but as a literal account, emphasizing that Jesus names Lazarus specifically—a detail Jesus never uses in parables.
The sermon focuses on:
The immediate reality of death
Conscious existence in eternity
The torment and permanence of hell
The regret of the lost
The blindness caused by wealth, comfort, and self-indulgence
The deceitfulness of waiting for a "better time" to repent
The sufficiency of Scripture to warn and save
The utter impossibility of second chances after death
Purvis uses the story to plead with listeners, warning them that hell is full of people who intended to repent "someday" but died without God.
