Dear friend, unsaved, on your way to eternity, have you ever thought of this: "No drink in hell"?
I suppose the rich man spoken of in the gospels never thought of it; nevertheless, he has been thinking of it for the past hundreds of years. But he began thinking of it too late. So it will be by-and-by with you, if you continue in your present course. No doubt the rich man who fared sumptuously every day loved his wine and other drinks, and had them in abundance; but he finds none of those luxuries in hell. No; "in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments." It would seem as if he found himself there unexpectedly.
Oh, what a change, from a life of ease to one of torment! from a life of luxury to one of want—want so great that he begs for even the finger of another, dipped in water, to touch and cool his tongue, and to give the least possible relief; but his prayer is not answered.
Scripture says, "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." Are you, dear soul, one of those who forget God? Then hell with all its torments is before you. Someday, unexpectedly, you will most assuredly find yourself there if you continue to reject Christ, God's gift of love to lost sinners.
Oh, dear unsaved one, escape for your life to the only refuge—the Lord Jesus Christ—from the coming judgments. They will fall not on this world merely, but on your own guilty soul stained with ten thousand times ten thousand sins, and possessed of a nature that is enmity against God.
To crown all, you are rejecting Christ. God calls; you will not hear. You may have salvation now. Jesus says: "He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." John 5:2424Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24). This word will never be heard in hell—in hell there is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth—calling, like the rich man, for a drop of water to cool the parched tongue; but you will find, like the rich man, when too late, that there is no drink in hell.