If you ask the average Christian, “Do you believe in Heaven and in Hell?” they would most likely answer, “Why of course I believe in Heaven and in Hell!” However, to say one believes in these places is one thing and to live in such a manner so as to prove that one believes is another. I heard an illustration used in a sermon on one occasion concerning a preacher and his infidel friend who met on the street and began talking. This illustration had a profound effect upon my thinking and opened my mind to the possibility that many today are saying they believe in Heaven and in Hell when, in reality, they do not. A preacher and his infidel friend met on the street and recognized each other from college days. They had been good friends during those years in school but had not seen each other since leaving school. They went into a coffee shop, ordered coffee and began to reminisce and renew their friendship. They talked together bout almost everything they had experienced in the past and finally were about to part company. The infidel said to the preacher, “You don’t really believe in Heaven or in Hell, do you?” The preacher was taken aback at the suggestion of such a thought. “Of course, I believe in Heaven and Hell!” replied the preacher. His friend said, “Then, I must call you a liar because if you really believed in those two places you would have talked