ONE HEARTBEAT
AWAY
PART 46
(Mark Cahill's Book)
But over and over again, God has clearly said we are choosing . For example:
He that believeth on Him, is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3:18)
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. (1st Corinthians
11:31)
God is the glory of heaven and the terror of hell. It is the wrath of God that makes hell hell. If you wind up in hell, you end up being away from the glory of the
Lord - His goodness - but you will never get away from His wrath.
Some people think Satan is in charge of hell, but Satan is a defeated foe and isn't in charge of anything. God is always in charge! He is the sovereign ruler over all of heaven and earth - and hell. Hell is not a kingdom for Satan to rule, or a place for people to party. It is a place of eternal punishment.
The worst part of hell is not the torment, but that the torment will never end. If you are one of those rejecting the truth of God, it will be a fearful thing for you to stand before God one day.
Picture the scene as portrayed by the prophet, and apostle John:
And I saw a great white throne, and Himthat sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God; and the books were opened : and another book was opened which is the Book Of Life; and the dead were judged out of those things which weere written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell gave up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire: this is the second death.
And whosoever was not found written in the Book Of Life, was cast into the lake of fire . (Revelation 20:11-15).
The first death is when
our soul separates from
our body. At that
moment, if we are believing
in and loving God, our soul
also will go to be with God.
Paul wrote when pondering
the inevitability of his own
death :
We are confident, I say, and willing to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. ( 2 Corinthians 5:8)
The 2nd death happens at the last judgment, when a soul who didn't go to be with God and who has been in hell until then, is formerly sentenced, along with the rest of condemned mankind, to separation from the all-loving presence of God and goes into the lake of fire for eternity.
We will all experience the first death, but but how can you and I make sure that we don't experience the second death? We will see very shortly what determines the difference between eternal life in heaven and eternal suffering in hell. Youwill want to be sure that you never go anywhere near there for even ten seconds,let alone for ten million plus years.
next post Tuesday 24th October
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