This blog post is not a continual encouragement like my last one about Heaven. This one, I hope, will make sense to you as to why you need Jesus to be the Savior of your sins and their penalties and the Lord of your life here on earth.
First, of all, Hell is the exact opposite of Heaven. It is:
— A place of weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 25:30) In Jesus’ parable, Jesus is saying that the unfaithful will be thrown out into the darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (as in Hell).
— A place of outer darkness. (Matthew 22:13) Again, in another parable of Jesus, those who are not prepared / dressed for the wedding feast will not be allowed to enter and will be sent to a place of outer darkness where there is again weeping and gnashing of teeth (as in Hell).
— A place of torments. (Luke 16:23) The rich man was sent to Hades where he was in agony.
— A place of sorrows. (2 Samuel 22:5-7) David discovered that living without God is like death and destruction and like snares of death like Hell will be.
–A place of everlasting destruction. (2 Thessalonians 1:9) Those who reject Jesus will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from God’s presence and glory, into Hell.
— A place of where people are tormented with fire and brimstone. (Revelation 21:8) This is for the unbelievers in Jesus.
— A place of worms that don’t die. (Mark 9:48)
— A place where fire is not quenched. (Mark 9:43, 48)
— A place where there is no rest (Revelation 14:11) No rest day or night for those who worshipped the Beast (during the Tribulation period) and its image or who received the Mark of the Beast. They will be forever in Hell.
— A place that will ultimately be a lake of fire. (Revelation 20:14) Those whose name is not written in the Book of Like will be thrown in the lake of fire.
— A place of hopelessness and unsatisfied desires. (Luke 16:24) As the rich man was sent into Hades (the lake of fire) and was in agony.
— A furnace of fire (Matthew 13:40-42, 50)
— A place of separation (Matthew 13:49) The wicked will be separated from the righteous.
— A place filled with the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolators and all liars. (Revelation 21:8) They will be sent to the fiery lake of burning sulfur, the second death, unless they repent and believe in Jesus by faith before Jesus returns to earth at the end of the seven years of Great Tribulation.
— A place shut out from the presence of the Lord and the majesty of His power. (2 Thessalonians 1:9) It is a place without God!
— A place where the fallen angels that followed Lucifer (eventually called Satan) out of Heaven at Lucifer’s great rebellion against God because he wanted to be God, will eventually dwell. (2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:16)
— A place where Satan (who is the devil and great deceiver) will be thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the Beast and False Prophet will be thrown. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever. (Revelation 20:10)
— A place where death and Hades will be thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 20: 14) The lake of fire is the second death and it is an eternal death.
— How can anything be more opposite from Heaven! It is the place of a human person whose name was NOT written in the Book of Life and will be thrown in the lake of fire. They will be judged according to what they had done on earth which are recorded in other books—anything good or bad—that will never save them from Hell. (Revelation 20:12) Doing good deeds do not save a person. Good deeds only count if they are done after a person believes in Jesus by faith and are done in service to God.
The only thing that could have saved them was confessing and repenting of their sins and putting their faith in what Jesus did on the cross by shedding His blood and dying on the cross to pay for their sins and their sins’ penalties and believing in Jesus’ resurrection that conquered death to give them eternal life.
If you think you can avoid Hell without doing that—truly putting your faith in Jesus—which will also change your life here on earth by causing you to want to serve God and follow His will for your life, you will NEVER experience Heaven for all of eternity. God the Father, sent Jesus, His Son to earth to die for you so you don’t have to experience the second death in Hell.
What are you waiting for??? Are you that full of yourself and deceived by Satan? Really? WOW! THEN, YOU ARE YOUR OWN GOD!!! Good luck with that!!!!!!! However, there is no luck involved!
If you’re wondering how a God of Love could create such a place like Hell to punish people, you’re forgetting that God is giving you a choice! Choose sincere humility before God, confess and repent of your sins and put your faith in His Son, Jesus, and His shed blood and death on the cross and His resurrection, to save you from your sins so you can go to Heaven for all of eternity. Or…well you just read about your other choice…reject Jesus and end up in Hell. It seems to me the best choice is obvious! Do YOU think so?
Do you know that if Jesus had not risen from the dead, His death on the cross would not and could not save you from your sins or provide eternal life in Heaven? It would not be possible. Jesus had to conquer death in order for Him to offer us eternal life and save us from Hell, which is the second death. There is no way out of Hell. It really is forever, just like Heaven, a total paradise, is forever.
I’ve chosen Jesus and His gift of salvation and now all my sins, past, present and future, are forever forgiven and I have the promise of going to Heaven forever when I die.
“Thank you so much Heavenly Father for sending Your Son, Jesus, to earth to die for my sins and their penalties and then to rise again so I can spend all of eternity in Heaven with You. You are both a God of Love and a Just God. Because You are a Just God, You had to send Jesus to earth to die and rise again to provide righteousness for me so I can live in a perfect Heaven forever. Thank You also for Your Holy Spirit to live inside of me to help me to grow in my faith and to worship and serve You. Thank You SO MUCH!!!”
I pray that you, too, will chose God’s plan of salvation for your life and, also, choose to live God’s plan for your life here on earth. He’ll lead you to find whatever He has for you to do for Him.
Sharon
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