Matthew 10:28 KJV
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Mark 9:43 KJV
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off : it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Mark 9:44 KJV
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched .
Mark 9:45 KJV
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off : it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Mark 9:46 KJV
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched
Mark 9:48 KJV
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched
I have been thinking about all those who are going to Hell, Recently I picked up a book in the christian bookshop on Hell completly unexpected and then someone at a prayer meeting to send my Richard had a article about this Ecuadorian girl who had been to Hell (http://www.divinerevelations.info/Documents/Prepare_to_meet_your_God/index.htm)
The reason is how many of us realize that we have friends and family that are destined to an eternal hell in torment because they have rebelled against a maximally great god who loves them that he sent his son to die for them!
What punishment do we deserve if we offend the most powerful person in the universe other than Hell!
I have been reminded of some of the early preachers who use to weep over sinners going to Hell! in there sermons.
We have dry eyed preaching and we have dry eyes when it comes to the destination knowing that the person you go to work with or school with maybe going to an Eternal hell and you have not told them about Jesus? I am as guilty as you,
If you know your colleague is rebellion against a God who loves him.
Sitting in Subway eating are food we see people walking past us or around us at work whatever is we have people going to Hell in front of our eyes!
If a Jew right before the Holocaust was going to the gas chamber and you knew you could save them and you didnt, How about the eternal holocaust which makes the suffering on earth miniscule, I was talking to a man who suffers with leg problems and his eyesight. I was telling him that the sufferings of Hell are nothing compared to what he is suffering now! With no food and no water.
Creation with all its beauty is given by God, the bird singing and the blossom on the trees, the green leaves and everything is given by God as a gift none of that is in Hell. The person suffering the worse pain on earth compares nothing to the suffering in Hell!
Where are the George Whitfields or John Wesleys or cry when preaching?
Matthew 6:15 KJV
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses
What about the area of forgiveness,This is another issue that I have been convicted of is I know I have hurt people but I do not know who? I so want to forgive if I have hurt you
Do you want to forgiveness to abound in our lives and in churches, I do not know how to express the pain of those in unforgiveness whether it is you or me and those who are not preaching hell is not a loving thing! I was listening to someone he said he wanted either Hell fire or Holy fire! Jonathan Curry said that from the barn?
Is that not what the cross of our savour was for to suffer in our place so that we would not have to go to hell, and a place where he forgave our sins,
The next point is that I picked up a book on loving God for who he is, i know I am guilty of loving his gifts than the one who is our gift.
To find the pleasure in the one who is the fountain of all pleasure and who has designed all things! Why should we not love the one who created Heaven it would be like loving a beautiful painting but not knowing the artist or liking a book but not liking the author, how can we not like the Lord.
I think it our life living in a materialistic world obsessed with itself, can we not do everything unto his glory. Whether it is making cakes so that people may get saved! I will make my cakes to the best of my ability so that someone may get saved or cooking dinner, cleaning.
With the world both christian and non christian getting shaken should we not look to the unshakable realms more.
I am noone and nothing special but God is
