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Heaven or Hell?
Where will you live in eternity, in Heaven or in Hell? How you live today will affect your destiny. Heaven- Our Lord said in Matt.5:12, "Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." Also, Jesus said to the 70 disciples, "Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven," Luke 10:20. To have one's name written in heaven and to anticipate a home in heaven is indeed a great cause of rejoicing! Heaven is the abode of God; it is where angels and the higher created beings reside, Rev.4-5. It will be the future home of all the redeemed, Heb.9:15; 12:23. It will be a place where righteousness dwells, 2 Pet.3:13. A home in heaven, is made possible by the grace and mercy of God, (though we deserve punishment); "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom.6:23. God will grant us this gift, when we receive it conditionally through Jesus Christ, Rom.1:5. God will inscribe your name in the Lamb's book of life, in heaven, when you obey from the heart that form of doctrine. In Rom.6:17-18 Paul said, "But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness." Hell- When we look at what the scriptures declare, we know that hell is a real place. "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: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched." Mark 9:45-46. Jesus did not have any doubt that this is a real place. In fact, Jesus uses the word "gehenna" 11 out of the 12 times that it is mentioned in the New Testament. Yes, hell is a real place that was prepared for the devil and his angels, Mt.25:41, "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:" Now the scary thing is, that we will also be cast into hell if we don't flee for refuge through Jesus Christ, Rom.5:9, "Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him." Have you been saved from wrath to come? Have you fled to the rock of salvation? Jesus is the only answer for sin. Not only can he save you from wrath to come, but he can also give unto you eternal life!
