Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Fiery Lake.

Revelation 21:8
8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."


What a scary image! I'm sure many of you are thinking, "How in the world can such a loving God do such a thing? Earth is bad enough. Hell isn't real."

The fact of the matter is, it doesn't matter what you think. What God says is more important, and as you know, he speaks through the Bible. Something is true because it's a reality, not because you believe in it.

So many people want to live without God. The sad part is that most claim they are Christians. However, in their everyday tasks, they are hypocrites and everything but Christian. They don't live according to the Holy Word. They don't want to believe that God will cast people into the lake of fire. Somehow, our reality has gone astray thinking he's too kind to do that.

To clarify, Hell did not originate from Satan, but rather God. If God only makes things that glorifies him, then why would he create Hell? Our God does not strive for chaos, but rather order. Moral laws are consistent with God's character and they teach us lessons.

In order to enter the Kingdom of God, we must be holy and without sin. We obviously fall short of that and God has promised to erase all of our sins. This is possible thanks to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Jesus accepted the beating we deserve and in turn, gave us eternal life.

All in all, we have to leave our sinful traits behind and separate them from God. You can't have eternal life with God and be independent from him.

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