We Hate to Talk About This

I'm just going to get it out there. Hell. I feel like no one ever talks about this place. We always hear things about Heaven but never about hell. Why not? I think that it's because we're so numb to the idea that a Good God would send people there. We don't want to believe it because we don't want to feel the pain of it, we don't want to experience the real thing that stands below our feet. But we must! It's real! Jesus even talks about it in Luke 16. He explains that great abyss has been set between the rich man and Himself and nothing can change that now that the rich man has passed away. He had his chance already but he ignored it and did what he wanted. It's scary to think about it sometimes. 

To think that what if what I'm doing in the name of Jesus is not good enough and that "the Lord is my Savior" prayer wasn't enough. That's because it's not enough. In Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus tells us that those who only do what My Father's will in will get into heaven. Not those who do what they will but those who do what the Father's will is. Many will stand at the gates asking to be let in but the Lord will say to them, "I never knew you". How scary is that. To think a loving God like ours could say that to us. We may think that the good deeds that we do in the name of Jesus or the acceptance of the Lord as your Savior prayer is enough but it's not. We must lay down our lives for HIS Will. 

"But ONLY he who DOES the Will of My Father will get into Heaven. When you truly know ME then there will be evidence in your life, there will be a marvelous transformation and doing My Will will become a natural habit for you in your everyday life." (Matthew 7:21-23) The moment you turn to God He throws a party for you just like in Luke 15. :) 

He's open to ANYONE who will be open to Him. YAY! :) 

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