No one likes to think about going to hell. In fact, most people presume that they will go to heaven when they die. But, it was the Lord Jesus Christ who said, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven: but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven. MANY will say to Me in that day, “Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? And in your name have cast out demons? and in Your name done many miracles? But I will profess to them: “I never knew you: Depart from Me! You who practice lawlessness” Matt.7:21-23.

It is not enough to just say that you believe in God. Believing in the existence of God won’t save you from His wrath on Judgment Day, any more than believing in the existence of a parachute would save you when you jump out of a plane at 20,000 ft. You would need to put-on the parachute and understand how to use it, and actually pull the “rip-cord”! Otherwise, all your believing would not save you from certain death.

Jesus warns us to “…Strive to enter in at the ’small’ gate: for MANY, I say to you will seek to enter that way, and will not be able”. -Lu. 13:24.

Also, in verses 25-30 Jesus reveals what it will be like on Judgment Day. He will say to the righteous on that Day, “Well done! My good and faithful servant; Enter into the joys of your Lord!”

He will say to the wicked, “I never knew you: Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!”.

I solemnly urge all my friends & readers to ask your conscience this most important question: “In my present spiritual condition, if I should die today, which of these 2 statements would the Lord Jesus Christ say to me?”

Titus 1:15-16 reads, “Unto the pure, all things are pure. But to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure: but even their mind and conscience are defiled. They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him: being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate”.

There were 2 very important reasons Jesus chose to suffer and die on the cross. The first reason is, that all of us have broken a most important law. Every one knows it’s wrong to lie, especially when THEY are the subject of the lie. Everyone knows it’s wrong to steal when someone steals from them. Everyone knows adultery is wrong when their husband or their wife does it. God has an obligation to punish all those who do these things.

The second reason for the cross is that every one of us is part of the ultimate statistic: 10 out of every 10 people will die. In fact, in the next 24 hours, approximately 146,000 people will die around the world. Perhaps, some of you will be in that number. Perhaps I will. Only God knows.

Please know that I love you all. I love you enough to tell you the truth. And please consider, this is not just my opinion. My opinion would not matter any more than anyone else’s. This is the Word of God! And these are the written words of The Lord Jesus Christ! It was He who suffered on a cruel cross to save us from our sins and the punishment you and I deserve.

He has prepared a salvation for each of us IF we will just meet His conditions of repentance, faith and continued obedience.

Remember, Jesus said, “...he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved“. -Mk.13:13.

It is alarming that many who profess to be followers of Jesus Christ will look everywhere else except the Word of God to establish their opinion about what God requires of humanity in order to escape the lake of fire and to gain eternal life in heaven. But, our opinions cannot change what God has said as recorded in the Bible. Many profess to believe that the Bible is the infallible Word of Almighty God. But how many of us LIVE in such a way as to show that we believe it to be true?

2Cor.5:17 says, “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold (see), ALL THINGS are become new.”

To all who read this note, allow me to address your conscience:

How is it with YOU?…

Have you become a new creature in Christ?

Are those people who knew you before forced to acknowledge that, there must have been a true work of Christ that could have resulted in such a radical change in YOU as they witness from day to day?

Can they see that you have set your affections on things above? Or are you “…earthly, sensual, devilish?” -Js.3:15.

Have old things passed away?

Have ALL things become new?

If NOT, you need to question your salvation! You cannot afford to be deceived about this most important subject.

Jesus Christ puts it like this:

“What shall it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” -Mk.8:36-37.

If we do not allow Jesus Christ to save us from our sins, we deceive ourselves if we imagine we are merely saved from the consequences. If we are not pursuing perfect holiness in the fear of God, God’s word warns us, “…without which, no man shall see the Lord.” -Hebrews 12

God can only require that we love Him with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind and all our strength, and love our neighbor as we love ourselves.

He does not require that we exceed our natural ability to love Him. Inability has never been the ground of our failure to please Him. It is our unwillingness to love, to trust and to obey Him that is the grounds for our guilt before a just and holy God.

We are under obligation to love, trust and obey God to the extent of our ability. God cannot, justly, require more from us.

BUT… our unwillingness to do these things forces us to see the great wickedness of our heart, and is the reason for our guilt and danger until and unless we repent and believe the Gospel.

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