He's still there for ya. Always has been. Heaven is thrown in as a plus.

Jesus still loves you ..and your friends, believer.  All of em.  Ain’t fickle – He never has been.  Loves your enemies as well.  Let Him lead you as Lord, and show love through you.  He’s really good at it.  What’s cool is that He is sovereign over every aspect of you life!

As you walk with and trust the Lord, the Light of heaven will shine in your heart and just light up your life. The JOY overflows. It happens, it's a tight relationship thang ...and then others start wanting what you have spiritually. So many basically are feeling... lonely, empty, guilty, non-significant and afraid of the future (you know, including dying all alone with no place good to go).  Heaven and Christ are there for you -- better than the most awesome spot of all!

"My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." John 14:2-4 #BringAfriendWith

"..He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” The hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain;" Isaiah 25:8-10a #ForgivenessIsFree #AskInFaith

Purgatory never existed. Nope. It was all religiously made up, ain't real or an option for you. And you know Hell wasn't ever made for people (it's there and for really rotten fallen... once beautiful angels), so not sure why so many people have stubbornly determined to end up there. God will honor their wishes and let them if they don't opt to..if they put of deciding to turn and trust Jesus while they can. He's the Father's Plan A (His only provision for the sin-issue) and there is no B or C. 

Heaven.. Really. It's for Real, and There's a Way!

There is a good way and he has a name. Jesus. There is a heaven to gain and there is a hell to avoid. 

Did ya know that heaven is mentioned in the Bible over 500 times.. sure it is. In Old Testament the word is shamayim meaning the heights. In the New Testament heaven is ouranos (pronounced oo-ran-os') and it inspired the name of that planet. 

Heaven is far better than primo cuz Jesus and His love for you is. Hell was made for fallen angels, not for you or for other people. But for some strange reason lots of people are stubbornly opting to go there ...by rejecting God's only provision for their sin -- Jesus Christ. Go for Him. 

There is no purgatory. Where do you find that? 

And who needs Karma? Not me. We all just reap what we sow. But we can have the third heaven for free. Yes, there are 3 heavens. You don't earn a higher heaven or any heaven, but read in the Bible how the Apostle Paul was caught up into paradise. Yep, “into the third heaven”. 

You know there’s the blue sky (or atmospheric heaven), there’s the night sky (Gen 1:14-17). And the stellar heaven too (that’s the second heaven), but then there there’s God’s home the Heaven of Heavens. 

There are those that believe that Heaven is nothing more than a state of mind. Others say that Heaven is whatever goodness you can grab hold of in this life. But Heaven is a prepared place for prepared people. Let me give you three simple reasons why heaven is an actual place.

1. Jesus came from Heaven. John 6:38
2. Jesus returned to Heaven. 1 Peter 3:22
3. Jesus is coming again from Heaven. 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Every time the Bible mentions Heaven, it speaks of it as a real place. Paul says that we believers can look forward to Heaven with confidence because it has been promised us. See 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 

-- The Lord Jesus is coming for us. 

-- We are going to be caught up to meet Him in the 2nd heaven. 

-- Then we will be with Him forever.  

– in Heaven. That’s God’s promise. 1 Peter 1:3-5 

There will be a rapture of the Church, and wrath during the Great Tribulation, a judgement seat of Christ and a Great White Throne Judgement and there are places called hell and heaven. Jesus told us about both. And Peter did too -- he even links together the words hope and Heaven for us. And he tells us something more about God’s promise of Heaven. 

--He calls it an inheritance. It comes to us at no cost to ourselves.
-- No down payment, realtor fees or closing costs.
-- No mortgage payments, property taxes, or fear of foreclosure.
-- It’s God’s free gift to the Believer.

Are you enjoying life more abundantly -- life during your life here, or are you just bored out of your gourd? Eternal life is real, it is reserved for us up in Heaven, and we are kept by the power of God for it.

Heaven is promised, and it’s God’s own power that guarantees the promise will be fulfilled.

It’s sorta like how you deal with a hotel. You make your reservations in advance. 

Teacher to her Class: Q. How do we get to heaven?

Boy pupil: A. Ya have to be dead. 

Yup believer. That’s how it goes for you. 

Q. How many people die?

A. Until the time of the Rapture, one out of every one persons will die. Worldwide…

-- 3 people per second die.

-- 180 people per minute die.

-- Nearly 11,000 every hour die.

-- 250,000 people everyday die and go to either heaven or to hell.

A 2003 Harris Poll States That: 82% of Americans believe in a place called heaven, and 63% say they expect to go there.

But it’s really like that ole well-known spiritual song: “Everybody talkin’ ’bout heaven ain’t agoin’ there – O my Lord.”

All have sinned, so what will you do with it? No unforgiven sinner gets in to God’s holy heaven. 

God’s has a book, and in it are recorded the names of everyone who has turned (repented) and trusted (by faith) in Jesus Christ as their Savior. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me.”

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Come as you are. Not to me or a religion. Come to God the Father through Jesus the Son. Turn and trust Him. Now is good. The door to Heaven is wide open and welcoming now, but the only way to enter is by putting your faith in Jesus Christ to save you. Jesus is not A way among many ways, but He’s THE way. God took your sin debt and placed them on Jesus. He died in your place. And when you trust Him as your Savior, God no longer looks upon you as a sinner. He writes your name in the Lamb’s Book of Life and the Bible says that He for-gets your sin.

Jesus said, "While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." John 9:4

We enjoy abundant life, eternal life today, but why do we still desire to reflect Christ's light in this dark world? We want others to enjoy a life of forgiveness and love. Why do we pray for Mormons, for JWs or for other cultists and unbelievers who have great value to God. Why do we pray for the not yet spiritually born again ..religious people like Catholics or Jews or Muslims etc? Why do we go tactfully share the Gospel with them with Christ's love? Here's why...

One day soon there will be a prosecutor, but there'll be no defender for the lost; an accuser but no more advocates for em.

The lost will not be allowed to quibble over their good deeds done, or over their guilt or innocence.

There'll be an indictment, but no defense mounted by the accused. The convicting evidence will wisely be presented with no cross-examination. There will be no sympathetic or unsympathetic jury.

There will be no appeal of the final sentence once it's pronounced.

The night is coming when no man can work. The guilty will be punished eternally with no possibility of parole in some prison from which there is no escape, banished for all eternity. The Lost will be without God, without His kind agape love, without any hope at all.

Jim (not his real name) just asked me about future options and the dif? Sorta sounds like a religious question, but it ain’t really. It’s a good question and practical for our planning and all.

Haven't been asked that for awhile.  Yeah, he asked me about the difference between Sheol, Hades, Hell, the lake of fire, Paradise, and Abraham’s bosom? 

Go and see if you can find the made-up spot called Purgatory in your Bible.. even look in the Catholic Bible if you like. There is no such place of purging ..away your sins. Hey, with all due respect.. I was raised in this Roman org, so I can easily say so. Just go to the Bible and see Who it clearly points us all to in regards to eternity -- Jesus Christ, He’s the only door into heaven for each of us. 

So what’s the dif really.. Sheol Hades Hell?

The different terms used in the Bible for heaven and hell—sheol, hades, gehenna, the lake of fire, paradise, and Abraham’s bosom—are the subject of much debate and can be confusing.

The word paradise is used as a synonym for heaven (2 Corinthians 12:3–4; Revelation 2:7). When Jesus was dying on the cross and one of the thieves being crucified with Him asked Him for mercy, Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). Jesus knew that His death was imminent and that He would soon be in heaven with His Father. Therefore, Jesus used paradise as a synonym for heaven, and the word has come to be associated with any place of ideal loveliness and delight.

Abraham’s bosom is referred to only once in the Bible—in the story of Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19–31). Abraham’s bosom was used in the Talmud as a synonym for heaven. The image in the story is of Lazarus reclining at a table leaning on Abraham’s breast—as John leaned on Jesus’ breast at the Last Supper—at the heavenly banquet. The point of the story is that wicked men will see the righteous in a happy state, while they themselves are in torment, and that a “great gulf” that can never be spanned exists between them (Luke 16:26). Abraham’s bosom is obviously a place of peace, rest, and joy—in other words, paradise.

In the Hebrew Scriptures, the word used to describe the realm of the dead is sheol. It simply means “the place of the dead” or “the place of departed souls/spirits.” The New Testament Greek equivalent to sheol is hades, which is also a general reference to “the place of the dead.” The Greek word gehenna is used in the New Testament for “hell” and is derived from the Hebrew word hinnom. Other Scriptures in the New Testament indicated that sheol/hades is a temporary place where souls are kept as they await the final resurrection. The souls of the righteous, at death, go directly into the presence of God—the part of sheol called “heaven,” “paradise,” or “Abraham’s bosom” (Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23).

The lake of fire, mentioned only in Revelation 19:20 and 20:10, 14-15, is the final hell, the place of eternal punishment for all unrepentant rebels, both angelic and human (Matthew 25:41). It is described as a place of burning sulfur, and those in it experience eternal, unspeakable agony of an unrelenting nature (Luke 16:24; Mark 9:45-46). Those who have rejected Christ and are in the temporary abode of the dead in hades/sheol have the lake of fire as their final destination.

But those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life should have no fear of this terrible fate. By faith in Christ and His blood shed on the cross for our sins, we are destined to live eternally in the presence of God.

Hey, do like you normally do when you're gettin' ready to visit a nice hotel. Make your own reservations in advance. 

...nothing is good at all. Let's help others avoid it and go to heaven through Jesus instead. www.Facebook.com/shareJesus

...there's certainly no party goin' on in hell. Such a miserable and lonely place away from all love. Sadly, too many keep opting for hell. Let's point em to the Solution.   

Here’s a Recommended Resource for a much better option: Heaven by Randy Alcorn

Sometimes it's just good to do. I mean to talk about it -- H E Double H o c k e y s t i c k s.

Wanna talk about an unpopular subject, cuz well, so many just won't. But sometimes it's totally good to do. 

There's memory in heaven, and there's memory in hell. How would it be to recall all those great times with loved ones, and the splendor of God's nature here on earth? People in hell are aware of where they are. They can’t return from or bail out of there -- they really suffer. No coming back ever.  

You're totally conscience in hell. There's no blessing or bliss there, but there is gobs of suffering in hell. there are varying degrees of punishment in hell according to how you spend on Earth. Once you're in hell you can't pass over into heaven or go anywhere else from there. 

Well.. I don't mean "you," cuz you don't want to go there right? In fact, you want to do something about this right?

What’s 100% true about this place? Here’s a non-parable for ya (see “was a certain man”), “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 'And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.' Then he said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.' Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.'" Luke 16:19 nkjv

There are no beach bashes or other parties in hell, yup zero fun there, no excitement, no adventure, no romance, nothing to stoke-you-out or positively amp you there.. zero fulfillment, no satisfaction, no shouts of joy in hell.. there is separation from all Love there. 

God is love, He really loves you -- He has far better for you, but you must be born again. Why? Cuz he said you must be born again. 

The Bible tell us about a religious man who wanted to get right with God, "This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him." 

Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." 

Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 

Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 

"That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 

"Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'"

Hey, I don’t want you going there, so please don’t put off changing your future address if you’re headed there. Hang a U-turn to God. What will you decide? Accept or reject Jesus Christ--go for Him? Remember, not to decide is to decide and the road to hell is paved with excuses. 

People say, but I saw a great light and then I came back to life here. I've heard so many contradictory stories--you take em with a grain of salt. God's word is true, people's stories might not be. God loves all those in the world, God loves you and has a good plan for you. Wants you with Him, but won't make you go where is best for you.

So many experiences from people who have near-death experiences. They write lots of books and make money on these stories.. not that this is their goal. 

Hell is sorta like a prison, but far worse. Prison here sounds like a foretaste of hell. Inmates have lots of things happened to them but they really don't want to happen to them.

Hell is all about lonely, misery, hopelessness, missed opportunities, missing those you care about.

God doesn't want you to go there--hell was not made for people originally, it was made for fallen angels who rebelled against God's authority in pride. The only people who are doing that? How wasn't designs for people but many insist upon going there.

it's not for you, but if you reject Christ... Christ will not make you change your mind. God will not keep you out of there if you say no to Jesus.. subsequently choosing to go to hell. Rejecting God's only provision for your sin, Him, God the Father will let you answer were you insist upon landing.

"But I almost died and I saw a bright light, Kurt!"

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You saw what.. a light? Did you feel an energy? Did it blink, flash or just stream on in? What else? Doesn't the Bible say that Satan appears as an angel of light. Yes, he's a fallen Angel that does his best to imitate God -- he's a.. full-on deceiver and counterfeiter. Constantly imitates what God does. Read about Moses in Egypt in the Old Testament. Mr. Lu-Cifer if you will, he SO wanted to be God rather than a creative being, so he's still a bit ticked off. He still wants the worship that is due to God alone. God is worthy of this. 

Use discernment. The Bible speaks of the Lord as light -- He is 100% pure and holy... "This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all." 1 John 1:5

Are you now on the broad road that leads to destruction, or on the narrow road that leads to Life.. Life everlasting? Turn and trust, Christ said He's the door.

Repent means to change your direction in life.. away from sin towards God.. it means to be sorrowful inside, yes sorry for your sins that have literally grieved and hurt God. He's always wanted the best for you.

If there is no Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses. Billy Sunday

Hell is the highest 'reward' that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his. Billy Sunday

Many people of their own ‘free will’ are carried off to hell and we should weep when we even speak of this place with so many inhabitants. Too many so called Christians never shed a tear in this regard. 

God doesn’t send people to hell per se. People rebel against authority -- they stubbornly choose on their own to go to Hell and God simply won’t stop them. He honors and won’t take away your free will.  

Hell is hardcore truth seen a pinch too late. While here, God saves by substitution (not after death, and there’s no spot called purgatory).. by the blood of Christ on a Cross.. and you by faith turning and trusting in Him. He loves you more than words can describe and has a better plan for your life. 

The safest road to hell is the gradual one -- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C.S. Lewis

The lost think they will enjoy their wild party lifestyle all together ..forever in this horrible place.. but there is no love there. They've demanded this pleasure, but the party will soon end.  

I willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful, rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the inside. C.S. Lewis

When sinners are careless and stupid, and sinking into hell unconcerned, it is time the church should bestir themselves. It is as much the duty of the church to awake, as it is for the firemen to awake when a fire breaks out in the night in a great city. Charles Finney

I would rather go to heaven alone than go to hell in company. R.A. Torrey

If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Hell is as ubiquitous as a condemning conscience. Frederick W. Robertson

My warning light in the car ain't a bad thing, it's good -- it's neutral and tells me when I need to stop before destruction happens. That's how my conscience is -- it's a good thing, not something I need to shut up. You know all have blown it here in big and small ways -- we've sinned and fallen short of God’s righteous standards. It's so grieved and hurt Him inside. What does your inner conscience tell your heart? Have you felt guilty, lonely, empty, unfulfilled or afraid to die? Turn, fully trust and just walk with Jesus. 

People say they won't go to church or to God cuz there are too many hypocrites that call themselves Christians. Yes, call themselves. I can understand that. Why let one of those types of people.. probably a lost and religious persons playing like they are saved.. get in between you and God? At the Judgement Seat, God won't ask you about them at all. He will ask what You did with His only provision for your sin. 

If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew. Billy Graham

Would you like to change your eternal address.. I mean change your destiny right now? ..you can! You can turn from your sin to Christ, and put your trust in him.