December 2015

One beautiful aspect of life
is that God always gives
us more than a second
chance. When we sin and fall
short, He forgives us and gives us
the opportunity to be redeemed.
When we make a mistake God
allows us to try again. However,
contrary to popular belief, there
is absolutely no hope for those
who die without having accepted
Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
You see - to have hope means
the expectation of something
good will occur. Hope motivates
you to keep moving forward.
Hope encourages you
to hold on despite your circumstances.
Hope bring you into
faith which keeps you steadfast
and anchored. To have hope is
good indeed provided, you’re
hoping for that which adheres to
the promises of God. To hope for
anything other is senseless and
meaningless.
Beloved, it is not God’s desire
that any should die but that all
should come to repentance. (II
Peter 3:9). But, that choice is
entirely up to you. The enemy will
have you believe that God would
never send you to hell. And that’s
exactly correct because thru the
life we choose to live we sentence
ourselves to either reign
with Jesus eternally in heaven or
to a devil’s hell. Thru the sacrificial
death of Jesus on the cross,
our sins has been paid for once
and for all. For indeed Christ
died for sins once and for all,
the Just and the Righteous for
the unjust and unrighteous [the
innocent for the guilty] so that He
might bring us to God , having
been put to death in the flesh,
but made alive in the Spirit. (I
Peter 3:18). And His death left
no one out for Jesus Christ does
not have favoritism. Therefore,
your hope of being saved lies in
the atoning death of Jesus while
you have the capacity to choose
this day who you will serve. After
all, Jesus paid a debt we could
not pay and we owe a debt we
cannot pay.
Now, to convince yourself that
there is hope of being saved
after death leads down the path
to doubt, deception and wrong
thinking. If you think wrong, you’ll
believe just about anything. And
when such deep seated beliefs
consume your mind, it draws
you further and further away
from all that is honest, pure and
just. Before you know it, you’re
locked into a belief system which
wraps you in false doctrines,
while becoming increasing hostile
towards Christianity.
In essence, those who have not
accepted Jesus as their Savior
are not living in the knowledge
of the truth. And you shall know
the truth, and the truth shall
make you free. (John 8:32; I
Tim. 2:4). They do not accept
the Lord’s teaching as genuine
and true. Neither will they obey
His infallible word. The enemy
has blinded them by the usage
of false teachings and soothing
words which creates an illusion
within their mind that after