Saturday, October 24, 2015
Destination Determined
Bible Questions Answered:
“I have a question, if satan knows
that God Is going to send him to the lake of fire, why does he still
go on with what he's doing?
Arnie/ Sydney, Nova Scotia Canada
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
I) The Word, says that the eyes
of the lost are blinded, they cannot see what lies ahead.
Spiritually Blind:
Matthew 15:14 KJV
Let them alone: they be blind
leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall
fall into the ditch.
John 12:40 KJV
He hath blinded their eyes, and
hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor
understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal
them.
II Corinthians 4:4 KJV
In whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest
The Light Of the Glorious Gospel Of
Christ, who is The Image Of God, should shine unto them.
I John 2:11 KJV
But he that hateth his brother is in
darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth,
because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Perhaps the devil thinks that he still
may over throw The Living God, but he is spiritually blind, his fate
has already been determined.
Revelation 20:10 KJV
And the devil that deceived them was
cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the
false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and
ever.
II) The devil
cannot stop doing evil, for his nature has forever been sealed by his
own actions!
Our Lord gave us
this very informative story concerning the rich man in hell.
Luke 16:19-31
KJV
19 There was a certain rich man,
which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously
every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar
named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the
crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came
and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the
beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the
rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes,
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his
bosom.
24 And 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.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember
that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise
Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us
and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass
from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would
come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee
therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28 For I have five brethren;
that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of
torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have
Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham:
but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they
hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded,
though one rose from the dead.
Once a person dies,
their fate is forever sealed, by themselves!
Once the vessel is
placed in the kiln, its fate is forever sealed!
The rich mans life was with servants,
to wait upon him in his luxury.
So what in the
after life?
24 And 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.
The rich man wanted Lazarus to wait
upon him.
The rich man, in
life had known only one thing, luxurious selfishness!
So what in the
after life?
27 Then he said, I pray thee
therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he
may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of
torment.
“Thank God,
Pastor, the rich man got religion in hell, and this sure shows it.)
James 3:1 NLT
Dear brothers and sisters, not many
of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be
judged more strictly.
No, no one gets
religion in hell. Hell is the eternal prison of the lost.
“Well, what then
of the rich mans request?”
The rich man had
five brothers, all of which no doubt were following their wealthy
brothers example, and who no doubt, would end up in the same eternal
hell as he had.
Knowing this, in torment, the rich man realized that his own personal hell had
not yet truly begun, but that one by one, his accusing brothers would
come to forever, time with out end curse him for the example he had
set.
Open your eyes dear
friend, do you see the glaring “SELFISHNESS,” of his
request?
THERE ARE NO FRUITS
OF T HE SPIRIT OF GOD IN HELL!
People in hell
never change, they are forever cast in the nature they will be time
without end.
The devil cannot
change!
Satan has already
been found guilty, and sentenced to the lake of fire.
His nature of
hatred to God, and man (because he is in the image of God), will
never end.
If we were able to
remove some one from hell, and give them a second chance, what would
happen?
If they had been a
murderer in life, they would kill again. If they had been a cheat in
life, they would lie and cheat again. If they had been a being of
hate, they would hate and kill again and again.
Why? Because of their life, choices, once they passed from this life to the next life, this physical life to life that is eternal, they were forever sealed,
set by the kiln of death.
Hebrews 9:27 KJV
And as it is appointed unto men once
to die, but after this the judgment:
Dear friend, this
is why it is so important to decide for The Lord Jesus, here and now,
and not to allow another moment go by, not having your eternal
destiny settled!
After this life, there is no, second chance! One is either saved, or lost.
Hebrews 4:7 KJV
"...To day if ye will hear His
voice, harden not your hearts.
John 3:16-18 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that
He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be
saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not believed in the name of The Only Begotten Son Of God.
I John 1:9 KJV
If we confess our sins, He is
Faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.