Salvation - After Death?

Bible Questions Answered:

“...I say that I will call on God when I am ready. Some are ready now, I am not. Maybe in the next life I too will be of that mind...”

Corbei/ Falkenberg, Halland County, Sweden

Bible Answer:

Bible Texts:

What if our thoughts regarding the interstate (Expressway/ E4/Autobahn), were that we will drive as we will, not regarding any warnings present. What would our ride be like? Sooner or later, we would be in serious trouble, our car, in rubble, our lives shattered, and broken in death.

The Word Of The Lord, warns us ….

Hebrews 9:27 KJV

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment*: (NO Second Chance.)

*Judgment-Greek: Krisis (Kree-sis): Justice-Divine; accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.

Where our word, Crisis, is derived from.

Psalm 62:12 KJV

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Jeremiah 17:10 NLT

But I, The Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”

I Peter 1:17 KJV

And if ye call on The Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

The next life, for the righteous...

John 5:24 KJV

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting Life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto Life.

The next life, For those who reject The Lord Jesus now, and pass into the next...

Luke 13:22-27 KJV

22 And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

23 Then said one unto Him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And He said unto them,

24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

25 When once The Master Of The House is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and He shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

27 But He shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from Me, all ye workers of iniquity.

Luke 16:19-23 KJV (Read the whole story versus 19-31)

19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:(In absolute selfishness, he lived only for his own pleasure.)

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 (Paradise): the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments...” (And he could not leave the place of his confinement, nor could he embellish it.)

John 5:40 KJV

And ye will not come to Me, that ye might have Life.

Romans 2:5-11 NLT

5 But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

6 He will judge everyone according to what they have done.

7 He will give eternal Life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers.

8 But He will pour out His anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey

The Truth and instead live lives of wickedness.

9 There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.

10 But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do good—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.

11 For God does not show favoritism.

Hebrews 10:31 KJV

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of The Living God.

Revelation 20:11-15 KJV (Great White Throne Judgment – for all the lost)

11 And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is The Book Of Life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in The Book Of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

Revelation 22:11,12 KJV

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Prayer:

Hebrews 4:7 KJV

Again, He limiteth a certain day, saying...Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.

Psalm 86:5 KJV

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Isaiah 1:18 KJV

Come now, and let us reason together, saith The Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isaiah 45:21,22,25 KJV

21 "...there is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Savior; there is none beside Me.

22 Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

25 I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Isaiah 55:6 KJV

Seek ye The Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near:

John 3:3,16,17,36 KJV

3 Jesus answered and said unto him (Nicodemus), Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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.

36 He that believeth on The Son hath everlasting Life: and he that believeth not The Son shall not see Life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.