Do you know what happens when you die ?

Let me ask you a real personal question . One from my heart to yours.

If you knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that there was a REAL place called Hell. What would you do to prevent everyone from spending eternity there ? After they died they would spend almost forever in the most horrid place you could ever imagine. Only to then be thrown into a lake of fire that the flames are never quenched forever. Would you shut up now and not tell them because they wouldn't believe you ? Would you risk being thought a lunatic ?

Did you know that Jesus Christ spoke of hell more than anyone ? Did you know Jesus Christ came to die in your place for the penalty of sin ? On the cross by shedding his blood ?

The Bible says there is no forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood. That is why Jesus came to Earth , the perfect lamb of God the Son of God . Jesus Christ could pay the price for your sin because He was God and He was without sin. Why would he do this for you ? Because He loved us enough to give His life for us. He took our punishment on the cross 2000 years ago . And the good news is this. Jesus is not dead ! He conquered death and the grave and rose on the 3rd day . Death could not hold Him because he is God.

Do you know what happens to you if you die today without Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord ? The grave will hold you and your spirit is sent directly to Hell !!! That's right Hell !! Whether you believe Hell exists doesn't matter , because Jesus Christ the Son of God said it exists. And how does He know ? Because He created it for the devil and his evil angels long ago.

Everything I am telling you is found in the Bible , the word of God. I didn't use the verse references because it may run you away. And I wanted you to get the truth from my heart to yours. Did you know that I am not telling you these things because I want you to join my church or be able to call yourself a Christian ? I do not get a bigger place in heaven if you accept Jesus as Lord . No ! I just get to know someday that you will escape eternal torment in Hell. And Believe it or not , thats enough for me.

So give the video a chance , watch it through. Want to know more about the love Jesus Christ has for you and how to never end up in Hell ? Visit my blog on knowing the truth about these things . I pray that God has spoken to your heart through mine.

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What must I do to go to HELL ? NOTHING !!!

That is absolutely Right ! You don't have to do a thing to go to Hell !

JUST DO NOTHING ! Some of you won't even read this all the way through and your headed there faster than the speed of light ! When you compare your life which the Bible calls but a vapor-ppoooof your dead and gone - Compared to Eternity!! Like I said " JUST DO NOTHING!"

• You do not even have to believe in a real place called Hell: Even though the bible talks about it many times. Says it is a bottomless pit, fire and brimstone, outer darkness, pain and torment, lake of fire, weeping and gnashing of teeth, Eternal separation from God. I know what your thinking , there you bible-thumpers go again talking about Hell, like God would send someone like yourself to Hell. Its your decision where you go, He gave you a way out. Like I said "Just do nothing!" Luke 16:19-31
  


• You do not even have to believe that the Bible is God's word: Even though the Bible claims to be the inspired word of God and even contains the words of Jesus Christ who claimed to be God . I know what your thinking, you Christians are always talking about the Bible as if its the TRUTH from God Himself. You know something you do not have to believe the Bible , the fact is you will still be judged and condemned by the very words in it. Like I said " Just do nothing!" 2 Timothy 3:16

• You do not even have to believe in a real devil: Satan is his name, the bible calls him the father of lies, and in him is no truth. I know what your thinking, Like there's some guy running around with a pitch-fork in a red suit. No that's what he wants you to think so you will not believe he exists. Satan is a spiritual being , he seeks whom he may devour with his lies. So you can spend eternity in Hell with him. There you go again talking about Hell. Like I said " Just do nothing!" John 8:44

I will have to say , if you believe none of what I have said so far Satan has you just where he wants you!!!!

• You do not even have to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God : And that he DIED for your sins and shed his Blood on the CROSS 2000 years ago to pay our sin debt because He loved you and me. I know what your thinking, That we Christians think Jesus paid it all and you don't have to do anything but put your Faith in Him. And you don't believe it. Like I said "Just Do nothing!" John 3:16-17

• You don't even have to believe that you are a sinner: Matter of fact if it were possible, which it is not,and you could stop sinning this very minute, you would still go there. Because God says we have ALL sinned and fallen short of His standards.He also said that you were born with a sin nature. I know what your thinking That your not as bad as some people you know.....by the way that word ALL Have Sinned means both YOU and Me need to do something about it. Like I said "Just Do Nothing!" Romans 3:23

• You don't even have to believe a word I say To be True: You don't have to believe me , I'm just a messenger with a warning . I want you to check it out for yourself. I want you to find a Bible and ask God to show you the truth about everything I talked about here. Because He said if you seek Him with all your heart, you will find Him. I know what your thinking That you don't have time for all this ! Go ahead die in your sin ! Like I said " Just Do Nothing!" Jeremiah 29:13

If you read through this whole post and you have never accepted Jesus as your personal savior and been born again , You are to be CONGRATULATED ! I feel you may be seeking God and the Jesus that I speak of here is drawing you to Himself that you may believe in Him. For He alone can forgive you of sin and open your eyes to the new life. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father except through Himself. John 14:6

If You would like to know how to have the new life in Jesus and be forgiven of your sins and know your going to heaven read my very first posting here " if what you were believing was wrong would you want to know the truth."

If you still reject the truth about going to Hell....Like I said, "Just do nothing" You may be thinking that I'm just trying to scare you.........No ! You may be scaring yourself because you know what I'm saying about Hell,the Bible, Devil, Jesus Christ, About your sinful nature and my witness about Jesus Christ is TRUE.You may sense the prompting and conviction of the Holy Spirit of God about sin also. Be thankful for His prompting and repent of your sins. Why? Because if you do not feel the prompting of God to Ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins...You are definitely at this moment one breath away from Hell, and eternal separation from God.

NO HOPE, NO HOPE AFTER THAT !!!!

One Final WARNING !!

"For the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" 1 Corinthians 1:18

A TRUE STORY: Send someone from the DEAD !!!

A Rich Man and Lazarus

There was a rich man and his lifestyle was spending all his time making money , so he could wear fine clothes, live in a nice house.He was a very Proud man. And his motto that he lived by was Eat, Drink & be Merry and he lived like there was no God. The love of God was not in him because he had no time for God, all he wanted was to have the things this world had to offer.

Then there was a poor and very ill man whose name was Lazarus. He was laid at the gate where the rich man lived, longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich mans table. He was covered with sores on his body and the dogs would come and lick his open sores. Lazarus trusted God to be with him and meet his needs.

Now it came to pass that Lazarus died and the angels carried him to paradise ( To be with God). And the rich man died and was buried.

The rich man found himself in Hades (HELL) he looked up and being in Torment (Great pain, anguish,and harassment) he saw Abraham (of the old testament the father of the Jewish nation) and Lazarus who he remembered once being laid at his gate.

"And he cried out and said, Father Abraham , have mercy on me , and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue: for I am in agony in this flame"

"But Abraham said, to the rich man remember that during your life you received your good things, and Lazarus received bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony." Luke 16:24-25 You see the rich man made the decision to ignore the things of God here on earth, and he set up his heaven by his own hands , he received his just reward.

Abraham went on to say that there was a great Chasm fixed ( or expansion, wide opening) in order that those who wish to come over from hell , would not be able to. And that none could cross from where Abraham was to there. There is eternal separation from God and your loved ones who chose to put their faith in Jesus..........once your there, NO HOPE IS LEFT.

The rich man went on to say " Then I beg of you, send Lazarus to my fathers house for I have five brothers, that he may warn them, lest they come to this place of torment (HELL)"

I need to stop and say something right NOW ! I have heard music lyrics say leading many people to sing the song " I'm on the Highway To Hell " by ACDC and others who copy the song........But It doesn't sound to me like a place I would ever want to go to.....what about you? I hear people say when they get there meaning Hell there going to party and drink their brains out. That its going to be a big orgy or party. It doesn't sound like a party to me...unless you like going to a barbecue, being thrown into a fiery pit and your the meat for eternity!

Back to the story after the rich man ask that Lazarus be sent to his living five brothers so they would not end up in HELL with him, Abraham said They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them. In other words they had the old testament , the word of God Almighty written by these men of God.

But the rich man did not give up he said , " No , Father Abraham , if someone one goes to them from the dead, then they will REPENT !" Luke16: 30 He was in such torment He did not want his family to end up in Hell with him. He was so desperate He wanted a dead man to be raised up to tell his brothers. Is that what it takes for you to repent?

By the way it was Jesus who told this story in Luke 16: 19-31. I took the liberty to paraphrase it to help you. So what is the ending to this story:

" if they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead. " Luke 16:31

Jesus was saying is that Abraham statement was true. We have the inspired word of God telling us the truth about our sin , heaven and hell.....and so many of you still do not believe the words to be true. Jesus even was raised from the dead and testifies that His words are true, that He is God in the flesh and warns of Hell and still many of you still refuse to believe the truth . You would rather be like the rich man and spend all your time and energy in the things of this world and ignore God.

MY own story is I once was dead in sin and Now I'm alive in God............won't you see and hear the truth? And Obey God !

IF what you were believing was Wrong, would you want to know the Truth?

What kind of person would I be if you were drowning going to die, and I knew I could help save you by throwing you a life preserver or swim out to save your life, but did nothing to keep you from dying? Would you be angry, think me to be a coward?

I pray that God will open your eyes and heart to what I am about to tell you to be the truth. Not because I say its the truth, but the almighty God has revealed it in His word the Bible. You say But you don't believe the bible to be Gods word..........What you believe about the bible has nothing to do with the fact you will be judged by it anyway. 2 Timothy 3:16 says "All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching , for reproof, for correction, for training in rightousness
This may be the only life preserver you get the rest of your life. We are all going to die, and the bible says in Hebrews 9:27 " it is appointed for men (women) once to die , and after this comes judgement! This says that God knows your appointment with death, then you will be judged by Him. Do you see a problem here? I do? It never gave us the date we would die, it just said we would die...........So how long you live is uncertain to say the least. Most people believe that they will live to be at least 70 years of age maybe longer. And the sad thing is they live as if there were no God. Or they say in the future sometime I will live for God, when I'm ready.

DO you want to know what the biggest lie in the world is?

Satan the enemy of God wants you to believe you have plenty of time before you die to give God His intended place in your life..........he knows if you will put it off long enough you will die and be eternally separated from God. Matter of fact he knows you will go to be with him forever in the lake of fire......HELL! Some of you are going to say "There is NO Devil ".......plain and simple thats his SECOND Best Lie! Satan is the father of lies! The bible plainly speaks about him over and over again hundreds of times, because he is the enemy of God and wants to deceive you into believing his lies because we are made in Gods image and likeness. And he HATES GOD and now you.

As far as how much time you have to live:

Of the 2,400,000-plus Americans who die each year, over 45,000 are killed in transport accidents. The number of homicides, poisonings, and drunk driving fatalities are roughly the same, at around 17,000 each. Perhaps more surprisingly, a stunning 178,000 Americans die from medical or hospital error every year.

All you have to do is read your newspaper or watch the news. Look how many died in the twin towers when they were hit by terrorist. Do you think they knew, that was their last day to live? I think you get my point. My point here is that how long we are going to live, you don't have the answer, only God. Life is so uncertain. The bible says in 2 Corinthians 6:2 Behold now is "The Acceptable time," behold NOW is "The Day of Salvation"

So what about this JUDGEMENT that comes after death, whats that all about?

First of all God is the judge, it is His standards that we failed to live a perfect life by. The Bible says in Romans 3:23 " For all have sinned, and have fallen short of the standards set by God." Let me ask you .......Do you think this includes YOU and Me? It says ALL have Sinned....that includes everyone! It was Gods standard for us to live a perfect, sinless life.......I know what your thinking .....No one who ever lived was sinless and perfect. YES....there is one person......the Son of God, Jesus Christ because he was God. In Hebrews 4:15 it says Jesus was tempted in all ways as we are, yet without sin.While he was God in the flesh on earth almost 2000 years ago. Temptation is the invitation to live independent of God to fulfill legitimate needs not Gods way but your own. When you fulfill that need your way , not Gods intented way thats sin.

About the judgement after we die:

God says in Romans 6:23 " For the wages of sin is Death"....in other words your just punishment for sin , breaking Gods moral law is death .....Eternal separation from God! The Bible describes this death as THE Bottomless Pit, The Lake of Fire,Fire and Brimstone, Eternal Darkness where there will be Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth. Gnashing is what happens when your in extreme pain or your angry because you BLEW IT or both. I know what you are thinking I'm talking about HELL.........And you think a loving God would never send someone like yourself to Hell!

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ! He doesn't send you there, You choose where you will spend Eternity! By the way, if you think HELL isn't a real place.........Your buying into Satans 3RD GREATEST LIE.....The Bible says that Hell was prepared for Satan and his Demons......And he wants you to be there with him.The bible says in Revelations 20:15 "And if anyones name is not written in the book of life, He will be thrown in the lake of fire."

The Good News is God has given you away out of spending Eternity forever separated from Him and His Wrath falling upon you.

You can have your name in the book of life, so you never have to worry about going to Hell again! It was never God's intention to judge us to Eternal Damnation and Separation from Him! It was His intention because He loves us, to have fellowship with us, impart himself to us and become one with us...........like it was way back in the Beginning in the Garden of Eden. But guess what? Adam and Eve had that kind of relationship with God....They used to walk and talk with God in the Garden. But they were deceived by Satan to question what God told them not to do. So like you and I we think we know whats best for our life ......Control our own lives.......and sin against God and live for the temporary pleasures that break Gods moral laws. There is pleasure in sin but, it leads to DEATH. Why do you think before you sin its called Temptation? If you didn't think you gaining some short term pleasure from it.......you wouldn't be tempted. Did you know you are suppose to take all thoughts captive to the obedience of God. You can only do this once you commit your life to God. GOD HATES SIN. Gods laws are good, they point out just how sinful we are and how we can not help but break Gods law because of our sinful nature. And they try to keep us from doing things that will harm us and prevent us from living with things in our life that were not Gods intentions for us. Example ....GOD CREATED SEX......between a man and a woman......that it be done ONLY in marriage. He made it for us to be one in love and made it pleasurable as an added bonus so we would want to do it and have children when we were ready to be a family in marriage.

NOW THE OPPOSITE IS THE WORLDS WAY AND SIN........

have sex not being married, with any one you want. So why is this bad? Because it was never Gods intention that you get a sexually transmitted disease and possibly die from Aids. It was never his intention to have children out of wedlock and when this happens your partner not be responsible , but deserts you and the child doesn't have a loving home and their father and mother. The structure set up by God for the home.........or better yet your not ready to have a baby you go get an abortion that is murder. I could go on and on about the bad things that do happen , jealousy leading to murder and having to explain to the one you eventually marry just how many sexual partners you did have......and the problems from that......not being trusted by your mate. I'm sorry I'm done with this I could spend too much time telling you how God was protecting you from harm just from this one sin and there are many many more sins and bad results from not obeying God.

I mention earlier that God loves us and we can have our name in the book of life:

John 3:16-17 says " For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotton Son, that who so ever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. This Son the bible speaks of is Jesus Christ. You may say I believe in God, do you know that is not enough......even Satan believes in God.....He used the be an angel of God called Lucifer that covered the Throne of God but He wanted to be like God Himself and be worshipped . Because of his sin God threw Satan and those angels that followed him out of heaven . About a third of the angels in heaven fell like the stars of heaven long ago.These angels of Satan we call Demons. You see in heaven there will be no sin! You say I'm not as bad as some people...I go to Church every sunday.......I belong to a certain church......I was baptised as a baby.... my mom or grandma was a Christian........The bible says in Isaiah 64:6 that our self rightousness before God is as filthy rags and are a stench in his nostrils. God says just because you think your better than someone else for any reason is rubbish to Him. You must be perfect without any sin Just as He is, we are born with a sinful nature. God says in Ephesians 2:8-9 " For by grace you are saved through faith; and that it's not of yourselves; it is a Free gift of God; NOT of WORKS, lest any man should boast."

Remember what I said earlier about God sending His Son into the world to give us eternal life.....Jesus died on the cross and God the Father laid the sin debt of the whole world on him on the cross. If you know anything about what Jesus went through for us , He suffered pure torture and anguish. Jesus died in our place, shed His blood and on the third day arose from the grave. He conquered death , sin and the grave.Why because He was God in the flesh..........Jesus was perfect, and sinless ..........and by His shed blood , dying on the cross , He alone paid our sin debt in full. This is the free gift God gave the world because of his love. It was by His grace, which means we do not deserve to be with Him in heaven , we deserve to die in our sins .........and spend eternity in Hell. And you can not do any thing in your power to deserve forgiveness. The bible says without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. Romans 5:8 says "but God demonstrates His own love towards us, in that while we were sinners , Christ died for us.

Would you die for someone who hated you?.....We were all living sinful lives wanting nothing to do with God......but he died for us any way to pay our sin debt , because He Loved Us!

You see JESUS paid the price for our sins:

So you see your church can't save you , your good works can't save you !

What must you do to have eternal life have your sin debt paid in full and at the same time your name written in the Book of Life?

1. Believe what the bible says to be true...admit your are a sinner in need of Jesus.


2. Believe by FAITH in Jesus that he alone paid your sin debt by dying on the cross and shedding his blood for you.And that this is the only way to God.


3. Believe that on the third day God raised Him from the grave to conquer Sin , Death and the Satan. That Jesus is ALIVE today.


4. Accept his free gift of eternal life-Ask him for it

Repent from your sins and turn your life over to Him-Jesus. Which means you have a change of heart and turn from letting sin rule your life and now you obey God in his strength.

IF you put your FAITH in Jesus and Repent from your sins:

Jesus will give you eternal life , the Holy spirit will come into your spirit which is dead in sin , He will give you a new Spirit, one from God, the Holy Spirit that works in us , where by we want to do the things of God and know Him.This is what is called being BORN AGAIN. We will come alive with Himself, with a peace and Joy we have never known because we are no longer headed to Hell ........but live forever from this moment forth with God on our side.

Do you want to be forgiven now and have eternal life ? Then pray this pray to God NOW only if you mean it.

A sinners pray

Dear Lord Jesus , I confess that I am a sinner and need your free gift of eternal life. By faith I ask you to forgive me and come into my life. I turn from my sinful way and give you the rest of my life to obey you and let you become Lord of my life. Thank you Lord for dying for Me on the cross and shedding your blood and raising again on the third day......I confess that you are God and my Lord.............in Jesus name I pray amen

If you meant what you said when you prayed,believing, putting your faith in Jesus, He will come into your life. Your sins are forgiven and you are no longer under condemnation by God. Because you excepted Jesus free gift for your sins, He paid your penalty by His death on the cross. He said he will never leave you nor forsake you..........He will guide you into all truth.

What Now ?

Tell someone what you did, tell me.....Jesus said " if you confess me before others , I will confess you before My Father."

Get a Bible if you don't have one and read it. A good place to start is read the book of John.......This is how your faith in God Grows and you grow strong as a Christian. The Holy Spirit inside you now will guide you into all truth. The bible will also help you renew your mind from your old sinful patterns in your life.

If you do not have a Bible and you ask Jesus to be your Lord and Savior because of this blog I will send you free a New Living Translation " Live It Now " New Testament paper back copy of the Bible. It has many helps in it to live the Christian life NOW. I am not personally promoting this bible for any reason other than to get a copy of God's word into your hands. Because it is important for your growth as a new Christian in the faith. Just email me with your address, by clicking on profile on the left. Praise God that you have made the choice to follow Christ. And your name is written in the Lambs book of Life.

Find a Christian Church that preaches the truth of the Bible to worship God..and fellowship with other Christians to grow. Ask God to lead you there.

Pray to God for direction in life , thank Him for what he has given you, confess sin that you yield to in your life.......you will never be perfect here on earth until you get to heaven......But in Gods eyes you are no longer condemned. Anything you ask or say to the Father , close your pray in Jesus name.

If you prayed the pray of faith you made the most important decision in life you will ever make.......where you will spend eternity.

WARNING !!!!!!

If you didn't, you choose to believe the lies Satan keeps telling you and the world. Look at your position in life this way, very dangerous...........You have both feet on the edge of the bottomless pit and as soon as you take your last breath here on earth , you fall head forward into eternity without another chance to be saved from eternal damnation and separation from God .......Pray to God Now to open your eyes because Satan has blinded you....before its to late!!

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 "if our Gospel is veiled( hidden) , it is veiled(hidden) to those who are perishing. In whose case the god of this world(Satan) has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."

Want to know just how terrible the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was? click on the following link:

http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/jesusdeath.html

No Greater LOVE for YOU and ME...........Thank You Jesus .

"Greater Love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends."

John 15:13.....Jesus words