© 20 Colin Melbourne
His Mercy is NOT!
We notice, when witnessing, that sinners harbour the vain hope that they will go to Heaven because; “God is love; and love would not send anyone to Hell, just because they followed a different religion, or attend a dead church”.
Serpentine Thoughts
Recall when that thought slithered its way through your mind when you were still bound by sin’s deceitfulness.
You’ve since discovered; it’s half correct, and half wrong.
It’s true to state that God is love, and He doesn’t send anybody to Hell because of their religious affiliation.
There’s Only One Way Into Heaven
Regardless of religion and idolatry, He sends everyone to Hell who has not been born again. Holy Bible, John 3:3-7 KJV;
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
The New Birth is Essential
When you are born again, you don’t follow a religion or church: You follow the Living Christ, led by His Spirit, in step with His written word.
God came in The Flesh, and taught… Holy Bible, Jn. 3:14-18 KJV;
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 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.
Everyone who is not born of God is certain to perish; both in this life, and eternally in Hell, The Judge of judges said so.
That is an absolute fact nobody escapes.
God’s Mercy is conditional: You must be born again.
Have you been born again?
Perhaps, like many, you simply joined a church?
That’s not what Christ was talking about.
We need to believe on The LORD Jesus Christ with our whole heart, not merely assent to doctrine and scripture?
Settle that right now, and repent from mental faith: Receive The Real Thing
That’s the half-right, now what about the half-wrong?
Sinners are mistaken to assume any sinner will ever get to Heaven.
There are no sinners in Heaven, nor ever will be: Establish that bible-fact in your heart. Rev. 21:1-4, 27 KJV;
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Heaven is for the righteous, only the perfectly righteous.
Discover how to become perfectly righteous.
No sin exists in the Glory.
Sinners cannot enter Heaven, no evil thing can exist in the Kingdom of God.
No sin, no death, no disease, no infirmity, no unbelief, no selfishness… Halleluia!
Let’s all go now shall we?
No brothers and sisters; first, we have a duty to fulfil.
We are to proclaim the message of the Living God to the ends of the Earth.
The only reason we remain on Earth is to help sinners hear this glorious news, so they can decide to repent and believe, or continue rejecting Christ’s Lordship.
That’s the sinner’s choice, as it was yours.
What a contrast between the kingdom of Heaven, and existence here on Earth.
Satan is the god of this world. 2 Cor. 4:3-4 KJV;
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 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.
When we were in our sins, self ruled.
You reigned on the throne of your heart.
You did what you wanted to do.
And oh what a mess!
Then Mercy came and opened your spiritual ears to hear The Word of God.
You understood, for the first time, how impoverished you were.
Immediately you repented from unbelief, welcomed The LORD Jesus Christ to reign in your heart, and submitted wholeheartedly to His Lordship, and everything inside became brand new 2 Cor. 5:17 KJV;
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
The King of Salem ruled (Heb. 7:2), and His Love began to flow, touching and transforming; lives, homes, and circumstances: You were born again.
© 20 Colin Melbourne
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