May 16, 2021
Greetings and blessings to all of you. Heaven and Hell are real places. The Bible (which is the Word of God) has stated in Matt. 25:41 “then He will also say to those on the left hand depart from Me you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” There are many ideas about what happens when we die. Some say we are all annihilated, some say that we will all go to heaven. Others believe in a place where sinful souls are prepared for heaven. But nothing in the Word of God (the Bible) supports any of these ideas. Instead, it says in Heb.9:27 “and as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” Born- Again believers who have learned to love righteousness and desire the glory of heaven, will be acknowledged; and on the basis of Christ merit on their behalf they will be awarded the righteousness they seek. Will that be you? Stop and Think on that. The rest will go to a destiny commensurate with the godless way of life they have chosen; a place assigned to them on the basis of their own sins(derelictions). The certainty of final judgement is always in the background which the New Testament message of saving grace is set. God has always directly and indirectly given all of us a choice to turn from unrighteous to righteousness; to serve Him totally with reverence and humbleness or to compromise with the world and all its aberrations (abortions, transgenderism, same sex marriages, fornication) just loving what God hates. Hell is described in the Bible as a place of torment; a furnace of fire; a place of everlasting burnings and unquenchable fire. It is a place of suffering with weeping and gnashing of teeth and in which there is no rest, day or night. These are terrible words, but they are true. Those in hell are cut off from all good, cursed by God and banished from even the smallest help or comfort that His presence brings. God is a just God. He will give the unrepentant sinners just what they want..a place without God. In His Mercy, God gave all of us a “a conscience” that have an awareness of right and wrong and an ability to apply laws and rules to specific situations (Rom.2:24,15). That is why God has said, “we are without excuse.” The conscience can only follow what God has said by the Holy Spirit... when you are Born Again. When you pass… Heaven will be your Eternal Home until we return with Christ in the Millennium to the New Heavens and Earth. I want to see all of you there someday,
With the Love of Christ
First Lady Vivian C. Currie
Pastor ALC