" UNBELIEVERS "

Good Morning to you welcome and come on in, and sit awhile. This week my Lord and Savior impressed upon me to share with you on the subject of " UNBELIEVERS. " So buckle in and let's get started. Open up your hearts and your minds as this is important. Why God's plan is hidden to the unbelievers. The Holy Spirit comforts and guides us who know and Love him as our Lord and Personal Savior. Knowing the wonderful and eternal future that awaits us gives us hope and courage to press on in this life, to endure hardship, and to avoid giving in to temptation. This world is not all there is. The best is yet to come. Now the Bible refers to the " Depths Of God " and this refers to God's unfathomable nature and his wonderful plan, Jesus' death and resurrection -and to the promise of salvation, revealed only to those who believe that what God says is true. Those who believe in Christ's death and resurrection and put their faith in him will know all they need to know to be saved. Now, this knowledge, however can't be grasped by even the wisest people unless they accept God's message. All who reject God's message are foolish, no matter how wise the world thinks they are. Jesus didn't ask God to take believers out of the world but instead to use them in the world. Because Jesus sends us into the world, we should not try to escape from the world, nor should we avoid all relationship with Non-Christians. We are called to be SALT and LIGHT (Matthew 5:13-16), and we are to do the work that God sent us to do. Eternal Punishment takes place in Hell ( The Lake Of Fire, or Gehenna), the place of punishment after death for all those who refuse to repent. Now, in the Bible, these words are used in connection with Eternal Punishment. (1) Sheol, or "The Grave," is used in the Old Testament to mean the place of the dead, generally thought to be under the earth. (see Job 24:19; Psalm 16:10; Isaiah 38:10). (2) Hades is the Greek word for the underworld, the realm of the dead. It is the word used in the New Testament for Sheol. (see Matthew 16:18;20:13-14). (3) Gehenna, or Hell, was named after the valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem where children were sacrificed by fire to pagan gods (see 2 Kings 28:10; 2 Chronicles 28:3). This is the place of Eternal Fire ( Matthew 5:22; 10:28; Mark 9:43; Luke 12:5; James 3:6; Rev 19:20) prepared for the devil, his angels, and all those who do not believe in God (25:46; Revelation 20:9-10). This is the final and eternal state of the wicked after the resurrection and the Last Judgment. When Jesus warns against unbelief, he is trying to save us from agonizing punishment. Until Next Time... Jim,