“Judgement is Coming”

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

“to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,”  (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)

The Scripture above is one of the few that speaks of the condition of the lost.  Paul plainly states that such a state will 1) involve “destruction” or to be cut off from the presence and glory of God, and 2) will last eternally!  Christ is coming “in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God.”  Hell is an awful reality!

The very idea of such a place is either ridiculed or quickly diminished in modern times.  Our society has lost its sense of moral accountability.  And modern churches are more interested in preparing one for retirement or success in business than in saving souls from hell.

There are two classes of people in the World.  They are 1) the saved – i.e. those who have obeyed the Gospel, and 2) the lost - i.e. those who do not know God.  There is no in-between state.  Every person is in one of those two classes.

I have a good friend whose profession involves rescuing people from burning buildings.  Suppose you were in that building and someone rushed in to save you.  Would you refuse?  Jesus Christ came into the World to deliver you from a burning house!  He did not die on the cross to help you succeed in this life, but to free you from the dread of hell!

It is not a very popular subject, but judgment is coming!  Jesus Christ can either be your Savior or your judge.  This important choice is left up to you.

George Slover
 

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