The kingdom of God is being preached and everyone forces His way into it.
It's not a smooth path to God's kingdom. It's a lifetime of self denial. There are many forces which we have to overcome. We must only look ahead. These race we run fixing our eyes on Jesus. Don't look on this side at your circumstances, you'll sink like Peter if you do. Don't look on the other side on people. NEVER COMPARE YOURSELF WITH OTHERS. YOU'LL COOK OFF AND BECOME PROUD IN YOUR ZEAL IF YOU HAVE MADE PROGRESS MORE THAN THEM, YOU'LL BE DISCOURAGED IF THEY HAVE MADE PROGRESS MORE THAN YOU. Only compare yourself with Jesus. He will never discourage you but will always call you higher and you'll never cool off in your zeal. You will always see that there is still much of God's kingdom to be possessed and thus you'll never cool off in your zeal.
Heaven and earth will pass away but Even the smallest thing in the law will be fulfilled.
a man who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery. And anyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
Jesus gave the story of the rich man and Lazarus. Many think it's a parable but it is something real that happened. The reason is not a parable because because Jesus gave the name of Lazarus. In all parables, Jesus never used the name of a man.
The reason Jesus never gave the name of the rich man is he was well known and his family members were probably there and the Pharisees who conducted his burial and told the people that he went to heaven were there.
Lazarus was poor and covered with sores and stayed at the rich man's gate desiring to eat from what fell from the table. The rich man feasted every day.
Both died. Lazarus went to heaven and the rich man went to hell. He being in torment, lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham and asked him to send Lazarus to dip his finger in water and cool off his tongue. We don't value a drop of water but to those in hell, they are willing to give up everything for just one drop of water.
The interesting thing is that Abraham called him son. He was a child of Abraham but in hell. He reminded him how he lived. That must have added to his pain.
Everyone in hell remembers every sermon they have ever heard in their life, every warning they had in their conscience, every opportunity they had to repent but couldn't humble themselves,....
He also said there was a gulf between them and none could go to the other side.
He the asked that Abraham send Lazarus to his father's house to warn his brothers to repent so that they wouldn't end up in hell.
Those in hell know the reason they are there; they don't justify themselves. They agree that God's judgement on them is righteous. They know it's because they never repented from their sins.
Here is a message from hell. Listening to it. You don't need someone to warn you about hell who has been raised from the dead. You have your bible. Read it. If you don't believe the warnings written in your bible, Even if someone raises from the dead who you attended their burial tells you about the reality of heaven and hell, you will not believe.
Abraham and those in paradise are saying to you; read your bible and believe what is written.
Those in hell are saying to you, repent and stop sinning so that you don't join them when you die...
Isn't it amazing how the devil has sidetracked most preachers. The message of repentance and turning away from sin is rarely preacher. What we hear is that God will bless you materially, houses and lands and health. It's good, but it doesn't mean that God is pleased with you if he blesses you materially. Just look around you and you see those who are richer and more healthier than you? Can you honestly say that God is pleased with them and that is why He has made them richer that you? Of course no. It just means that God is good to everyone, whether they are good or evil. Nothing more, nothing less, nothing else. Ps 145:9, Mat 5:45
The mark of God's blessing on his children must be something that he does only to them and not to the others in the world; and that is they are growing to be more Christlike every moment. God is showing them areas in their lives where they are not like Christ leading them to repentance and the Holy Spirit transforming them into that same image from glory to glory. 2Cor 3:18
Today paradise is not under the earth but in heaven. Paul says that he was caught UP in paradise. 2Cor 12:4
In the last judgment those in hell and Even hel itself will be thrown in the lake of fire. Rev 20:13-14
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