Sin and death and Hades, all cast into the Lake of Fire. Corruption, and all its' accoutrements, will never be active again. Not just "unseen," but locked away in a prison sentence that lasts forever and ever. Satan and his angels, the beast and the antichrist and all the demons, cast into a Lake of Fire where the worm never dies and the torment never ends.
And all those whose names are not written in the Lamb's Book of Life will be sent to join them in this everlasting punishment. There will be no appeal from this sentence, no time off for good behavior, no hope of a change of heart from the judge.
The mercy and grace God has shown to us in Christ ought to be sufficient to motivate us to be quick to share the Good News of the Gospel with those around us. But if it is not, how about an accusation from Penn Gillette, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Mormons and millions of Muslims accusations against Christians that goes something like this. "if you truly believe the gospel and all that it means for those who embrace it and for those who reject it, you must truly hate us if you are not willing to share it with we who do not believe. Do you truly hate us enough to callously let us go to a punishment wherein we will suffer forever and ever?"
How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.
This is how we know what love is: we love because He has first loved us.
Let us love, not just with words and emotions, but with deeds.
God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were still His enemies, Christ died for our sins. |