My Expiration Date?

Nobody knows, however, many have expired before me! I wonder if they knew that their time was up? If they had made any plans for eternity? Did their light grow dim or brighter before they entered their final parking space? All of us have a short season here on earth, then the long distance journey into forever and ever begins. All the pictured above are now eternally, in the place where their choices led them. Many laughed at the thought of hell and planned to party forever in the flames with their friends. Did they investigate if hell was real? Did they mock God at His Word?  The Devil seeks to destroy our faith in God by laughing at the concept of hell. The dead can no longer change their mind. Their final destination was by a personal choice and it is forever and ever permanent!

Bill Wiese, an ordinary guy was given a 23 minute stay in hell that caused his bones to shake. Scripture verifies each of his personal experiences just as God describes hell. Hell is real, Hell is eternal, and God gave Bill this experience in order to help us choose our eternal reservation. God does not send good people to hell. People send themselves. Rich and poor in hell will be thirsty, tired, and get zero rest from the terror and constant pain. NOW is the time to educate ourselves, before our final curtain. A 20 minute listen will help many invest time thinking about their choices. Have I been deceived? Is there a Deceiver or a God? HELL does not have an EXIT, once you are there, by choice, there is zero mercy forever, and ever, and ever.

People make annual plans for business, vacation and other future trips. What is your determined plan for eternity? Today, evil is elevated and celebrated in movies, in schools, and at Disneyland.  Without a fear of God, or hell, people feel justified in their hate and refuse the truth.  Folks across the planet, get scared with visions of a future without food, or funds. The upper class, the middle class, and the lower class were all created in God’s image with an eternal soul. When our light goes out, each never-dying-soul will go to their fixed, permanent destination based on their earthly decisions.

We fill our time with what evaporates. All pleasure and hobbies do not fill the ache of emptiness One day our time on earth will CEASE to EXIST. Our heavenly Father longs for humanity to call on Jesus, and trust in Him with a different eternity. “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life.” John 3:36 “Unless you repent, you too will perish.” Luke 13:3 Repent means to turn away from our way to follow Jesus — the Way. “IF you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’ and BELIEVE in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 — It is our personal decision, it is our one way ticket to hell or to heaven. Our choice.

A few well known names of people who died in 2023: Pastor Charles Stanley, Jerry Springer, Pat Robertson CBN, Henry Kissinger, Rosalynn Carter, Matthew Perry, Suzanne Somers, Bob Barker, Tina Turner, Raquel Welch, Diane Feinstein, Jimmy Buffett, Tony Bennett, and Dick Butkus. There are seasons of hardship allowed for all of us, but we all have the seed of truth in us — which causes us to feel guilty. There is a certain awareness of what is right and wrong. Who we can trust? What activities to avoid? To be humble, to be proud, to hate, or to love, to forgive or to hold onto bitterness. We were given the freedom to choose. 

Perfection is impossible on this side of heaven. Pure in heart is NOT physical or external. The internal purity of soul, of our mind is ongoing through confession and holding every thought captive to discern from which kingdom it came. Our attitudes of our heart are important to consider. Today was I impatient? Prideful, envious, selfish, mean spirited, disagreeable, unkind, critical, sour, angry, or just irritated?  Our Father knows all, so it is wise to examine ourselves and continue to confess, repent, and remain pure and available for a double portion from God. We are in a constant spiritual battle because Satan is out to kill and destroy. God issues His mercy moment by moment. As His kid, we thrive and grow by His grace alone. Our soul is eternal, and our Lord will finish the work He began. Thank you, Lord, for pursuing us, for placing our names in the Lambs book of life, and never giving up on us. 2 Cor 10:4 “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.” and “The ONE who is IN YOU is greater than the one who is in the world.” 1 John 4:4

Stock markets crash, people suffer loss, health fades and loved ones die across the globe. However, when we place our trust in Jesus, His Word gives us security in His plan. Rich or poor, it is important to remember the name above all names is JESUS and His name shall remain on the lips of those who believe. God’s unchanging, irrevocable word will play out just as the book of Revelation records it. Hope has a name, and it is Jesus. May His story enter your history. Call one of those friends God has put into your life who believe in Jesus. Reach out and be renewed with the consistent hope in the heart Changer, the Difference Maker, Jesus.

God is in control of eternity.

Along our final stretch to the finish line of eternity, in the very end of time, His angels will come to harvest souls and to sort out those who believed or denied Christ. Even if our reasoning mind resisted long, when we confess our need of a Savior, we are embraced, and adopted into the Royal Family of God. Heaven is real, this world will pass away, BUT GOD….provides a clear Way.  The Financial planners offer seminars on how to remain monetarily secure in the future, but all these seminars fail to mention that all people die and leave all accumulated wealth behind. The big question is “What is your plan for eternity?” People cannot MOVE IN with GOD eternally without first knowing Him. All roads do NOT lead to God. He gave us clear directions to His house.

The Messiah, God with us —was sent by the Father with a single purpose. To shed His blood as the perfect sacrifice to pay for our sins so that we would not burn in hell for eternity. Hell was created by God for Satan and his demons, not mankind. In this century, leaders worldwide do not have answers for all our problems. In fact, each nation’s ruler does all they can to censor and crucify the only one who can help us, and that is Jesus Christ.  Who can change a person’s heart, or a system made of deceived souls? Each countries rehab efforts have failed. BUT GOD, in His soul winning Way, has proven  that faith-in-Jesus has resulted in hearts filled with a tenacious hope. As citizens of heaven, the Great News is that we were never forced to make a decision. By faith in God, we believed what His Word says, and we put our trust in God to deliver us from evil.

One of the criminals who hung next to Jesus asked Him, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!” But the other answered, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!” Jesus replied “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.” It is a glorious thing when Christ transforms a soul. Only the name of Jesus has the power to change hearts, but we must ask, believe, receive and surrender our plans for His superior one. AMEN

IF you ask God, He will forgive you. IF you desire a change, He is the heart changer. People must open their hearts and DESIRE change. Just like an addict must desire sobriety, every soul must ask God, invite Jesus, and want to be delivered from their emptiness and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Faith is a gift from God, but one must ask, surrender, and receive the gift of faith in order to believe in the unseen power that moves the world. 

PRAY: Oh God, forgive me for denying the importance of Your Word and Ways. Please come into my heart and clean me up, and make me new! Forgive me for all my sins, and extend Your continued grace and mercy. Thank You Jesus for another day of life, breath, and the opportunity to freely choose YOU! I humbly pray that Your Spirit gives me understanding and clarity as I welcome the truth. AMEN Zechariah 4:6. “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.” This scripture teaches us that we are wise to NOT rely on our intellect. “Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?” The Holy Spirit is upon those who welcome Jesus as their Lord and Savior.   In the NEWS we are being taught to fear man! This is the current worldwide narrative, but what about fearing God and avoiding hell? ❤️ 😈

7 thoughts on “My Expiration Date?

  1. One of the Bible’s many terrible descriptions of hell is the “wailing and gnashing of teeth.” It is mentioned six times in Matthew’s Gospel in the KJV. Whenever God thinks the Word is important, we see His point repeated. Mat 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Mat 13:42 — Mat 13:50 –Mat 22:13 — Mat 24:51 — Mat 25:30 — The word for “weeping” and “wailing” is the Greek klauthmós. It is more than crying; it is a strong lamentation, a wailing. The Bible warns us of hell because of God’s love towards mankind and His great desire that mankind chooses to be saved. God is both a God of love and salvation and a God of righteous wrath and judgment. For those who reject God’s salvation and die without the Savior, Jesus Christ, there is no escape from eternal judgment. The weeping and gnashing of teeth is the literal response of the lost in the face of the unspeakable terror, the utter hopelessness, of their ETERNAL PAIN without ever stopping.

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  3. On Sunday Dec 31, 2023 an older lady in church came up to me and thanked me for sending her a link to this post about HELL. She had forwarded the same link to a relative in the USA and she prays that they have placed an emphasis on their eternal destination. Their current focus is like many others. They fix their focus on pleasure, bank accounts and accomplishments.

    The Bible was written by the finger of God to awaken our interest, to answer all our questions, and to gently lead us to trust in Him by the gift of faith. He chose a variety of personalities to deliver His message. AMEN ❤️

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  5. “God is infinite”. The definition of infinity is that it has no sides, no top, no bottom, no beginning, no end. God is infinite, eternal, all wise, omnipotent, without a beginning or an end. In other words, God is everlasting. The prophet Isaiah wrote about when God would walk among us. “For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of His government and peace there will be no end.” Without END is just a peek at eternity. Every soul that eventually drops their temporary bag of skin and bones lives on and on and on. Heaven bound for sure and certain. Planning to join Jesus requires our agreement and our excitement that His Word never changes and His promises are trustworthy. More preachers need to describe Hell like this.

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