23 Minutes in Hell

• One man's story about what he saw, heard, and felt in that place of torment.
  
  Written on the back of the book it states "My sincere hope is that This book is the closest you will ever come to experiencing hell for yourself."
  
  Bill Wiese saw the searing flames of hell, felt total isolation, and experienced the putrid and totting stench, deafening screams of agony, terrorizing demons, and finally, the strong hand of God lifting him out of the pit.
  
  "TELL THEM I AM COMING VERY, VERY SOON!"
  
  Wiese's visit to the devil's lair lasted just twenty-three minutes, but he returned with vivid details etched in his memory. Since this life-changing ordeal, he spent the last seven years studying the Scriptures to find answers and has listed more than 150 Bible verses referencing hell.
  
  Everyone is curious about the afterlife, and now Wiese shares his insights to commonly asked questions such as:
• Is hell a literal burning place?
• Where is hell?
• Do you have a body in hell?
• Are there degrees of punishment in hell?
• Are there children in hell?
• Can demons torment people in hell?
• Can "GOOD" people go to hell?

"Even if you don't believe my story, I hope you will believe the Scriptures and avoid hell just the same."

You can click this link to order the book - 23 Minutes in Hell

Are you Saved?

This might just be one of the biggest questions you face this side of eternity.

You might hear some refer to it as Assurance of Salvation. But honestly would God really leave us in the dark about what is to come after our earthly death? Is there more to this life than just work, eat, and sleep?

The Bible in 1 John 5:13 says: I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.

Is believing in Jesus the same as following Jesus? A lot of people think they are Christians, but many of them are deceived! Let's not be fooled, not all who claim to be part of God's family are, in fact, genuine members. I would think most reading this post believe in Jesus. James 2:19 tells us "You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe - and tremble!"

Did you know that statistics show that over 90% of the people who live in the United States believe in God. I would follow that statistic with how many of those that believe really follow Jesus?

Is your pattern of living lining up with the pattern of Jesus Christ? Do you desire holiness? For those that claim to be SAVED, are you noticing a pattern of change in your life? 2 Corinthians 5:17 says: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Honestly ask yourself, has your pattern of living changed since you have been SAVED? If not, then maybe your not saved and are just one of the deceived ones!

How often do you read God's Word? Genuine disciples of Christ abide in Jesus' Words. John 8:31-32 says: Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Christians that want Jesus as their Savior, but not as their Lord, would be ones that don't feed off the Word of God. Why? Because the Bible says that "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

I'll end by saying this....

If you don't desire a life of holiness then you probably don't desire to spend eternity in heaven with Jesus. The Bible says in Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

We Christians need to learn to control our earthly bodies. We should strive to train ourselves to be godly! We don't become like Christ because we go to Church or pray a prayer one time. It's not the people around us that will make us more like Christ, it starting with the basics, read your Bible daily, pray daily, reflect on the change in your life.

Work out your salvation with trembling and fear! Don't trust in your own efforts, just trust in God's. It saddens me everyday to see people, including Christians that waste away their freedom and salvation. We should all learn to live life in view of the judgment seat of Christ. Maybe then Christians would act in a rightful manner!

Keep pressing, keep praying, keep pursuing holiness cause without it you won't see the Lord!!!

Eternity Over Yonder

It's becoming more and more clear that the Christian church is living in ways that makes God cry (if He could). But we seem to just live in sin thinking God will forgive, and also forgive the sins we commit in the near future. So many believer's, but so little change! God forgive us for thinking this way! What has happened to being transformed by the power of the Gospel? People are being saved, but still living like this world?

The Church is in a desperate state! The church of today needs a Revival! That she would be transformed for the Power of the Holy Spirit. That we would draw our hearts to God and not satan! Pray before we play with this world. Call me a radical, but the church needs to be real and not fake. Do we really care about the lost? When was the last time you shared the Gospel with someone?

I've been reading this book titled "Why Revival Tarries". This book was written way before I came to be, but seems to still ring true in our modern world today. God forgive us for not living Spirit filled lives. Christan's today care about as much for the lost soul, as the lost themselves care about themselves. Everyday people are being tossed into eternal hell and you would think no one cares, not even God's household. Sad, but true.

Maybe it's time to live life as if Jesus was standing next to you every step of our days! Maybe then we would think twice about the shows we watch on TV, the movies we rent, the nasty things that come from our hearts and flow out of the mouth. Maybe then we would fear God and obey His Word? If your faith has not changed you, then it would be fair to say it's not going to save you. It's like the quote "what would Jesus do", and I'm sure it's not what we as the Church are doing today.

In the book Harnack defined Christianity as "a very simple but very sublime thing: To live in time and for eternity under the eye of God and by His help."

Ravenhill continues by saying "Oh that believers would become eternity-conscious! If we could live every moment of every day under the eye of God, if we did every act in the light of the judgment seat, if we sold every article in the light of the judgment seat, if we prayed every prayer in the light of the judgment seat, if we tithed all our possessions in the light of the judgment seat, if we preachers prepared every sermon with one eye on damned humanity and the other on the judgment seat - then we would have a Holy Ghost revival that would shake this earth and that, in no time at all, would liberate millions of precious souls."

We have millions of Bibles, scores of thousands of churches, endless preachers - and yet what sin! It is passing strange that we are so "simple" as to believe that the Church is presenting to men the New Testament standard of Jesus by such a substandard of Christian living.

Why does revival tarry? The answer is simple enough - because evangelism is so highly commercialized.

Revival tarries because of cheapening the Gospel.

Keep pressing, Keep praying, Keep doing church in the shadow of the Cross!

Maybe it's time to turn our eyes to Jesus. Christ wants first place in our lives and He rightly deserves it! I think once we live with eternal things in mind, it will change the way we think and also live. Are you ready for the judgment seat of Christ if death were to come over you today? Are you ready to meet Him?

Have a great week. Thanks for stopping by.