WHERE ARE YOU #1 (Eternity)
[Hebrews 9:24-28; NKJV]
“…Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; [25] not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another – [26] He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. [27] And, as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment; [28] so, Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.”
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The Bible tells us that, after death, we only simply have 2 choices…
I. ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
(Luke 16:19-31) – “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. [20] But, there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, [21] desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores. [22] So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. [23] And, being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. [24] Then, he cried and said: ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ [25] But, Abraham said: ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. [26] And, besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’ [27] Then, he said: ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, [28] for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ [29] Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ [30] And, he said: ‘No, father Abraham; but, if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ [31] But, he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’”
II. ETERNAL REWARD
(John 3:16) – “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
(John 5:24) – “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.”
(Romans 6:22-23) – “…now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. [23] For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
(1 Cor. 2:9) – “…as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
(Rev. 21:27) – “…there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”
