Why Should I Be Saved?

This title really makes you wonder about why salvation is vital to our survival after this life. There IS life after this one. One is in the Kingdom of Almighty God, Heaven. Where the angels and the Son of God, Jesus, live. Along with all those before us who believed in Jesus, received His gift of salvation, gave their hearts and lives over to Him and faithfully served Him. The other is Hell. A lot of people believe that Hell is where Satan is, but that is not the case at all when you study the Scriptures and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the hidden truths found in those Scriptures. Satan is actually on the Earth! And has access to what we would call the first and second Heaven. Remember Genesis 1:1 clearly tells us that God created the HEAVENS and the Earth. HEAVENS! Meaning more than one. The Heaven God is in is the one no mortal can ever reach in this life. In order to enter the level of Heaven, you must pass from this life to the other with Jesus as Lord and Savior. If you have not received Jesus as Lord and Savior when you pass from this life, the Bible clearly tells us that we will indeed go to Hell. Satan will surely go to Hell. There's no doubt about that. However, the Bible tells us in Revelation 20:10 that, "And the devil who had deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are; and they shall be tormented day and night forever and ever". So, what this Scripture is telling us is that Satan WILL be cast into the lake of fire, which is Hell. But this passage of Scripture is telling what WILL happen in the end. Not now. Revelation is the vision Jesus gave His disciple, John, on the Island of Patmos, to write down and tell all people about. Jesus is warning us in the book of Revelation what will happen in the end of this world, whether we like it or not.

So, if Satan is destined to be cast into Hell in the end of this world, where is he now? Like I said, he's here on this Earth. And he has access to the first two Heavens. Look at the conversation between God and Satan in Job 1:6-12 (Holman Christian Standard Bible Version):

6 One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[a] also came with them.

7 The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?” “From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”

"From roaming the Earth and walking around" (I know it says, "on it", but a better translation would be:) "in it." So, Satan is roaming the Earth here. Now look at 1 Peter 5:8 (New King James Version),

8 "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."

Peter is warning us here that Satan is STILL on this Earth! Remember when Jesus went into the wilderness? Let's look at that again.

Matthew 4:1-11 (New International Version)

1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’

7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”

8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”

10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.”

11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

Here again we see Satan on the Earth. Not in Hell. Why is it so important to emphasize this? Because even the slightest misleading about God and Satan can be fatal to the Christian believer. We MUST know the Truth, the whole Truth and nothing BUT the Truth in Jesus mighty Name! Why? Because Jesus said it clearly in John 14:6, “I am the way and the TRUTH and the life. NO ONE comes to the Father, except through Me."