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HEAVEN OR HELL

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I have been talking to people about Heaven and Hell for over thirty-five years, and I am very sad to say that most of the people I talk to know very little about Heaven or Hell.

If I asked you right now if you were going to go to Heaven when you leave this earth, what would you say?

Well, I can tell you most people say to me, “I think so.” or “I hope so.” I can say that because I have asked that question to thousands of people over the years, and those are the top two answers I get.

Oh, they add to that things like –

I try to be good; I go to church; I read the bible; I try to keep the ten commandments; I receive the sacraments, etc, etc!

Not one of them or all of them together could get anyone into Heaven. If you want to get to Heaven, realize it has nothing to do with what you do on this earth. The only way of getting to Heaven is trusting in what Jesus Christ did for you and me while HE was on this earth! Jesus Christ said in John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

See the following video. Watch it carefully, very carefully, and you will see how easy it is to get into Heaven, and also how easy it is to go to Hell.

ISRAEL, ARE YOU PRAYING FOR THEM?

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ISRAEL

ARE YOU PRAYING FOR THEM?

God’s Plan for Israel and the World

Amos 9:11-15″ In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.”

Today as I write this, we are living in the Laodicea Church Age, and Israel is still at odds with almost all the world. However, what ever some people and religions might say, God is not finished with Israel. They are still His chosen people. He did not choose them because they were something special. They are something special because He chose them.

If someone in my generation mentioned the name “Amos”, I imagine most people would bring to mind “Amos and Andy.” That was a very popular program years ago. As an unsaved, biblically ignorant person gong to hell, that is what I would have thought of.

Even today, when people talk about prophets they bring to mind Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and others around that time. Amos was contemporary with Isaiah. He was a herdsman from the Southern Kingdom, but prophesied to the Northern Kingdom.

In verse 11 Amos speaks of “that day” to let the Israelites and all of us know that he was prophesying about a time in the future, yet to happen, but surely will happen.

Verse 15 of the passage above, “And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.” That is a promise of God to the Jews. It is absolute and final and cannot, and will not be changed.

When you read the Old Testament, you will see that every time Israel was obedient to God they had peace. Every time they were disobedient to God, they had trouble and wars.
Do you think that Israel or we would learn something from history? No! The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn anything from history!

When a person or a nation is disobedient to God, look out! God is a Righteous God and a Holy God, and we should look to Him for guidance in everything, in our life. Our nation has turned its back on God, and is removing His words everywhere you look. That is why we are in a mess today.

I will bring more of my thoughts, on Israel and the World in my next article about Israel.
Meanwhile pray for Israel. Also, please pray for our government leaders, that they might get saved, and get in to the Bible and see what God has to say about what the future has in store for all mankind.

Grief Affects Us All

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Having experienced many types of grief, I can attest to the fact that is a very draining experience.  It hits us like a bombshell. We feel that there will be nothing that can give us relief from this terrible pain.

Even when we have spent much time in Anticipated Grief it doesn’t seem to matter. In this article, I will speak about the loss of a spouse. I am the last of my original family, so I have experienced losses of all kinds.

Married to a beautiful lady for thirty years, it seemed too much to go on. Children are grown and away, and friends and family didn’t really know what to say, and some avoided visiting.

When we are grieving, days are so long, and nights are lonely, and some nightmares at times don’t help. But all is not lost if you know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. He promises to comfort us. Jesus said in John 14:18  “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

It is important to know that our Lord Jesus suffered much and in many ways the same as we do.  When the Lord Jesus found out that his friend Lazarus had died, the shortest verse in the Bible tells us in, John 11:35  “Jesus wept.” Yes, our Lord grieved over a friend that had died, but this needed to be so that the scriptures could show us his mighty power. The Lord Jesus Christ in all His divine power rose up Lazarus from death to the amazement of all at the scene.

For saved Christians, we have the promises of God that we too will rise to be with our Lord, and it is going to be an awesome time.

I will be bringing you more biblical promises from God in the coming posts, and will be speaking more about grief, and how we can get victory over it.   I have been counseling in grief for over thirty years and have seen thousands of people through the healing process, and will share with you how you too can heal through the grace of God.

Until then I pray that God, the God of all comfort will hold out His hand to you, and you will reach out and take hold and feel the love and the mercy that He has for you.

A servant of the Lord,

Pastor Don