Pastor: Leah Svensson
Scriptures: Luke 16:14, 19-30
People do not want to go to hell.
As children, goats, they just do whatever they want not able to comprehend: "LOVE"
In days ago Christians, especially the
founding fathers spoke of those who are ignorant of the Love of God. Heathen, atheist, uncivilized, savage. When we love God and follow him we have
information, knowledge, power and love that people who do not know God do not
have. People without the knowledge of
God or people who turn their backs on the wonderful gift of Salvation God has
to give us act the same way from infancy.
Deaf, blind, and unable to speak words that people can understand. All an infant can think about is being safe,
for everything around them is out of their control. Infants just cry when they
are hungry, sick, need to be held, or need their diapers changed. They can not
think about others they are centered in on what their bodies want and
need. The Bible calls this following,
obeying or living according to the flesh.
With a Christian family the child is always taught about Jesus Christ
and the need for him to save us from this fleshly way of living. The child is
taught about the need for Jesus to forgive us and fill us with God’s Spirit so
we can live by faith in God’s ways of doing things. By following the Spirit of
God with in us, which is love for God and love for our fellowman fulfill our earthly destiny.
The Spirit
of God helps the child to know that when their parents asked them to clean
their rooms, they are loving them, giving them responsibilities, which helps them
mature. A child without God can only see
that their parents are trying to make them do something they do not want to
do. The child without God wants someone
else to clean for them, cook for them, this child wants to boss others around, etc. The child does not know that doing these
things for themselves helps them grow and mature to be strong in love,
kindness, justice and a lot of other great character traits.
The child
who has changed from being infantile, childish, following the flesh to maturing
and following the Spirit of God goes to heaven when they die and live in eternal
bliss.
The child who does not change may advance in the things the world “highly admires
and values”, which God detest, (Luke 16:14....What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight), but when child dies, (a child
even at 100 years old;for they never matured internally with their outside body),
this child will forever be band from
heaven. When the child gets to hell the
child thinks to themselves why did I not obey my mother when I had the chance? Why was I selfish, brutal towards my fellow
man, savage in my dealings and arrogant?
Luke16:27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg
you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers.
Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have
Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 “ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he
said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do
not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if
someone rises from the dead.’ ”
This is
when the child wants to repent, but the door is closed. The child proved to God that no matter what; God could not trust this child with his blessings, there was no good in
him. The child doesn't want to love God
or do the right thing, the child just doesn't like being in hell….
Heaven is
only for those who want to do good, be cleansed from all sinfulness, love God
and their fellow man through the saving grace of God's love for all men!
Luke 16:14 The Pharisees,
who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.15 He said to them, “You are
the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your
hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
Rich Man and Lazarus
Luke 16:19 “There was
a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every
day. 20 At his gate
was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing
to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his
sores.
22 “The time
came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The
rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades,
where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by
his side. 24 So he
called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip
of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
25 “But
Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good
things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you
are in agony. 26 And
besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so
that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over
from there to us.’
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have
Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 “ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he
said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do
not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if
someone rises from the dead.’ ”
An example of infantile behavior: socialist, capitalist, abortionist, pornographers; most kids that come out of the public school system. They have never been taught about God's great love and Spirit that leads and guides every one for their entire lives and takes them home to be in his house when they die.
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