Revelation 21:8

(Revelation 21:8)

『But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 』

 

The Lord is righteous enough to make heaven and hell. Why do you distinguish between heaven and hell? Because it is righteous. Those who dwell in the new heavens and the new earth dwell in righteousness, so the Bible says, "Seek first his kingdom and righteousness." However, many churches today are seeking the Lord's kingdom and love. In the parable of the prodigal son, it is the father of love, but the son is prodigal enough to abandon the father of love. Humans are not turned away because of the God of love, but when the God of righteousness is revealed, they realize that they have been deceived by Satan, begin to repent, and turn to the Lord.

The first group to send to this hell are those who fear and those who do not believe. The Lord does not comfort those who fear. Proverbs said, "Whoever fears people will fall into a snare." That means they are in bondage. Why are they afraid of people? It is because they are not afraid of God. When Jesus was on the cross, we must recall what the right-handed robber said to the left-handed robber, "Aren't you afraid of God?"

 

Those who do not fear God are those who do not repent. But those who fear man rather than God go to hell. So, the boat on which Jesus was boarded encounters a storm. Then the disciples trembled in fear. Even though Jesus was sleeping on the boat, they trembled because they were afraid of the storm. Even if our boat encounters a storm, the Lord can sleep. What the Lord is looking for is a God-fearing man of faith. The disciples try not to sink the boat in a storm, but this shows that they are the owners. The boat sinks and does not sink, it is in the hands of the Lord. In other words, it is up to the Lord to die and live. The Lord sleeps until they wake him up.

 

How do we behave when life's boat is stormy? Are you the one who tries to keep the ships of life from sinking or the one who wakes up the Lord? The saved faith can be proved. The Lord sleeps until the disciples stop trying to keep the boat from sinking. And the Lord waits to wake him up. Faith does not respond to circumstances, it only responds to the Lord. The faith to receive salvation no matter what difficulty comes to this earth makes us trust in the Lord.

 

Those who fear cannot be saved. To be afraid means to fear people and situations rather than God. Because there is something in that fear that is not afraid of the Lord. Those who do not fear God and fear men are those who do not repent. Those who do not repent cannot be saved. Those who try not to sink the boat from the storm will be those who trust themselves rather than God. But those who are saved are those who respond only to the Lord. It is only up to the Lord to be delivered from the situation.

 

In Revelation 13:14-15, deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 』 Satan says that if you don't bow down to an idol infused with an evil spirit, you kill everyone. Whether bowing to idols or not, everything depends on people's choices. Fear of people makes you bow to idols.

 

In Revelation 14:9-12, ``And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 』 Saving faith requires patience. Patience is looking to the Lord. The thing that concerns the world is because I am the owner. Our job is to trust in the Lord, look only at Him, and obey Him.

 

If the Lord is in a storm, they must leave the boat. So they must go to the Lord. When the Lord sleeps in the boat, awakening the Lord is the saved faith. But usually people don't behave that way. Even when the Lord is in the boat and there is a storm, the human body reacts to the situation. They try to keep the boat from sinking in a storm and fail to wake the Lord. In Matthew 10:28, 『And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 』


This is the faith of the repentant who is saved. Repentance and faith, faith and regeneration, justification and sanctification are words that cannot be separated from each other. But why do you speak as if separated? It is because they look to those who have deviated from the faith to be saved. It is the same meaning as faith in Revelation or faith in Matthew.

 

In Matthew 10:28, it means that they are afraid of man and not of the Lord. Only those who fear the Lord are saved. Those who say that the Lord exists and believe in the Lord, but who fear people rather than the Lord, must repent. Salvation is always the same. Like Daniel's day and Esther, even if things get more difficult, it is the same for the Lord. When difficulties came to Abraham, he said, "Is this difficult for God?" God's salvation and a heart that fears man more than God cannot be together. Salvation and anxiety cannot be together. When faith in salvation comes in, anxiety comes out. It is a lie to say, "I was saved in the midst of my anxiety." Light and darkness are like not being together. When the light comes in, the darkness of concern goes out.

 

If the Lord is with you, any place becomes heaven, but without the Lord, it becomes hell. We have to think about whether we really hold onto Jesus Christ alone. Matthew 10:29 『Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 』 We should not be afraid or discouraged by anything. We only need to obey the Lord completely. In verse 31, "Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 』. I am the master who fears. God brings those who fear man rather than God to hell.

 

The saved faith can be proved when difficulties come. When difficulties come, we only need to believe in and obey the Lord and our role will be over. The Lord will share people like Isaac and Ishmael. Like Ishmael, those who are born after the flesh cannot obey God. Those who are born according to the promises, like Isaac, do not care whether Heavenly Father intends to sacrifice Isaac. Because Isaac is a child of promise. We can only be saved by fearing the Lord with zeal and repenting. If we are concerned that we will fall from the world, we can be far from salvation.

 

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