5/5/11
Jesus said in Matthew 10:28, “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul, but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell”.
The long nightmare is over. Osama bin Laden has been brought to justice, killed in Pakistan by U.S. Navy Seals after a decade-long hunt. Justice has been served. But let's be clear: bin Laden is not now in Paradise with 72 virgins and eternal peace, joy and happiness. I have very strong feelings that when he stood before Father God he did not scream “Long live Allah”.
Bin Laden was a fanatical Radical Sunni Muslim, straight out of the pits of hell. He hated the Lord Jesus Christ. He hated and cursed and killed Christians and Jews and others; recruited, trained and deployed thousands of others Muslims to murder Christians, Jews and others; and pursued a life of sheer evil defiance against the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Unless he truly and sincerely repented at the last possible moment and received Jesus Christ as His Lord and Savior -- unlikely given the speed of the raid -- he is now burning in the fires of Hell.
Bin Laden was deeply religious and deeply sincere, I have no doubt. But he was sincerely wrong, and the Bible teaches there is a consequence to defying the One True God.
Hell is not a topic much discussed in our world today, even by many Christians. Growing numbers of pastors choose not to teach what the Bible says about Hell.
Bin Laden was a fanatical Radical Sunni Muslim, straight out of the pits of hell. He hated the Lord Jesus Christ. He hated and cursed and killed Christians and Jews and others; recruited, trained and deployed thousands of others Muslims to murder Christians, Jews and others; and pursued a life of sheer evil defiance against the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Unless he truly and sincerely repented at the last possible moment and received Jesus Christ as His Lord and Savior -- unlikely given the speed of the raid -- he is now burning in the fires of Hell.
Bin Laden was deeply religious and deeply sincere, I have no doubt. But he was sincerely wrong, and the Bible teaches there is a consequence to defying the One True God.
Hell is not a topic much discussed in our world today, even by many Christians. Growing numbers of pastors choose not to teach what the Bible says about Hell.
Yes, it is difficult to conceive of such a place of eternal torment -- indeed, no one wants to think about it but to deny it is folly indeed. its reality is exactly what the Bible teaches. Indeed, since Jesus was God incarnate, all-seeing, all-knowing, and all-loving, He knew all too well the reality of Hell. He came to Earth to pay the penalty for our sins and to rescue all who would follow Him from having to spend their eternity there.
In fact, Jesus taught more about Hell than He did about heaven. Why? Because He loved all people so much that He wanted to save them from eternal damnation. He wants all to understand the choice of rejecting the Messiah. And He wanted to give each of us a way of escape, if only we would say yes by faith.
Jesus provided the way out of the wilderness – “walk ye in it”.
Jesus provided the way out of the wilderness – “walk ye in it”.
Blessings
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