I met a man today at
the library. We were both on the second floor, going down to the first floor.
It seems like a lot took place in this ten second ride. Actually it was a
little longer, but not much. I was getting into the elevator, as he came
hurriedly through the door. He said, “Go up or Down.” I told him that I hoped
it was going down. The he replied, “Not all the way to hell is it?”
I quickly assured him,
that if I was on the elevator, that it wasn’t going that far down!! He said
that he didn’t believe in Hell. I quickly responded with, do you believe in
God? He said that he didn’t believe in a God that would send you to Hell. As a
matter of a fact, he did not believe that there was a Heaven.
As the doors opened he
ran out shouting that I need to read the book of Zachariah. At least it sounded
like Zachariah. However, he did say that I could find it on the fourth floor,
in the library.
As I made my way out
the door, I was replaying this quick event in my mind. I have decided that I
didn’t fail to witness to this guy, because he never gave me time. He staggered
me at his confession that he did not believe in Hell, Heaven, or God. The fact
that at that came to light in a ten second elevator ride leads me to believe
that he is under conviction. Holy Spirit is dealing with that man!!
The reason that I
believe that Holy Spirit was dealing with him, was the fact, that he revealed
too much, and way too fast. He just got on the elevator with a guy that doesn’t
think that Hell is a joke!! In the book of Isaiah there are several different
mentions of Hell. Isaiah
5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without
measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that
rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
Really, I don’t
understand, what make people not believe, that there is a hell. Jesus talked
about the fact that there was a Hell. 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.
Jesus did not spend a
lot of time talking about Hell. I think that was because He was more concerned
with doing good. Jesus is the giver of life. He only gave death to one fig
tree, in His ministry. This can be found in the book of Matthew chapter 21, and
starting in verse 18. There is a biblical lesson in this action, which I can’t
explain right now.
Actually, my run in
with this guy showed me a few things, about his belief system. He had no solid
ground to stand on, because he is Spiritually dead. He has not even had a
chance to live yet. Without the Saving grace of our Lord, and Savior Jesus
Christ, none of us have anything close to life!!
The same run in, with
this guy showed me a lot about myself. The first thing was the fact, which I
was feeling like I failed to lead, this guy to the Lord. I knew that he was in
serious trouble, and I did nothing to change his mind. I did nothing to lead
him to Jesus, because I knew that Jesus was where my only hope had been found.
I know that Jesus
Christ was my answer to a miserable life. In fact the only reason, that I even
cared about this other person, had to do with Jesus in my life. I realized
after that few second encounter how blessed that I really am. I have a heart
that is concerned with the things of my Lord. What matters to Jesus really
matters to me!! I know where I came from, and the things that I have come
through. I know who brought me through all this madness!! I give praise to King
Jesus who loved me, even when nobody else could.
Proverbs 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself
friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Jesus is my friend
that stays closer to me than a brother. I have never had a brother, but I know
that sometimes family, can be your worst enemies. Family can be your worst
critics, but I have found that Jesus is not a problem. There is something else that I have about
Jesus. Actually, just one I want to point out right now. I am still learning
things about Jesus, and I probably will forever.
This is something that
just learned, and I will share this with you. Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and
was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell
and of death. I don’t know if there is a physical key to Hell, or simply at the
Word that Jesus might speak. I doknow that if Jesus has the task of controlling
the entrance of Hell, that I will do well choosing Him, and His way right now!!
John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I
am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst.
I am going to finish this post with some verses that the Apostle
John wrote about Jesus. 1Jn 5:11-13 And this is the record, that God hath given
to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12
He
that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath
not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the
Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe
on the name of the Son of God.
Ain’t God good?
….Much Love
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