The Lake of Fire

My friends, there IS a Lake of Fire
full of flames and pain and strife...
eternity for those whose names
aren't in the Book of Life!

 But you say, “Our God is only love,
He wouldn’t do that to men!”
But He sent us a way out of there;
His Son died for our sins!

 He gave them chance after chance,
as long as they walked the earth.
But the wages of sin is eternal death
without receiving the Second Birth.

 When they’re before the Great White Throne,
His sacrifice ignored,
Their fate will have already been sealed,
and they’ll never again see the Lord!

 Don’t wait until you’ve died, my friend,
accept His perfect sacrifice;
don’t be sent where the flame’s never quenched
and your worm will never die!

 If He says to you, “Depart from Me!”,
you've no one but yourself to blame!
Accept His Son and just make sure
His Book of Life contains your name!

 

 Peggy McIlveene
6-21-03  

 

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.  And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.  Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.  And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:11-15)

 

But God is a loving God, how can He do such a thing to mankind?” God IS a God of  love, but He is also a JUST God.  From the time that Adam & Eve first sinned, sin had to be paid for.  So He sent us His Son to die in our place.  If we choose NOT to accept His sacrifice, eternal death is the only other answer… sin MUST be paid for somehow!  The only two eternal options are eternal life (though Christ) or eternal death (by not accepting Him).  But once we’ve left this life, there will no longer be any chance to accept this Sacrifice!

Eternally His,
Peggy