[Revelation 20:11-15 MSG] “I saw a Great White Throne and the One Enthroned. Nothing could stand before or against the Presence, nothing in Heaven, nothing on earth. And then I saw all the dead, great and small, standing there—before the Throne! And books were opened. Then another book was opened: the Book of Life. The dead were judged by what was written in the books, by the way they had lived. Sea released its dead, Death and Hell turned in their dead. Each man and woman was judged by the way he or she had lived. Then Death and Hell were hurled into Lake Fire. This is the second death—Lake Fire. Anyone whose name was not found inscribed in the Book of Life was hurled into Lake Fire”.
The Lake of Fire is a place of retribution prepared to house the devil and all who do his will. The Bible tells us that anybody whose name is not written in the Lamb’s book of life was cast there.
You will perish in the Lake of Fire unless you trust Jesus Christ to pay for your sins. This is because of the following reasons;
There is none that is good or righteous:
None is without sin. If you say you are without sin, you are a liar; if I say I am without sin, I am a liar; but the truth remains that Jesus Christ gave Himself as a ransom for all to be testified in due season (See 1 Timothy 2:1-8). We are saved by grace and not of works that any man should boast (See also Ephesians 2:8).
The only way to get your name into the Book of Life is to trust Jesus to pay for your sins:
He is personally compiling the names of those who publicly declare that they are trusting Him to pay for their sins.
The grace to that saves, teaches, and enables comes through Jesus Christ:
(See John 1:17). Without Christ we cannot recieve the grace we need; by which we are saved, taught, and empowered for living (See Romans 5:1-2). We access this grace by faith through Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is the only way, the truth and the life:
No man can go to the Father, except by Him. Jesus is the way that leads to the Fathers, Jesus is the truth that guides all the way, and Jesus is the eternal life that energizes you through out. There is no name give under Heaven by which men ought to be saved.
Jesus Christ is the door that leads to finding pasture in safety:
Wolves and wild predators lurk around the fields where the sheep graze. There are wolves and predators at your workplace, in the nieghbourhood, in the streets and everywhere; until you learn to order your steps right in Jesus Christ, you will be lunch for a beast (See John 10:9-10) Pasture is finding resources that affords you descent food, clothings, and accommodation.
Jesus Christ is our intercessor, healer and baptiser:
In Luke 13:6-9, He is the gardener interceeding for the fruitless fig tree. He did not just die in your place; but rose again to continue to interceed for you. He is our intercessor. Though our sins have been forgiven many of us continue to err till we mature; you still need Jesus to pay for all those sins and errors.
The only way to escape the Lake of Fire is to trust Jesus Christ to pay for your sins. Trust Jesus Christ to pay for your sins by personally asking Him to include your name in the list of all those whose sins have been covered by His blood.
Be blessed; I love you!
Noah Simpe Bediako
