What do they have in common?
More than you might think.
by Molly Noble Bull
At one time, I “sort of” believed that Heaven existed but that hell probably didn’t. But according to the Bible, both these very different locations are real and as different as light and darkness—as dissimilar as good and evil.
As a child, did you ever play London Bridge is Falling Down? To brief you, two children join hands, lifting them high above their heads to form a bridge, while the rest of the children line up in front of them. The children waiting in the line are expected to go under the bridge, one-by-one. Once a child goes under, he or she is imprisoned in the middle of the bridge and then expected to make a choice before being set free.
I remember two of those choices from my childhood days. Did I want to be a golden apple? If so, line up behind Mary. Or did I want to be a golden pear. If so, line up behind Tom—in preparation for a tug-of-war at the end of the game.
Golden apples or golden pears were nice choices. But what if one of the choices wasn’t nice? What if one was wonderful while the other was terrible?
What if one of the bridge-makers was Jesus (Yeshua) while the other was Satan? Now there are clear choices. To choose Jesus meant spending all eternity in Heaven where people lived forever in mansions on streets made of gold and ate from the Tree of Life. But to choose Satan meant constant thirst and burning in hell.
Some might say, “I don’t believe in God or Satan. So I don’t have to choose either one.”
But according to the Bible, to not choose the Lord is to choose Satan.
How many people would actually choose Satan if they really knew what that decision meant? How many would refuse to choose if they knew the outcome of not choosing?
The beautiful eight-minute video below is titled “A Place called Heaven.” Turn on your sound system, click below and take a quick tour of heaven according to the scriptures.
When you’ve finished watching, decide who you will stand behind on Judgment Day and tell others to do the same. If Jesus, follow him. If Satan, follow him.
But don’t decide not to decide. To not choose could send you to hell.
So decide—right now. Repent while in prayer and ask the Lord to save you. He will if you truly mean it, and you’ll be glad forever.
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Molly Noble Bull is a published Christian novelist. However, her newest book is non-fiction and written with four other Christian novelists. Titled The Overcomers: Christian Authors Who Conquered Learning Disabilities and written by Molly, Ginny Aiken, Margaret Daley, Jane Myers Perrine and Ruth Scofield, the book is designed to encourage others with similar problems. Learning disabilities never go away completely, and Molly should know. She is a dyslexic. The book tells how with God’s help all five authors discovered how to go around their learning problems and become published writers.
The Overcomers: Christian Authors Who Conquered Learning Disabilities is available in paperback and as an e-book. Click below to learn more.
http://www.amazon.com/Overcomers-Christian-Conquered-Disabilities-ebook/dp/B006BU95EU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325915575&sr=8-2
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