[Biblemat] ARTICLE - Do you Want to God to Heaven?

[GLClair at aol.com]

DO WANT TO  GO TO HEAVEN? 
Text:  Luke 16:20-31 
The question may seem ridiculous to  those of us who are faithful to Christ. 
Even though that is true we need to  understand that many people; all over the 
world have little or no faith in  really going to heaven. These who have no 
faith in going to heaven do not  believe there is a heaven [i.e. for the 
righteous dead] and a lake of fire [i.e.  for the wicked dead] that will become the 
abode of all who have ever lived on  the earth.  
The reason for my doubt regarding  the great masses of humanity on the earth 
is found to be reliable when we look  to the Written Word of God [i.e. the 
Bible]. Please notice the Bible reading  that follows: 
_Luke  16:20-31_ (http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Lk+16:20-31)  
NOTE: 
Some of the facts revealed  to us via this event found in the Gospel of  
Luke: 
    *   One was a beggar {i.e.  having nothing but begging even for food] and 
one was wealthy {i.e. having  many material tangibles]; verses 20-21 
    *   Both of the men died and  one went to a place of happiness and joy 
and one went to a place of torments;  verses 22-23 
    *   The rich man begged  for mercy saying, "Father  Abraham, have mercy 
on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his  finger in water, and 
cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this  flame." but Abraham said, "24 
"Son, remember that thou in thy  lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus 
in like manner evil things:  but now here he is comforted, and thou art in 
anguish"; verses  24-25 
    *   Father Abraham says that  there is a great gulf that exist between 
the righteous and the wicked in this  place [i.e. Greek Hades -  the 
intermediate state of the dead]; verses  26 
    *   The rich man immediately  thinks of his family left back in the world 
of the living and seeks to have  someone go back and warn them not to come to 
this awful place of torments.  verses 27-29 
    *   Abraham tells him that  the information and those that teach it are 
sufficient evidence of the way to  righteousness; if they will not hear the 
Bible and those that faithfully teach  it they would not hear one that arose from 
the grave. verses  30-31
CONCLUSION: 
The sad result of  disbelief in heaven and other Bible based concepts is the 
continuing ignorance  about the reality of Heaven and the Lake of Fire. These 
realities exist just as surely  as God created the heavens and the earth, that 
the Bible is a book of absolute  truth, that Jesus Christ died for the sins 
of all humanity, and that there is an  end of this universe coming, “someday!” 
Therefore, to those who disbelieve in heaven and all the great blessings  
revealed to mankind via the Holy Scriptures I say, My God be true and very  
person a liar - Romans 3:4, “God forbid:  yea, let God be true, but every man a 
liar; as it is written, That thou mightest  be justified in thy sayings, and 
mightest overcome when thou art judged.”  KJV 
_glclair at aol.com_ (mailto:glclair at aol.com)                                    
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