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Day one reading the Bible
It has been quite awhile that I have devoted to reading the Bible everyday from front to back. Last night I really felt the Holy Spirit and that has lead me to make it a priority again to seek the lord and his word. I may be missing out on something that God wants me to do. Please hold me accountable!!
Today’s verse from Isaiah is a reminder that despite how things are currently, one must remember all the victories in the past.
The day I stopped wearing a mask
I always assumed that I needed to be “on point” when surrounded by people. I would always says and do the right things. It was tiresome. I finally realized the secret to all this (including) keeping my sanity was to be the same if you’re with one person or twenty. Better yet, be that same person even if you are just by yourself. Be genuine. God made us unique for a reason. PJSLB
Are there levels of suffering in Hell
In today’s Christian Post, I came across a very interesting read. Leah MarieAnn Klett presents 5 reasons some will suffer more than others in Hell according to Theologian John Piper.
You can find the article HERE. Below are some notes from the article:
Piper then identified five reasons some will suffer in hell more than others.
First, Luke 12:48 states that “To whom much is given, much will be required.” Thus, “the more light you have, the more knowledge you have, the more truth you have, the worse your sin and punishment at rejecting it,” Piper said adding: “That’s right there in the texts.”
Second, the more “kindness God shows you” in “giving you many undeserved pleasures in this life,” the “more grievous will be your unbelief and sin, and the worse will be your punishment in hell,” he said.
Third, those who continually reject light and kindness will experience worse suffering in hell: “In other words, time comes into the picture,” the pastor explained. “Day after day after day, you keep on rejecting light after light after light, kindness after kindness after kindness. The longer this goes on, the worse things are going to be.”
Fourth, Piper argued that certain sins are “more heinous, more destructive, more blasphemous than others.” Thus, “not only the amount of sinning over time makes things worse, but also the degree of ugliness and horror, heinousness, and blasphemy also increases the suffering.”
Fifth, certain individuals demonstrate greater arrogance, greater conscious defiance, and more insolence than others, and therefore will experience a greater degree of punishment, the Don’t Waste Your Life author posited.
While John points are valid, I will say that regardless of what “level” your sins is, the price of sin is still death (hell).
Romans 6:23Romans 6:23 (ESV): 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The good news is that we have a loving God who is waiting for us to come to him. Like the Prodigal Son, we can always come home!!!
PJSLB
