Choices

The soul is eternal.  It begins at conception and has accountability to God in Judgment at the time of death.  Then if has an eternal location to stay in.  

  Man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,  Hebrews 9:27

  For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.  Romans 1:20

 Jesus said, "for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out—those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.” John 5:29  

The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Galatians 6:8 

For the wages of Sin is Death, but the Gift of God is Eternal Life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

I want to escape the Judgment of God!!  Escape!            What is Eternal Life?                    Can I Hide from God?

Your choices are Eternal Life or Eternal Death.  Here is a brief overview –

  How to get Eternal Life 

        God put on flesh and lived among us. To all who receive Him, believe in His Name and the sacrifice He gave of Himself, God gives those who trust in Him the right to become children of God. 

  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.  Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made.  In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, Who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.  Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His Name, He gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.             The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"  John 1:1-18,35 

          God says that we must not only be born of our mother, but also born of God if we are ever to get to heaven.  Believing in God’s only Son Jesus Christ and taking His atoning death on the cross as a personal punishment for our sins is how we become God’s child.

In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit." 

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the Name of God's one and only Son.  John 3:1-18 

the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.     One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"  But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."  Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."  Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:35-43 

Simon Peter answered Jesus, "Lord, to whom shall we go? 

You have the Words of eternal life.” John 6:68

 

Grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:21 

According to His eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. Ephesians 3:11 

So that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.  Titus 3:7

 

And, once made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him. Hebrews 5:9

He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. Hebrews 9:12 

How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! Hebrews 9:14

For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. Hebrews 9:15

 

May the God of peace, Who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, Hebrews 13:20

And the God of all grace, Who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 1 Peter 5:10

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1 John 5:11

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 2 Thessalonians 2:16

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but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him—  Romans 16:26

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.  2 Corinthians 4:18

To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, He will give eternal life.  Romans 2:7

 

To reject God’s Son, Jesus Christ is to reject Eternal Life and to choose Eternal Death.

You have a choice to make.  If you reject God’s offer of Atonement then you choose eternal death

“whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."  John 3:36

"Then they will go away to eternal punishment” Matthew 25:46

"I tell you the truth, whoever hears My Word and (does not ) believe Him Who sent me will be condemned”  John 5:24       For the wages of sin is death”  Romans 6:23

If you fix your eyes on what is seen, you can only see the temporary, and not the eternal.  You refuse to “fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”  2 Corinthians 4:18 

The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; Galatians 6:8               eternal judgment. Hebrews 6:2

Rejecting the “blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God,” will mean that He will NOT “cleanse your consciences from acts that lead to death”  Hebrews 9:14 

Rejecting “Christ as the mediator of a new covenant,” means that you man not “receive the promised eternal inheritance which God alone provides.  You still remain with all of “the sins committed under the first covenant.”  Hebrews 9:15

This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what He has done has been done through God." John 3:19-21 

 

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: "We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. Acts 13:46

 

Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.1 John 3:15

 

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. Jude 1:7

 

Eternal life – WHAT IT IS -

Instead of eternal death, instead of perishing, instead of being dry and parched in your life, instead of being uncertain of your eternal future, YOU CAN have eternal life, living water, and a sure hope through God’s only begotten Son Jesus Christ. 

Jesus says, "I tell you the truth, whoever hears My Word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. John 5:24 

"For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

 

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,  John 3:36

"Then the righteous will go away to eternal life." Matthew 25:46 

 

Jesus says, “but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14

Jesus says, “Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval." John 6:27

Jesus says, “For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." John 6:40

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the Words of eternal life.” John 6:68 

Jesus says, “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of My Hand.”  John 10:28

Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, Whom You have sent.  John 17:3

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.  Romans 6:22

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.  2 Corinthians 4:18

the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Galatians 6:8

And this is what He promised us—even eternal life.  1 John 2:25 

I write these things to you who believe in the Name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.  1 John 5:13

We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him Who is true. And we are in Him Who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.  1 John 5:20

Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.  Jude 1:21

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Can I hide from God?

O LORD, You have searched me and You know me.  You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar.  You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue You know it completely, O LORD. 

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be. 

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Surely You desire truth in the inner parts.  Psalm 139, Psalm 51:5,6   

Man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,  Hebrews 9:27

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.  

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. Then they will go away to Eternal Punishment, but the righteous to Eternal Life .”  Matthew 25:31-48   

How can a person Go to hell? 

Or be Saved From going to hell and instead go to heaven?

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.   Mark 16:16                 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the Name of God’s one and only Son. John 3:18                 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. 2 Thessalonians 2:12             You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. Titus 3:11            He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 2 Peter 2:6

 

More people who do go directly to eternal punishment >>  Who is in Hell

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