T.J.I.F.A.

Thank Jesus It's Friday Again!  
November 8, 2002

SUBJECT: DON'T!...GO TO HELL!

The exclamatory  remark, "Go to Hell!", is used without  regard to its real meaning.  The real meaning of this derogatory proclamation is:  go and spend eternity burning with an unquenchable fire and be tormented by Satan and his cohorts for the rest of your existence.

Christians should never use this term, for fear of diluting its significance and thus causing others to further deny the truth of the gospel.  There is a real Hell.   Satan and his crowd spend many hours trying to convince mankind that there is no hell, and if he gets the Christian to reduce its significance, then he can also  report that there is nothing to fear and especially not his home..."Hell".

NOTEWORTHY:

A READING MOTHER FROM THE YEAR 1946 SUBMITTED BY BMC.  THANKS BMC, FOR A LOOK BACK, WHICH SHOULD BE A LOOK FORWARD.

IN THE MIRROR:
A QUOTE SUBMITTED BY SLC FROM THE MIDNIGHT CALL MAGAZINE, REGARDING OUR CHANGING CHRISTIANITY.  WE DON'T HAVE TO BE A PART.

ENJOY TJIFA

LOOKING FORWARD
SEE YA NEXT TIME

TER





DON'T! ... GO TO HELL!  

How many times have you heard someone tell another, "Go to Hell?",  and some way you cringe about the thought of one human being telling another to burn in an unquenchable fire for eternity.  They couldn't know what they are telling that person to do, and if they do know; then they are committing an unthinkable sin.  Out of sheer ignorance you've heard parents call their child, "A Little Devil."  Whether a Devil is little or big, he is still a "Devil", who wishes no good for anyone.  

The Devil belongs in Hell.  You don't!

What you say over and over to a child is what he will eventually experience.  Call him a Devil and he will try his best to act like and live where devils live...Hell.  But when you take time to control your mouth toward your child, he will grow into what you say or tell him that he is.  
Feed his spirit the Words of GOD, and he will eventually bring Nations to GOD.  Feed him devilish thoughts and he will bring hell on earth and burst hell open with his final breath.  

We, as Christians must keep as many out of Hell as possible.  Even if we talk amongst ourselves about a person's worth deserving Hell's Fires' with our anointed mouths, we could be assisting their arrival by greasing the road.  

Everything in our lives is important.  

Have you ever felt like you're being watched under a telescope or microscope?  You are!  When others know that you are a Christian, they look at you to see how you are different from others.  They observe your friends; your language; where you go; What you eat; What you listen to on the radio; What kind of jokes you tell; Who you are interested in; What you read; What you eat; How you smell; How you dress; How you work; If you shirk; If you are a Hypocrite; If you smoke, drink or chew and if you have friends that do.  

All of these things add up and others who are watching your life, decide if they really want to be Christians or not.  They may not ever ask you a thing,  but their evaluator is working overtime.   That is why GOD's Word tells us to "Abstain from all  appearance of evil."(1 Thess.5:22)   If you appear to be doing evil, how can you be doing good?    For it is a fact that Christians can be doing good, and according to Matt 5:11 ‘...they will say all manner of evil against you.';  So it is best to be doing good rather than bad.  

We are "Living Epistles." [ref.] 11Cor.3:2

God intends that, even people who can't read, be able to observe your life and make a decision for Christ.  That's heavy isn't it?....  Well, if the truth be known, you will understand that your life, as a Christian, can send another to Hell.  Example: ‘What  if I can't read the Bible and you declare that you are a Christian; then my opportunity to be saved is to read your life.   If I see you doing all kinds of known  sinful things  and I follow your lead; have you not just bought me a ticket to a dark place?  Then, you knowing the truth, have time to repent of all of your foolishness.  A scenario of this type is seemingly unlikely, but more than you can realize people are opting to read lives rather than Bibles.  More people  are brought into the Kingdom of GOD by observation, or the eye gate than our unassuming intellect can imagine.  

When they see your Peace; your Joy; your Love; and your Longsuffering, they will want what you have.  We live in a society that has acquired everything that it could and couldn't have. Now it is time for that same "Give-me * Grab-it" spirit to look and see what they don't have and want it also.  That which they don't have, of course, is the "keeping Power of GOD."   Their eyes have given them everything else.  Now let their eyes give them Jesus.  

Jesus came to be observed by all!

To look on Him was to desire Him.  With every breath He GAVE  the Gospel to the Poor.   With every touch He HEALED.  With every look He DELIVERED men from their demonic entrapments.     With His instructions the Blind received their sight.   He set at liberty those who were bruised by the words of unkindness from others.   With His COMPASSION  he fed thousands.  Some of these people followed Jesus because of what they could get.  Others followed Him because they had never heard or seen such teaching, and they wanted it, more and more.   Is that hard to imagine?.... No!  And I believe that if we showed forth the compassion of Jesus Christ, we, also would have people who wanted the impartation of the Gifts of the Spirit, and the Fruit of the Spirit.  "That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit."  (John 3:6)

What do we all deserve?  

Hell.

We all deserve Hell.  BUT GOD!  Through His Son Jesus Christ has made arrangements for us to live eternally with Him.  We, every last one of us, deserve Hell.  But since Jesus came and set our Salvation into place, freely, His righteousness has become our righteousness and therefore we  freely get what we don't deserve,  and justly what we deserve we don't get.  Now that's GOD!   Knowing that we can't ever repay what has been given us, we could, as Jesus instructed in Matt 28:19,20 "Go and teach all nations."In going  this way we'd pass the ‘Good News' of the gospel to every creature.  

What if, when people would get mad at one another, instead of cursing, they'd  say, "Oh Go To Heaven!"  There would be a change in the climate, because now, they are blessing themselves instead of cursing.  And it isn't impossible that maybe, just maybe people would start acting as if they‘re  going to Heaven instead of Hell.  

Just A Thought.   

No Born Again Christian should ever say to another person, made in the image of GOD,
"Go To Hell."  To engage oneself in this type of conversation makes onlookers feel that there may indeed be no Hell. For if there was why would a Christian tell you to go to a place which was so awful?  Right there you dilute the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  How?  Well, Jesus has told us NOT to go there.  He said that this place was created for  Satan and all of his cohorts. [ref. Rev. 20:1-10]   When you run around telling people to go there without conscious, it seems that this place must not be as bad as Jesus has made it seem.  

There are cults that advocate going to Hell, just to be away from Jesus and His crowd. They would say anything to make Jesus wrong.  But Jesus is RIGHT!  Hell wasn't made for you.  

Hell was made for Satan.  Calling your child a ‘Little Devil' automatically puts him in the place not made for men.  Tell anyone that they are " worthless" causes that individual to attach himself to worthlessness.   Your mouth is powerful.                                                                            

Don't!... Go To Hell!

Go to HEAVEN!

Looking Forward!
See Ya Next Time

TER

NOTEWORTHY:


The Reading Mother

You may have tangible wealth untold,
caskets of jewels and coffers of gold,
richer than I you never can be,
I had a mother who read to me.  
Strickland Gillian
Submitted by Billy McCord
The Book of Life Vol 1 Bible Treasures thirteenth edition 1946

IN THE MIRROR:

Midnight Call Magazine reports:
November 2002 Issue.
Europe

Christianity's Declining Influence

Europe will become a post-Christian society within the next thirty years, reports Idea News Agency.  Idea quoted Paul Rajashekar, dean of Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, as saying that the decline of Christianity in Europe is mainly due to the devaluation of the Bible within Western culture.  In contrast, the growth of Christianity in the Southern Hemisphere, notably in Africa, reflects the acceptance the people there have toward the Bible as the Word of God, said Rajashekar..  He estimated that by 2025, less than one fifth of the world's Christians will  live in Europe and within 30 years, half of the World's Christians will live in Latin America and Africa-- an increase of over 30 percent since the turn of the 20th century.  
Reference
Word and Way P12.

Midnight Call writes:
The world's most prosperous continent not only rejects Christianity, but wholeheartedly accepts religious diversity.  However, we must add that Christianity was and is primarily practiced as a culture, and does not effect or relate to the true  Church of Jesus Christ.  As believers, we realize anew that our mission field is wherever we happen to live.  While Christianity as a whole is an empty shell, we must point people to the center: the person Jesus Christ, Son of God, Messiah of Israel and Savior of the world.
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Submitted by SLC