Date: Tuesday, 29th August, 2023
Text: Ecclesiastes 11:9; 12:14
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
In every culture and country of the world there are rewards for good conduct and punishments for bad behaviour. For justice to be served, there are dungeons, cells and prisons where criminals are kept as punishments for their negative deeds. It should, therefore, not be a surprise that God made both Hell/Lake of Fire and Heaven.
God does not force Himself on any man; He has given us our freewill to choose between light and darkness; good and evil being free moral agents. However, there are consequences for all our actions both here and in eternity.
This is why the Preacher said, “Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.” Ecclesiastes 11:9. “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:14.
When Satan and one-third of the angels in Heaven rebelled against God, they were overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and by the Word of God. Revelation 12:7-12. They lost their place in Heaven and for them is reserved the blackest darkness and everlasting burning.
Jude 1:6 also said, “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.”
Concerning the Judgment Day, Jesus said, the sons and daughters of disobedience will hear the verdict, “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.” Matthew 25:41
Even though Hell fire was made for the devil and his demons; all those who live in sin will also end up there because, “He that committeth sin is of the devil.” 1 John 3:8a.
Prophetic Nugget: As you choose the righteous path, may you be found worthy to escape eternal punishment in Jesus name.