When you think of power what comes to mind?
Starship Super Heavy? A nuclear bomb? A storm on the sea? The gravity of a black hole?
What about the power to overrule death? God is vastly greater than the universe He created. He has power over all of it.
No living person can see His face (His full glory and goodness) and live (Exodus 33:20). It's too holy for our sinful minds to handle.
Just take a moment and attempt to measure the unimaginable: God's eternal love, grace, and glory.
If you're still with us than your attempt fell short. How awe-inspiring heaven must be, since entering it means to enter the presence of God (Hebrews 9:24, John 14:6).
God is also perfectly righteous. His justice is an indispensable part of who He is (Psalm 89:14, Romans 12:19).
So now try to imagine and measure the divine wrath of the almighty I AM.
Again, whatever came to mind fell short.
Hell is the eternal self-separation from God's grace and mercy. Darkness void of goodness, because God is light and God is good. All good things come from Him (Matthew 8:12, 1 John 1:5, Mark 10:18, James 1:17).
Hell is not only a real place of physical torture, but it's a state of perpetual sin that causes suffering through unending remorse, guilt, and shame. A bottomless pit (Revelation 9:1) forever descended as torment compounds upon itself. Hell is never-ending destruction (2 Thessalonians 1:8-9).
The wise revere God and fear His discipline (Proverbs 9:10), but the unbeliever should shudder at the thought of His punishment.
God warns us because he loves us and wants none to perish (2 Peter 3:9). That's why God the Father sent His one and only Son to the cross to pay our eternal debts. In fact, Jesus spent more time warning of the dangers of hell than comforting with the hope of heaven.
Before creation ever came into existence God chose to use His power to become a man, die for our sins, and rise from the grave (John 17:24; 1 Pet. 1:20). Because He loves us.
So this Resurrection Sunday choose eternal life by praying to God and accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior.
He is risen!
This one will be different from any others out there. Drops after Starship Flight Test 2.
A month ago I started teaching at my church. Last weekend we finished our 3-part prelude before we begin studying Genesis. Videos of the lessons are being uploaded onto my new Rumble channel. However, I've been at it all day and they don't seem to want to process. So I may just have to stream them live sometime on Thursday. In the meantime they are on Twitter if you're interested. Here is a clip of some highlights.
Channel link: https://rumble.com/c/c-5046964
IF TLDR JUST READ THE BOLDED PORTIONS! (if the asterisks work) (update: they italicized instead)
Dear supporters,
As you know, every December I introduce new changes to the current way of doing things as far as supporting my channel is concerned. We live at a time when social media is rapidly evolving and new ways to support and monetize creator content routinely becomes available.
However, 2024 will be different for me personally; in that I will be taking things in the opposite direction.
At the end of next year (December 2024) my intent is shutdown the 3 different platforms I'm currently using for members to support my work: Locals, YouTube memberships, and Patreon.
This gives those of you with a paid annual subscription advance notice to not renew your membership from this point forward. I wouldn't want you to pay for an annual membership that covers any months of 2025. So if you'd like to continue supporting the channel through 2024, I'd recommend you switch to a monthly membership before your annual ...
