The Road to Perdition: More Crowded Every Day :: By Dave Hubley

I have included a special message at the end of this article for those who have reached the point where the burden of evidence that the world is spinning out of control is overwhelming. I hope you will read and take to heart what God requires in order to give His free gift of eternal life, as He has declared is His will for all who trust in Him.

Perdition: Meaning and reference. Appears 8 times in the English Bible.

In the biblical context, “perdition” refers to:

• Eternal ruin, destruction, or damnation—the ultimate fate of those who reject God and face eternal separation from Him.
• A state of eternal loss, not annihilation, but conscious, final separation from God.
• KJV, NKJ – John 17:12
• KJV, NKJ – Philippians 1:28
• KJV, NKJ – 2 Thessalonians 2:3
• KJV, NKJ – 1 Timothy 6:9
• KJV, NKJ – Hebrews 10:39
• KJV, NKJ – 2 Peter 3:7
• KJV, NKJ – Revelation 17:11,18

Jesus described both Heaven and Hell in His teachings. His strongest statement was made with respect to Himself: That He is the only way to receive God’s Salvation, and it was/is a direct statement of a simple fact.

“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). Emphasis added.

The obvious meaning is that all other means and methods which are devised in the mind of man (man imagined “religions,” precepts and teachings) would result from denying God’s Authority. That would also mean that His Kingdom and the blessing of eternal life that accompanies it would never be realized.

There are only two eternal outcomes at the end of this life. There is no nihilism (ceasing to exist entirely); therefore, as God determined by His own authority, Jesus Christ must be received or rejected, and the consequences either received joyfully, or if rejected, dreaded in expectation of what God has made clear can only be described as eternal, but never attainable, death. Hopeless separation from God, Love, and Light.

“The unrepentant are cast into the “lake of fire,” called the “second death” (Revelation 21:8). Emphasis added.

Every human will ultimately exist forever in one place or the other.

The underlying and only reason for a person to reject such a merciful gift is pride. The same sin and evil that Satan exploited to bring man down still works today, despite a world of misery and death that is a witness to its results.

God does not send anyone to perdition. Instead, people choose it by rejecting God’s One and Only path to eternal life by His Son’s selfless sacrifice for all who will receive Him.

“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him” (John 3:36). Emphasis added.

God will not permit any sin to spoil the Eternal Home He has prepared. So, admission into His presence cannot be permitted to anyone who refuses to repent.

It’s so very simple and direct. The Gospel: Unchanging fountain of eternal Salvation.

To “not see life” is perdition, eternal separation from God.

There are myriads of lies used to distract and destroy. These are some of the more obvious examples of these current-day false teachings (many of which are taught by so-called celebrities), which are used to pave the road to perdition.

• There are many roads to God.
• Just do your best, and you will be fine.
• Everyone will be saved.
• All “religions” lead to God.

No “religion” leads to God. Religion is a man-imagined construct, and they all share one common characteristic: You must earn your way into whatever “afterlife” is promised.

But some things are never really made clear: Who determines how good is good enough? How many “good deeds” are sufficient? You are never told, and you never will be because it is all a lie from the father of lies. Eternal life cannot be quantified.

Christianity is not a religion but a personal relationship with the Living God through His Son, Jesus Christ. He and only He is what the One True God determined, by His own Authority, to be the One and Only Way to eternal life.

There is no ambiguity. God declares no one can ever earn their way to Salvation:

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

He declares where the moral plumb-line is derived from: Himself.

And He clearly declares the Way to eternal life (Emphasis added):

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

In the simplest terms, these are three major impediments to eternal life in Christ, all of which are derived from the third one.

>Unrepentant sin. Salvation through Christ is open to anyone who is willing to repent and receive Jesus as their One and Only Savior. (Please see the Special Message at the end of this article.)

>Unbelief / Disobedience – Rejection of the Holy Spirit.

“Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same” (Job 4:8).

“And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?” (Hebrews 3:18)

>Pride: This brought down Satan and Adam and Eve, and it will bring down anyone who refuses to humble himself or herself before God, as He warns:

“And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:12).

We can read and understand Jesus’ simple description of the road to perdition:

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it” (Matthew 7:13). Emphasis added.

Every person can choose to go by the narrow way that is Jesus. As long as you are still in your living years, it’s not too late to repent, receive Him as Savior, and live.

As we are all aware, our living years can end abruptly in this life, so God prompts us:

“For He says: ‘In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.’ Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2). Emphasis added.

The special message I promised you:

For anyone who may read this article and has not trusted in Jesus Christ and therefore has no real hope or peace in your life.

You can have hope. You can have the peace that Jesus has promised to all who have made Him their Lord and Savior. The peace that passes understanding.

It requires that you come before God on His terms and that you do so in your living years.

And what are His terms according to His Word?

• Genuine repentance (turning to God instead of continuing to reject or ignore Him).
• Confession of sins (that you are a sinner and acknowledge that to God).
• That you understand that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).
• To acknowledge to God that you are unable to pay that debt.
• Belief that Jesus Christ paid your death sentence for you on the cross and rose from the grave three days later, conquering death, just as He promised.
• To believe that Jesus is the Way, the only Way, that God has established by which humans may be saved from the consequences of their sin and rebellion.

God has made it absolutely clear that there is no one who comes before Him, under His terms, that will be refused.

• No one: no race, no color, no country of origin, regardless of any previous belief system: no one.
• No matter what your past sins have been, God can and WILL forgive you because He says He will.
• Salvation is available to everyone without any exceptions.

If you put all your trust for salvation in Jesus, and Him only, you can follow that prayer up by simply saying, “Thank you, Father God, for hearing my prayer and saving me,” because we can trust Him to keep His Word. He always has. He always will.

“Truly, Truly, I say to you that he who hears My words and believes the One who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned. He has crossed from death to life” (John 5:24).

There are no answers and there is no hope in the world by governments, organizations, politics or politicians. There are only lies and deception. But you can have the Truth and the peace you seek.

The answers are in the Word of God—The Bible. If you ask God, with all your heart, He will hear you.

“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).

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