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[JONAH 2]

as ROMANS 6:23 says --"the wages of sin is death" --
not burning eternally in a hellfire in torture daily -
for 1 John 4:8 says --"God is love"
note-- Jeremiah 51:39,57---Genesis 3:19 --2 Thessalonians 1:9

Psalm 146:3-4
King James Version (KJV)

3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Ecclesiastes 3:19,20
King James Version (KJV)

19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Acts 24:15
King James Version (KJV)

15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust

John 5:25-30
King James Version (KJV)

25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me

[mathew633]

In God’s Hands
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” - (Luke 19:10)

I have a friend whose father died and never had a relationship with God. As a matter of fact, my friend wasn’t a believer at that time, either. But my friend told me how he went to visit his father in his hospital room and noticed that one day, not long before he passed, there was a copy of the Bible there in his father’s room. It was apparent that his father had requested it, knowing the end was near.

So I told my friend, “Look, if your father was really seeking God, then God would have more than met him halfway, because God wants us to know Him more than we could ever imagine.”

When a loved one who has not made a profession of faith in Christ passes away, don’t necessarily assume that he or she is not in heaven, because you never know what prayers go through the heart of a man or a woman when they are entering into eternity. Even if someone cried out to the Lord in the last final seconds of life, you can be certain that God would save them.

Jesus extended mercy to the criminal who was being crucified next to Him on the cross. Those who were crucified at that time typically were murderers or insurrectionists or had rebelled against Rome. Yet God forgave such a person in the last moments of his life, simply because he had said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom” (Luke 23:42).

I am not trying to give false hope, but neither do I want to give false condemnation. Let’s leave it in the hands of God and remember that God loves us, and God loves everyone. And we need to care about them and love them as well.

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