HELL'S CORRIDOR: HELL IS FOR REAL! EPILOGUE

                       HELL’S CORRIDOR:

                       HELL IS FOR REAL! PART 1

“...Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels...:” (Matthew 25:41 NASB).

“... [where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.]  If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell,  [where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.]  If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. “For everyone will be salted with fire...” (Mark 9:44-49 NASB).

 “...They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power...” (2 Thessalonians 1:9 NLT).

 “...the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever...” (Revelations 20:10 NASB).

 “…EXCEPT YE REPENT, ye shall all likewise PERISH…” (Luke 13:3 KJV).

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HELL’S CORRIDOR is merely a fictional depiction of a place that the bible clearly says is as REAL as heaven. Most people, even those who don’t believe, get on the bandwagon and advocate for the existence of heaven RATHER that the existence of HELL.

The bible teaches that HELL is a real place where the unrepentant will spend all of eternity after physical death upon earth.

People THINK most people are basically good and a LOVING God wouldn’t send them to hell.

However, people are NOT basically good, but they are basically a sinful nature and a LOVING God wouldn’t sent them to hell. HOWEVER, they will and can CHOOSE to go there on their OWN.

A LOVING God will and has PROVIDED a way for mankind to escape HELL, but MANY will ignore, reject, debate, and rebuff his WAY, which is Jesus Christ.

No matter whether a person accepts Jesus Christ or not, “HIS PEOPLE” know and believe he is THE WAY.

God’s people BELIEVE  “ALL” of mankind have sinned. Not simple because of anything they did right or wrong, but because they are BORN with flesh, which is a sin nature. “….I was born a sinner ….” (Psalms 51:5 NLT).  "…That which is born of the flesh is flesh…” (John 3:6 KJV). “…[Therefore,]... all have sinned (all have been born with a sin nature)…” (Romans 3:23 KJV).

Sin, is an INNATE CONDITION of the flesh or sinful nature and every single male and female is born with one.  All of mankind inherited the sinful nature from Adam and Eve"…That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit…” (John 3:6 KJV).

Are you paying for Adam and Eve’s sins? Not in the WAY you think. They disobeyed God and  were immediately separated from God, the Holy Spirit.

Thus, Adam and Eve could ONLY reproduce what they had become, FLESH; but NO Holy Spirit. Therefore, “… all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (all are born without the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit)…” (Romans 3:23 KJV). “…the body without (apart from) the spirit is dead…” (James 2:26 KJV). “….I was born a sinner ….” (Psalms 51:5 NLT).  

“,,, [In addition,] ...through one man sin entered (physical life without the indwelling Holy Spirit entered) into the world, and [spiritual] ...death through sin, and so [spiritual] death passed to all men, for that all sinned (all have been born without the indwelling Holy Spirit]—“(Romans 5:12 KJV). “…All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (fallen short of the indwelling holy spirit)…” (Romans 3:23). “….I was born a sinner (I was born without the indwelling holy spirit)—yes, from the moment my mother conceived me….” (Psalms 51:5 NLT).

“... When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought [spiritual] ... death, so [spiritual] ... death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned (is born without the indwelling Holy Spirit) ... But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought [spiritual] death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ. And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God (being restored, reunited with the Holy Spirit again), even though we are guilty of many sins. For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ...” (Romans 5:10-16 NLT).

  “…, my righteous servant (Jesus) ... [made]... it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins…” (Isaiah 53:11 NLT). “… [He sent the ] …one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT).

“…Jesus Christ maketh thee whole (SAVES, RESTORES, AND MAKES YOU WHOLE YOU AGAIN)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV). “... It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm (enduring) and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery...” (Galatians 5:1 NASB).

Adam and Eve were both, originally, MADE whole, but HAD the FREEDOM of choice. My son, Oshawn said, in the beginning, the only choice they HAD, because SIN was “NOT” an issue, was to OBEY.

God’s people have become NEW CREATIONS in Jesus Christ. “…Therefore if any man (woman) be in Christ, he (she) is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV).

They have ALSO been made whole again and their FREEDOM of CHOICE restored. “…if the Son (Jesus Christ, the indwelling Holy Spirit)…shall make you FREE, ye shall be FREE indeed.” (John 8:36 KJV). “... It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm (enduring) and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery...” (Galatians 5:1 NASB).

They have been ENDOWED with the indwelling POWER to OBEY God’s Holy commands. “... It is God (the indwelling Holy Spirit) which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13 KJV). “… the God of peace… that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in [you, through the indwelling Holy Spirit]… what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ…” (Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV). “…The …HOLY SPIRIT …is the SOURCE of [all freedom from the sin nature]. …it is …God who does the work IN and THROUGH all of us who are his. The HOLY SPIRIT DISPLAYS God’s power THROUGH each of us … (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT).

God is COMMITTED to HELPING HIS PEOPLE. “…He helps me…” (Psalms 28:7 NLT). “…The Lord who made you and helps you says: Do not be afraid …my servant …my chosen one…” (Isaiah 44:2 NLT). “… The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness…” (Romans 8:26 NLT). “…You are my helper and my savior…” (Psalms 40:17 NLT).

HIS PEOPLE are FREE to choose to trust and depend upon the indwelling Holy Spirit to empower them to obey. “…HE (the indwelling Holy Spirit) “WILL” KEEP YOU STRONG to the end…” (1 Corinthians 1:8 NLT). “…the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works (OF EMPOWERING YOU TO OBEY)…” (John 14:10 KJV).

Unfortunately, your FREEDOM of CHOICE, to obey God, must be made among MANY options. Therefore, “... Stand fast (keep enduring) therefore in the liberty (freedom from sin and freedom to OBEY) wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage...” (Galatians 5:1 KJV).

God’s people are MADE free from the sinful nature. They are FREE, through the indwelling Holy Spirit, to OBEY and LIVE free from SIN. However, they are to willfully and voluntarily CHOOSE to obey by trusting and depending upon the indwelling Holy Spirit to HELP and ENABLE them to do it.

“...Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage...” (Galatians 5:1 KJV). It is TRUE God has made you free. However, you  CHOOSE to serve God through obedience. “…Choose you this day whom ye will serve….” (Joshua 24:15 KJV). He promises to HELP you. “… The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness…” (Romans 8:26 NLT).

Even with God’s indwelling Holy Spirit and the promise of his POWERFUL help some of HIS PEOPLE will become entangled in the YOKE of BONDAGE again....BY CHOICE.“...For if, after they (his people) have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they  (his people) are again entangled in them...” (2 Peter 2:20-23 NASB).

“... it would be better for them (his people) not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment ......” (2 Peter 2:20-23 NASB).

“...It has happened to them (his people) according to the true proverb, “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire...” (2 Peter 2:20-23 NASB).

These passages are TALKING about people who HAD escaped the defilements of the world, or those who KNEW the way of righteousness and turned away, or those who were cleaned through holiness, but returned to the filth of sinful practices...by CHOICE.

. After a person accepts Jesus Christ, they are encouraged to choose to “….WORK OUT [their]… own salvation…” (Philippians 2:12 KJV).

Accepting Jesus Christ, alone, is NOT a FREE pass to ETERNAL LIFE. Accepting Jesus Christ is the WAY and puts you on the right path, which is an enduring PROCESS, to ETERNAL LIFE.

“… Jesus opened a new and life-giving way  ... into the Most Holy Place (ETERNAL LIFE)…” (Hebrews 10:19-20 NLT). “Jesus saith…I am the way…” (John 14:6 KJV). “…"This is the way; WALK in it…" Isaiah 30:21 NIV). “…THE WAY is narrow that LEADS TO LIFE, and there are FEW who find it…” (Matthew 7:13-14 NASB).

 Working out your own SALVATION (the enduring process)often  includes: “…[Choosing to put]… aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to SAVE YOUR SOULS….” (James 1:21 NASB).

 It is actively “…[choosing to] …throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life…” (Ephesians 4:22 NIV).

“…You must [also choose to]…put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor…” (Ephesians 4:25 NLT).

It is “….[choosing to]…let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice…” (Ephesians 4:31 KJV).

“….Ye also [choose to]…put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth….” (Colossians 3:8  KJV).

“…Wherefore [choose to lay] … aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings…” (1 Peter 2:1 KJV).

How can you do these things in order to work out your OWN salvation? “…Choose you this day whom ye will serve….” (Joshua 24:15 KJV). “… The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness…” (Romans 8:26 NLT). “…I can do ALL THINGS through Christ (the Word of God) which strengtheneth me…” (Philippians 4:13 KJV). .“…it is God (the indwelling Holy Spirit) which worketh in [me]… both to will and to do...” (Philippians 2:13 KJV). “….Apart from Me (the indwelling Holy Spirit), you can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV).

If God’s people are STILL practicing a lifestyle of SIN they are practicing SIN,  "not" because they HAVE to, but because they CHOOSE to. “…Choose you this day whom ye will serve….” (Joshua 24:15 KJV). “…if the Son (Jesus Christ, the indwelling Holy Spirit)…shall make you FREE, ye shall be FREE indeed.” (John 8:36 KJV). “... It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm (enduring) and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery...” (Galatians 5:1 NASB).

Working out your OWN SALVATION (the enduring process)  is a CHOICE. “… the God of peace… that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will…” (Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV). “… [You]… are given...exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be PARTAKERS of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance PATIENCE; and to PATIENCE godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ…GIVE DILIGENCE TO MAKE YOUR CALLING AND “ELECTION” SURE; FOR IF YOU “DO” THESE THINGS, YE SHALL NEVER FALL...” (2 Peter 1: 4-9 KJV).

“...HE (SHE) THAT “SHALL” (WILL) ENDURE UNTO THE END SHALL (WILL) BE SAVED...” (Matthew 24:13 KJV).

God’s people who trust and depend upon God’s help to endure to the end, WILL, without a doubt, inherit eternal life (BE SAVED). “...HE (SHE) THAT “SHALL” (WILL) ENDURE UNTO THE END SHALL (WILL) BE SAVED...” (Matthew 24:13 KJV).

However, saying, thinking, and proclaiming you are a Christian DOES NOT make you BECOME a Christian.“…It is …God [the indwelling Holy Spirit] ... who does the work IN and THROUGH all of us who are his… (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT). “…Ye shall know [those with the indwelling Holy Spirit]… by their fruits…” (Matthew 7:16 KJV). “…The [indwelling]...HOLY SPIRIT DISPLAYS God’s power THROUGH [HIS PEOPLE] … (1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT). “...the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in [their]... lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control…” (Galatians 5 NLT). “…Ye shall know them by their fruits…” (Matthew 7:16 KJV).

God’s people can LEAVE and TURN AWAY from him too! They have abandoned and forsook him ALL throughout the bible. “... [YOU]… FORGOT all about ME,” says the Lord…” (Hosea 2:13 NLT). “…for years on end my people have FORGOTten ME…” (Jeremiah 2:32 NLT). “…They ABANDONED ME and did not obey my word….” (JEREMIAH 16:11 NLT). “…They ABANDONED the Lord… they turned their backs on him….” (2 Chronicles 29:6 NLT).

The 21^st century church is NO different. Many have willfully and voluntarily left and turned away from God, the Holy Spirit.“…We will continue to live as WE WANT TO, stubbornly following our own evil desires…” (JEREMIAH 18:12 NLT). “…They (God’s OWN people) KEPT DOING WHATEVER THEY WANTED, following the stubborn desires of their [OWN] evil hearts…” (Jeremiah 7:24 NLT).

Many of his people maintain a “FORM” or an appearance of being in an intimate, covenant relationship with God by DOING CHRISTIAN DEEDS, or making Christian GESTURES,  or talking Christian talk with Christian clichés WHILE at THE SAME TIME SERVING THEIR TRUE MASTER (self). “… men shall be lovers of their own selves, … unholy… Having a form (practice) of godliness, but denying (rejecting, negating) the POWER (the indwelling Holy power REQUIRED to live a true Christian life) ... from such turn away. … men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. ….  evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived…”(2 Timothy 3:1-13 KJV). “…The one who does what is sinful is ...of the devil… …” (1 John 3:8 NIV). “…They …serve ….their OWN belly (appetites)…” (Romans 16:18 KJV).

“… ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness… ” (Matthew 23:27 KJV). “…Ye shall know them by their fruits…” (Matthew 7:16 KJV).

“... Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness ...  the one who practices sin is of the devil ...  No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. By this the children of God and the children of the devil are OBVIOUS: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of GOD..” (1 John 3:7-10 NASB).

“... Everyone who sins is breaking God’s law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God. And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him. Anyone who continues to live in him (ABIDE WITH HIM) will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him ... who he is. Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous. But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil. Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s [SPIRITUAL] ... life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone (NO EXCEPTIONS) who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God...” (1 John 3:7-10 NLT).

If you DON’T or NO LONGER belong to God, you are NONE of HIS. The JUST punishment of God has been determined. “…the wages of sin (the punishment of sin) is death…” (Romans 6:23 KJV).

You DON’T have to BELIEVE Jesus is the WAY. You can make another way or follow another way. It is your CHOICE. You DON’T have to OBEY God or follow HIS WAYS. You can do Christianity another way,  DO YOU, or alter his way to fit into your lifestyle. Again, it is your CHOICE.

However, like it or not, God is the Sovereign God and HE SAYS the punishment for sin IS DEATH.

HELL is the DEATH God, the Holy Spirit is talking about. He won’t put you into HELL, but you willfully and voluntarily CHOOSE to GO there on your OWN.

HELL is REAL and it is described throughout the Holy Scriptures. “... Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire...” (Jude 1:7 KJV).

“...His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire...” (Matthew 3:12 KJV).

“...Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels...:” (Matthew 25:41 NASB).

“... [where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.]  If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell,  [where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.]  If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. “For everyone will be salted with fire...” (Mark 9:44-49 NASB).

“...and many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt (HELL)...” (Daniel 12:2 KJV).

“...They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power...” (2 Thessalonians 1:9 NLT).

“...they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name...” (Revelation 14:10-11 NLT).

“...he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name...” (Revelation 14:10-11 NASB).

“...the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever...” (Revelations 20:10 NASB).

God is a LOVING GOD. He won’t put you into HELL. You will voluntarily CHOOSE to Go yourself.

God is HOLY. God hates sin. God is UTTERLY “JUST” and full of GRACE and MERCY. God is GOOD and he SAYS there is a HELL for those who DO NOT accept his SALVATION from ETERNAL punishment.“…EXCEPT YE REPENT, ye shall all likewise PERISH…” (Luke 13:3 KJV).