WILLIAM P.
PARSON
“...As Jesus started
on his way, a [rich]...man ran up to him and fell on his
knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit
eternal life?” ... (Matthew 10:17-22 NIV).
“...Jesus ... said. “Go, sell everything you have
and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow
me.” At this the [rich]...man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he
had great wealth...” (Matthew 10:17-22 NIV).
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While
upon earth, William P. Parson had been considered a rich man. You would have to
dig for years to find one of his family members who ever had a blue collar job.
Like his ancestors before him William could buy anything from personal to
political decisions with his money. He could make choices and force his influence
without money being an issue or roadblock. While others ate at fast food or
common restaurants, William enjoyed 5 or 7 course meals across the country.
He
felt totally out of touch with common folk and truly thought the world revolved
around rich people like him. When he was diagnosed with cancer, he realized
sickness was common to all humans, but his lesson had come a little too late.
A
Christian nurse, told him about Jesus, but he was a snob toward her, because,
even in sickness, he thought he was immune to the needs of common folks, especially things like religion.
William had heard about Jesus everywhere he travelled over the world. He didn’t
even go to service with his parents on traditional holidays. He knew they only
went for show and not because their hearts were into it.
William
had gone to the best schools in the country too. Whenever he was threatened to
get a bad grade, all he had to do is remind them he was a Parson and they would
back off. To flunk William P. Parson, will mean embarrassment for the school, a
negative rep, or an expensive lawsuit they couldn’t afford.
It
was in the best interest of the school to keep William, no matter how bad of a
student he was, than to kick him out or go to court. The Parsons had enough money
to ruin the ivy league college. Thus, William graduated sum cum laude. His family was RICH and taught him he didn’t not
have to follow the same rules as common folks.
William
bought whatever his heart desired and he constantly had to buy the most
expensive, the best, the latest, or the biggest. He hired researchers to keep
abreast of new things, so he could have the biggest and latest. Every year or
every couple of years he was getting a new car or new plane. His material
possessions were massive and his wealth continued to be lucrative. William had
NEVER been denied anything in his entire life, except for GOOD health.
The
Parsons flew doctors from all across the world, but they couldn’t HEAL him. He
never thought that there would be ANYTHING that money couldn’t buy. Not only
did he discover money couldn’t buy him health, but it couldn’t buy him eternal
life either.
His
father had spent millions on doctors, but he couldn’t be cured. Now here
William P. Parson’s was in Hell’s Corridor
without his family, their money, or eternal life. William realized he was still
William, but he was now in another location. He was in a place that his family’s
money had no meaning, no purpose, and no influence. Regardless of all the
comforts of his lavish lifestyle he had ended up in HELL.
His
brother had been diagnosed too, but it was too late to warn him or the rest of
his family about the reality of hell. In the 90s William had watched a movie
call The Truman Show . It was about a
man, Truman Burbank, played by Jim Carrey, who lived in a simulated reality in
which he thought was “REAL” life.
As
William looked around Hell’s Corridor
he realized, he too, had lived in a simulated reality, upon earth, in which his
wealth and his rich man’s world was a temporary existence.
William
believed HIS world was THE world and HIS life was THE life. He spent his entire
life as a RICH MAN. He heard about Jesus. He heard about Christianity and its
teaching, but he had NO need for religion of any kind or on any level.
On
his death bed, a young nurse tried to encourage him to accept Jesus Christ, but
he was convinced he didn’t need him. He told her “...no thank you...” He closed his eyes and woke up HERE.
In
spite of his inevitably death and a tug at his heart, William said NO to the
nurse’s salvation invitation. William had felt this TUG at his heart many times
over the years, but his wealthy lifestyle became a blindfold, to him, from God’s
truth.
His
wealthy lifestyle was wonderful, upon earth, in many ways, but he often found discrepancies
and disadvantages too.
His
family was not a joyous people and all they had was materialism and money. He
often felt empty and bored with his life, yet he didn’t think there was a
better life than the one he had been gifted with.
He had always wondered
if there was more to life than he knew. In hindsight it was those Christian
people who put that curiosity in his heart, but he never pursued it.
Now that he was in Hell’s
Corridor, he realized, practiced lifestyles
were a TRAP and most people, himself included, are not willing to give up their
routines and familiarities.
On his deathbed William
had asked himself: “...What if what she
is saying and asking him was true?...” He was dying and his disease had convinced
him that money couldn’t buy everything. Yet, he wasn’t convinced enough to
accept Jesus could buy his salvation. William died with his routine and familiar
beliefs, set like stone, within his heart and woke up in HELL.
William looked around Hell’s
Corridor. There were twelve D-elevators. They were called D-elevators because they
took you DOWN and not UP. Each D-elevator had long lines and a name above each
one. They were named after the deeds of
the flesh; such as immorality,
impurity, sensuality, idolatry, and so forth.
The line William was in
was called UNREPENTENT. It was the longest of all lines and they were ALL
pretty long. Before he was sent to the line he was assigned to, he had gone into
the registrar’s office. They found his name in the records and confirmed his
was in the right place. He signed next to his name and was, then, escorted to
the video room where they replayed his life. The film erased ALL doubts as to
WHY he was in HELL.
Hell was real. After
seeing the film on his life, he could no longer ask how a loving God could send
people to HELL, because he didn’t. William had willingly chosen to be here ALL
by himself. William clearly SAW how God had warned him over and over again to
accept Jesus as Savior, but William CHOOSE not to listen. William thought: “...If a parent warns a child NOT to touch a hot
stove, but the child touches it anyway. Can the child SAY my parent is not
loving? NO. They could only truly say, “I did not listen to my loving parent”...”
What William KNEW now
was that HELL was not so much a LOCATION as it was an CONDITION. He was NOW
separated from God, the Holy Spirit,
forever and every opportunity he had to be with him was LONG GONE!
His deathbed nurse told
him “...the wages of sin was death...”
She wasn’t merely talking about physical death, but she was talking about spiritual
death, which was a LOT more serious.
A young lady got into
the line behind him and asked “...Where
are we?...”
William P. Parson said:
“....Welcome to Hell’s Corridor...”
DR. PENSACOLA H.
JEFFERSON
PASTORAL
COUNSELOR
YADA COUNSELING
MINISTRY
HELL’S CORRIDOR
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