Heaven is Real II

Friday 16 September
READ: Lk. 16:19 - 31
MORE LESSON: Rev. 20: 13 - 14

The story of the rich man and Lazarus is one of the scriptures that show the reality of hell. The rich man lived without remembering God and when he died, he ended in hell. Lazarus on the other hand, accepted the Lord and at death, he went to Abraham's bosom. It is not poverty or wealth that is the subject matter in this story; it is Heaven and hell. It is how you spend your life here on earth that determines the reward you will get in eternity. Good work is not enough to determine whether a man will end up with God or in hell; it is your disposition to Jesus Christ. Those that accept Jesus and live for Him will go to Heaven and those that refuse Him and live for sin and self will go to hell. Hell is a place of torment where there is fire, regret and anguish.
Hell is the place where all men who do not accept Jesus go immediately after they leave the earth. In hell, they will be tormented greatly while they wait for the lake of fire. Hell is terrible and unquantifiable in pain; it is not a place for any man to go. However, hell is still mere rehearsal; the lake of fire is the real place of eternal anguish and immeasurable pain. Men have been languishing in hell for millions of years and many are still going there and the place is so terrible. After the Great Judgment which will be after the second coming of Jesus, hell and all the people in it in addition to satan, the fallen angels, demons and all people without God will be thrown into the lake of fire for eternal punishment.
So the points to note are:
1. Hell is a place of torment and torture.
2. Hell is a place of painful memorial. In hell, people will remember the things that they did or didn't do and live in eternal regret. The rich man remembered the number of brethren he had on earth, in hell there will be remembrance of things.
3. Hell is a place of no return. The rich man begged to go back and warn others but there is no going back once a man enters hell. A man cannot correct anything or recover any lost opportunity in hell. In hell, the soul is lost forever.
4. Hell is a place of thirst. There is no water in hell. The thirst is at three levels-spirit, soul and body. It shows a perpetual state of need that will never be met.
5. Hell is a place of un-answered prayer. There will be no answered prayer in hell. The rich man’s prayer was not answered in hell.
6. Hell and all in it will be eventually cast into the lake of fire. Heb. 2:1-3 records, Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Revoke every activity of the flesh and satan that can hinder your getting to Heaven.
* Ask God not to allow any of your loved ones to miss Heaven.
* Pray for the salvation of all your family members.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Every force of evil, darkness, and sin, I prophesy your end over my life today, in the name of Jesus.

Heaven is Real I

Thursday 15 September
READ: Lk. 16: 19-26
MORE LESSON: : Lk. 12: 1-5

Jesus said there was a certain rich man and a poor man named Lazarus. This story as told by Jesus was the story of two real men who lived at a particular time. Whenever Jesus told a parable in the Scripture, it was clearly stated that it was a parable. When He told a real life story, it was portrayed as such. Jesus knew that cooking up a story that didn't exist is lying even if the story is for the purpose of teaching a good lesson. He also knew that exaggerating equates with lying, so He only told stories as truthfully as they were. So if Jesus said that a certain rich man and poor man existed and He even mentioned the name of the poor man, and the Bible doesn't say that it was a parable that Jesus told as it states categorically in every place where a parable is told, then we have to know that the story really happened and everything portrayed in the story was real.
Hell is not merely a figurative language for punishment as some people claim. It is a real place where fire and brimstone torment souls day and night. The Bible says, and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom: Lk. 16:23. That doesn't sound like a figure of speech. It sounds like a man who was in a definite place called hell and from there, he looked up and saw Abraham and Lazarus in another definite place different from where he was. Hell is real and it is a place of reward of wicked living. The rich man in this story died and while men on earth were conducting funeral service and celebrating his achievement, he opened his eyes and saw himself in literal fire burning in a literal place called hell.
I have preached to people and warned them about the reality of hell and some responded by laughing and saying that they will commit so much sin that when they get to God, He will be so mad at them that He will fling them with too much force and fury and mistakenly fling them over the fire of hell, making them land at the other side where there is no fire. That statement is born out of the peak of satanic deception and mockery of God. Hell is not a joking matter, it is a serious issue. The Bible shows that the rich man died, opened his eyes and found himself in hell. Nobody flung him; he just died, opened his eyes and found himself there.
I pray that you and all the people God has given you will not go to hell. If there is one place you must not go; it is hell. You have to make right your way with the Lord today. Peace unto you.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Declare that by the righteousness of the Lord Jesus, you will not miss Heaven, in Jesus’ name.
* Ask that the Holy Spirit will watch over your destiny to ensure that you make Heaven.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I subdue and overthrow permanently all the anti-progress forces around me, in the name of Jesus.

Heaven or Hell

Wednesday 14 September
READ: Lk. 16:23-24
MORE LESSON: Ecc. 12: 1-8

There is certainly life after death and this life will be in either of two places. It is either with God in Heaven or with the devil in hell. Heaven and hell are actually rewards and not bestowal. There is a life that a man lives and he is rewarded with Heaven and another life that a man lives and he is rewarded with hell. Luke 16: 25 reads, Abraham said to him, 'Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish (NLT). When the rich man was on earth, he gave himself all that he wanted. Even things that were sinful, as long as his body wanted, he got them. After all he had enough money to get anything he wanted for himself. This scripture shows that the rich man didn't remember God when he was on earth but was carried away by money, pleasure and gratification of the flesh. When the rich man got to hell, he was so tormented and in agony that he wanted even a finger-drip of water to cool his tongue but he couldn't get.
Hell is a place where the people who are lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God (2 Tim 3: 4) will be rewarded with anguish. It is noteworthy that hell is not a place for the rich and the rich man was not in hell merely because he was rich; he was in hell because he didn't seek God but used his money to seek pleasures of life. He lived for food, clothes, jewelry, fame, fun and carnal enjoyment. His reward in eternity was hell fire. Heaven is a reward for living a life surrendered to Jesus Christ and dedicated to God. This is why it is important to measure where God is on your scheme, schedule and scale of priority. I urge you to live for God so that you will be rewarded with Heaven. The reward for forgetting God and living a sinful life is the lake of fire.
On a final note, Psalm 9:17 says; the wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God. The reward for living a life as if God does not exist to judge is the lake of fire. This will not be your portion, in Jesus’ name.

PRAYER/ACTION
*Re-dedicate your life to God today.
*Receive the grace of God to be conscious of God’s presence around your life everytime, in Jesus’ name.
*Renounce the lust for worldly pleasures and invoke the love for God upon your life today, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I command every weight and spiritual stone weighing me down in life to roll away now, in the precious name of Jesus.

After Death II

Tuesday 13 September
READ: Lk. 16:19 - 24
MORE LESSON: Psa. 9: 17

The Bible tells the story of a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fed sumptuously. He was very rich and had everything he needed. There was a poor man around his house who had no food to eat and desired to be fed from the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table but he had to contend with dogs to get them. As he struggled with the dogs for food under the table, the dogs helped themselves to the sores on his body. It was a terrible life for this poor man. Poverty is bad and should not be the portion of a child of God.
The rich man had everything in this world but he didn't have the most important thing - God. He wasn't born again, he had no respect for God and no personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He had enough money to donate to charity and probably buy all manner of things for church but he had no relationship with God. Without a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, all acts of charity and good works in themselves cannot save a man. So one day the rich man died and opened his eyes on the other side of life.
The poor man in his wretchedness remembered God and gave his life to the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible says that the poor man also died as the rich man died. One thing is common to the poor and the rich; they will both die. Luke 16: 22 -23 shows how the poor man died and was taken to the bosom of Abraham, while the rich man was taken to hell after his death. There is life after death and there is a place called hell. Jesus talked about actual place called hell where there is punishment for those that refuse His lordship. Hell is not a figure of speech; it is an actual place.
There is somewhere men are going after death. Don't let anyone deceive you that when a man dies that is the end of life. Some people say, 'let's eat, drink and be merry before we die' forgetting they will go somewhere after death to give account of what they did on the face of the earth. The rich man died and the poor man also died, but they went to different places after death. It wasn't their riches or poverty that determined where they went after death; it was their relationship with God. A man can be rich and still make Heaven and another can be poor and still go to hell. The choice is made by accepting or refusing Jesus Christ and a life of obedience to His Word. There is life after death-some to eternal justification in Heaven and some to eternal condemnation in hell. You will not lose eternally, in Jesus’ name, And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works: Rev. 20:13.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Tell the Lord that you will never regret your sojourn here on earth when you see Jesus.
* Ask the Lord to purge you of anything that can cost you Heaven, in Jesus’ name.
*Decree long life and prosperity for yourself and all your loved ones, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, today in Your greatness, set my feet upon the rock that is higher than I and keep me going in destiny, in the mighty name of Jesus.