Dying Without Knowing Jesus
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: What comes of those who die and did not have a relationship with the Lord? The modern church has this misconception that they go straight to hell. That is untrue. When we leave this world, we will all stand before God. Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. We will be judged for those things that we have done: both the things that pleased God, as well as those things that did not... I know many Christians that are careless about their actions; I myself is one of them. 2 Peter 2:21 says, "For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." The good news is, God wi