BACKSLIDING TO HELL by Mike Peralta (best books to read in your 20s txt) 📕

soul is truly in torment. There is no way out. I know that I wanted the world instead of You, Lord. I wanted riches, fame and fortune, and I got it. I could buy anything I wanted; I was my own boss. I was the prettiest, best-dressed woman of my time. And I had riches, fame and fortune, but I found I could not take them with me in death. Oh Lord, Hell is horrible. I have no rest day or night. I am always in pain and torment. Help me, Lord," she cried.

The woman looked up at Jesus so longingly and said, "My sweet Lord, if only I had listened to you! I will regret that forever. I planned to serve You someday - when I got ready. I thought You would always be there for me. But how wrong I was! I was one of the most sought-after women of my time for my beauty. I knew God was calling me to repent. All my life He drew me with cords of love, and I thought I could use God like I used everyone else. He would always be there. Oh yes, I used God! He would try so hard to get me to serve Him, while all the time I thought I didn't need Him. Oh, how wrong I was! For satan began to use me, and I began to serve satan more and more. At the last I loved him more than God. I loved to sin and would not turn to God.

"Satan used my beauty and my money, and all my thoughts turned to how much power he would give me. Even then, God continued to draw me. But I thought, I have tomorrow or the next day. Then one day while riding in a car, my driver ran into a house, and I was killed. Lord, please let me out." As she spoke her bony hands and arms reached out to Jesus while the flames continued to burn her.

Jesus said, "The judgment is set."

Tears fell down His cheeks as we moved to the next pit. I was crying inside about the horrors of Hell. "Dear Lord," I cried, "the torment is too real. When a soul comes here, there is no hope, no life, no love. Hell is too real." No way out, I thought. She must burn forever in these flames.

"Time is running out," Jesus said. "We will come back tomorrow."

Friend, if you are living in sin, please repent. If you have been born again and have turned your back on God, repent and turn back to Him now. Live good and stand for truth. Wake up before it is too late, and you can spend forever with the Lord in Heaven.

Jesus spoke again, "Hell has a body, like a human form, lying on her back in the center of the earth. Hell is shaped like a human body - very large and with many chambers of torment. "Remember to tell the people of earth that Hell is real. Millions of lost souls are here, and more are coming every day. On the Great Judgment Day death and Hell will be cast into the lake of fire; that will be the second death."

End Of Revelation of Hell Excerpt.

As mentioned previously, after reading Baxter's book several times, comparing what is being said to the Bible, and listening to the Holy Spirit, I very much believe that this testimony is truthful. I suggest that you compare what is being said with what is written in the Bible. You cannot be led astray if you read and compare testimony or what is being said to see if it is supported by the Bible. For this reason I present some scriptures that are relevant:

"But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars - their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." Revelation 21:8.

“Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” 1 Corinthians 6:9-10.

"For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to Hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment; if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; . if this is so, then the Lord knows how to . hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.", 2 Peter 2:4-9.

"If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into Hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into Hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into Hell, where "`their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.' " Mark 9:43-48.

"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him.", John 3:36.

As you can see from the above testimony, the punishment in Hell for non-believers is intensely painful and never ending. As bad as the punishment is for the non-believers it is even worse for backsliders - those who once came to Jesus but went back into the mire of sin, those who deliberately keep on sinning. When God gives us warnings and examples of His judgment either in the Word or in revelations, or in actual experiences He does not exaggerate. God means precisely what He says in His unbreakable Word.

Even if you are not sure that the above testimony is true, God’s Word still remains true as Revelations 21:8, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 2 Peter 2:4-9, Mark 9:43-48, John 3:36 and many other Scriptures state. However, bad you think Hell is - in reality it is much worse. Just like we don’t comprehend how infinite God is in His blessings toward His true children, we don’t comprehend how infinite God’s wrath is towards the wicked. As Psalm 90:11 states, “Who knows the power of Your anger? For Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due You.” Notice that God’s wrath is as great as the fear that is DUE Him - and not the fear that people actually express toward Him. Those who deliberately sin so casually don’t fear God. But if they realized what was truly in store for them because of those sins they would not be acting so rebelliously. In the midst of this you must also understand that God takes absolutely no pleasure in destroying the wicked. As the Lord says in Ezekiel 33:11, “‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Sovereign LORD, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways!’ ”

Again I realize all this sounds so fearful but the reality is that the true terror of Hell, being depicted here in words, does not even come close to the real terror of the real Hell. I know I am repeating myself, but God really did mean His first warning to us - all of mankind - when He told us, “When you eat of it, evil, you will surely DIE.” Genesis 2:17.

I mentioned the following before, but I think it bears repeating: How could it be a just thing that God would send a lost sinner, who never knew Christ, to Hell for eternity for his sins, and not send someone who came to know Jesus but went back to sinning in the same detestable way as the lost sinner? Do you really think God has a double standard? That sinning is not acceptable for the nonbeliever, but it is allowable for God’s people? That those who are supposed to be righteous can get away with a sinful lifestyle, but that the non-believer cannot? Is this not calling evil good, and good evil? Is this not calling bitter sweet, and sweet bitter?

If you believe that God will side with you in unrepentant deliberate persistent sinning you are tragically, tragically mistaken. It is not that God doesn’t love you. He loves you dearly and desires greatly for you to return to Him. But if you are caught dead in unrepentant deliberate persistent detestable sinning, whether it be immorality, or drunkenness, or drugs or witchcraft, etc. Revelations 21:8, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, you will end up directly in Hell. Again I realize these are strong words, but considering just the scriptures presented in this book how can we conclude otherwise?

Now regarding the fate of unrepentant backsliders - both those who profess to know Christ and those who actually came to Him in the past, but who now deliberately keep on sinning - let us read what Jesus said in Luke 12:45-48. And keep in mind that in this passage, Jesus is addressing His servants - those who profess to believe and serve Him: “But suppose the servant says to himself, `My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him A PLACE WITH THE UNBELIEVERS, HELL. That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” Luke 12:45-48.

With this in mind, 2 Peter 2:20-21 reveals that the torment promised for those who previously knew Christ, but who went back to a sinful lifestyle, is much worse than for the unbeliever who never knew Christ. The backslider, he who deliberately keeps on sinning, knows extremely well that the sin he is involved in, deserves eternal punishment in Hell - much more so than what the unbeliever knows it. However, the unrepentant professing Christian has been deceived into believing that even in an unrepentant state all his sins are still under the Blood of Jesus. But Hebrews 10:26-31, Luke 12:45-48, and now 2 Peter 2:20-21 says the exact opposite.

Because the unrepentant backslider knows extremely well the just consequence for his sin, the torment for him in Hell will be that much more extreme. However painful the torment will be for the non-believer, the pain for the backslider - those believers who went back to a life of sin - will be even more intense. And remember, any reduction in the torment is greatly desired by everyone in Hell. If you read and believe Hebrews 10:26-31, Luke 12:45-48, and 2 Peter 2:20-21, and other Scriptures that warn about falling away, there is no other biblically consistent conclusion that can be reached.

Again just like the Hebrews 10:26-31 passage, the passage in 2 Peter 2:20-21 is not difficult to understand. It is very advisable to read it and re-read it, and read