It's bad enough when so-called experts teach us lies about everything from economics to the environment. But when they start telling us what we ought to believe about eternity, look out!
Consider what has been said about heaven and hell by those who are highly revered in our culture. Just a handful of examples:
Why in the world do we revere these people, and mock those with an accurate -- which is to say, biblical -- view of heaven and hell?
Fortunately, we have a completely reliable source of truth on this very subject: Jesus Christ Himself.
"Let not your heart be troubled," He is quoted as saying in John 14:1-3. "You believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also."
Just as important, in His word He tells us precisely how to get there. If we fail, we'll have only ourselves to blame.
Consider what has been said about heaven and hell by those who are highly revered in our culture. Just a handful of examples:
- "Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company." -- Mark Twain
- "In heaven, all the interesting people are missing." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
- "There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark." -- Stephen Hawking
- "I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse." -- Isaac Asimov
- "I know for a fact that Heaven and Hell are here on Earth." -- Marianne Faithfull
- "Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves -- or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth." -- Ayn Rand
Why in the world do we revere these people, and mock those with an accurate -- which is to say, biblical -- view of heaven and hell?
Fortunately, we have a completely reliable source of truth on this very subject: Jesus Christ Himself.
"Let not your heart be troubled," He is quoted as saying in John 14:1-3. "You believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also."
Just as important, in His word He tells us precisely how to get there. If we fail, we'll have only ourselves to blame.
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