LAMENTATIONS 3:31-33 For men are not cast off by the Lord forever. (NIV) Though he may punish cruelly, yet he will have compassion in the fullness of his love; he does not willingly afflict or punish any mortal man. ( NEB )
Journal Entry 22 - Dense Progress
October 7th (Saturday) 2017.
Today I went out with my family to go picture taking. I was actually trying to get us less stress.
My mother asks me what goals I have in life. I say that I want to spread the good news of Jesus Christ. My mom then gets really offended because I shouldn’t be preparing for my death and shouldn’t think about church stuff. I feel like that’s the fear response she got from her church, since if she did think about it she will get scared of going to Hell [Hell is temporary mental suffering, Hell will be thus emptied out, because everyone in Sheol will go to Heaven. All will become believers in Christ], Assurance of Salvation. My dad says it’s fine to talk about church here. Mom says that you need a changed life, which is true, but it’s the Holy Spirit that makes that change inside of you, not yourself. Comes into every believer through simple faith in Jesus Christ. I’m almost crying then, but I hold it in so I look more confident in what I’m saying. I don’t do good works to be saved, but rather because I am already saved.
Mom hoped I wasn’t worried about Hell [Hell will be empty. Hell is not forever. Hell is Sheol, temporary mental suffering, all of the people in Sheol, Hell, Hades will go to Heaven, everyone saved]. Unlike her, I’m not. I rest in my blessed hope of salvation, that I am saved and going to Heaven no matter what now that I have believed in Jesus Christ alone to save me.