 
Forgive or Hell

More Serious Than You Thought

by

Mike Peralta

© Copyright 2014 by Mike Peralta

ISBN-13: 978-1497503816

ISBN-10: 1497503817

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to

God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

Thank You Heavenly Father For Creating Us

and Saving Us Through Your Son Jesus Christ,

and for Giving Us Your Holy Spirit,

To Live In Us, To Teach Us, and To Guide Us.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I wish to acknowledge all the people

who made themselves available to hear

these testimonies from Jesus Christ

through the Holy Spirit.
Table of Contents

1. God's Forgiveness

2. Forgive Or Go To Hell ?

3. Hell Testimony by Daniel Ekechukwu

4. Prophetic Testimony by Susan Davis

5. Hell Testimony Section by Victoria Nehale

6. Hell Testimony by Carmelo Brenes

7. Hell Testimony Section by Angelica Zambrano

8. Hell Testimony by Rogelio Mills

9. How to Love

10. Conclusion: Forgive or Go To Hell

Chapter 1

God's Forgiveness

God is so merciful and compassionate and He forgives so thoroughly that in Micah 7:18-19 it says that He casts our sins into the deep parts of the sea. Even in our modern era and even with the most advanced technology the deepest parts of the sea are still not accessible to man. So this analogy of our sins being cast into the depths of the sea is demonstrating the fact that God no longer accesses our sins to use against us. And He completely forgives us of them – when we ask Him to.

Micah 7:18-19 (KJV). 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His Heritage? He retaineth not His anger for ever, because He delighteth in mercy. 19 He will turn again, He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Notice also verse 18 which says that God delights in mercy.

Also in Psalm 103:12 God further emphasizes that our sins are taken from us to the extent that the east is from the west. Since the east never meets up with the west this is saying the distance is infinite. So God forgives so completely that our sins are removed from us to an infinite distance.

Psalm 103:12 (KJV). As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.

From these two scriptures alone we already see God's extreme emphasis on forgiveness. It's God's very nature and delight to show mercy and forgiveness.

And this forgiveness that God gives to us is so extremely and infinitely costly that it took Jesus to suffer horribly at the hands of men and to suffer death on the cross to pay for our sins. It also involved the spiritual weight of the sin and the forsaking of the Father towards His eternally beloved Son to pay for our sins. The punishment that we fully deserved was instead placed on Jesus so that we would not have to pay for our sins in Hell forever.

The extreme and eternal love and compassion that God the Father and Jesus demonstrated to forgive our sins was infinite in extent and depth. Our sin debt to God was indeed infinite and extreme.

I wanted to emphasize this extreme mercy on God's part to us to emphasize the wickedness of behavior shown when we refuse to forgive another for a sin or sins they have done to us.

God expects that we show mercy to others just like He has shown to us. When you don't, then this reveals a very wicked and evil heart. And God sees this as a very great evil – punishable by being cast into Hell itself. This He reveals in Matthew 6:14-15, as well as in Matthew 18:21-35 and in many other scriptures.

As well as the Word of God in the Bible, (as you will see later in this book) God has also given several people revelations of people that were cast into Hell and nearly cast into Hell because of a lack of forgiveness. The Word of God alone is enough to get this truth across to us but God also has supplied divine revelations of Hell to re-emphasize this extremely vital truth.
Chapter 2

Forgive Or Go To Hell?

Jesus said your sins would not be forgiven if you don't forgive others. And if your sins are not forgiven your destination is Hell.

In Matthew 6:14-15 Jesus said: "For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." Matthew 6:14-15

Jesus is so clear here. If you do not forgive others then you lose your own salvation. Jesus' statement in Mat 6:14-15 is so very clear that it is a wonder how anybody can twist it to mean anything else.

In Colossians 1:13-14 the Holy Spirit through Paul said: "He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

This means that you have redemption or salvation only if your sins are forgiven. And if you refuse to forgive others then God Himself says that your sins are not forgiven and so you don't have redemption.

Another statement from God that our salvation is directly dependent on us forgiving others. Of course to be saved in the first place we must have already received Jesus as our Lord. And to receive Jesus as Lord means that He really is your Lord – your Boss, your King, your Master - the One you are willingly obedient to. The One you love and obey. And part of that obedience is obedience on Jesus' command to forgive others – especially when Jesus Himself clearly states that your own forgiveness is directly dependent on you forgiving others.

How God Views Unforgiveness

To understand how God sees unforgiveness Jesus gave us the passage in Matthew 18:21-35 (NASB) which reads as follows:

21 Then Peter came and said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" 22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

23 "For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 "When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25 "But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made. 26 "So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.' 27 "And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt.

28 "But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe.' 29 "So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you.' 30 "But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.

31 "So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had happened. 32 "Then summoning him, his lord said to him, 'You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. 33 'Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?' 34 "And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him. 35 "My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart."

Footnotes to Mat 18:21-35 :

18:24 A talent (original greek) was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer. Median U.S.A. wage (year 2011) = $25 thousand / yr = $1/2 million / 20 years = 1 talent. This implies that 10000 talents = $5 Billion.

What this means is that the 10000 talents that the first servant owed his master was equivalent to $5,000,000,000 dollars = $5 Billion Dollars (in 2011 US Dollars).

18:28 100 denarii (original greek). A denarius was equivalent to a laborer's full day's wage. Median U.S.A. wage (year 2011) = $25 thousand / yr = $70/day. This implies that 100 denarii = 100 days = $7 Thousand.

What this means is that the 100 denari that the second servant (servant of the first servant) owed his master was 7000 dollars.

The following are the specific points that Jesus is teaching us:

Our Sins Are Great Against God. So great that you could never pay for them yourself. In fact the analogy that Jesus made of ten thousand talents that the wicked servant owed his master was $5 Billion dollars. No one with a typical wage could ever pay back this much – not even in a thousand lifetimes.

God Freely Forgives Our Sins. If we ask Him to, by repenting and confessing that we have sinned against Him and asking His forgiveness, and receiving Jesus as our Lord. Only the blood of Jesus can cleanse us from the penalty and stain of our sin.

The Trespasses Against Us Are Comparatively Small, Even tiny compared to our sins against God. Jesus makes the analogy of a brother transgressing against us as owing $7000 dollars. It was of some significance but a working laborer could reasonably earn enough to pay back this amount. We may amplify a sin against us as a large debt but compared to what each of us owes God (a $5 billion dollar debt) it is nothing in comparison. Of course our debt of sin against God is actually infinite. But the analogy Jesus is making is that the sin that someone commits against us is as nothing in comparison to the sin that we have made against God. If you do the math the numbers show that we owe God ($5 billion) and this is about a million times worse than what ever sin someone made against us ($7 thousand).

We Should Therefore Most Freely Forgive Others. Because God had extremely generous compassion on you – you should have compassion on someone who sins against you.

We Should Forgive Others Or God Will Not Forgive You. "If you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." Matthew 6:15. That if we do not, God views us as evil, and He will be justly angry with us, and punish us for all our sins in Hell.

Torture In Hell. And this punishment for unforgiveness will be forever in Hell itself – with severe torture by the demons in Hell. (vs 34, "handed him over to the torturers")

Torment In This Life. If you don't forgive, not only will you be tormented in Hell for eternity, you will also be tormented and in anguish while in this life because of the bitterness and resentment of unforgiveness. Actual demons, though you may not see them with your physical eyes, will surround you and mentally torture you by vengeful and hurtful suggestions to your mind and soul. Reminding you continually of the hurts that people have inflicted on you.

We Should Forgive "From Your Hearts". That is, not merely in words, but really and truly to feel and act toward him as if he had not transgressed against you.

Likewise Shall My Heavenly Father Do Also Unto You. Notice that in verse 35 Jesus says that likewise shall my Heavenly Father do also unto you. Observe Jesus says, "My Heavenly Father" - not your's. God will not be your Heavenly Father unless you imitate His spirit of mercy, and are as ready to forgive others their trespasses as He is to forgive your own. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy" (Mat 5:7). "As ye measure out to others it shall be measured to you" (Mat 7:2). "Forgive us our trespasses even as we forgive those who trespass against us" (Mat 6:12). "Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap" (Gal 6:7). If we are hard and unforgiving to our fellow-man, we can never expect the Heavenly Father to overlook our own sins. It is a vital doctrine that we, by our own mind towards others, determine what shall be the mind of God towards us.

"If you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." Matthew 6:15

"Son [Jesus], in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Colossians 1:14

Based on the parable of the unmerciful servant, and these two above scriptures:

  * If You Do Not Forgive Then You Will NOT Be Forgiven.

  * If You Do Not Have Forgiveness Then You Do NOT Have Redemption.

  * If You Do Not Have Redemption Then You WILL Be Damned To HELL.

Conclusion:

If You Do Not Forgive You Will Go To Hell.

As you can see the Word of God (the Bible) is very clear on this point. Ignore this truth at your own eternal CERTAINTY of Hell. In later chapters I will present some truthful testimonies about people who saw people in Hell that were there due to unforgiveness. This is real folks. God, which allowed the testimonies, is giving us serious eternal warnings to us about this. Stop doubting and believe God – at least from His word.
A Word About Forgiving With Compassion

Once you believe what God tells you about forgiving others it becomes immediately urgent that you obey God and forgive others. It is possible to forgive others solely because you don't want to go to Hell. Although you can do this, please realize that this motive is only a beginning as Proverbs 9:10a states: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," What God is really looking for is that you have a true heart of compassion and mercy for others. To have a forgiving heart as a matter of lifestyle - fully ingrained in your spirit and character. This is what Jesus meant in Mat 18:35 by "forgive his brother from your heart."

If you find it difficult to do this, then ask God to give you His compassion in your heart for that person who wronged you. Sincerely ask God to forgive that person who wronged you. And of course you, yourself forgive him. Ask God to bless him and cause him to grow in Christ and mature and be the person God meant him to be. Ask God to give the person wisdom so that he can avoid making the same mistake with others. In that way God can forgive him and he will avoid hurting others.

As Jesus commands us in Matthew 4:44-45, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in Heaven."

"That you may be children of your Father in Heaven"... Wow ! The Holy Spirit just enlightened me on this part of this Scripture. To be a child of God, Jesus is saying that we need to love those who harm us or seek to harm us. Then we will truly be children of God. Notice that this is not just icing on the cake. This is a necessary trait that we need to be considered (by Jesus) children of God. Just like forgiveness – which is very closely associated with this scripture. To forgive and to truly love even enemies goes to the core of a Godly character and to be truly considered a child of God.
About The Visions Of Unforgiveness And Hell

In the rest of this book I will be covering some visions and revelations that Jesus has given to people that have seen Hell. It fearfully illustrates how people who refused to forgive were sent to Hell. However, even without these revelations, God clearly and directly from the Bible has already told us that our sins would NOT be forgiven if we refuse to forgive others. So even without these frightful visions and revelations, God's Word in the Bible has already told us the truth about unforgiveness.

Even if you are not sure about the truthfulness of the visions and revelations, you can still be sure about the truthfulness of God's Word in the Bible.

God does not give idle warnings and He absolutely, definitely does NOT lie. He fulfills ALL of His promises and warnings in the Bible.

Chapter 3

Hell Testimony about Unforgiveness

by Daniel Ekechukwu

As Narrated by David Servant

( Free website download. heavensfamily.org

Used by permission. )

Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu and his Resurrection from the Dead.

www.heavensfamily.org/ss/Daniel_main

Soon after it occurred in December of 2001, I heard the report of Nigerian pastor Daniel Ekechukwu's resurrection via e-mail from my friend, pastor David K. Aboderin, of Lagos, Nigeria. I also heard about this miracle from my friend Brent Regis, son-in-law of Reinhard Bonnkee. Bonnkee had been preaching at the church where Ekechukwu was resurrected a short time before it occurred. Brent told me at that time some of the details of pastor Ekechukwu's experience in Hell. Some months after that, I also watched the video documentary of that miracle produced by Christ for all Nations, which focused primarily on the miracle of the resurrection. I wanted to learn more about the incident. Since I was scheduled to spend the first two weeks of September, 2002 teaching at three pastors' conferences in Nigeria, I told David Aboderin that if it would be possible, I would like to meet pastor Ekechukwu, and I prayed that the Lord would make it possible.

I learned that pastor Ekechukwu was from a village called Amaimo, Imo State, and that he was pastoring a church in the city of Onitsha, Anambra State, called Power Chapel Evangelical Church. Onitsha was about a three-hour drive from where our final conference would be held, in the eastern Nigerian city of Umahia. So I asked the pastors at that conference if any of them knew how we could find pastor Ekechukwu. One young man raised his hand and told me that he had a friend who had a friend who personally knew pastor Ekechukwu. However, we also learned that pastor Ekechukwu was very difficult to meet, as he is in great demand.

To make a long story short, we eventually learned that pastor Ekechukwu was temporarily staying at a hotel just five minutes from David Aboderin's home in Lagos, where I would be lodging during my final three days in Nigeria. We were also given the opportunity to meet him. So in a country of 130 million people, and in a city of 12 million, the man I wanted to meet was lodging just five minutes away from me! It was either great coincidence or wonderful providence. I was given the favor of personally meeting with Daniel Ekechukwu twice during those three days and also talking with several people on his ministry staff who were very familiar with his story.

The following report has been compiled from several sources:

1 from pastor Daniel Ekechukwu himself by means of personal discussions I had with him from September 12-14, 2002, while I was in Lagos, Nigeria,

2 from his personal written testimony contained in his own self-published booklet which he gave me, titled Miracle of the 21st Century,

3 from listening to his public testimony on September 13th at The Chapel of Glory, Lagos, Nigeria,

4 from the documentary video produced and sold by the ministry of Christ for all Nations, which includes the testimonies of pastor Daniel, the doctor who pronounced him dead, Daniel's wife, Daniel's father, the mortician who embalmed Daniel, and several pastors who were present at his resurrection, and

5 from a personal discussion with Ede Samuel, a long-time friend and personal assistant to pastor Daniel, who also was an eye-witness of many of the events surrounding Daniel's death and resurrection.

The events described in the following report are factual to the best of my knowledge and memory. I've sent this report to a Nigerian man named Uche Chikezie, who was Daniel Ekechukwu's Public Relations Director, and he affirmed that all that I reported is true. I am persuaded that due to complications from an automobile accident, Nigerian pastor Daniel Ekechukwu physically died in the late evening of Friday, November 30th, 2001, was dead for at least 42 hours, visited Heaven and Hell during the time of his physical death, and was raised from the dead between 3:50 PM and 5:15 PM on Sunday, December 2nd, in the basement of the Grace of God Mission, located in Onitsha, Nigeria. Pastor Ekechukwu's resurrection is the greatest modern miracle of which I've heard.

Although some of what happened to pastor Ekechukwu is certainly extra-biblical, none of it is unbiblical. Indeed, neither the story of Daniel Ekechukwu's resurrection or the story of your salvation is found in the Bible, making them both extra-biblical, but neither should be discounted on that basis.

The Account.

On Thursday, November 29th, 2001, Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu and his wife, Nneka, had a misunderstanding that degenerated into an argument that ended in her slapping him. He was very offended by this incident, to the point of not even acknowledging her attempt to reconcile the next morning. Pastor Daniel admitted that throughout the day of November 30th, he angrily thought about how he would put his wife in her place when he returned home. He would not, however, make it home that Friday.

As he was driving home that evening, the brakes on his 20-year old Mercedes 230E failed as he was heading down a steep hill, and his car crashed into a concrete pillar that was built to prevent cars from going over a steep embankment. He was not wearing a seat belt. few Nigerians did in 2001, but that changed in 2003, when wearing a seat-belt become a national law , and his chest hit very forcibly against the steering wheel and its knob, apparently doing damage to his internal organs, as he was soon vomiting up blood and having difficulty breathing not to mention that he soon lost all signs of life . Daniel was not able to remove himself from his car, but frantic on-lookers pulled him out. One bystander volunteered her car while another bystander offered to drive him to Saint Charles Borromeo Hospital, not far away on the outskirts of Onitsha.

Within minutes of their arrival at the hospital, a doctor began administering emergency treatment, but Daniel knew his body was not responding to it. He began praying the prayer of a man who knows he is going to die, asking God to forgive him of all his sins so that he would be ready to stand before the Lord. He also sent for his wife, Nneka, with whom he had refused to speak when he left his home earlier that day. She fainted upon hearing the news of her husband's accident and condition, but when revived was taken by a Christian neighbor to the hospital. Daniel's friend, Ede Samuel whom I interviewed at length was with her and essentially witnessed everything that transpired over the next three days.

Upon seeing Daniel in critical condition when she arrived at Saint Charles Borromeo hospital, Daniel's wife burst into tears, begging her husband not to die and leave her. The doctor admitted that there was nothing he could do to save Daniel's life keep in mind this was a Third World hospital , and so Daniel requested that he be transferred by ambulance to Umezuruike Hospital at Owerri, where his personal doctor practiced. The Umezuruike hospital was 80 kilometer away. Daniel's wife arranged for the ambulance against the advice of doctors at Saint Charles hospital. It was on the way to Umezuruike Hospital that Daniel died.

Daniel was lying in the back of the ambulance while his wife was in the front passenger seat. He began to feel that he was not going to survive, and so he called for his wife to come to him. He began to say goodbye, give her instructions about certain church and personal documents, and admonished her to take care of their sons and his church. She began sobbing greatly and amidst her tears strongly rebuked him for such negative statements. He was a man of God and should have faith, and not be speaking of dying!

As she was speaking, Daniel saw two large angels they were so large that he later wondered how they fit inside the ambulance -- one was as big as the ambulance who were completely white even the pupils of their eyes . Daniel tried to speak to the angels, but one held his finger to his lips, motioning for his silence. The angels lifted him on either side, and Daniel realized that there were now two of himself. The angels were holding him under each arm of his spirit man which was perfectly whole , while his broken body was lying below. Once they left the ambulance, Daniel became oblivious to the natural world.

When the ambulance arrived at Umezuruike Hospital with Daniel's body, it was now late at night Friday, November 30th , and Daniel's doctor was not there. A member of the medical staff, however, examined his body and sadly told Nneka that her husband was dead and there was nothing that could be done. Nneka refused to believe the bad report.

So they drove to the Federal Medical Center in Owerri, but found no doctor there either. Finally they drove to the Eunice Clinic, and there Daniel was confirmed to be dead by Doctor Jossy Anuebunwa. There was no breathing, no heartbeat or pulse, and Daniel's pupils were dilated and fixed. The doctor said that there was nothing he could do. A death certificate was issued at 11 30 PM, November 30, 2001.

They then drove Daniel's corpse to his father's house in a nearby village, and naturally Daniel's father and other family members were heartbroken at the sight of Daniel's dead body, weeping profusely. Daniel's father instructed them to take his body to Ikeduru General Hospital Mortuary now known as Inyishi Community Hospital mortuary not far away. They arrived there around 1 AM on Saturday morning. The resident mortician, Mr. Darlington Manu, received the corpse and the family members departed.

The primitive Nigerian mortuary where Daniel's body was taken had no cold storage facilities, and so the mortician injected embalming chemicals into Daniel's fingers and into his feet. He then prepared to fully embalm Daniel's body by cutting Daniel's inner thigh in order to insert a tube by which he could inject more embalming fluid. As he did this, he experienced a shock that pushed him away from the corpse. This did not surprise him, as he had experienced similar forces before and attributed them to occult powers. Such things are widely practiced in Africa and highly respected by all African pastors whom I know. Africans never understand the skepticism of Americans regarding the reality of occult power.

After a second attempt and a second shock that somewhat paralyzed his right arm, he concluded that Daniel must have been a member of a powerful secret society. He assumed, however, that after some occult sacrifices and incantations the powers in the corpse would subside, and he could then complete his work. This mortician, of course, was not a Christian, but converted after Daniel's resurrection. So he instructed an assistant to lay Daniel's body in the rear of the mortuary where many other corpses were already laid. Incidentally, Daniel said that people could smell the embalming chemicals coming out of his body for two weeks after his resurrection. They would hug him and hold their noses.

Around 2 AM Saturday morning, the mortician, who lived very close to the mortuary, was disturbed by songs of worship coming from inside his mortuary, which stopped as soon as approached the mortuary doorway. This occurred twice. Upon searching for the music's source in his mortuary, he noticed some kind of light emanating from the face of Daniel's corpse. This completely unnerved him.

The mortician was so disturbed over what was happing that that he located Daniel's father on Saturday morning to inform him of what had been happening and to request that he remove Daniel's corpse from his mortuary. Then, on Saturday night, while she was sleeping, Daniel's wife experienced a dream in which she saw the face of her husband, and he was asking her why they had left him in the mortuary. He stated that he was not dead and that she should take him to Onitsha where German evangelist Reinhard Bonnkee was preaching. She determined to do so, even though her family thought she was out of her mind.

Daniel had been dead for more than 28 hours. The family finally yielded, but purchased a casket and brought funeral clothing for the mortician to dress Daniel. Rigor mortis had fully set in by this time. An ambulance was hired on Sunday morning, December 2nd, and the casket that contained Daniel's body was taken to Grace of God Mission a large church in Onitsha, about one and half hours away, where evangelist Reinhard Bonnkee was preaching at an afternoon church dedication service. They arrived at the church around 1 PM.

The church grounds were being protected by swarms of federal, state and local security guards for the sake of Reinhard Bonnkee, who has received many death threats, and who is hated by Muslims all over Africa. Not to mention the fact that the World Trade Center had been destroyed by Muslim hijackers just weeks before. For this reason, the security guards would not allow the casket to be brought onto church grounds, thinking it might actually contain explosives.

Daniel's wife loudly pleaded with them, and opened the casket to show them her dead husband, which resulted in their mocking and even flogging her because of her persistence to gain entrance. She caused such a disturbance that the senior pastor was notified, and his son instructed that Daniel's wife be permitted to bring his body to the church without the casket, and that it be placed in the basement. Daniel's body was laid there on two tables pushed together in a Sunday School room.

Some believers gathered around Daniel's body and prayed while Reinhard Bonnkee, who knew nothing of the dead body in the basement, preached and prayed. Eventually, it was noticed that Daniel's corpse twitched, and then irregular breathing started. By this time, Reinhard Bonnkee had left the premises entirely. The attendant believers began praying fervently, and because his body was stiff and cold, they began massaging his neck, arms and legs. When those in the sanctuary got word that a dead man below was coming back to life, the basement room was soon jammed with people. Suddenly Daniel sneezed and arose with a jump. It was somewhere between 3:50 and 5:15 PM on Sunday afternoon. Daniel had died Friday night around 10 PM. He slowly became fully coherent over the next few hours.

Daniel stood with the angel and watched a multitude of worshipping people who were dressed in sparkling white garments. He immediately thought they were angels, but the escorting angel told him that they were human beings who, "while they lived on earth, served God and had their faith focused on Christ Jesus and lived righteously." These people were all ageless and raceless. That is, none appeared to be young or middle-aged or elderly, and none had any racial distinctives in their appearance. All were focused on a very bright light above them, and all worshipped in perfect unison. They would all lift their hands at once and bow at once "as if a sort of electronic device was activating them."

Daniel did notice one man who looked elderly among the multitude, and the thought occurred to him that perhaps that man was God, but the escorting angel immediately corrected him. The man was father Abraham. Read Luke 16:19-31 for a story Jesus told that speaks of Abraham in the afterlife.

Daniel longed to join the worshippers, but the angel told him that there were other things Daniel needed to see. He told Daniel they would next go to see Jesus' promise to His followers, the mansion He had prepared for those whom "He would find righteous on the last day." Immediately they were there. Daniel said there is no earthly way to describe what he saw. The mansion had no apparent end to its height or width. It continually moved, and each room also revolved in some manner. It was made of something that was transparent like glass, and the floors appear to be made of light. Daniel didn't see anybody in the great mansion, but heard beautiful singing. Wondering where the music was coming from, the angel immediately pointed him to the many flowers around the mansion. When Daniel looked at them more closely, they were moving and swaying and singing praise to God!

The angel told Daniel, "The mansion is ready but the saints of God are not. Jesus is being delayed because Christians in the church are not ready yet." This is entirely scriptural. see 2 Peter 3:12.

Next, the angel took Daniel to Hell, and they stood at the gate. When the angel lifted his hand and let it fall again, the gate opened, and Daniel could immediately hear the awful sounds of people screaming and weeping, but everything in Hell was in total blackness. Then a bright light shone from the angel, and Daniel could see many groups of people in anguish. He told me of several specific groups that went through endless cycles of torment, held captive to the same sins they practiced on earth.

One group consisted of people who would eat their own flesh and then vomit it out onto the ground, at which time the vomit would fly back onto their bodies and turn back into flesh that they would eat again. The angel told Daniel these people were those who had eaten human flesh as an occult practice. Such things occur in Africa all the time. Another group, who had stolen land from others while on earth, endlessly dug rock-hard ground with their bare hands.

As I heard Daniel relate this scene, I couldn't help but thinking of how many times Scripture declares that God will repay every person according to his or her deeds, and also promises that everyone will reap precisely what they have sown. I remembered the story Jesus told of Lazarus and the rich man. In the afterlife, their roles were exactly reversed. The rich man longed for a drip of water from Lazarus just as Lazarus had previously longed for a crumb from the rich man's table.

Pastor Daniel also saw the former military dictator of Nigeria. He saw a Christian who had dabbled in occult practices and fallen away from the Lord, and a pastor who had embezzled money from his own church and also lied about it. The former pastor pleaded that he would return the money if Daniel could help him escape Hell. Although there were different kinds of tortures, all of the people in Hell writhed in agony under an unseen force that would wrench them repeatedly. All of them were shouting, wailing and gnashing their teeth. Pastor Daniel told me that if every Christian could see what he saw, there would be no need to preach the gospel, as every Christian would become the gospel.

The most surprising thing is what happened next. The escorting angel told pastor Daniel, "If your record is to be called here, you will in no doubt be thrown into Hell." Pastor Daniel immediately defended himself saying, "I am a man of God! I serve Him with all my heart!" But a Bible appeared in the angel's hand, and it was opened to Matthew 5 where Jesus warned that if one calls his brother a fool he is guilty enough to go into the Hell of fire. See Matthew 5:21-22.

Pastor Daniel knew he was guilty for the angry words he had spoken to his wife. The angel also reminded him that Jesus promised that God will not forgive our sins if we do not forgive others. see Matthew 6:14-15 , because we will reap what we have sown. Only those who are merciful will obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7 . The angel told Daniel that the prayers he prayed as he was dying in the hospital were of no effect, because he refused to forgive his wife even when she attempted to reconcile on the morning of his fatal accident.

Pastor Daniel wept at this revelation, but the angel told him not to cry, because God was going to send him back to the earth to grant the rich man's request. see Luke 16:27-30 . A man would come back from the dead and warn people of Hell. The angel said that Daniel's resurrection would serve as a sign and be the last warning for this generation.

Finally, pastor Daniel was led to the top of a mountain, at which there was a large hole full of darkness. There the escorting angel handed Daniel to a man standing there whom he did not recognize at first, but soon realized it was German evangelist Reinhard Bonnkee. The angel told Daniel that man would help him spread the gospel of salvation.

Both Daniel and Reverend Bonnkee fell into the hole, and that is when pastor Daniel jumped up from the table where he lay at the Grace of God mission. He was back in his body after having been dead for at least 42 hours, almost two full days.

As you may imagine, pastor Daniel greatly emphasizes in his preaching the need to forgive those who have wronged us, lest anyone suffer the fate he almost suffered. How important it is that we obey Jesus' commandments regarding forgiveness and walking in love toward each other, as well as all the rest of His commandments. It is indeed time for the church to repent and "pursue peace with all men, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord". Hebrews 12:14.

Do not listen to false teachers who say that holiness is not essential to ultimately gain eternal life. Jesus warned that only those who do the will of His Father will enter the kingdom of Heaven. see Matthew 7:21 . Do not listen to teachers who say that if you are once saved you are guaranteed that you will always be saved. Jesus warned His closest disciples. see Matthew 24 1-3 of the possibility of their not being ready when He returned and being cast into Hell. see Matthew 24:42-25:46 .

If we expect God to forgive us, we must forgive others. That is what Jesus solemnly promised. Are you ready to stand before Jesus, sincere and blameless?

God has repeatedly promised in His Word that He will render to every person according to his deeds. Paul wrote,

But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each person according to his deeds to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey un-righteousness, wrath and indignation. There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Romans 2:5-10.

The people whom Daniel saw endlessly eating their own flesh were apparently being judged for eating human flesh as an occult practice during their lives. In the Old Testament, God promised He would judge wicked people by leaving them no alternative but to eat the flesh of their own dead children. See Deuteronomy 28:54-57. As foretold in the New Testament book of Revelation, when God will wrathfully turn the waters of the earth into blood, an angel will declare, "Righteous are You, who are and who were, O Holy One, because You judged these things; for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They deserve it". Revelation 16:5-6.

Unless people repent, God is going to give them exactly what they deserve. They will reap what they have sown, and thus Hell will be customized for every sinner. Jesus warned of this "And that slave who knew his master's will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes, but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. Luke 12:47-48.

Certainly the one aspect of Daniel's experience in Hell that is the most sobering was the angel's declaration that Daniel would have ended up there because of his unforgiveness if God had not had mercy on him. Can unforgiveness actually cause a Christian to end up in Hell? Again, Scripture answers Yes. Do you remember the parable of the unforgiving servant found in Matthew 18:21-35? When the master learned that his servant whom he had graciously forgiven had refused to forgive a fellow servant, he was "moved with anger," and "handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him". Matthew 18:34 . That is, the servant's formerly-forgiven and unpayable debt was reinstated, so that he found himself once again owing what he could never repay, under the wrath of his master and handed over to be tortured. Jesus then warned, "So shall My Heavenly Father do to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart". Matthew 18:35 .

Clearly, this was a warning to Christians as proven by the external context. see Matthew 18:1-2,21. the parable was spoken to believers, admonishing them to forgive their brothers , and by the internal context, as the unforgiving servant obviously represents a person who was previously forgiven by God, a Christian. But that forgiven person's forgiven status was annulled. He reaped what he had sown. Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu was no different than the unforgiving servant in Jesus' parable. So why should we be surprised that an angel told Daniel Ekechukwu what Jesus has told all of His followers?

All of this is to say that Christians can forfeit their salvation by unforgiveness. If you are among those who believe that if you are once saved you are guaranteed that you will always be saved, you need to re-think your position. That view is not only disproved by the parable of the unforgiving servant, but also by many other scriptures. See Matthew 24:4-5,11-13,23-26,42-51, Matthew 25:1-30, Luke 8:11-15, Luke 11:24-28, Luke 12:42-46, John 6:66-71, John 8:31-32,51, John 15:1-6, Acts 11:21-23, Acts 14:21-22, Romans 6:11-23, Romans 8:12-14,17, Romans 11:20-22, 1 Corinthians 9:23-27, 1 Corinthians 10:1-21, 1 Corinthians 11:29-32, 1 Corinthians 15:1-2, 2 Corinthians 1:24, 2 Corinthians 11:2-4, 2 Corinthians 12:21-13 5, Galatians 5:1-4, Galatians 6:7-9, Phillipians 2:12-16, Phillipians 3:17-4, Colossians 1:21-23, Colossians 2:4-8, 18-19, 1 Thessalonians 3:1-8, 1 Timothy 1 3-7,18-20, 1 Timothy 4:1-16, 1 Timothy 5:5-6,11-15, 1 Timothy 6:9-12,17-19,20-21, 2 Timothy 2:11-18, 2 Timothy 3:13-15, Hebrews 2:1-3, Hebrews 3:6-19, Hebrews 4:1-16, Hebrews 5:8-9, Hebrews 6:4-9,10-20, Hebrews 10:19-39, Hebrews 12:1-17,25-29, James 1:12-16, James 4:4-10, James 5:19-20, 2 Peter 1:5-11, 2 Peter 2:1-22, 2 Peter 3:16-17, 1 John 2:15-2 28, 1 John 5:16, 2 John 6-9, Jude 20-21, Revelation 2:7,10-11,17-26, Revelation 3:4-5,8-12,14-22, Revelation 21:7-8, Revelation 22:18-19.

Jesus solemnly warned that if we don't forgive others, God will not forgive us. This is so vital that we should examine ourselves in this regard at least as much as every time we pray according to Jesus, Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in Heaven will also forgive you your transgressions. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in Heaven forgive your transgressions. Mark 11:25-26.

This is so fundamental that the concept is included in the Lord's Prayer, which says, 'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors'. "For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions. Matthew 6:12-15.

Jesus said, "If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. "And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' forgive him". Luke 17:3-4. In the parable of the unforgiving servant mentioned earlier, note that both first and second servants requested mercy.

In pastor Daniel's case, his wife had sought for reconciliation, Daniel had refused her, and then he experienced his ill-timed death. Thank God that He had mercy on Daniel, and in so doing, God has shown His mercy to all of us who are not ready to stand before Him because of unforgiveness in our hearts.

Clearly, it is a very great evil in God's eyes to refuse to forgive a brother or sister in Christ. This is, however, commonly practiced by those of us who name Jesus as Lord. When offended, we harbor a grudge and tell everyone of the offense, gossiping, adding sin to our sin, and placing ourselves in the danger of being judged by God. see Matthew 7:1-5. Jesus warned us that if our relationship with our brother is not right, our relationship with God is not right either.

Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. Matthew 5:23-24.

If we realize that we have offended a brother, we should stop what we are doing, even if we are performing some spiritual obligation, and go to that brother to work towards reconciliation, just as Jesus taught.

Thus, both the offender if he realizes what he has done and the offended have responsibility before God to make no delay in working for reconciliation. And if they can't reach reconciliation, they should seek the help of others until reconciliation is reached or until one party is excommunicated from the church, according to Christ's instructions in Matthew 18:15-17. Obviously, this is serious stuff to God.

As our general rule, we should imitate God, who longs for sinners to turn from their sins and be reconciled to Him, and so He always is working towards reconciliation, patiently waiting for sinners to repent. We, too, should maintain an "open-heart" policy, always doing what we can to be at peace with others. In this regard, Paul wrote, "If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men". Romans 12:18 . Both Jesus and Stephen prayed for God to forgive the very people who were killing them. We, too, have the same capacity to love by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu is now calling Christians to do what Christ has been commanding all His followers to do for two thousand years. Forgive one another. And he is doing it with the passion of a man who really believes that Jesus meant what He said. What if the whole thing is a hoax? Then the worst thing that will come out of it is that hundreds of thousands, and perhaps millions, of Christians will examine their lives and obey Jesus' commandments regarding forgiveness. Thus they will be more ready to meet Him when He comes. That isn't so bad, is it? And even if we ignore everything that Daniel Ekechukwu says, we would be wise to not ignore anything Jesus said. He had a lot to say about the absolute necessity of forgiveness and the dire consequences of unforgiveness.

If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. 1 Peter 1:17-19.

Finally, I videotaped an interview of Daniel himself for almost one hour on his experiences in Heaven and Hell. He is a passionate communicator. There is no doubt that he believes his experience was from God. He elaborated in much more detail than he had with me the previous year. As I listened to him, I had the continual sense that Daniel found it very difficult to describe to his own satisfaction what he heard and saw because the spiritual realm is so different than the material realm, and there is nothing to use as a comparison to provide an explanation. I get that same sense when I read any of the prophets or John's Revelation.

I also had the sense that he himself could not understand everything he experienced while he was out of his body, and he was still contemplating them and trying to figure them out. He would tell me his speculations about certain things he did not understand. For example, Daniel said that the angel who escorted him always used the word "we," speaking of himself and at least one other person whom Daniel didn't see. Daniel thinks that perhaps there were other angels around him of which he was not aware. I suggested that perhaps that angel was speaking on behalf of God, as we read in Scripture that angels often do, and God was using the word "we" just as He used the word 'us" in the first chapters of Genesis. Daniel wasn't sure.

Daniel again told me that his whole experience out of his body seemed like only fifteen minutes to him, and that when he was resurrected, he thought his experience had just been a powerful dream. However, his wife eventually convinced him that he had been lying in a mortuary the previous two nights between two other corpses. If Daniel's experience was just a dream, it was a dream of amazing detail and revelation.

I also learned that Nneka had begged Daniel to forgive her for slapping him prior to his departure from their home on the morning of November 30, 2001. But he had refused. He said such a thing (a wife slapping a husband) is never done in his country. It is an "abomination." His intention was to wait until after church on Sunday to ban her for one year's separation from him to his father's compound in the village of Amaimo. Women's liberation has not reached rural Nigeria yet. After his resurrection, however, Daniel told his wife that his forgiveness is like bread in the refrigerator -- if she wants it, she can come and get it anytime she wants!

Daniel also gave me some information about the difference between Paradise and Heaven, and Hell and the lake of fire. For example, he said that many people think that Hell and the lake of the fire are the same, but they are not. Hell is just a temporary holding place, and eventually everyone in Hell will be judged at the Great White Throne of Judgment, and then will be cast into the lake of fire. I already knew that, as it is contained in Scripture. We read in Revelation 20:14 that death and Hell, or as the N.A.S.B. more accurately says "Hades", will be cast into the lake of fire.

Daniel said that prior to Jesus' death and resurrection, the saints who died went to a place in Hell. I would prefer to say "Hades," as more accurately translated by the N.A.S.B. Hades is the Greek word that is equivalent to the Old Testament Hebrew word "Sheol". compare Acts 2:27 with Psalm 16:10. Sheol or Hades was the Old Testament abode of the wicked and righteous after death, apparently consisting of a place of torment and a place of comfort. see Luke 16:19-31. Daniel said that after His death, Jesus took the righteous with Him to Paradise. I have heard the same doctrine taught many times in America by conservative Evangelicals.

I asked Daniel about the sign he saw over the gate of Hell that he saw which said, "Welcome to the Gate of Hell." I told him I had a hard time believing that God would put such a sign there, as it would seem to be sarcastic, out-of-character, mockery. Daniel told me something that I had never considered, and still would like to consider in light of Scripture. He said that Satan still has authority over the un-righteous in Hell, just as he did on earth, and that Hell is actually Satan's domain. There the devil tortures and torments his own, keeping them captive to the very sins they were enslaved to while they served him on earth. Having nothing to lose, Satan no longer deceives them about his true nature, and so he fully reveals it to them, hating his own spiritual children who have served him.

God doesn't deal with the unrighteous until they are brought before the Great White Throne of judgment, after which they are cast into the lake of fire. That lake is a manifestation of God's judgment against them, and that is why both Hell and Satan himself are ultimately cast there. One could wonder: If Hell is God's domain of punishment, why would He not cast people into Hell after their judgment at His Great White Throne, rather than into the lake of fire? Why wouldn't He cast Satan there as well, rather than into the lake of fire as we are told He will do? And why would God cast Hell itself into the lake of fire if it is something of His design? Finally, why did Jesus promise that "the Gates of Hades" , or "Hell" as the King James Version says, would not overpower His church. see Matthew 16:18, if "the Gates of Hades" speak of or represent a place of God's domain? Those are a few questions to think about.

Daniel also indicated that Paradise and the place of the great mansion, the "Father's house" that Jesus has prepared for His people, are different places. Presently, believers who die go to Paradise, not to the great mansion. He said it is only at the return of Christ when Jesus will take believers from Paradise and the earth and bring them into the mansion, His "Father's house", as He perhaps implied in John 14:2-3. Daniel said that the great mansion he saw is the New Jerusalem, or at least part of it, that will one day come down from Heaven to earth. See Revelation 21:2,10.

In any case, I completed my investigation even more convinced that Daniel Ekechukwu did die on the night of November 30, 2001, and came back to life on the afternoon of December 2, 2001, in response to the persistent faith of his wife, Nneka. The evidence is very compelling. I am also more persuaded that Daniel's out-of-the body experience was genuine, and that he did have a divinely-granted opportunity to see parts of Heaven and Hell. And I have once again made certain that I am harboring no unforgiveness in my heart!

Chapter 4

Prophetic Testimony by Susan Davis:

( Email Sent By Susan Davis. Used by permission. )

"I am your GOD and I am telling you, that

You will not enter MY Kingdom if you have unforgiveness for anyone."

Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013

Subject: The LORD's Words: SERIOUS WARNING

The LORD's Words for Today (Posted at www.End-Times-Prophecy.Com)

Dear Followers of CHRIST: In a previous Letter from the LORD, HE gave a warning to the people about "un-forgiveness" and the importance of forgiving everyone to be received into the Kingdom of GOD. A reader sent this powerful letter after reading the LORD's Letter on "un-forgiveness." I have decided to send his letter and to re-run the LORD's Letter about "un-forgiveness" along with it. Here is a letter from our reader, Evangelist Sommy Erekosima of Nigeria, who is graduate of Sonite Publishers Ltd, Publisher, End-Times Revelations Magazine and leader of GOD's Armour Bearers Outreach, a ministry that is engaged in witnessing CHRIST, organizing miracle crusades and training evangelists in Nigeria and abroad:

Bless you beloved Susan for delivering the LORD's un-diluted Truth. Several things happened that taught me the how to truly forgive and how to be delivered from un-forgiveness.

First, a Christian brother, who was highly gifted in prophesy and revelation died for four hours in 2003, 18th June. I had just concluded a three days waiting on the LORD without food and water.

This brother's anger and un-forgiving spirit was prayer number 11 on my prayer list. FATHER GOD heard my cry and gave him a second chance.

My Christian brother had a four hours after-death encounter. In his account he said, the Bible was opened before him and he was told that he could not enter heaven because of the spirit of un-forgiveneass. He said the angel told him that because I was pleading on his behalf, he has been granted a second chance to come back and make up. But he must not fail to alert the brethren that several Christians do not make heaven because of un-forgiveness.

Since then I have been preaching the sermon on Matthew 5:44 and it's amazing how many are in the trap of un-forgiveness.

Thank you for all your love for me and the household of CHRIST, our soon-coming GROOM. Shalom, Evangelist Sommy Erekosima, Nigeria

In a second note from Evangelist Sommy Erekosima, he wrote me (Susan), after I inquired if I could share his powerful story: Beloved Susan, go ahead and share it. It's our little effort to rescue millions from falling into hell fire. In fact, what I didn't add was that this Christian brother, who died and was refused entry into heaven had incredible gifts of prophesy and revelation. He used to follow me to crusades and then he could say many things GOD will do before time. One day, he commanded fire to come upon three robbers who attacked him on the road and they were slained.

Because of his gift he started to attract more prominence than myself - the crusade leader. But when he died, he said, I came face-to-face with the Mighty Book which was opened and the angel said, "You are not qualified to enter the gate of heaven." "But, because my servant (Sommy) is on his knees crying, you have been given a second chance."

"The angel told me to tell you (Sommy) to publish in your "End-Time Revelation Magazine" that the two common sins that affect Christians most are: 1.) Pride and 2.) Un-forgiveness. Tell the world that many great men of GOD that we suppose are in heaven, are not because of these two sins. I saw many of them crying when the Book was opened to show their record of un-forgiveness and pride," my brother in CHRIST said.

The truth is that I had a three days waiting alone with GOD on 15-17 June, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. During such meetings my phones, TV, and all communications were off. I ended up in the dry fast and the first phone call the following morning, 18th June was from my wife in Port Harcourt telling me that my friend and colleague was dead.

Meanwhile, my Christian brother was number 11 on my prayer list. All I was pleading for him during those three days was: "Oh LORD, deliver my brother from the spirit of anger." You can then understand why the news of his death troubled me, and I said to FATHER GOD, "How can you allow death to snatch my brother when I have been pleading on his behalf for the last three days?" GOD answered and raised my Christian brother up after four hours of having been confirmed dead.

So, I was not surprised when this friend and Christian brother said the LORD told him, "See my servant crying and pleading on your behalf and who was in Port Harcourt" and he didn't know I was waiting and could not have known that I was praying for him if not for the LORD having told him.

The LORD said to him: "For that reason you have a second chance, but let the world know of this!"

Susan, I believe it's the HOLY SPIRIT WHO wanted this truth published through you, because the "End-Time Revelation Magazine" which used to have a wide circulation in Nigeria that could have also published this testimony stopped circulation since 2001 because of lack of funds arising from gross embezzlement from the retailers who were mainly church ushers.

But GOD, WHO CANNOT BE LIMITED, may have decided to use your platform to publish it.

Let the NAME of our Awesome GOD be glorified!

Evangelist Sommy Erekosima, Nigeria

Words of the LORD:

"I am your GOD and I am telling you, that you will not enter MY Kingdom if you have un-forgiveness for anyone."

(Words Received from Our LORD by Susan, July 21, 2013)

I am ready to begin: Children, this is your GOD speaking. I am going to speak on the topic of forgiveness.

MY children, you are unforgiving. You hold onto un-forgiveness like it is a prize cow. I am your GOD and I am telling you, that you will not enter MY Kingdom if you have un-forgiveness for anyone. This cannot be. I will not tolerate an unforgiving heart. It is an abomination to ME. You must forgive and forget and let go of those past sadness's.

I will release you from your hurt and pain, if you just turn to ME. I am the ONE WHO will bring you healing: the heart healing that you need so badly. I will mend your broken hearts. I will deliver you from heartache. I can do it, no one else. Other people will disappoint you. They do not have the heart of GOD. Their hearts are imperfect and human. They lack sensitivity and grace. I am the HEART that beats for eternity. MY Heart is strong and vibrant, resilient, and ever-beating.

Lay your sadness's down at MY Feet: all the death blows that are dealt by MY enemy, who works through those around you. Forgive those around you for the way the enemy has worked through them to cause you pain. Although you suffer, it is at the hand of the enemy more than those around you. They are just weak, because they do not have the Power of MY HOLY SPIRIT to ward off sin and walk perfect in MY Will.

It is only by the Power of MY HOLY SPIRIT that anyone can do MY Will. You must surrender your ALL to ME to be in MY Will, to have the Power of MY HOLY SPIRIT to ward off evil. To be made ready to come into MY Kingdom you must be in MY Perfect Will.

Ask ME to be in MY Will. I will lead you down paths of righteousness. I will make you ready for MY Coming. There is no other way. I will give you the spotless garments that are required to stand in MY presence, just ask ME and do not delay. The hour of MY Return is swiftly moving in. I do not want to leave you behind to face the terror of MY enemy.

Your GOD has Spoken.

Do not delay in preparing for MY Coming.

Coordinating Scripture:

Matthew 6:15 : But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your FATHER forgive your trespasses.

Ephesians 6:12 :  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Psalm 23:3 : HE restoreth my soul: HE leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for HIS Name's sake.

Galatians 6:8 :  For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the SPIRIT shall of the SPIRIT reap life everlasting.

Galatians 5:24 : And they that are CHRIST's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

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Chapter 5

Hell Testimony Section by Victoria Nehale

From the book: "Time Is Fast Running Out!" by Victoria Nehale

We entered through the gate. I cannot describe to you the horror of that place. I am convinced that there is no other place in the entire universe as bad as that place. The place was extremely large and I had the sense that it was expanding all the time. It was a place of utmost darkness and the heat of it could not be measured: it was hotter than the hottest of fires. I could not see any flames of fire or the source of the heat but it was HOT. The place was filled with flies of all sizes - green, black, and grey flies. Every conceivable kind of fly was there. In addition, there were also short, thick, black worms everywhere, climbing on everything. The worms started to climb on us and the flies were also all over us. The place was filled with the most disgusting stench; there are no words to describe the intensity of the stench in that place. The smell was almost like rotten meat but was a hundred times worse than the most decaying meat I have ever smelled in my entire life. The place was filled with the noise of wailing and gnashing of teeth, as well as of demonic, evil laughter.

The worst thing about this place is that it was filled with people. There were so many people that they could not be numbered. The people were in the form of skeletons. I can say with confidence that these skeletons were humans because I recognized some of my very close relatives and people from my village. Their bones were dark grey and extremely dry. They had long sharp teeth like wild animals. Their mouths were large and wide and their tongues were long and bright red. Their hands and feet had long, thin toes and fingers with long, sharp nails. Some of them had tails and horns. There were demons mingling with the people: the demons in appearance looked like alligators and they were walking on four legs. They were comfortable in that environment and were constantly teasing and tormenting the humans. The noise that the demons were making was more like a celebration, as they seemed happy and carefree; they were also dancing and jumping all the time. The humans, on the other hand, looked miserable and depressed; they were in a state of helplessness and hopelessness. The noise from humans was caused by pain; they were weeping, screaming and gnashing their teeth, and were in a desperate situation of unimaginable pain and agony.

The people in this place, were innumerable but I could clearly see that the vast majority of them were women. They were divided into many different groups. Even if they were in the groups, it was not possible to estimate the number of people in any single group because the groups were extremely large.

The man led me to one of the groups on the eastern side of the place. He looked at me and said: "Victoria, this is a group of people who refused to forgive others. I told them many times in many different ways to forgive others but they rejected me; I have forgiven them all their sins but they refused to forgive others. Their time ran out and they found themselves here. They will be here for all eternity; they are eating the fruits of their labour for ever and ever. However, it is painful for me to see them in this horrible place and in this eternal situation - because I love them."

...I was frightened by what I saw in that place and couldn't stop crying. The stench of that horrible place continued to be as real as when I was there. The scenes from that place were flashing before me all the time. I was unable to sleep and my whole body was in great pain. I felt as though all my limbs had been taken apart, and reassembled. Oh, I felt awful. I had diarrhea and a pounding headache for an entire week....

On August 19, I woke up, feeling the signs of the anointing in my physical body. I was weak and trembling, while waves of electricity were going through my body. In the evening I saw a brilliant light coming into the room and in the midst of it was the same man. This time He sat down on a chair next to my bed. I have no idea where this chair came from but it was there as soon as He was ready to sit down. It was a beautiful chair made of solid gold; the shape was that of a conventional chair, with back support. On each leg was a silver star embedded in the gold; the same star was also in the centre of the back support. There are round wheels on each leg.

After greeting me, He told me that He knew that I had many questions about His identity and that He came to reveal Himself to me and to explain certain things that I have experienced. He said: "I am Jesus Christ, your Saviour. If you have any doubts, look at my hands. That place where we went is Hell." When I looked at His hands, I saw scars where the nails pierced Him.

Dear friend, I want to tell you that Hell is not a figment of anybody"s imagination but it is a real place and it is unpleasant. It was not made for people but for Satan and his demons. Our rightful place is in Heaven with Jesus but we have to choose Jesus before it is too late. Today, when you hear His voice, do not harden your heart; accept Jesus as your personal Saviour today and live for Him. Hell is a terrible place: it is a place of fear and sadness; it is a place of torment and eternal cries and gnashing of teeth. Satan wants to take as many people with him as possible. Do not co-operate with him; co-operate with Jesus and you will live and not die.

I could not understand why the Lord would tell me to make a choice between the two groups He showed me in Hell when I was already a born-again Christian. I have accepted Him into my life and He was still telling me to make a choice whether I want to go to Hell or not. I could not understand. I started to pray and asked God to give me a revelation of what He meant and what He wanted me to do. The Lord revealed to me that I was harbouring a lack of forgiveness and resentment in my heart towards one of my sisters, as well as to my cousin. I asked the Lord to forgive me for my unforgiving spirit; I also asked my sister to forgive me for harbouring anger and bitterness in my heart toward her. The Lord instructed me to go and ask forgiveness from my cousin....

If you are in a situation similar to the one I was in, I want to encourage you to do what is right, no matter the consequences. You might be incarcerated in the earthly jail but that is temporal. No pain or shame will compare to Eternity separated from God. Hell is not a nice place: it is better to allow God to judge you now before it is too late. We must not fear God"s judgment while we are in the time of Grace: we must allow Him to expose whatever is wrong in our lives while we still have time to make right with Him because there is no forgiveness on the other side of the grave...

The Lord pointed out one middle-aged woman whom I knew before her death. She had died in a car accident at the beginning of 2005. I was shocked to see that woman in Hell because we all knew her as a God-fearing and God-loving person. The Lord told me that that woman loved Him and He also loved her; she had served Him when she was on Earth; she had led many people to the Lord and she knew the Word very well. She was kind to the poor and needy; she gave to them, and helped them in many ways. She was a good servant of the Lord in most ways.

Those words of the Lord shocked me even more and I asked Him why He would let someone who had served Him so well end up in Hell. The Lord looked at me and said that this lady had believed the deception of the Devil. Although she knew the Scriptures well, she believed the lie of the Devil that there are big sins and small sins. She thought that a "small" sin would not lead her to Hell because, after all, she was a Christian.

The Lord continued, "I went to her many times and told her to stop what she was doing but many times she would reason that what she was doing was too small and she attributed my warning to her own feelings of guilt. There was a time when she stopped for a while but then she convinced herself again that the warning was not from Me but her own voice because that sin was too insignificant to grieve the Holy Spirit."

I asked the Lord again to tell me what the sin was that this woman has committed and He answered me thus, "This woman had a friend who is a nurse at Oshakati Hospital. Whenever this woman was sick, she would not go to hospital and pay for her hospital card as normal practice; she would just pick up the telephone and tell her friend to organise medicine for her from the Hospital Dispensary. Her friend would always oblige and tell her to pick up the medicine at a particular time. Firstly, she decided to accept the lie of the Devil about small and big sin and rejected my truth; she caused somebody else to sin and steal on her behalf but, worst of all, SHE GRIEVED THE HOLY SPIRIT. This is what caused her to be in Hell. It does not matter whether you bring millions of souls to the Lord; it is still possible to go to Hell for grieving the Holy Spirit. You must not only care about the salvation of others but you must be careful not to forget about your own soul. Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit at all times." After the Lord said those words He said that we should go back.

Many Christians who have heard this story do find it problematic. They would always ask me, "What about justification, mercy and grace?" and "Is it possible to lose your Salvation after you have received it?" "Is that not a bit too harsh?" "Can God be so cruel?"

Well, as I have said elsewhere in this book, I am not presenting any theology here. I am just telling you what the Lord has shown and taught me - and what He has allowed me to experience. Please refer to your Bible for answers. Look at the following verses and make your own judgment.

"But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I preached to others, I myself should become disqualified." (1Corinthians 9:27)

"What shall we say then? Shall we continue to sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? (Romans 6:1-2)

"Do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lust." (Romans 6:12)

"For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries." (Hebrews 10:26 –27)

Can I go to Hell after having served the Lord and led many to Christ? You be the judge!

Jesus Christ is real and He loves us with a love that cannot be described, His greatest desire is for us to choose life and spend eternity with Him. His heart is aching for all those people who are dying and going to Hell because they chose to reject the Salvation He offered them and they chose death instead.

Whether you are a born-again Christian or not, please always remember this one thing: Time is fast running out.

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Note: The above Testimony by Victoria Nehale is only part of her testimony of Hell. A fuller testimony is in the book "Hell Testimonies" by Mike Peralta. I only included part of Victoria's testimony to conserve space and to emphasize the eternal importance of forgiveness.
CHAPTER 6

Hell Testimony by Carmelo Brenes

( Used by permission. spiritlessons.com )

Note: I underlined the sections of forgiveness to emphasize the eternal importance of forgiveness.

\--- Hell Testimony by Carmelo Brenes ---

"Rescued From Hell"

Pastor and Evangelist Carmelo Brenes Our Church of God of the Full Gospel has the honor to present the testimony: "Rescued from Hell," with pastor and evangelist Carmelo Brenes.

In 1982, I had an accident in which I died. In the moment that all my existence ended, I felt everything become dark, and I began to walk through a dark tunnel. I saw a being that was taking me and began to hear screams and moans. I understood that my life had been taken from me; I ceased to live on the earth. But the most terrible thing was that as we were going through the tunnel, the fear inside of me was increasing more and more. I knew that, although my body was already dead, I was alive in some place. We walked for a while inside that tunnel. Suddenly, I heard groans and moans that I had never heard before. As we continued walking inside that cold and dark tunnel, I began to see big, gigantic snakes that moved from one place to another and to hear different moans and groans. There was something very peculiar about that place: almost all the people in that place had something in common. They were all thinking about and crying out for water at that moment. We continued going until we arrived at an open place like a plateau with many chambers and divisions that contained different people.

I began to cry out with terror and beg God for mercy. I began to tell Him, "Lord, remember my life! Have mercy!" In those moments, a feeling of terror invaded my soul. I felt like my whole life was passing before my eyes once more. I was walking with the being that took me. As we approached a door, I shouted, "Have mercy on me my Lord; have mercy on me! I beg you to help me! Help me Lord!!"

Suddenly there was a silence, and I heard a voice saying, "Stop!" Because of that voice, all of Hell shook. The being that was taking me by the hand released me, but I did not fall to the ground. Instead, I remained hovering in one place and heard that voice once more that said, "I am not the God of adulterers, I am not the God of fornicators, I am not the God of liars. Why do you call me Lord if I am not a God of those who boast and are proud?" I felt for a moment that my whole being was going to be destroyed, but as the moments passed the being's voice became softer and told me, "Come and I will show you the things going on in this place that are waiting for all who haven't been willing to follow my way and have walked after the imaginations of their own hearts." I began to walk in that place, while listening to all those moans that crushed my very soul. Suddenly, we stopped at the head of a cell where a woman was sitting in a rocking chair. At first, it seemed like nothing was happening to her, but suddenly her body transformed because she was a witch. She screamed with such groans and moans, and asked for help because her whole being was burning in flames. She began to scream horrifying screams, begging for someone to please help her.

The Lord spoke to me and said, "The wages of sin is death, and those who arrive in this place will never get out again." He also showed me places down in the earth, like openings in the earth, that had some kind of boiling oil where there were also beings that were burning in flames--" human beings, that were in that place of suffering. When they tried to go out, a demon came at once to put them inside that place again.

The Lord showed me that because of the disobedience of men, many people that had once been a part of Christian and Evangelic churches, found themselves in that place crying out and begging for mercy over their lives, which could not be found anymore because mercy can only be found when we are still alive on this earth. Once a man is dead, mercy can not be reached anymore, as the Lord says in His word, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27).

We continued walking and arrived at a very special place where there were people that had once listened to the word of God, but never wanted to repent. I noticed a woman with two children who were pleading with their mother and asked her: "Why? Why didn't you take us to Sunday school? Why didn't you allow us to go to church?" And they cursed her because they once wanted to go to church to hear the word of God, but their mother never allowed them to go to church to hear the gospel. He also took me by a place where there were pastors, evangelists, and missionaries and many believers who were there for different causes. I saw a pastor that especially caught my attention. This man had never believed in the power of the Holy Spirit, speaking in other tongues, or the baptism of the Holy Ghost. He also never believed in the healings of the Lord. Now however, he was begging for mercy, and for one more chance to go out and tell the world that speaking in tongues is real, that that the Holy Ghost is real, and that there is real freedom in the gospel of the Lord. But it was too late for him; he could not leave that place because his time to repent of his evil was while he was on earth.

Even when he was a member of the Christian evangelical church and a pastor, however, he had not reached mercy. There was also a missionary there because he asked for money to open a mission in Africa, but he only used half of the money. The rest of the money he took it for himself, and now he begs for mercy in that place and for another chance to deliver back the money that was not his. He remembers how he lied to take that money that was not his and begs for mercy and forgiveness. But when he sees that mercy can not be granted to him, he curses Jesus Christ.

I want to tell you, it is not the same at all, when you live life here as when you are in that place of torment. In Hell, you hear the shouts and groans of terror and pain in the throat of those that were once inside the church praising the name of Jesus. Now in that place they cry out and beg for mercy for their sins, but once on this earth they had that chance. Now, they are just waiting for the eternal and Last Judgment. There were also pastors there because they robbed tithes and offerings from their churches. Now, they want just one more chance that can not be granted any more, "one more chance that can only be found on this earth. They spend day and night crying out without ceasing to undo all their bad works. The opportunity to repent is while you are alive on earth because after this life there are no more chances. Those who die without Jesus Christ go to Hell, and those who die with Jesus Christ receive eternal life in heaven with Him.

Many people believe that dying is just stopping this existence and that their bodies will go into the earth. At death, real life begins and the real personality of the believer or the sinner shows up and begins to live; either in the glory of God or in condemnation and eternal shame. That choice you make it today and now; right at this moment is when you can think over and meditate on where you want to spend your eternity. Do you want to spend eternity in Hell or in the glory of God? At this very hour you can still decide.

We continued walking and arrived at a horrifying place where there were demons of all types, shapes and forms. There were some that had just one arm, one eye and one leg, and the end of the leg was like a hoof of a foal. Their faces were like half of a human face, but the rest of the other half was empty. I asked the Lord, "Lord and this? What it is this?" And He said, "These are demons of destruction, in the homes of all those who are lost. This is the demon that will destroy and destroy without rest, day after day." The torment in that place is terrible, "so terrible that the souls can not stop and remember all the things that they did while on earth.

It is like it is written in Luke 16 from verses 19 on (19"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23In Hell where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24So he called to him, "Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire." 25But Abraham replied, "Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us." 27 He answered, "Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, 28for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment." 29Abraham replied, "They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them." 30 "No, father Abraham," he said, "but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent." 31 He said to him, "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead."

The rich man died, and in Hades he lifted his eyes while in torment and saw Abraham and Lazarus at his side. There he could remember that he had a father and five brothers. He could think about them in that moment because there, your soul is alive, your soul can feel the pain. You can remember all the things you did in your life good or bad; you can remember the way you lived within or out of the church; you can remember all your relatives, your mother, your brothers, all your friends, and that is part of the torment.

That man in the Bible could remember that he had five brothers, and also beg for mercy saying, "Father Abraham send someone to tell them and testify to them, so they do not come to this place of torment." But Abraham told him, "They have had Moses and the prophets let them hear them." In the same way, today you have prophets of God that preach the gospel of the Lord on this earth. You have heard the Word of God, and now is the time to repent. Nobody from the dead will come to save you because He who can save your soul, Jesus of Nazareth, has already resurrected from the dead, and is now sitting at the right hand of the Father ready to save you.

Nobody else can save you. It is written in the book of Acts 4:12 "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." Just in Jesus alone. When I remember all that pain, I still feel all the pain and terror in my soul in remembering that there are young children in that place between the ages of 12 and 14 years old. They also regret many things they did here on earth.

There are many that believe that their children will not be lost or go to Hell because they are so young. But let me tell you, if your children are not in the ways of the Lord, and can already distinguish between good and evil they will also arrive to that place of torment because it is written in Revelation 20:12 "And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books."

All persons that can comprehend and can make the distinction between good and evil will have to stand before the Lord; nothing is hidden from the eyes of the Lord.

We continued walking until we came to a place where it was some sort of football stadium. The demons' laughing stock were human beings. Their mockery was the very image of the living God; the joy of the demons was to torment the living image of God. They pulled out pieces of their bodies and hid them from them and made them look for them. That made them feel great pleasure because that caused great pain and torment, which is what satan and his demons like the most. It is like what is written in John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." It is not like when you are here sitting in a chair and you can ask for water and drink it. In that place, people ask for water and mercy; in that place people regret even the day they were born. In that place, people are sorry that they did not meet Jesus.

Also, many that met Jesus regret that they walked away from Him. But it is already late. I want to tell you that if you have walked away from the ways of the Lord, if you have walked apart from Him, today is the time to come back! Do not be ashamed of what your friends may say; do not think of what your father, your girlfriend or your brothers may say. Think of what the Lord says in His word: those who are ashamed of Him on this earth, He will also be ashamed of in the heavens (Luke 9:26 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.)

It is time for you to run to the presence of God; it is time for you to look for the salvation. Do not look for a church, look towards Jesus Christ. Do not look for a church that makes you feel good; look for a church where the Spirit of the Lord moves and repent of your sins! It is time for repentance; now is the time to cry out to the Lord and tell Him: "Lord I recognize that I am not saved; Lord I recognize that I still can not attain salvation on my own." If this is your situation when you are reading this testimony, just run to Jesus Christ! Your life is in danger, the Word of God says that He will come as a thief in the night. (1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.) Are you ready to be saved or are you still thinking about it?

We continued observing what these demons were doing to those in torment. They took out an eye and hid it. We saw human beings dragging themselves in pain to look for it. For the demons, it was a great joy to see that person. Other demons took away part of a leg to watch him jump and hobble, looking for the part of the body that was missing; to another they took out an arm just to laugh about the pain the person felt. I want to tell you that those who have met the Lord Jesus and once walked in His ways, but die in their sin receive double punishment! As the Word of God says, (Mark 12:40 They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely. James 4:17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.) Those who know how to do good, but do evil shall receive double condemnation. Those who never knew the Lord also have torment and pain, but it is more tolerable than for those who knew Jesus and slid back.

I just want to tell you, that when we were in that place, I felt such a terror in my soul, although I know that here men do not think in that way. I was in as deep of a panic as I feel right now. I felt terror for my life; I felt such a terror for all the torments that I was looking at; I felt such a pain and compassion for all the souls that were crying and begging for mercy; I felt all my being become weaker, but the Lord was there giving me strength and told me: "I will show you how many things are still waiting for all men."

We passed that place, and arrived at a different cell that was burning in the edges. There were souls crying and suffering and I began to see what was going on with them. Those who were in the torment with flames that looked like gases were the ones that had once stood up in the altar of God. They had led church meetings and preached the word of God. They were the ones that had once cast out demons and spoke in tongues, but now were in torment because one day they made the decision to walk away from the holy way of God. We stood there watching all those in pain burning in the flames. Even when all we could see were almost just bones of a dark gray color, they could still feel the pain. They also could talk, they could beg for mercy when they felt that the Lord was walking by them in that moment. They shouted with loud screams: "Jesus please have mercy on us!" But the time for mercy is today.

We continued walking until we arrived at a place and the Lord told me: "Look at this wide street." I stood looking at the street and saw a multitude of believers with their Bibles in their hands. Their hands were raised up; some of them were praying some of them were shouting. The road of the Lord continued to the right, but they continued walking straight to Hell, and I asked the Lord why they were going that way. He told me: "They have a double life; they are living two lives: one in My house of prayer, and another in their own houses." And I said to the Lord: "But Lord, these people come from praising your Name!" And He said: "Yes, and even when they cry, shout , and say nice things about Me or to Me, their hearts are full of adultery, full of evil, full of lies, full of deception, full of hate, full of roots of bitterness, full of bad thoughts." Then, I could understand what is written in the Scripture in Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

There are times that we think we are doing things okay, that we are walking right before the eyes of the Lord. The truth is, however, that maybe there is a brother or sister that we may not like, and perhaps we do not go to church because of that brother. When the pastor asks in the church, "How many of you love the Lord?" They say "Amen!," but the Bible says that those who do not love their brothers and hate their brothers are like murders, and no murders, can come in the kingdom of Heaven. (Matthew 5:22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, "Raca," is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, "You fool!" will be in danger of the fire of Hell.) This is one of the biggest reasons inside the church of the Lord why many do not like each other but rather hate each other and are still waiting for the coming of the Lord. But the Bible says that the wages of sin is death. (Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord)

Many persons in that day will have regrets. Some of them say: "Oh no, today I won't go to church because brother so and so will preach and I do not like him." But in that place in Hell you will cry out for that man so he can come and preach the Word of God to you. There, you will beg for an opportunity for that one you have hated on this earth, so you can hear him once more. You will beg in that place to hear at least once more that word again. In that place, you will be sorry that you hated your brother; in that place you will be sorry that you did not follow the word of God that tells you, "You shall love your neighbor as your self" (Leviticus 19:17-18 Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD).

In that place you will be so sorry of all the times that you lost in the church of the Lord, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth as the Word of God says. (Matthew 13:42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.) You know how sad it would be to live an evangelical Christian life in this earth, but not go to heaven when you die, and for your soul not to receive salvation? I think that today you have to meditate, and think over whether you are doing the will of God. If Christ comes today would you go with Him? I want to tell you with this call; Meditate on this today!

Do I want to enter into the heavens? Does the Christian life that I am living please God? Today, it is still time to recognize your faults and to turn your heart to the Lord. If you are reading this today, today is the day to turn towards the Lord! Today is the day when you can accept Jesus as your personal savior and escape from the dungeons of Hell. You know some people think, "Well, it doesn't matter where I am going, it doesn't matter what will happen after this. I will enjoy this life." But I can tell you, to enjoy this life is to walk hand in hand with Jesus Christ; to enjoy this life is spend the time in the house of the Lord. You do not enjoy this life in the bar, with liquor, or with women. You enjoy it in the house of the Lord. Unlike those who come to the house of the Lord just for some nice moments, we have to look for the Lord in spirit and in truth, asking Him for mercy for those who are still walking on roads of death and sin.

We continued walking inside that place, and surprisingly people who believed that they were truly holy while on earth, were begging for mercy and for another chance. They were there saying: "Lord please have mercy on me!" I was begging the Lord right along with them. I was begging the Lord to have mercy on me! In those moments my soul ached, I felt an immense pain, for those souls too. I felt that there were many reasons to continue living. I felt that man needed an opportunity with Jesus. I felt so much pain when I began to see how people drag themselves in that place, begging for mercy and asking for forgiveness. We arrived at a place where a woman was acting like she was reading the Word of God, and preaching about John 3:16. She said: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." I asked the Lord, "Why is this woman here if she can remember what she preached about and she gave the gospel message? Why is she in this place?" He answered and said, "Because she could never forgive her husband; she never managed to forgive her husband."

(Matthew 6:14-15 "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.") I asked: "Lord is it so easy is to lose salvation?" That woman had been shepherding an evangelical church for 35 years. In that moment, her life was passing before her eyes, and she saw that she could never forgive her husband. Now she is begging for one more chance to forgive her husband. But I want to tell you, if you have problems with your husband or your wife, forgiveness is for today! Today is when you have to call him or her and say: "Forgive me or I forgive you for what you have done to me. Come to an agreement! (Matthew 5:25 Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison).

If Jesus calls you to His presence today, where would you go? The Word of God says: Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. If you are one of those who cries in the presence of the Lord, who cries in the presence of the Holy Ghost, you are still under the grace and mercy of the Lord. But if you feel that you can not cry any more in the presence of the Lord, if you feel that you can not pray anymore, if you have left behind your prayer life, let me tell you that you are under great danger. You know, forgiveness is something special, and that woman never forgave. After 35 years, she had been shepherding a church and just in one second of her life she lost everything! Meditate today! React today!

How are you living your life? How do you want to spend eternity? I have a biological brother that says: "The day that I die, I will go to Hell and let the demons poke me with the coals, and I will help the demons to poke the coals in the fire." But let me tell you that the judgment of the Lord has come upon him. While I am recording this message he is lying down with AIDS in his body, and is now begging God for a chance. He turned his heart to the Lord and converted because he does not think the same way anymore. Now he does not want to go that place of torment.

Now, he doesn't find it easy to open his mouth and say that he will let the demons poke him with the coals. It is not the same to say I want to go there and be tormented, than to really be in that place of torment. Because of the mercy of God, my brother has accepted Jesus as the savior of his life. But I want to tell you something and listen to me carefully. My brother had the chance because that illness was progressing in his life. But how or when are you going to die? Will you have another opportunity besides this moment to ask the Lord to forgive you or will you die instantly without time to ask the Lord for forgiveness? Please meditate in this moment! How long your life will last?

We continued walking and arrived at a summit, where there were a group of men that called themselves "Evangelical Christians." In the neighborhood where they lived, there was a man who had been an alcoholic, but had converted to Jesus Christ, and one day his wife got severely ill. He began to knock door by door, until he arrived at those "brothers" and said to one of them, "My wife is very sick. I need you to lend me some money to take her to the hospital." And that man told him, "That is what you say! No! We do not have money here!" And he went to the house of the other and also told him, "I do not have money! I need money!" And so on he went from door to door of those brothers asking for money for transportation to take his wife to the hospital. But none of them gave him anything, and the man's wife died.

Then, they called themselves "brothers" and they said: "Did you see brother? That lesson we taught that alcoholic? He wanted the money to go to the bars and drink liquor, but he wouldn't get me with that! I know what he really wanted was to drink alcohol, but I didn't give him a single penny! Then the other "brother" also started to tell the story of how the man came to him and so on until all of them told the story. But the saddest part is when one of them begins to burn in fire and flames and begins to give big and horrifying shouts of pain, and he begins to regret and moan all the bad things that he did on the earth, and he continually says, "Lord! Why couldn't my unrepentant heart see the evil I was doing in my life?" But the Bible says clearly that the sons of God are those who are guided by the Spirit of God (Romans 8:14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.) When this happened, all the rest of them began to burn in fire and flames, and they began to cry and regret and remember that day in which that man came and knocked their doors, they began to remember that moment when this man came and asked them a favor.

I don't know if one day you will arrive at Hell and remember that you once read this testimony or that one day you were told that you would give account to the Lord for your life. Maybe you were told not to pay evil for evil, and you listened to the gospel of Jesus, and did not want to repent! That day would be the saddest day of your life! Those bodies were burning in flames, but were tied with a rope. The bodies were a dark gray color. They couldn't do anything but regret, moan and shout in pain and terror because the pain was unbearable. Their flesh almost melted and fell from their bodies; their skin fell from the bodies until they were just darkish-grey colored bones. I want to tell you that this pain and torment is permanent; there is a torment that has no end, it never ends. All these people remember how much evil they had in their hearts. Listen to this! This is not a movie! This is not an invention or a fairy tale. This is something that really happened! This is something that happened in my life!

Please listen to me carefully. I was an Evangelical Christian. I converted to Jesus; I prayed for the sick and God healed them, I prayed for the lame and God raised them up. I cast out demons and spoke in new tongues, but in my life had entered a spirit of pride that made me see my pastor spiritually inferior to me. In some occasions, people went to church for my pastor to pray for healing. When nothing happened, they came the next day for me to pray for them. I came to them and just gave the word, and God honored the words that I said. But I began to think that it was me, that I was the one that was causing the work of God. In my pride, I thought that I was someone. In my own understanding, I was a super-gifted man or someone special. I could not understand that it was the mercy of God that was in my life, until I arrived at the place and God told me, "I am not the God of people with pride in their hearts." Then, I could understand that many of us stand in an altar full of pride and vainglory. Many, who the Lord allows to sing praises to Him with beautiful voices, begin to be full of pride.

How many people who preach the word of God, and are used by Him begin to think that they are overly important? How many of those that God has given the gift of deliverance get full of pride, and begin to think that they are someone important? I want to tell you that God is looking at every single step that you give, every single move that you make. God is listening to you and knows your heart. I want to tell those of you who are reading this testimony, if you have vainglory, pride, or arrogance in your heart, if you see your brother or pastor with disdain, please repent of your sins in this hour! It is much better to be humiliated before the men, than be humiliated in the presence of the Lord.

You know I wish that one day for a moment, just for a moment, you that read this testimony could see this place. I wish, that for a moment, you could hear those moans, groans, and cries that were so horrifying, that fill the soul with terror. Those cries that can reach the deepest parts of anyone's heart. Those shouts that cry, "Lord! Have mercy on me! Lord! Take me out of this place! Lord! Stretch out your hand and take me out of this place of torment!" That is the moment in the life of a person when they begin to remember everything. If you knew how sad it is to be in that place forever! Do you realize how much pain will be in your life in that moment or how sad it will be for you to arrive to that place?

We continued walking, and arrived at a place, a kind of foyer we could call it. A being came and shouted. When he shouted, all the demons presented themselves before him. Two very beautiful women were presented also. They had the task on earth of destroying ministries and to rise against pastors and ministries. In some occasions you may see that a young, very attractive woman tries to get close to a minister of God to make him fall into sin. That is the goal. The devil has entrusted those demons. That is the goal!

You who serve in the altar of God, who take part in church meetings, who minister to God in praises and worship, singing to the Lord. You guitar players, piano players, and drummers understand my words. Satan wants to destroy your life. If he has to use your father, your mother, your brother, your pastor, your brother in the congregation he will use them. All those who do not have a repentant heart before the Lord or walk close to Him, can be an instrument in the hands of the devil at any moment. These women go out over the whole earth, but they do not go to the bars or to the canteens. They go exactly and directly to the churches. In the same way there are demons playing men, dressed like men, that go directly to the churches to confuse the young ladies and even to the married women. By doing this, they destroy many lives, but they are sent by satan with a spirit of demons to destroy the work of the Lord.

In that place there is also a man that blasphemed against the Spirit of the Lord; that man is standing there asking for forgiveness and for mercy. I want to tell you that every moment, worms of fire come out of his mouth, eyes and ears. He tries to take them out with his hands, but the more he takes them out the more come out. More and more worms of fire run around his body. Like it is written in Mark 9:44, "If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to go into Hell with two hands, where the fire never goes out." This man shouted in pain and big screeches, but he just could not leave that place or destroy the worms that were attacking his body. He could not take them off his body because the more he tried the more they multiplied. He spent all his time in the same torment and pain.

There was even a moment when the worms began to eat his bones. You could see that the pain he felt was just unbearable. Because of the intensity of his shouts, I felt such a terror, terror of seeing all those punishments that take place in there. In that moment he remembered all his family. There you can remember how many family members you have, those who are walking with the Lord and those who aren't. I want to tell you today, you have to take the promise of God in Acts 16:31 that says, They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." You know, if you love your family begin to preach the Word of God to them, so they may escape from Hell. Do you know how terrible it is when it says in the Bible, Matthew 10:28 "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in Hell."

There are times when we try to hide from the pastor; there are times when we hide from the deacon of the congregation. Sometimes, we hide from the elders of the church, but nobody can hide from the presence of the Lord. Always remember that wherever you are, in the high, in the deep, no matter where, you will be always before the presence of the Lord. (Psalms 139:7-10 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.)

You know there is a reason why there are so many Christians in that place. It may sound crazy, but it is because of the lies. Some arrive at the church and when they are asked why they didn't come the other day, they say: It's just that I had so many things to do! So, I just could not come. But that was not true. They simply did not want to go, but they lied. And you know what? That is exactly what Annanias and Sapphira did. In the Book of Acts 5:3-10 it states, Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God." When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. Then the young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him. About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. Peter asked her, "Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?" "Yes," she said, "that is the price." Peter said to her, "How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also." At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

At that same moment, that woman died because of the lie. There are many Evangelical Christians that are in that place because they believed that they were simply lying to the pastor, but know that when you lie, you are not lying to men, you are lying to God. The lies are there before the Lord. The Word of God says that no drunks, no adulterers, no fornicators, no liars shall inherit the kingdom of God. The point of this testimony is that I want you to realize that I had an Evangelical Christian life, very used by God, but there was pride in my heart. And I want to make a special call for repentance.

Repentance is a call to make you recognize your faults, a call in case you are living an Evangelical Christian life, but are not clean before the eyes of the Lord. Today, you can renew your heart and mind. If you are reading this, but have not accepted Jesus in your heart, and want to accept Him as your savior, you can pray this prayer of faith: "Lord Jesus, in this hour I am before Your presence to ask your forgiveness for my sins and faults. Today I am sorry Lord for all evil I have done in my life, and I am asking you to enter inside my heart. Today, I accept you as the only one and sufficient savior of my life." If you are lukewarm and living a double life in the church and your home, bow your head right where you are before the presence of the Lord, and tell Him: "Lord Jesus, have mercy on me. Today, I come before you to ask you for Your forgiveness, to reconcile with You. Write my name in the Book of the Life and fill me with Your Holy Spirit. AMEN.

April 29, 2010 - Posted by Tadas | About Hell, Testimonials | Carmelo Brenes, Hell, Testimonials

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Note: The above testimony by Carmelo Brenes is only one of many testimonies of Hell. Other testimonies are in the book "Hell Testimonies" by Mike Peralta. I underlined the sections of forgiveness to emphasize the eternal importance of forgiveness. However, any sin can send you to hell. Be careful to confess and repent of any and all sins. The Holy Spirit will help you. Don't ignore His voice. It is a great deal more important than you may realize.
CHAPTER 7

Hell Testimony Section by Angelica Zambrano

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(This is just a portion of the full testimony by Angelica Zambrano. Full Testimony in the Book "Hell Testimonies" by Mike Peralta)

In Hell, people are tormented with the memories of what they did on Earth. Demons would mock people and tell them, "Worship and praise because this is your kingdom!" and the people would scream remembering that they knew God, because they knew the Word. Those who had known the Lord were tormented twofold.

The Lord said, "There is no other opportunity [for those here]; there is still opportunity for those who are alive." I asked Him, "Lord, why is my great-grandmother here? I don't know if she ever knew you. Why is she here in Hell, Lord?" He replied, "Daughter, she is here because she failed to forgive. Daughter, he who does not forgive, neither will I forgive him."

I asked, "Lord, but You do forgive, and You are merciful." And He answered, "Yes, Daughter, but it is necessary to forgive, because they have not forgiven many people, and that is why many people are in this place, because they failed to forgive. Go and tell humanity that it is time to forgive, and especially My people, for many of My people have not forgiven. Tell them to rid themselves of grudges, of resentment, of that hatred in their hearts, for it is time to forgive! If death were to surprise that person who has failed to forgive, that person may go to Hell, for no one can purchase life." When we left that place, my great grandmother was engulfed in fire and she screamed, "Aaaah," and began to blaspheme the name of God, she would curse Him; every person in Hell blasphemes against God.

As we left that area, we could see that Hell was full of tormented souls. Many people would extend their hands out, begging Jesus to help them and take them out of there. But the Lord could not do anything for them and they would start blaspheming God. Then Jesus would weep and say, "It hurts Me to hear them, it hurts Me to see what they do, because I can no longer do anything for them. What I will tell you is that I still have opportunity for he who is still on Earth, who has not yet died, who is still alive; he still has time to repent!"

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Note: The above Testimony by Angelica Zambrano is only part of her testimony of Hell. A fuller testimony is in the book "Hell Testimonies" by Mike Peralta. I only included part of Angelica's testimony to conserve space and to emphasize the eternal and extreme importance of forgiveness.

CHAPTER 8

Hell Testimony Section by Rogelio Mills

Anger, Fits of Rage, Slander,

Meanness, Lack of Love

God is very serious about His warnings to us about not forgiving. Related to the matter of forgiveness is the matter of anger, and fits of rage. In fact, Galatians 5:19-21 clearly show that those that speak in anger and cause strife and dissension will clearly not inherit the kingdom of God – which means they will NOT go to Heaven.

Galatians 5:19-21 (ESV). "19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."

Those with a short temper and prone to slandering, being mean, and speaking in anger to others should pay very close attention to this testimony.

God is very serious about His warnings to us about anger and fits of rage. In another testimony, Doctor Roger Mills describes how Jesus took him to Hell and showed him many things in Hell and several people who are now in Hell's torment due to sins, unforgiveness, anger, and fits of rage.

Excerpt from the book: "While out of My Body I Saw God, Hell and the Living Dead" by Doctor Roger Mills.

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The Lord God-Jesus continued to say, "I also warned Peter about his personal faults, one of which was anger. Peter was quick to argue with people and easily angered. I told him, as a follower of Me, he could not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven unless he repents. I also told him that on numerous occasions, Satan brought many accusations against him, and that Satan asked for My permission to sift him as though he was wheat. Peter did not understand what I was trying to tell him. Therefore, I made him understand by continuing to explain the situation: that Satan had appeared to me and verbally asked for permission to crush him... to kill him because of his mean attitude. Satan had told Me that he had been watching Peter, and that there was no good intent within him. Satan said that Peter had the heart of a murderer and that I should allow him to kill him, bring him down to hell and lock him up in this prison. I told Satan to flee from Me, and that his request had been denied.

"And the Lord said, 'Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.' " Luke 22:31-32 (KJV)

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Lack of Love Will Damn You To Hell

Everyone That Hates His Brother Has A Heart Of A Murderer.

In 1 John 3:14-15 it clearly states that "he who hates his brother is a murderer and such a person does NOT have eternal life in him." And notice that this scripture is addressed to believers – not to unbelievers. It's true that this scripture applies to both believers and unbelievers but this scripture is specifically applied to "believers." As it is, unbelievers (unless they repent and give their lives to Jesus) will be damned to Hell anyway because of a lack of salvation. But those "believers" that refuse to love their brothers will also be damned to Hell. Let us read:

"14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." 1John 3:14-15.

A very important fact about 1 John 3:14-15, and indeed the whole book of 1 John, is that this message is addressed to the church – the body of believers in Jesus Christ – or those who have previously confessed Jesus to be their Lord. This is evident from 1 John 3:1 (NASB) which says: "1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are."

Notice that 1 John 3:14-15 is now claiming that those who hate their brothers (or don't have love for others in the church) are really NOT saved – they are in spiritual death.

It was written because those in the church were not always behaving with love to others in the church. They confessed to have Jesus as their Lord (and maybe at one time Jesus truly was their Lord) but now their actions to others is showing they are back in death – without eternal life. To emphasize this point John states in verse 15 that because they hate their brother they are equivalent to a murderer. Furthermore John (actually the Holy Spirit through John) emphasizes that just like a murderer they do NOT have eternal life abiding in them.

It is a satanic deception (which many modern day "Christian Teachers" promote) that states that this verse is not talking about loss of salvation here. The Holy Spirit is very clearly stating here that those who hate their brother do NOT have eternal life.

"Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." 1 John 3:15

Either John the apostle is lying or many modern day "Christian Teachers" are lying.

It doesn't matter that in past time they truly did receive Christ and lived properly. The fact that they are now not loving their brothers shows that they now do not have eternal life – they are not saved now – even though previously they were saved.

Similar to someone who lusts after a woman but does not actually commit the physical act of fornication with the woman Jesus states that that man is still an adulterer. In like manner, even though a person may not physically commit the physical act of murder a person who hates is still a murderer. He has the heart of a murderer. He may not commit the murderer for fear of getting caught and taken to jail or getting the death penalty. But his heart is still that of a murderer. He's a murderer because indulging in that passion, if followed to its natural conclusion would indeed make him one. It's the murderous temper, not just the mere act of murder that disqualifies one from eternal life. If it were not for the outward restraints of human laws, and the fear of punishment the uncontrolled temper would ultimately lead to the act of murder. The spirit that would lead to murder is there. Nothing is missing but the outward restraints to lead to the actual murder. And so God will hold him or her responsible for it.

Love or hate, light or darkness, eternal life or eternal death – they both necessarily exclude each other. Love and hate -- there is no medium between the two. Either you are alive or you are dead. Either you love or you hate. If you are in Christ then you will love another – even if he harms you or seeks to harm you. If you are in Christ you will not in any way have malice, rage, or unforgiveness against another. If you do, then you do not have Christ within you. And you do NOT have eternal life within you.

The apostle John (actually the Holy Spirit through John) clearly states that such a person does NOT have eternal life in him or her. Do not deceive yourself. God is not telling us this just for effect. He is deadly serious about this warning. And this warning is to keep us safe. God always warns us so that we can avoid Hell.

CHAPTER 9

How To Love

1 Corinthians 13 : The Love Chapter

I also include 1 Corinthians 12:31 and 1 Corinthians 14:1 which are also relevant to 1 Cor 13. (The original letters from Paul were not separated into chapters and verses.)

Since God is love (1 John 4:8) it is very good to spend time to study this chapter. The more you love, the more you become like God, the closer you get to God, and the closer you attain His character. Also, it helps greatly to understand how to love in order to become aware when you are failing or weak in loving others. Also having a loving heart makes is easy and natural to have a forgiving spirit – keeping you safe in the arms of Jesus.

In fact a most revealing verse along these lines is 1 John 4:17 which says, "By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as He is so also are we in this world." Let us face it and face it squarely. Everyone and I mean everyone, stated Christian or not, we are all going to face "judgment day." Notice that John was addressing 1 John 4:17 to believers. So all will face "Judgment Day." It is best if we all prepare and obey. And God highly desires that we do not suffer loss on that day – especially loss of eternal life. And so we must carefully listen to Him and obey.

And as revealed in this verse (1 John 4:17), if we truly act in love towards God and towards other human beings (truly: meaning genuinely and truly and sincerely loving others from the heart) then we will act accordingly and then we can have confidence for our judgment day. And this nature and character of love is the same as God has for all people \- the people He lovingly created. And He lovingly created all people - of every color, race, and nationality, and He eagerly desires for everyone to come to Jesus to be saved and washed clean from all their sins.

With this always in mind let us major on the major items in the bible.

And the major commandments are:

1. Loving God, and

2. Loving others.

And one of the major teachings of love is 1 Cor 12:31 to 14:1. First let us read the whole passage. After this we will study each line, verse by verse.

1 Corinthians 12:31-14:1

1Cor. 12:31 But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

1Cor. 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

1Cor. 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries

and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

1Cor. 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, [Some early manuscripts body that I may boast] but have not love, I gain nothing.

1Cor. 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not

boast, it is not proud.

1Cor. 13:5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

1Cor. 13:6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

1Cor. 13:7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

1Cor. 13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

1Cor. 13:9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

1Cor. 13:10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

1Cor. 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

1Cor. 13:12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

1Cor. 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1Cor. 14:1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

Verse By Verse Study:

1 Cor. 12:31 But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.
Eagerly Desire The Greater Gifts - Love

There are many great gifts that we can use to serve the body of Christ. Of course, these gifts are given, by God, to various members of the church to minister to others. Of all the gifts we can minister, the greatest above all, is The Gift of Love.

This doesn't mean that the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit described in all of Chapter 12 is not to be considered highly. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are to be considered extremely highly. In fact the Holy Spirit ministers His gifts to us because He loves us very, very much. In fact this motive of love should also be our (human) primary aim as well. Although the Holy Spirit always ministers because of His love to us, as Christian believers and operators of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit our motives may not always be so pure.

We might minister the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to make or maintain a name for ourselves, to raise money, to raise our fame, or for other selfish reasons. God still ministers His gifts when His Word is preached (His Word does not return void) even though the ministers He works through may not always have pure motives. In 1 Cor. 13 the bible explicitly states that we gain nothing (no rewards) when we perform the gifts and even sacrifices without the motive of love. This is why love is considered the greatest of all gifts. In fact since "God is Love" the more we act out of love, the more we become like God.

Love Is The Most Excellent Way

Just today the Holy Spirit revealed something else about this passage of Scripture that I had never seen before in all my years of study of this (love) passage of scripture. In the first half of the verse, 1 Cor. 12:31, it states "But eagerly desire the greater gifts." The gift of love is one of the gifts that God puts in all of our hearts. Now notice that the word used is gifts – which is plural. Besides love, what are the other gifts being referred to here? The answer is given in 1 Cor. 13:13, "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." – 1 Cor. 13:13. This is saying that faith, hope, and love are the greater gifts. By cultivating these greatest of spiritual gifts we can become much more effective Christians in this world. And the greatest of these three greater gifts is LOVE (1 Cor. 13:13). Notice in the second half of 1 Cor. 13:1 that it states, "And now I will show you the most excellent way." And then Paul starts on Chapter 13 – the Love chapter of 1 Corinthians. We will study some on faith and hope when we study 1 Cor. 13:13 later, but for now let us continue our study on the most excellent way – which is love.

1 Cor. 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

In 1 Corinthians chapter 14, Paul encourages believers to speak in tongues. He also emphasizes to do so in such a way that it benefits the whole Christian community. The gift of tongues is for ALL believers. ( Mark 16:17, Acts 2:3-4,11; Acts 10:46; Acts 19:6. ) However there is a Special Gift of the Spirit that is for the church meeting (1 Cor 14:5) and when applied should be accompanied by the Special Gift of the Spirit called "The Interpretation of Tongues" that translates the tongues spoken in the language the church community can understand. Remember the Holy Spirit commands that we EAGERLY desire spiritual gifts – including the gift of speaking in tongues. So 1 Cor 13:1 does not say to despise or diminish the importance of speaking in tongues. It is saying that it , and any other activity, should be done with a motive of love.

1 Cor. 13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

In 1Cor. 14:1 it states, "Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy." So this is emphasizing to EAGERLY desire the gift of prophecy. And as important and valuable as the gift of prophecy is, the Holy Spirit through Paul is emphasizing that we should operate with a motive of love. And if love is not the motive (even when operating any spiritual gift) then your reward and standing will be nothing. You will be as nothing.

1 Cor. 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, [Some early manuscripts body that I may boast ] but have not love, I gain nothing.

Again without love, the reward that you gain will be nothing. And notice that from this last verse – if this is the case (even if you give up your life) but if it is not done for love (usually for the people who kill you or harm you, forgiving them so God can bring them to salvation) or to protect someone else out of love for them. Then don't expect any reward without the motive of love. Wow ! Even if you give up your life ! If love is absent then you will gain nothing. No reward from the Lord.

And this reward is not to be despised – or to be thought little of. It is similar to an Olympic gold medal. The effort and cost and reward of an Olympic Gold medal is not the monetary value of the gold metal itself. It is the recognition, remembrance, the honor of accomplishment. Of course the rewards from the Lord is much, much more valuable than any earthly medal or award. Also God is very pleased when we appreciate His rewards.

Also notice that if you give up all you possess, but it is not done out of love, then you will also not have any reward for that. So we see that it is not your possessions or even your body that you sacrifice that is most valuable. Rather it is the love you show and the motive of love that is most important.

Many people work very hard in ministry. Doing this, and doing that. But many times they are not doing so out of love for people. They are many times just selfishly seeking reward, or fame, or to impress. And according to 1 Cor. 13:2-3 there will be no rewards and nothing gained from such an approach. Cultivate a desire to genuinely love people. To help them because you love them. To give to them because you love them. Even to rebuke them (as God directs) because you love them and don't want them to suffer spiritual loss.

1 Cor. 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

Love Is Patient

Impatience is a fruit of selfishness. And selfishness is simply an ugly, accurate description of the fallen, depraved flesh nature, which wants all of creation "to serve me." Selfishness is the real enemy of love.

Selfishness seeks its own happiness at the expense of others. Love seeks the happiness of others. It will suffer and even die for others in order that their joy might be full.

Love is patient because patience is dying to self. We die to our own selfishness in the belief that in this dying we seek the joy of the ones we love. It's one of the ways we fulfill the two greatest commandments (Matthew 22:37-40).

Patience requires both faith and humility. It requires that whenever things go differently than we envision or wish, we believe that God is working all things for good (Romans 8:28), that He will complete all the good things He begins (Philippians 1:6), and that we can trust Him because our understanding is incomplete and inaccurate at best (Proverbs 3:5-6).

So, today you will have an opportunity, even numerous times, to lay down your life for the sake of Christ – which also means for the sake of others. It will come when you are tempted to be impatient. That moment will be your invitation to love.

Love Is Kind

Genuine, sincere, honest Kindness is the most powerful way to win someone to your side. You might force someone to your argument, - by a court decision, or by reason of your authority (being the boss, parent, organization head, etc.) But by kindness you can win someone's heart, and someone's fully willing mind.

This is more powerful than forcing someone by fear or "authority," Or by threat of retaliation. There is no weapon possible that can win over kindness.

An example of this is illustrated in 2 Chronicles 10:1-19. King Rehoboam tried to force his subjects to work for him by using fear and harsh treatment. Instead the whole nation rebelled against him and Rehoboam had to permanently escape into exile to avoid their retaliation.

If King Rehoboam had treated them with kindness the people in his kingdom would have served him loyally and with gladness.

People might think kindness is weak. But from this example alone we can see the enormous strength of kindness. Make no mistake about it. Kindness is more powerful than any political or military might (as King Rehoboam found out).

Love Does Not Envy

Cain killed Abel because of envy. Envy is an ugly, ugly thing. It will make you do very ugly things. And make you say some very ugly things. It is best to do the very opposite of what envy wants. If someone gets possessions or promotions that you, yourself want, Bless and pray for that person to get even more. Sincerely congratulate and help the person get even more promoted. Speak well of that person to others.

If envy rears it's ugly head. Do the very opposite of what that demon wants you to do. Again I say, bless that other person even more – by praying for him to get even more promoted and by speaking well of him or her to others.

Love Does Not Boast

James 4:13,16. Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 16. As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.

Why is boasting evil? It is evil because it is not crediting God for the success or accomplishment you are boasting about. Every ability you have is God's gift to you – either out of God's love for you and also God's love for others – so that you can serve others with your abilities. And if you serve others without boasting people will be thankful (and impressed) without you saying a word about it. Also if you take the credit, there will be no reward from the Lord for you in regards to those acts of service.

Love Is Not Proud

So in your thoughts, honestly now, you think you know more than all the congregation – or at least most all of the congregation. That you work for the Lord more than most.

But did you know that to the extent that you think that you are better than most. To that extent -- in God's eyes -- you are actually worse than most. (Luke 18:9-14)

Pride is a stench in God's nostrils. It is the attitude that first caused satan to think himself better than God, thereby rebelling against God and causing him to fall way down into Hell and soon forever into the eternal lake of fire.

It is essential that you declare a permanent war against pride. Because otherwise it will repeatedly cause your downfall. Also pride is very cunning and deceptive. It pervades your soul in subtle ways that you may not see. Earnestly ask God to show you when you move in pride so that you can get God's help to get rid of it.

Do a serious study in the Bible on pride and humility. You will find that many of your thoughts are infested with pride. Ask God to show you any trace of pride in you. He will, and as He does, get rid of that pride. Ask God to help you get rid of that pride. Your vision will be clearer and you will be much more sensitive to the needs of others. You will have more compassion for them instead of being judgmental.

Relevant Scriptures

Luke 18:9-14. 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people — robbers, evildoers, adulterers — or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' 13 "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' 14 "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."

Obadiah 1:3. The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, 'Who can bring me down to the ground?'

1 Cor. 13:5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love Is Not Rude

Love is not insulting to others. It does not ridicule others. It does not treat others with contempt. Love is sensitive to the needs and desires of others. It will not cuss at that driver on the road that just pulled in front of you and slowed you down. It will allow that other driver to get into your lane. It will not get angry at that one that is holding things down in the check out lane at the grocery store. It will treat the spouse as well or better than you treat the stranger. It will be as patient with the children, as God is with you. Even for repeated mistakes.

Love Is Not Self-Seeking

Love is always considerate of others. Love is not selfish or does good for others just to get something back. It does good to others just to do good for them. It does not seek for something in return. It will love and give – even if no one else knows about it. In fact it will not tell anyone else about how you helped that person in need.

Love Is Not Easily Angered

Anger tends to stir up all sorts of evil behavior in you and others. Among the evils is: strife, bitterness, rage, brawling, violence, slander, malice, filthy language, disputing.

If you are trying to correct human behavior through anger listen to James 1:20 which says, "Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires." (James 1:20)

Relevant Scriptures

Proverbs 30:33. For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife."

Ephesians 4:31. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

Colossians 3:8. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

1 Timothy 2:8. Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.

James 1:20. because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

Love Keeps NO RECORD Of Wrongs

Forgiveness keeps no record of wrongs. If you lash back at your spouse, or brother, or sister reminding them of their past transgressions against you then you have not forgiven. Perhaps you say it. But you dredge up the past again and again. Pulling up the database of wrongs that your spouse or brother has done against you. This is not forgiveness.

Forgiveness forgets the past offenses against you. But this is impossible you say.

With man it is impossible but with God it is POSSIBLE. Ask God to help you forget the past wrongs against you. After all God Himself forgives and FORGETS the past wrongs that you have committed against Him. If you ask Him, God will help you forget the past wrongs that were committed against you.

Just give all past offenses to God and pray for wisdom and growth for the person who in the past did the wrongs. Pray for God to give him or her wisdom to avoid making future mistakes. So that the person gets closer to God and takes on more the nature of Christ.

If sincere, this prayer is eagerly heard by God and HE will move mightedly to help and bless the person.

1 Cor. 13:6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

Love Does Not Delight In Evil

Do you get secretly glad to hear of a calamity that has happened to someone (even if the calamity is by the person's own actions such as falling into gross sin). Especially someone who has treated you badly in your past or someone who you have disagreed with in the past?

STOP IT !

Repent to God for thinking this way. For delighting in someone else's calamity. Remember you reap what you sow. And this applies in this area as well as all other areas.

Pray honestly to God to deliver the person(s) out of the calamity. To restore the person. To heal the person. And pray with genuine desire for the person's restoration and blessing.

Love Rejoices With The Truth

After a person falls into sin, earnestly pray for his restoration to the truth. For God's mercy and restoring power to come to that person so he walks forever in God's truth in all areas. Really and truly desire the best for that person.

Do not do as many others do by continuing to slander and gossip about him. If the person has repented then God has forgiven and forgotten his sin. But now, by continuing to slander him, you are being the accuser of the brethren – the same thing that satan does. And you do not want to be caught in satan's company and behavior by slandering another.

Rather sincerely rejoice when you hear of someone's restoration. Be burdened and ache to hear about someone's restoration. This is truly rejoicing in the truth. For truth to win out to help that person.

1 Cor. 13:7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love Always Protects

Love always acts so as to protect others.

Psalm 12:5 "Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise," says the Lord. "I will protect them from those who malign them."

Psalm 91:14 "Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

Proverbs 4:6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.

Proverbs 14:3 A fool's mouth lashes out with pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

Love Always Trusts

Love is not cynical nor critical. It always seeks to believe people and to trust them. Sometimes people will mislead or make promises they don't keep but that is when forgiveness enters in and you keep seeking to trust and believe in people.

Love Always Hopes

Love always hopes the best for another. It is always rooting (desiring) for the other person to succeed. True hope for another always puts you in a frame of mind and attitude so as to encourage that person when you see him or her. And encouragement is a great help for another. It is part of loving them.

Love Always Perseveres

Love never gives up on another. No matter how many times the other person fails. Give him or her another chance. Keep praying for them. Keep loving them. Regardless of how many times they fail you. Or no matter how many times the person falls. Be ever there to help him back up. This you do by sincerely praying for the other person. Also to keep helping the person in other ways as God leads. Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit to see and hear how to help the person.

1 Cor. 13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

Love Never Fails

In spite of great odds; true, genuine, heartfelt love causes others to succeed. With genuine love, your prayers are eagerly and powerfully heard by God on behalf of the other person you are praying for. Love is extremely powerful and will never fail to bring a successful outcome on behalf of the person you are loving and praying for.

1 Cor. 13:9-10 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

Love Is Perfection

How can anybody attain perfection? This is a very astounding statement. That by love we can attain perfection? How can this be? Isn't only God perfect. This is the astounding power of genuine Godly love.

To get insight into this, let us read Eph 3:17-19 where it states," 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."

This is saying that by being rooted and established in love you can be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God – including God's love for another.

By always moving in love, you attain that Godlike perfection – to the extent that you really, truly, genuinely, sincerely operate in God's love towards others. Is this possible? Yes it is. In your own strength - no. But what is impossible with men is POSSIBLE with God. This is where faith combined with love leads to attaining perfection – in terms of moving in Godly love for another.

1 Cor. 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

Love Is Maturity

As you have seen previously, maturity means to be complete in Christ. This is done by close relationship with Jesus. Sincere devotion, worship, and willing obedience to Jesus. Also constant communion with the Holy Spirit – as He will lead you into all truth and love. In this way you learn and grow into maturity in Christ. Complete with deep love for God and genuine love for others. Remember: Deep Worship, Willing Obedience, Deep Love. These will make you mature in Christ.

1 Cor. 13:12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Love Will Lead To Fully Knowing God

The more you come to know Jesus, including loving Him and loving all the people He lovingly created, then that knowledge will lead you to fully knowing God. This is not just a "head" knowledge but a "heart" knowledge. Where you love Jesus with all your heart and mind, and learn to love others because of God's deep love for them. Loving others also leads to loving and fully knowing God.

1 Cor. 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

The Greatest Is Love

So the greatest gifts are faith, hope, and love. Love is what gives the motive to help someone in need. This includes any gifts given by the Holy Spirit to help the person. In addition to the motive of love is the gift of faith. Without the gift of faith you will not be able to believe God for the help that is needed. You may want to help but without the faith to receive God's help then love alone can only go so far. So faith is very important. It puts you in the position to combine your faith with another person so that he or she can get the help that God so eagerly desires to give.

Closely associated with faith is the gift of hope. Hope puts you in the frame of mind and attitude to desire the best for the other person. It puts you in the frame of mind to encourage and look to God for the help that is needed. Hope is a very powerful gift to have. As great as faith and hope is, the greatest of all is LOVE. Truly love the other person. This is the very thing that moved God the Father to sacrifice His Son for our salvation. Love is also the very thing that will move us to do what we can to help and bring blessing to those people that God has placed in our life to help and love.

1 Cor. 14:1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

More Than Any Other Gift, Eagerly Desire To Love

In 1 Corinthians Chapter 14 Paul goes on to emphasize that we should eagerly desire spiritual gifts. He goes on to give practical counsel on how to properly operate in these powerful Holy Spirit given gifts (also in Chapter 12).

Most importantly Paul keeps re-emphasizing that we should always operate in love. Follow the way of love. This means not to neglect the way of love just because you are excelling in spiritual gifts – which are not to be despised. The Holy Spirit keeps reminding us of this so that we do not get puffed up in pride – because of the spiritual gifts that God enables us to operate in. Without love, operating in spiritual gifts can be dangerous.

Out of love for others God may help someone in need by a gift of the Holy Spirit - a word of prophecy, a healing, a miracle – but the minister God operates through may do so for impure motives. But God's word does not return void. Because of God's love, God may operate in spite of the minister He uses. This is an endorsement of His Word – not of the minister. So be careful.

It is very important to operate in spiritual gifts with genuine love. Otherwise we risk operating in pride which, as already mentioned, is a dangerous thing to do.
A Study in 1 John

As is well known the Apostle John emphasizes the commandment of love in his epistle of 1 John. Let us study some from 1 John Chapters 4 and 5.

1 John Chapter 4 (ESV)

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Comment: Notice verse 1 John 4:8 which says, "Anyone who does not love does not know God," This is a very serious verse because it means that regardless of whether you gave your life to Jesus in the past, if you are not loving others then you do NOT know God. And you cannot validly claim to be God's true child.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and His love is perfected in us.

Comment: According to verse 12, if we love others then God really does abide in you and that same love will make you perfect (mature and complete) in Christ.

13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

Comment: Again it is repeated that, if you love others, God abides (lives) in you. Also what is extremely significant is that we can look with confidence on the day of judgment. This is an astounding statement – to be given a reliable word (from the bible) about what your judgment day will be like. On the other hand, if you are not loving others then this means you will suffer great loss on judgment day – even the loss of your soul to Hell.

Believe God. Judgment day is not something to be taken lightly or ignored until later in life. For you do not know the day God will require your life from you – or the day Jesus comes back to rapture His saints. We should all be very careful to prepare for that Day. And we prepare for that day in the way we live and treat others everyday of our life.

19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Comment: How do we know if we love God? How do we know we are really saved? That we know God and are known by God? The only way to know for sure is if we love our brothers. If you don't love your brothers then according to verse 20, you do not love God. If you find yourself not loving your brother (or sister) or even hating your brother or sister. then you are not right with God.

If this is the case then immediately go before God and repent. And then go to your brother and make amends. Forgive him or her from the heart. "But you don't know what he did to me." Even if I did and everyone else did also, God's command to you will not change. Love your brother or sister. Forgive your brother or sister. God's commandment is very clear.

1 John Chapter 5 (ESV)

1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is he who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

Comment: How do we love God? According to verse 3 it is by obeying God's commandments. Which ones? All of them. Keep all of God's commandments – both Old and New Testament. (Remember, as He said, Jesus did NOT come to abolish the law.) Remember God will help you obey them all. Whatever God commands, He enables you to do. The Holy Spirit will guide you in how to obey all of God's commandments. This is true love for God. And it is not a burden. It is a joy to obey God in all things. God's presence is so near when you are obedient. And in God's presence you will always sense joy. You will sense God's voice and His guidance, and His direction, and His love.

In addition to sensing God's presence, by obeying God you will be able to overcome all sin. You will overcome the world. Why? Because the Holy Spirit will give you real practical effective guidance in overcoming all sin. By faith – by believing – how the Holy Spirit is guiding you, you will get every step you need to overcome any and all sin. It is such a joy to overcome all sin and thereby please God ! And blessed you will be, even getting to see God. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Mat 5:8)

7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life--to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death. 18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him. 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Comment: What is an idol? An idol is not only the wooden or metal object or image that becomes something you worship. It can also be a belief that takes you away from worshiping and obeying God. A false belief can be just as much an idol as a wooden idol or golden calf can be. So be careful to believe only the bible and not what man says. Always put the bible above any man's teaching.
CHAPTER 10

Conclusion: Forgive or Go To Hell

As I have studied many divine revelations from God regarding Hell, (see my book "Hell Testimonies" by Mike Peralta) there was one thing that was always the same. The things that God warned His people about – His promised judgments – would always come true – even if God's word and warning was ignored or forgotten. So it's utterly foolish to hope that God might break His Word, even for a "Christian." For example, when Jesus warned us, 'unless you forgive your brother when he sins against you, your Heavenly Father will NOT forgive your sins.' This is true, even if you're the pastor of a 20,000 member church. So His warnings must be taken seriously, by absolutely everyone. Remember God does not play favorites. He is no respecter of persons.

This is why, in several revelations of Hell, there are many Christians that ended up in Hell. They ended up in Hell because they falsely assumed that God would not carry out His Word. We know that by the shed blood of Jesus we are able to get forgiveness for our sins, but it doesn't allow us to unrepentantly and continually violate God's commandments. And for Christians that continually break God's commandments -- without sincere confession and repentance -- then their salvation is lost and they are not qualified to enter Heaven – unless they genuinely repent in fear. This is stated in many scriptures. 1Cor 9:27 (KJV) "But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."

Applicable Scriptures:

Matthew 6:15. "If you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Matthew 18:34-35. "And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him. "My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart."

Proverbs 9:10a. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,"

Matthew 4:44-45. "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in Heaven."

Galatians 5:19-21. "Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."

1 John 3:14-15. "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him."

In this book I have structured this teaching by:

  1. First presenting and explaining some Scriptures that explain the forgiveness commands that God has given to us in the Bible.

  2. Presenting Hell Testimonies that confirm that God is very, very serious about us forgiving others just as He has forgiven us. The Scriptures alone, that were presented, is enough to show us what God expects of us. Of course, the scriptures have priority as compared to the testimonies, but the testimonies vividly illustrate how we will be judged, and sent to Hell, if we disobey God and don't forgive others. Even if you have a hard time believing that the Hell testimonies are true, you still have the Scriptures that show how God will judge you about the matter of forgiveness towards others.

Given these two ways of presenting God's truth about forgiving others, I ask you the question:

Are you going to hold on to grudges, resentments, bitterness and refuse to

forgive even at the cost of going to Hell ?

Prayer To Forgive:

Heavenly Father I now bring to you _______________

[Name of Person You're Forgiving]

I ask that you forgive him (her) completely for the harm they did to me. Just like You have forgiven me all the sin and wrongs I did against You, I now forgive him (her). As you say in 1 Corinthians 13:5 "love keeps no record of wrongs," I will no longer remember any record of how _____________ hurt me. As far as I'm concerned they are now completely clean and not guilty of how they harmed me. This is so because I have totally forgiven them, and you have forgiven them because I have asked you to forgive them. Lord I now thank you for him (her). I ask that you bless him (her) greatly so that he (she) may more closely follow You all the days of their life. Amen.

When satan reminds you of the past wrong the person did to you. Remind satan that: "as far as I'm concerned he (she) is no longer guilty of that because they have been forgiven. PERIOD!"

When satan tries to remind you again say: "They are no longer guilty of that because I have totally forgiven them, and God has totally forgiven them."
Other Personal Testimonies About Hell

The Bible both Old and New Testament. The best book as God never lies and He is never mistaken.

Hell Testimonies by Mike Peralta. This is a compilation of several Hell Testimonies from several people around the world. In my opinion this is the best book, after the Bible, (not because I'm the author) but because it mentions many types of sins that will send you to Hell. Some of the sins mentioned will probably hit home to you as you read this book. This book has helped me truly repent of sin more than any other book.

While Out Of My Body I Saw God, Hell, and the Living Dead by Dr. Roger Mills. This is a superb book about Hell. Jesus explains some things about Hell and sin that I have never read anywhere else. However, as far as I can see, it is all consistent with what the bible says.

A Divine Revelation of Hell by Mary Kathryn Baxter. This book shows in graphic detail what torment people in Hell are suffering. This book has been read by many and has helped many repent from their sins and obey God in their lives.

Heaven Is So Real by Choo Thomas. This book discusses both Heaven and Hell and reveals a great deal about the love and personality that Jesus has to His children as evidenced by how Jesus interacts with Choo Thomas. With a tenderness and friendly and loving and compassionate heart, you will learn the character and demeanor of Jesus through this book.

Backsliding to Hell by Mike Peralta. This book is written to help the backslider or those who are sinning after receiving Jesus in the past. It clearly explains through the Bible that the backslider will definitely go to Hell unless he or she repents of their sinning and turns back to Jesus. At first, to avoid promoting myself, I was not going to include this in my list of life changing books (truth2.weebly.com) but the Holy Spirit insisted that I include this book, so it must be even more important than I, myself, realize.

Rapture and Tribulation books by Susan Davis: Bride of Christ Prepare Now, Left Behind After The Rapture, Rapture or Tribulation, Marriage Supper of the Lamb, I Am Coming (Volumes 1 to 6) by Susan Davis and Sabrina De Muynck. These rapture books are prophetic messages from Jesus to help prepare the Bride of Christ (Christ's true church) on how to prepare for the very soon rapture. It clearly shows that those who are not ready and are not looking to Jesus' soon coming will be left behind to face the anti-christ and certain death at the hands of the most ruthless evil dictator that will take power and world domination after the rapture. Also near the time of the rapture there will many deaths and those who are not ready will end up in Hell.

Final Call, Exodus, My Son David, True Maturity by Deborah Melissa Moller (Four Book Series). This four part series (combined in one book) has helped me more than any other book to get close to Jesus and obey God's will. It is like Jesus is personally teaching me how to follow Him, obey Him, love Him, and to do the Father's will. This is an extremely valuable book. It is truly a "Pearl of Great Price." It is provided by Jesus to prepare His Bride for the very soon rapture.

Links to rapture books are also at: truth2.weebly.com

I urge you to read all these books – especially the Bible – over and over again.

There is extremely little time left to get right with God. Jesus is returning much sooner than you think and there is soon to be terrible judgments on earth.

Surrender your life completely to Jesus now.

It is extremely and eternally dangerous to delay your full and absolute commitment to Christ. It doesn't matter what anyone else tells you – they cannot help you when you end up in Hell. Trust only God. Of course, love and pray for everyone – but trust only God.

Seek Him with all your being now before it's too late.

Other Books By Mike Peralta

  * Hell Testimonies

  * Backsliding To Hell

  * Tithe or Hell Your Choice

  * Tithe Still Applies

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mike Peralta was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He received Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior in 1979. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He has worked in the Electronic and Semiconductor Industry since 1982. He is currently working as a Semiconductor Modeling Engineer in Phoenix, Arizona.

His email is at: peralta_mike@hotmail.com

His website is at: hell3.weebly.com & truth2.weebly.com

This website has many testimonies of Hell and of the very soon rapture of the true saints.

