Either Heaven or Hell Awaits
Whatever else this text teaches - and it teaches many things - one thing is abundantly clear and immeasurably important for us and for our mission in this modern, secular world: namely, when your life is over on this earth, and this present age is over on this planet, God will give you either eternal life or wrath and indignation. You will receive either glory and honor and peace or you will receive tribulation and distress. Heaven or hell awaits you when you die. And both will last forever.
Let's make sure we see this fundamental reality in this text. Verse 6: "God will render to each person according to his deeds: [7] to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, [he will render] eternal life; [8] but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [he will render] wrath and indignation. [Now he reverses the order and gives the same alternatives again, lest we miss the point.] [9] There will be tribulation and distress [corresponding to verse 8: "wrath and indignation"] for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, [10] but glory and honor and peace [corresponding to verse 7: "eternal life"] to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."
So, whatever else you see here, please don't miss this. What could be more important or more relevant or more urgent or more immense or more captivating than your happiness or misery for all eternity?
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The Final Divide : Eternal Life or Eternal Wrath, Part 1 (English)
Romans 2:6-10
November 29, 1998
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The Final Divide: Eternal Life or Eternal Wrath, Part 1 (Romanian)
Separarea finală: Viaţă veşnică sau Mânie veşnică, Partea 1
Romans 2:6-10
November 29, 1998
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The Final Divide: Eternal Life or Eternal Wrath, Part 1 (Spanish)
La Última Encrucijada: Vida Eterna o Ira Eterna, Parte 1
Romans 2:6-10
November 29, 1998