How to Escape the Lake of Fire

[Revelation 20:11‭-‬15¹ MSG] “I saw a Great White Throne and the One Enthroned. Nothing could stand before or against the Presence, nothing in Heaven, nothing on earth. And then I saw all the dead, great and small, standing there—before the Throne! And books were opened. Then another book was opened: the Book of Life. The dead were judged by what was written in the books, by the way they had lived. Sea released its dead, Death and Hell turned in their dead. Each man and woman was judged by the way he or she had lived. Then Death and Hell were hurled into Lake Fire. This is the second death—Lake Fire. Anyone whose name was not found inscribed in the Book of Life was hurled into Lake Fire”.

The Lake of Fire is a place of retribution prepared to house the devil and all who do his will. The Bible tells us that anybody whose name is not written in the Lamb’s book of life was cast there.

You will perish in the Lake of Fire unless you trust Jesus Christ to pay for your sins. This is because of the following reasons;

There is none that is good or righteous:

None is without sin. If you say you are without sin, you are a liar; if I say I am without sin, I am a liar; but the truth remains that Jesus Christ gave Himself as a ransom for all to be testified in due season (See 1 Timothy 2:1-8²). We are saved by grace and not of works that any man should boast (See also Ephesians 2:8³).

The only way to get your name into the Book of Life is to trust Jesus to pay for your sins:

He is personally compiling the names of those who publicly declare that they are trusting Him to pay for their sins.

The grace to that saves, teaches, and enables comes through Jesus Christ:

(See John 1:17⁴). Without Christ we cannot recieve the grace we need; by which we are saved, taught, and empowered for living (See Romans 5:1-2⁵). We access this grace by faith through Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is the only way, the truth and the life:

No man can go to the Father, except by Him. Jesus is the way that leads to the Fathers, Jesus is the truth that guides all the way, and Jesus is the eternal life that energizes you through out. There is no name give under Heaven by which men ought to be saved.

Jesus Christ is the door that leads to finding pasture in safety:

Wolves and wild predators lurk around the fields where the sheep graze. There are wolves and predators at your workplace, in the nieghbourhood, in the streets and everywhere; until you learn to order your steps right in Jesus Christ, you will be lunch for a beast (See John 10:9-10⁶) Pasture is finding resources that affords you descent food, clothings, and accommodation.

Jesus Christ is our intercessor, healer and baptiser:

In Luke 13:6-9⁷, He is the gardener interceeding for the fruitless fig tree. He did not just die in your place; but rose again to continue to interceed for you. He is our intercessor. Though our sins have been forgiven many of us continue to err till we mature; you still need Jesus to pay for all those sins and errors.

The only way to escape the Lake of Fire is to trust Jesus Christ to pay for your sins. Trust Jesus Christ to pay for your sins by personally asking Him to include your name in the list of all those whose sins have been covered by His blood.

Be blessed; I love you!

Noah Simpe Bediako

Referenced Scriptures

1. Revelation 20:11-15 (KJV): And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. ↩︎
2. 1 Timothy 2:1-8 (KJV): I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. ↩︎
3. Ephesians 2:8 (KJV): For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ↩︎
4. John 1:17 (KJV): For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. ↩︎
5. Romans 5:1-2 (KJV): Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. ↩︎
6. John 10:9-10 (KJV): I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. ↩︎
7. Luke 13:6-9 (KJV): He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. ↩︎