A large number of people are complacently comfortable in the idea that after a life indulged in sensuality, and the pleasures of sin, they will spend a blissful eternity in heaven.
However, how blissful will it really be for them? Can they really be happy in heaven, if they enter it just as they are?
For those who live for material things, who heap up wealth and possessions, they will find that their wealth will not follow them into the heavenly kingdom (Matt 6:19; 1 Tim 6:7). The things that they cherish here on this earth, will be no more. How sad and brokenhearted these individuals will be, without their earthly treasures.
Those who love high society, who mingle with the "upper crust", will be very lonely in heaven, as they find few rich people, few noble, few wise, and few mighty people there. Jesus tells us that it is hard for the rich to enter into the kingdom (Luke 18:24), and Paul tells us that God has chosen the weak and foolish things to shame the wise (1 Cor 1:26-29).
How about those who are racist? Will they be happy? Heaven will be filled with people from every tribe and tongue (Rev 5:9). If you are a racist, if you are prejudiced toward another race, or ethnic group, you will have to spend eternity mingling with people that you now hate. How miserable it will be for a prejudiced individual!
For those who love to drink, and indulge in other vices, it will be boring. There will be no bars, there will be no drunken parties. Your drinking buddies will not be there, as no drunkard will inherit the kingdom of God (Gal 5:19-21). What will you do, as you will not be able to spend your days in riotous living?
It will be the same for those who live in any form of immorality, and keep company with immoral people (Eph 5:5). You will not be able to practice the things that you love to do on this earth. Your friends will not be there to comfort you in your misery, as there will be nothing that defiles in the Holy City (Rev 21:27).
How will it fare for those who cannot stand to go to Church? What about all those Sunday "clock watchers" who can't stand it if the pastor goes a minute past in his message? What about those who dislike worship, or being around other Christians?
It will be a long boring eternity for these people. We will be surrounded by people who are doing nothing but worshipping the Lamb of God for eternity (Rev 4:8-11, 5:11-14). If you cannot bear an hour of church now, how will you last in eternity?
Do you get the picture? A person who is selfishly living for worldly pleasure, is not fit for heaven. They will not go to heaven. To believe so, is a deception.
Jesus said we must be born again if we would enter the kingdom of God (John 3:3-7). It is a narrow gate, and a narrow path, and few find it, while the great mass of people perish on the broad road to destruction (Matt 7:12-14). We must be changed from the inside out, while we live here on this earth, if we are to enjoy eternity with Christ (2 Cor 5:17).
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