Many people view Heaven as a place where only the best, most perfect people live. They believe Heaven will be all the more perfect because any wicked people will be burning up in Hell.
Those who anticipate living in Heaven, of course, believe they are not wicked. They may have a few flaws, but overall, they judge themselves not bad enough to go to hell.
And it seems very important to some Heaven bound people to believe some people they know will be going to Hell. They may have already personally ordered them to go there.
So it bothers them to think God might somehow give wicked people a pass. It does not seem fair!
Stop for a moment and review the people you have known, do know or know about. Are you at peace with God being able to forgive them of all wrongs and clean them up and redeem them for Heaven?
Do you regularly pray that for your enemies?
What does God say about the wicked?
“As I live,” declares the Lord God, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways.”
Ezekiel 33:11
That is …
“God our Savior, who desires ALL people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
1 Timothy 2:4
We have our hope set on The Living God, Who is The Savior of ALL people …
1 Timothy 4:10
Paul concluded,
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from The Love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39
So since God wants everyone to be saved, shouldn’t we be praying for and desiring that too?
Instead of judging and sentencing and waiting for God to carry out the execution, we should be praying for our enemies … in fact, for all people … and looking forward to seeing them after God cleans them up.
And less we think too highly of ourselves, remember what else Jesus said,
“Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.”
John 8:7
Paul spoke a truth when he said,
“All have sinned and fall short of The Glory of God.”
Romans 3:23
God’s going to need to clean us all up before we can enter heaven!
