"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him wil not perish but have eternal life. . . There is no judgment awaiting those who trust him. But those who do not trust him have already been judged for not believing in the only Son of God."

John 3:16, 18

Anna was pretty much great. I didn't mean to insinuate otherwise. And I do not know of the state of her heart at the moment of her death. I guess I was just a bit caught up in my own grief. It was wrong for me to assume, since I was only speaking based on my previous (and slightly out-of-date) knowledge. But I do stand by the fact that any person who does not claim the blood of Jesus Christ to pay the debt of their sins stands condemed. I myself am just dangling over the pit of hell. Saved only by the grace of God, and just barely. But I have been washed in his blood. That is why I am so overcome with grief. Even at the possibility that someone like Anna may or may not have ended up in hell. And I only wish I had done more to make sure she would and did not.

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"My friends in Christ, you are rescued from the waters, you are on the rock. He is in the dark sea calling on you to come to Him and help Him. Will you go? Look for yourselves. The surging sea of life, crowded with perishing multitudes, rolls up to the very spot on which you stand.

Leaving the vision, I now come to speak of the fact- a fact that is as real as the Bible, as real as the Christ who hung upon the cross, as real as the judgment day will be, and as real as the heaven and hell that will follow it. Look! Don’t be deceived by appearances- men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea! Look at them from the standpoint of the great White Throne, and what a sight you have! Jesus Christ, the Son of God is, through His Spirit, in the midst of this dying multitude, struggling to save them. And He is calling on you to jump into the sea- to go right away to His side and help Him in the holy strife."

- posted by Jonathan@ 2:06 AM