The Reality of Heaven and Hell
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The following passage from the Great Divorce by CS Lewis reminds us that each of us is choosing our eternal destiny, not at one decision point in our lives (important at that is!) but even more so in each and every moment of our lives.  Each moment is a decision point in which we become more like Jesus or less like him, more the kind of person who can accept living with God or more the kind of person who can’t.   Hope this helps you to grow in Him!   In Christ, Jeff  

 “We are not living in a world where all roads are radii of a circle and where all, if followed lon g enough, will therefore draw gradually nearer and finally meet at the centre: rather in a world where every road, after a few miles, forks into two, and each of those into two again, and at each fork you must make a decision... Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good.

I do not think that all who choose wrong roads perish; but their rescue consists in being put back on the right road... Evil can be undone, but it cannot "develop" into good... It is still "either-or." If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell... But what, you ask, of earth? Earth, I think, will not be found by anyone to be in the end a very distinct place. I think earth, if chosen instead of Heaven, will turn out to have been, all along, only a region in Hell: and earth, if put second to Heaven, to have been from the beginning a part of Heaven itself.1

“I do not think that all who choose wrong roads perish; but their rescue consists in being put back on the right road... Evil can be undone, but it cannot "develop" into good... It is still "either-or." If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell... But what, you ask, of earth? Earth, I think, will not be found by anyone to be in the end a very distinct place. I think earth, if chosen instead of Heaven, will turn out to have been, all along, only a region in Hell: and earth, if put second to Heaven, to have been from the beginning a part of Heaven itself.¹  

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few”
Matthew 7:13-14