— “Lake of fire”
— “Torment day and night forever”
— “Weeping”
— “Agony”
— “Eternal punishment”
— “Lake that burns with fire and sulphur”
— “Outer darkness”
— “Furnace of fire”
— “Unquenchable fire”
— “Gnashing of teeth”
— “Eternal death”
— “The ‘worm’ never dies”
— “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
— “. . . I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.”
— “. . . the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
— “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels . . .”

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Going there ?

Yes, unless you repent for your sin, accept Jesus’ payment for your sin, and ask Him to save you and write your name in His Book of Life in heaven.
“And there shall in no way enter any thing . . . but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”

How about today ? – – – for you ?

Not just once and you’re done.

Keep praying—Jesus did, often, a lot.

“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”
So we should pray for the Holy Spirit, surely not just once.

“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.”
So Jesus prays for the Holy Spirit for us, surely not just once.

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.”
So the Holy Spirit teaches and helps us remember, surely not just once.

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
So we get power from the Holy Spirit to be witnesses to Jesus, surely not just once.
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Do we need prayer just once ?
Do we need teaching just once ?
Do we need power just once ?
Do we need the Holy Spirit just once ?
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So, be filled with the Spirit—ask—surely not just once and you’re done.

Bad is not fair.
Bad is not equal.
Bad is not proportional.
Bad is not fun.
Bad is not understood.
Bad is not over.
Bad is not simple.
Bad is not easy.

BUT,

Bad is not the last word.
Bad is not too much, with Jesus.
Bad is not the last word.
Bad is not too much, with Jesus.
Bad is not the winner.
Bad is not a match for God.
Bad is not all bad.
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Bad surrenders to the Word of God.
“All things work together for good”

You’ll hear lots of people say various human versions of that statement, not giving credence to the Bible or God—basically wishful thinking, declared optimism.
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Now, the rest of the story, why bad is not the end of the story . . .
Because there is an IF, as in BUT GOD.

“All things [including bad things] work together for good . . .”
—IF—
“. . . to those who love God . . .”
“. . . to those who are called . . .”
“. . . according to His Purpose.”

Now, whenever you hear only the first part of the verse in conversation, be sure to share that it is a promise from God in the Bible, with preconditions.
Then clearly state the rest of the verse—and the door is open for . . .