"Who cares where I am if I am still the same, and why should
I be any different just because He was made greater by force? Here (in hell) we will be free at least: God didn’t build this place for Himself, He
won’t make us leave: Here we shall rule
undisturbed, and in my opinion, to rule is something worth wanting, even in
Hell: It is better to rule in Hell than
to be a servant in Heaven." Satan to the
demons, from Milton’s Paradise Lost
Hell is attractive to those in rebellion against
heaven. Those who rebel against the real
feel at home when God is no longer around.
The want Him to leave them alone.
He will. Forever. In the hell of their minds. If they so choose. But enough about “them.” What about “us?” What about me? What about you? It starts with our minds.
My mind and yours is the place where we accept the Lordship
of God our Creator, Jesus our Savior, and the Spirit our Master. We welcome His
rule and reign over our minds and wills.
We see reality as His, and feel honored to exist in His Presence. In our imagination we accept His revelation
as the foundation of everything we are and everything we say and do. Or we use our mind to define a world where
God bows to us, a world where He is ignored, yet responds to our will. It starts with our minds.
Your mind and mine will define what we will be for all
eternity. Either we will serve in
heaven, or reign in the insane make believe world of our own fantasy for all
eternity. We will be knights in our
eternal nightmare, waking up in to new horror stories of resolved rebellion where
we win against God and creation in our warped imagination.
It starts with my mind.
It starts with your mind.
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