Where Will You Be Forever

By Shirley J. West

The Bible is the living history of our existence and the future of our forever. Whether we believe or disbelieve God doesn't change his existence to our beliefs, we must change our beliefs to his existence, or one day when we walk into that place of forever we will damn the false beliefs that caused us to end up in a hell forever or we will lift our hands in praise to thank God for his grace and salvation, that is in His Son Jesus Christ.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shirley J. West
• Release date: Jun 3, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301998043

Shirley J. West

I received the Lord in 1978 on Christmas Eve. I listened to the New Testament Bible tapes and have read the Bible KJV through numerous times. I have never been a reader of novels, however I do love to read God’s word and study it. I use Strong’s Exhausted Concordance of the Bible for definitions for extended help, however my greatest helper is the Holy Spirit who has led me into the truth of God’s word. Over the years I have had dreams and visions. This book has come from a vision, each chapter title, I would be speaking as I was waking up in the morning; just I was having a conversation with someone. I would get up and write the title down, however the chapter on The Passion of Jesus came from a strong feeling in my heart to write. It was in the 80’s that I had received this word from the Lord, it is II Timothy 2:15. Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. I pray that I have done that. I would love to hear from my readers! Please feel free to email me at [e-mail] Thank you, Shirley Wester.

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I dedicate this book to those who need to find Christ and to those who have found him, but need to know more about him.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 – Lazarus and the Rich man (Given 10/2003)

Chapter 2 – Things That Are Greater, Not Temporary (Given 5/2004)

Chapter 3 – He That Has Seen Me Has Seen The Father (Given 1/2005)

Chapter 4 – Broken Is Made New (Given 2/2005)

Chapter 5 – Helps To Know This (Given 2008)

Chapter 6 – Title and Starting Place (Given 2/2008)

Chapter 7 – God Justifies the Ungodly (Given 2010)

Introduction

The title of this book is a question, one that God himself is asking you. This book comes from a vision given to me by him.

The cover was given to me October 6, 2003, early that morning when I was ready to get out of bed and looking down, I saw a vision of a paperback book, the cover was a bright red color with black bold letters running from top to bottom, titled where will you be forever.

At first it bothered me, thinking God was asking me this question. I then went and made a note of the vision and its description, so I would not forget it. This question was not for me, it is from God to you. For this is a question I answered a long time ago. The Lord gave me the name of each chapter, and I have dated them in the order given. Each chapter is answered by Scripture, and filled with knowledge of him and his will for us. It is in knowing and understanding who he is that one receives the belief to have faith.

The Bible is the living history of our existence and the future of our forever. Whether we believe or disbelieve God doesn't change his existence to our beliefs, we must change our beliefs to his existence, or one day when we walk into that place of forever we will damn the false beliefs that caused us to end up in a hell forever or we will lift our hands in praise to thank God for his grace and salvation, that is in His Son Jesus Christ.

CHAPTER 1

Beggar Man Lazarus

JESUS HAD BEEN talking to his disciples and listening in were the Pharisees who were sneering at him for what he was saying. In Luke.16:19-31, Jesus gives an illustration of Abraham’s bosom and hell. It is for the Pharisees to hear, the disciples to preach and for all who read and hear it, to have insight to what will take place when a man’s last breath is taken on earth and the very next breath is taken in either heaven or hell.

Jesus is saying in verse nineteen, there was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared lavishly everyday.

This man was very wealthy, he had the best of clothing, home, and food. He was a man that lived in luxury everyday. His riches gave him his greatest joy and comfort. He certainly was not one to share his wealth, not even a crumb. We can say without a doubt this man loved his life and trusted in his riches to give him happiness. He never thought about where he would be forever, because that wasn’t important. To him living life to its fullest in luxury was the desire of his heart, a heart that was fixed on his everyday living. This lust of luxury blinded him from seeing the needs of others, and doing the will of God.

Jesus told of this rich man two thousand years ago, however the same spirit of covetousness is still around today. Lust, no matter what it is for, is the love for something that is fueled with desire and driven by passion, till it is gained by the will. This rich man took a very destructive road in life, the road of self indulgence that ultimately led to forever hell.

Jesus speaking of a beggar man, said in verse twenty, And there was a certain beggar man named Lazarus, which was lying at his gate, full of sores.

As bountiful as the rich man lived his life, Lazarus was as poor as one could get in life. Begging for crumbs, he would lie at the rich mans gate weak, hungry and in pain, needing food but hoping for crumbs so his body could survive another day. He needed the hunger pain in the pit of his belly to go away and ointment to heal his open sores to stop the throbbing pain.

Was God throwing out a life line to the rich man through Lazarus the beggar? Did he bring him to the rich man’s gate? Was he trying to stir up the hardness of the rich mans heart by trying to bring out some compassion for Lazarus? Was God trying to turn him around, to repent and go in a new direction, away from the lust of riches to love those who are in need? I believe God will challenge us with the very thing we need the most, to get us turned around to go in his direction.

Gods love and mercy was on the move, to a man who needed food then to a man who needed to know his creator and his will. There are only two directions we can go in, we can walk in hell’s direction by being disobedient and loving the world’s way of life, which will eventually blind and keep us from the love and mercy of God, or we can go in heavens direction where we will enter into Gods rest forevermore.

Jesus said in verse 21

And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich mans table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

Lazarus didn’t want the rich man’s meal or his leftovers, only the crumbs, the bits and pieces that would fall to the floor, that which would be swept up and discarded.

Jesus said in verse 22

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abrahams bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried.

We will see that the rich man goes down to hell to live forever and the beggar man named Lazarus is carried by angels into the bosom of Abraham, a place of rest.

Jesus is saying of the rich man in verse 23

In hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments (pain), and sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

In hell the rich man is being tormented and is in much pain, just as Lazarus was when he was lying at the gate begging for crumbs. The rich man knew it was Lazarus and knew who Abraham was. Knowing someone is not enough, its doing something about who and what you know that tells the story of your life and where your forever will be.

Jesus goes on to say in verse 24

And he cried and said, father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

Once a rich man, who was clothed with fine linens, purple garments, having his own home with a fence and gate to protect himself from people like Lazarus. All that he had owned, along with his luxurious life style was gone, and now he was living in torment, suffering in the flames of hell. He cries out for mercy to father Abraham, telling him to have Lazarus dip the tip of his finger in water, what would amount to a crumb of water, to cool his tongue.

Jesus is saying in verse 25

But Abraham said, son, remember that you in you lifetime received your good things: and Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.

Ps. 146:9. The Lord preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

For the rich man to think back to when he lived on earth and how he wouldn’t even share a crumb to a fellow human being, in which he had a life time to do the right thing but he chose not to, for his riches consumed him. Now his living conditions, environment and lifestyle has turned upside down, with no hope in sight.

Some of the evil things Lazarus probably had to deal with other than having to beg to stay alive, was being taunted, rejected, despised, persecuted, chased off peoples property, given stale bread to eat, receiving no medication for his sores. During that time there was no 911, no mission that would shelter people like him, there were only people who lived according to the teachings of Moses and the prophets, who were taught not to turn away the hungry and sick but to care for them, just as we are taught today.

In verse 26 Abraham speaking to the once was rich man said,And besides all this, between us and you, there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass form here to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from there.

No roads, highways, no golden gate bridge, there was only a fixed immovable, deep chasm, an impassible great gulf that separated hell and all its torment from the peace and comfort Lazarus was enjoying in paradise with father Abraham

In verse 27

Then he said, I pray you, therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house:

In verse 28

For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

In verse 29

Abraham said to him, they have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

Verse 30 And he, said no, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent.

He was begging father Abraham to send Lazarus to his father’s house to warn his brothers of the place of hell he was in and the constant torment and suffering of this place. He knew his brothers would be joining him there for they also were not following the teachings of Moses and the prophets.

Verse 31 And he, said to him, If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Abraham is saying it is doing God’s will, and what he tells us to do in his written word that gives life, it is his word that contains eternal life.

Jesus is illustrating what happens when a sin becomes so great, and it can be any sin that blinds a person, causing the heart, mind and will to forsake real truth.

Where you will be forever is only determined by you. You are the boss of your destiny. You won’t be able to blame anyone for your outcome. Choice is a gift God has given to every one of us; no one is excluded from it, and if used wisely it will return us to the one who gave it.

We are counseled by God in Deut. 30:19. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life that both you and your seed may live.

Ps. 49:1-20. Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (for the redemption of their soul is precious and it ceases forever): That he should still live forever, and not see corruption. For he that sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. There inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Nevertheless man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish. This their way is their folly, yet their prosperity, approve their sayings. Selah. Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. Be not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; for when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. Though while he lived, he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself. He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.

Is. 58:6-11. Is this not the fast that I have chosen? To lose the bands of the wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring, the poor that are cast out of your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you hide not your self from your own flesh? Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rereward. Then shall you call, and the Lord shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here, I am. If you take away from the midst of you that yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in obscurity, and your darkness be as the noon day: and the Lord shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters failed not.

Ps. 73: 1-19. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well near slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when, I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more of then heart could wish. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak lofty. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. Therefore his people return here: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. And they say, how dose God know? And is there knowledge in the most high? Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day-long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of your children. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God then I understood their end. Surely you did set them at slippery places: you cast them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

1 Sam. 2:7-9. The Lord makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low,