I want to tell you that the scripture couldn't be clearer about the issue of life and death,

heaven and hell. But in our anxiety to accommodate, in our anxiety to compromise,

in our anxiety of not offending anybody, we have compromised these truths, these biblical doctrines

that are as clear as the sunshine.

In the life of this great man of God, Elijah,

we're going to see today how he went straight up to heaven from earth.

Why? Because he was a man who walked with God.

He was a man who obeyed God.

He was a man who trusted in God and in his word. He was a man who feareded God. He was a man who trusted in God and in his word.

He was a man who feared God with all of his heart, despite of his temporary defeat, despite

of his temporary depression, despite of his temporary discouragement.

Elijah, like all of those who put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, was taken to eternal life in heaven.

So many of the surveys that are conducted in America among the population in general,

the vast majority of people think that everybody, when they die, they'll go to heaven.

Now, I want to tell you, I wish that was the case. I mean, there

is not a bone in my body. They want to see anybody go to hell, but the truth is the truth,

and the truth is not everybody's going to heaven. This is a lie from the pit of hell that

Satan delights to spread out in the population. Why? To keep people from turning to Christ,

to keep people from turning to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. He want to keep them going on their

way to hell and therefore he blinds him to that truth. So many of unbelievers out there are

deceived in thinking that they can go to heaven without Jesus. Listen to me,

read my lips. It is absolutely no, not never, it's impossible that anyone will get to heaven

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