10/17/2024
This judgment was recorded in Scripture as a warning to unbelievers to seek the salvation that Jesus Christ provides.
If we do not embrace the saving message of Jesus Christ, we will perish in our sin and trespasses and be under God’s just judgment for our sin—eternal death.
So, as long as a person is alive, he has a second, third, fourth, fifth, etc. chance to accept Christ and be saved (John 3:16; Romans 10:9-10; Acts 16:31).
Once a person dies, there are no more chances. The idea of purgatory, a place where people go after death to pay for their sins, has no biblical basis,
After death, all that remains for the unbeliever is judgment (Revelation 20:14-15). That is why we must trust in Him in this life.