100% agree with you, brother! Right now we need to rally in prayer and get our marching orders from the King of Kings! This is not a defensive battle but a chance to use the weapons given to us as we abide in the presence of the Almighty! All our weapons are designed for the offensive attack as we move forward with boldness! Ephesians 6... standing in the power of His might!
Whew! Sorry about that! Eesh... when you said that you were in hell I assumed that you meant that you were a tare... Yikes!
One word of caution along those lines.... Predestination can lead one into a sense of completion... knowing that Jesus paid it all on the cross as He stated at the finale.... It is finished! It was finished, in a sense... The penalty for our crimes was paid in full!!
Yet we are not finished because we have still been called to go and make disciples of all the nations... and we must first be disciples in order to do that!
To me discipleship is summed up in one scripture of Paul's.. Phillipians 2:12- "work out your own salvation in fear and trembling knowing it is God working in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure" So God promises that He will work in us as we work it out... it is a two way street here! That way we can bear much fruit and be well pleasing in the sight of the Father! Hallelujah brother... glory to God!
Predestination may have some validity and can find support in several verses of the Bible, no doubt. However, many other verses tend to lead toward the free will of man to accept or reject Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and come to salvation. One point plagues the believer in predestination and that is how does one know who are the tares and who are the wheat while in this life? Therefore we have no choice but to respond to Paul's promise that "Whoever calls on the Name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:13) And walk in Jesus greatest commandment to "Love one another as I have loved you." My question to you is what has convinced you that you are a tare and have no part in the Kingdom of Heaven? I know for a fact that God is "longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." Certainly the devil loves to lie, bringing hopelessness and despair to each of us and what better way to do so but to convince us that we are beyond the reach of the saving blood of Jesus.
You are welcome always!! God bless you too, brother