Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

1.Come Out of Hiding

2.Where Do You Stand?

3.Why Do You Not Believe?

4.The Reality of Hell

5.A Picture of Hell

6.Obstacles on the Road to Hell

7.Catching a Glimpse of Heaven

8.The New Birth

9.Refuges of Lies

10.Found Out

11.Salvation Is for You

12.How to Find Rest

13.Joy Unspeakable

14.The Fear of Man

15.How God Loves the World

16.Today and Tomorrow

About the Author

 

 

Publisher’s note:

This new edition from Whitaker House has been updated for the modern reader. Words, expressions, and sentence structure have been revised for clarity and readability.

 

 

All Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version (kjv) of the Holy Bible.

 

 

Heaven or Hell

Originally titled Real Salvation;
previously published as Get Ready for Forever.

 

 

ISBN: 978-0-88368-610-2

ebook ISBN: 978-1-60374-643-4

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Chapter 1

Come Out of Hiding

The first question that God ever asked of man is recorded in Genesis 3:9: “Where art thou?” God asked the question of Adam on the evening of that awful day of the first sin. The voice of God in its majesty rolled down the avenues of the Garden of Eden. Until that day, the voice of God had been the sweetest music to Adam. He knew no greater joy than that of glad communion with his Creator and his heavenly Father. But now all was different. As the voice of God was heard in the Garden, Adam was filled with fear and tried to hide himself.

This is the history of every son of Adam from that day until now. Every sinner is trying to hide from the presence and the all-seeing eyes of God. This accounts for a large share of the skepticism, agnosticism, and atheism of our day. It is sinful man trying to hide from a holy God.

 

True Reasons for Unbelief

People will give many reasons why they are skeptics, agnostics, or atheists. But in the majority of cases, the real reason is this: they hope to hide themselves from the discomfort of God’s presence by denying that He exists. This also accounts for much of the neglect of the Bible. People will tell you that they do not read their Bibles because they have so much else to read or because they are not interested in the Bible. They declare that it is a dull and boring book to them. But the true cause of man’s neglect of Bible study is this: the Bible brings God near to us as no other book does, and men are uneasy when they become conscious of the presence of God. Therefore, they neglect the book that brings God near....